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Amp Stuff => Tube Amp Building - Tweaks - Repairs => Topic started by: floyd on April 09, 2015, 10:47:38 pm

Title: 'tweed amp"
Post by: floyd on April 09, 2015, 10:47:38 pm

Hi guys.. I been hearin bout this tweeded amp craze.. how do I do it , how big is it , and is sound supposed to come out of it , or into it ? If I mic'ed a telephone after callen a tweed amps' telephone number, and it decided to actually answer the phone, then what would that tweed amp sound like? Clips?

Title: Re: 'tweed amp"
Post by: VMS on April 10, 2015, 06:32:19 am

Take your pick:

http://ampwares.com/?brand=fender&era=tweed (http://ampwares.com/?brand=fender&era=tweed)

The way I think tweed is:

tone circuit with no mid dip and jensen p-series speakers begging for mercy.

Title: Re: 'tweed amp"
Post by: shooter on April 10, 2015, 08:14:42 am

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what would that tweed amp sound like?

Like the Navy's sound powered phones from the '60/'70s, the louder you yell the more distorted they become  :icon_biggrin:

Title: Re: 'tweed amp"
Post by: sluckey on April 10, 2015, 08:19:31 am

Quote from: floyd on April 09, 2015, 10:47:38 pm

Hi guys.. I been hearin bout this tweeded amp craze.. how do I do it , how big is it , and is sound supposed to come out of it , or into it ? If I mic'ed a telephone after callen a tweed amps' telephone number, and it decided to actually answer the phone, then what would that tweed amp sound like? Clips?

Just another cute little turd from Floyd. You're special. There's someone on the forum I'd like you to meet.