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Not much of a surprise, I got one of Mikes 5e3 builds in a contra. Had it in a head for a few weeks. This weekend I spent a solid 2 days building a new cab, have finished it off today. Took many shortcuts as I will be relicing once the bullseye has flashed off fully in about a month.

Has a pair of old Nos 6v6's in it now, I can't remember the type/brand, but they are special. No markings. And its stuffed full of cannabis :)

First thoughts are that it sounds glorious - I've said it before but if you want real tweed tone, you need a strat or tele in the front end. Its sounding awesome with all others but special with the singles.

Pics will be forthcoming when the grill cloth arrives!
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Certainly sounds a bit special. Had a Cannabis speaker in my old tweed Princeton Reverb clone, sounded great. Look forward to seeing the pics

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I forgot how mindbending tweed deluxe controls are. Just twiddle every possible combination until it sounds right, ignore the dials lol
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and I can do stereo tweed now :) One all swampy trem the other nicely gritty...
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Bg wrote:I've said it before but if you want real tweed tone, you need a strat or tele in the front end.
I can hear Grant choking with indignation as he yells, "Neil Young!"
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Slowy wrote:
Bg wrote:I've said it before but if you want real tweed tone, you need a strat or tele in the front end.
I can hear Grant choking with indignation as he yells, "Neil Young!"
Yeah but... Just saying fender in, fender out - match made in heaven

There are exceptions. He's more likely to be yelling 'Summer of 69' isn't he? :P
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Bg wrote:
There are exceptions. He's more likely to be yelling 'Shadowlands' isn't he? :P

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and to be fair, its not exactly Neil Young's primary sound is it...

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all that and he still sounds like crap....
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Bg wrote:and I can do stereo tweed now :) One all swampy trem the other nicely gritty...
This calls for a gear fest to prove it :thumbup:
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Bg wrote:I forgot how mindbending tweed deluxe controls are. Just twiddle every possible combination until it sounds right, ignore the dials lol
Yeah full gain is like 9 on the bright channel and 3 on the normal or something strange like that aye?

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Slowy wrote:
Bg wrote:
There are exceptions. He's more likely to be yelling 'Shadowlands' isn't he? :P

Fixed.
Fender in and Fender out on that one too dammit!

I love Tele/Strat into tweed...I understand the magic. The amp is juicy and thick and the single coils balance and add to the overall picture.
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ok ... I started relicing today .

Can anyone who smokes pop around with a lighted cig please. Just for the finishing touch ;)
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Awaiting grill cloth but heres some sneaky pics. Very chuffed with how this turned out...

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The only other one I signed, I put GIBSON, GRETSCH and GODIN in big letters on 3 sides before I tweeded it....
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Bg wrote:The only other one I signed, I put GIBSON, GRETSCH and GODIN in big letters on 3 sides before I tweeded it....
Thanks BG, I really appreciate that.
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