VINTAGE FENDER TWEED CHAMP 5D1 - Restoration & Demo
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- Fender Tweed Champ 5D1 - Restoration And Demo
Vintage N’ Rare Guitars in Bath sent us this 1954/1955 Fender Champ amplifier for restoration. Here we document the process and get to hear how it sounds. And if you like the amp, it’s currently for sale (May 2021)
Long recognised as secret recording tone monster in the studio, check out Ed's original demo at the end of the video to hear how monstrous tones can be conjured up to sit in a track using a small amp.
Ed used a 1954 Esquire and a 1964 Stratocaster. Amp audio recorded with a Royer R121 direct into UA Apollo 8XP into Logic., touch of reverb used for some tones courtesy of a stuning EBO Customs Reverb unit.
Key Timings
0:00 Intro
1:20 First look
3:28 Filter capacitors
4:52 Transformer testing
7:23 Speaker shock
8:39 Output transformer
14:02 Filter cap swap
19:27 Signal capacitors
20:41 Mains wiring
22:45 Powering up
26:54 Speaker swap
30:29 Demo
31:35 Outro
Thanks to Andrew and Steve at Vintage N’ Rare Guitars
Don’t forget that working on tube amplifiers can be very dangerous, and if you decide to try any of the procedures featured in this video, you do so at your own risk...
More Tone Twins coming soon!
Diolch! - Hudba
Uncle Doug does a similar "mod" to vintage caps...using the outer shell to preserve the vintage look while making the amp playable is a good thing.
There are a lot more of these Champs on popular recordings than you'd think, like Clapton's first album, and Duane Allman and Clapton using one on Layla studio sessions
Nice to see a well made video about this amp. I don´t have much idea about tecnical stuff like schematics etc. But i own a tweed champ from 53 since 2 years and i am more than happy. Thanks for sharing. ✌🏼
I hope you can hang on to it for the rest of your life. The little Tweeds are some of the best amps ever made.
I can't believe I haven't heard of this channel. This is great stuff. Thanks guys!!!
Very entertaining. Especially enjoyed how you sandbagged the "vintage" capacitors. 😁👍
As always, looking forward to your future uploads. Thanks.
nice job
Soo small! Cute! I have a 1978 I love, clean as a whistle! I gave it a weber that will take any gain I wanna give it. I love to plug in a 12" speaker as well.
I brought a mint ‘61 tweed Champ back from Wisconsin a few years back … used it for blues harmonica for awhile - then swapped it for a 335 reissue.
Wish I’d never let it go …😩
Great video as always from a premier technician.
Diolch yn fawr iawn y ddau ...
Thanks Huw, great video.
Nice clean up on a great old amp!
That's a great idea, disguising the new caps to look like the originals!👍😎🎸🎶
I first learned about it watching some vintage radio restorers - H
@@tonetwinstv2863 it's a cool idea!👍😎
Brilliant and great tone
Great video guys, I think it sounds wonderful!
Great work ...unbelievable pre-replace speaker placement' shame about the output trans but these things need to be played ...ahh that tone and great demo with the 54 and 64s. Thanks for sharing.
Glad you liked it. The original output transformer will be sold with the amp we understand.
Awesome stuff guys! Love it. Looking forward to watching more of your restorations.
One minor suggestion: next time could you flip the video around so the chassis view matches the layout of the amp? Super nit picky and not really an issue, since it was still really easy to follow along, great work!
Always gives me a pang when seeing videos like this: my very first amp, ever, was a narrow-face Princeton, purchased in my mid-teens for the princely ;) sum of CDN$40. Used it for years, but eventually went to Ring Music in Toronto (which still exists!) in the 1980s in trade for a Kramer 450G (I think it was). Possibly not my finest gear trade. Sigh. (And the Kramer's long gone, too!) Great video, btw! :)
I traded in a '64 blackface Deluxe Reverb for a solid state Earth head when I was 19. Why? They told me it was 100 watts, and besides, the Earth amp had built in fuzz!
And then I had to find a cabinet, and it wasn't any good either. The regret lingers to this day.
We do dumb stuff when we don't know.
Live and learn.
Very interesting video, and what a cool Amp! Joe Bonamassa and Mike Campbell will be circling as we speak 😉
Having a similar experience with one of my amps. Leaky coupling cap. It's nice having the original bits (especially when they're all mustard caps) but if they don't work, they don't work. I'd rather keep the valves safe
Absolutely!
@Huw just heard you speaking Welsh on BBC Radio Cymru - as an adult learner (of Welsh), it was awesome to hear. Dal ati!
Diolch Stephen. It was a bit of a challenge for me but hopefully I did ok. Ed would have been far better because his Welsh is fluent.
I love your presentation and attention to details. You’d have a bit of work over here in SF Bay Area with some of the vintage gear that’s been coming up for sale over the past twelve months.
Sounds like a plan ;) Would love to come back to SF - H
Glad to see you both back. Enjoyed the video as always. I also read all your articles Huw in Guitar magazine that I am subscribed to. Please can I ask a question Huw, I am just preparing to launch a couple of pedals I have designed/created, I am based in the UK, just wondered if you know of a good supplier of wire suitable for pedals and also the vintage style cloth covered type of wire, as my current supplier had changed their supplier and is no longer available to me. Thanks for any tips/leads.
Thanks Gary. You could try Allparts UK or North West Guitars. Ebay can also be extremely useful. Also try RS Components and Rapid Electronics. Cricklewood Electronics can be useful too. Good luck with the pedals - H
@@tonetwinstv2863 Thank you for your reply and tips.
Hey man, do you have a preference for preamp tube ona 5f1? Considering going octal for my current build. Or just trying a different 9 pin. Also do you think heavier o transformer = better bandwith?
And the tone sample is a notch ahead of Uncle Doug, it's fair to say. 😅
We love Uncle Doug :)
I think I would have just drilled new holes in the speaker frame
Did you check that the correct value fuse was installed ?
Yes ;)
@@tonetwinstv2863 I would have thought so -- cool nice work -- check my 2 champ vids if you wish -- hi from dublin ! czcams.com/play/PL4SfNtGVBBdSJAc3Bo9GvCqF1hqPwd8-a.html