Agree. Picked up a '60 5G9. Better gig amp than any I've had before. Not too much like a Bassman, and holds it's own against a drummer, unlike a Deluxe. Too bad the gigs are gone!
I got mine for $600, on the same day the Soviet Union went away in August of 1991. I got home with it, the news was on TV, and there was Boris Yeltsin on the screen in front of their new flag. I had to watch that before I got to play my new old amp! Mine's an October 55, and it has roughly the same rehabs done to it as this one. It also sounds remarkably the same. No flips here, or anywhere else in my universe. The next time mine changes hands will be at my estate sale. I just hope that whoever gets it next will understand and appreciate it.
The tube chart in the cabinet will tell you the month and year. First letter is the month. A=January B=February C=March.........etc. The second letter is the year, starting with: A=1951 B=1952 C=1953.........etc. Example: my Princeton is stamped FH That means 1956, August. It's that simple.
If it's truly a 5E9 like he said, with the paraphase PI it's a circuit very similar to an early Deluxe and might not have very much clean headroom at all. The later 5G9 circuit was a completely different amp with more clean headroom.
@@musicofanatic Might be why it doesn't sound as good as one I have heard on RUclips, that just blew me away. I have been playing for 59 years, and I have a theory that old amps sound best when they are still running the original electrolytic capacitors, before they have gone too far over the dying edge. It seems, the more electricity that runs through those things, the better an amp sounds. Just my opinion, of course.
@@musicofanatic Yes, I came close to doing that. But the harmonically rich beauty of these things comes when the parts have been used and used and used, and have had hours of electricity running through them, which is true, I believe, with speakers and even guitar pickups. I could very well be wrong; but that's my conclusion after playing for 59 years ...
The disparity in the prices of great vintage amps vs great vintage guitars is mind boggling. Great vintage Tweed Fender? Here ya go - $1500 to $3000. Great vintage Strat? Umm… that’ll be $10,000 to 20,000… Great vintage Gibson? Better off just spending that towards a a house.
Shameless piggybacking (theirs likely sold anyway): I have a '59 5G9 Tremolux for sale, the final and best version of the tweed T-lux.Mostly original and sounds like a million bucks for a whole lot less than a million! Message me!
Would have loved to have heard it without so much distortion. Tweed amps just go to mud when they are pushed that hard. Sorry. That all-out distortion does NOT sound good. Can't believe anyone would think that it does ...
If you didn’t watch the video all the way through then yes it sounded muddy at first. Gotta let the tubes warm up before they start getting fat and creamy sounding, which this amp did. Sounds beautiful!
@@jsdhesmith2011 Well, the treble to D strings sound real fine. But the A and E just are too flabby, for my taste. But I am essentially a clean player, having begun back when the objective was to eliminate all distortion. I HAVE heard a Tremolux that was just wonderfully warm and harmonically rich, and didn't travel so far into pure mud like this one does. THAT amp was the best sounding amp I have ever heard. Perhaps, he just had this amp running too loud ...
I got mine for $600, on the same day the Soviet Union went away in August of 1991. I got home with it, the news was on TV, and there was Boris Yeltsin on the screen in front of their new flag. I had to watch that before I got to play my new old amp! Mine's an October 55, and it has roughly the same rehabs done to it as this one. It also sounds remarkably the same. No flips here, or anywhere else in my universe. The next time mine changes hands will be at my estate sale. I just hope that whoever gets it next will understand and appreciate it.
I have one. It is the best amp I have ever heard, and I have owned many coveted vintage and boutique amps.
Same here. Mine is a May 1958 and it's my favorite amp. I also had a few Fender tweed amps, but this is just all I need. Cheers!
Agree. Picked up a '60 5G9. Better gig amp than any I've had before. Not too much like a Bassman, and holds it's own against a drummer, unlike a Deluxe. Too bad the gigs are gone!
The only other tremolo I like better is the one on the brown 59 Vibrosonic.
I could listen to that first song all day. Great playing, and what an amp! Tweed at its finest.
Leo Fender should get the Nobel prize for the Tweed designs. They are some of the finest products our country has ever produced.
Sick playing! Just stellar.
Beautiful and historic amplifier. My dream is to have one of these. From Brazil.
Great playing and great sound, that tremolo is incredibly smooth.
I never heard something like this from a guitar amplifier, the ideal sound for a vintage fender lover... Just perfect
That sound is heaven in a box
I got mine for $600, on the same day the Soviet Union went away in August of 1991. I got home with it, the news was on TV, and there was Boris Yeltsin on the screen in front of their new flag. I had to watch that before I got to play my new old amp!
Mine's an October 55, and it has roughly the same rehabs done to it as this one. It also sounds remarkably the same.
No flips here, or anywhere else in my universe. The next time mine changes hands will be at my estate sale. I just hope that whoever gets it next will understand and appreciate it.
It's impossible to be that cool without sunglasses.......Unless you're playing a real 50's tweed tremolux!
your playing is really good, very soulfull
Nice playing Trevor! Amp sounds great!
Awsome sound
I have a tremolux!! I believe its a 59 if I dated it correctly
I have a 1958 and it's my favorite amp. That organic tremolo is just to die for. Absolutely love it
Whoa!!! never heard you play like that??? If you got the cash, maybe you should consider hangin' on to that one...
I have one and I’ve been playing on it a lot not knowing the year and how old it was
The tube chart in the cabinet will tell you the month and year. First letter is the month.
A=January
B=February
C=March.........etc.
The second letter is the year, starting with:
A=1951
B=1952
C=1953.........etc.
Example: my Princeton is stamped FH
That means 1956, August.
It's that simple.
I bet it sounds great clean. Too bad we won't know.
If it's truly a 5E9 like he said, with the paraphase PI it's a circuit very similar to an early Deluxe and might not have very much clean headroom at all. The later 5G9 circuit was a completely different amp with more clean headroom.
I have one in the same year. It's name is shaggy. You can imagine why lol
Sweet, sweet, sweet!...
Tremolust
Since hes a lefty .. can u guys show us the lefty section of the store ..not to many store operators show there lefty
is your pinup tele phase reversed?? has that greeny tone
It DOES have that out-of-phase, James Burton tone, doesn't it? Love that.
I would have liked to have heard a humbucker setup played through it.
These things are SO expensive, I can't even imagine buying one ...
Nearly everything that makes these amps great has been replaced on this one...I would hope it's not that expensive.
Build a clone.
@@bryanlemeilleurtexas No one offers a chassis, for starters
@@musicofanatic Might be why it doesn't sound as good as one I have heard on RUclips, that just blew me away. I have been playing for 59 years, and I have a theory that old amps sound best when they are still running the original electrolytic capacitors, before they have gone too far over the dying edge. It seems, the more electricity that runs through those things, the better an amp sounds. Just my opinion, of course.
@@musicofanatic Yes, I came close to doing that. But the harmonically rich beauty of these things comes when the parts have been used and used and used, and have had hours of electricity running through them, which is true, I believe, with speakers and even guitar pickups. I could very well be wrong; but that's my conclusion after playing for 59 years ...
I'm surprised this is a 1958 5E9-A circuit. I thought 5G9 ran from '57- '60.
My May 1958 Tremolux has the 5E9-A circuit as well.
@@hammondc366 As is my Oct '59
Every single 5G9 has a 5E9A tube chart inside. They never made a 5G9 one.
Every single 5G9 has a 5E9A tube chart inside. They never made a 5G9 one.
That was a great price for that one ...
Did you just wake up? You have bed head.
Does that amp do clean, at all?
Steal of a price for that thing. Sounds fucking incredible.
I just split my tweed's.
The disparity in the prices of great vintage amps vs great vintage guitars is mind boggling. Great vintage Tweed Fender? Here ya go - $1500 to $3000. Great vintage Strat? Umm… that’ll be $10,000 to 20,000… Great vintage Gibson? Better off just spending that towards a a house.
Sweet Jesus
Shameless piggybacking (theirs likely sold anyway): I have a '59 5G9 Tremolux for sale, the final and best version of the tweed T-lux.Mostly original and sounds like a million bucks for a whole lot less than a million! Message me!
The micro needs a different position.
This amp could sound a lot better.
Would have loved to have heard it without so much distortion. Tweed amps just go to mud when they are pushed that hard. Sorry. That all-out distortion does NOT sound good. Can't believe anyone would think that it does ...
If you didn’t watch the video all the way through then yes it sounded muddy at first. Gotta let the tubes warm up before they start getting fat and creamy sounding, which this amp did. Sounds beautiful!
@@jsdhesmith2011 Well, the treble to D strings sound real fine. But the A and E just are too flabby, for my taste. But I am essentially a clean player, having begun back when the objective was to eliminate all distortion. I HAVE heard a Tremolux that was just wonderfully warm and harmonically rich, and didn't travel so far into pure mud like this one does. THAT amp was the best sounding amp I have ever heard. Perhaps, he just had this amp running too loud ...
Neil Young and hordes of his fans over the past 50 years would disagree with your personal opinion on the sound of a driven Tweed 😂
I got mine for $600, on the same day the Soviet Union went away in August of 1991. I got home with it, the news was on TV, and there was Boris Yeltsin on the screen in front of their new flag. I had to watch that before I got to play my new old amp!
Mine's an October 55, and it has roughly the same rehabs done to it as this one. It also sounds remarkably the same.
No flips here, or anywhere else in my universe. The next time mine changes hands will be at my estate sale. I just hope that whoever gets it next will understand and appreciate it.