Description
Long before pedalboards and modeling amps, guitarists chasing overdriven tone simply turned up a Deluxe and let the tubes do the work. Fender’s ’57 Custom Deluxe revives that formula, reissuing the original 5E3 circuit with the hand-wired construction and premium parts that made these small amps punch far above their 12-watt rating on countless blues, rockabilly, and roots recordings.
This isn’t a museum piece, though — it’s a working amp for players who want vintage breakup at club-friendly volume. A single 12″ Eminence Special Design alnico speaker delivers the warmth this circuit is known for, while the 12AY7 preamp tube, 12AX7, and pair of 6V6 power tubes shape that early, easy-onset saturation Deluxe amps are famous for. Mercury Magnetics transformers and premium coupling capacitors keep the tone honest to the era, and reworked volume pot tapers on both channels give you finer control as you dial in clean-to-crunch on the Instrument or MIC/INST channel.
Built as part of Fender’s Custom series, it’s finger-joined solid pine cabinetry, Bassman-style grille cloth, a vintage leather handle, and chicken-head knobs — all details that tie it directly to the golden-era originals now commanding serious money as collector’s pieces.
- 12-watt all-tube combo, ideal for home, studio, and small-venue use
- Original 5E3 circuit, hand-wired with premium components
- One 12″ 8-ohm Eminence Special Design alnico speaker
- Preamp tubes: 1x 12AY7, 1x 12AX7; Power tubes: 2x 6V6
- Two channels (Instrument and MIC/INST), four 1/4″ inputs
- Finger-joined solid pine cabinet, 26 lbs.
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