Tweed Twin vs Tweed Deluxe

[myaudiodna]

I'm sure this question has been asked somewhere before, but is the tweed twin just I high power tweed deluxe or are they really different animals? I'm debating whether or not I really need both or if I could get tweed deluxe grind from a cranked tweed twin.

[Hulakatt]

Very different animals. One of the bif things that contributes to the deluxe is it's older design PI stage and the Twin has a better (cleaner) PI stage to pass more clean signal before overload.

[pedalcr8z]

Yes very different animals I've owned both multiple times. Sure they'll both grind however the twin will be very loud in a home environment before it gives up the goods especially with single coils. Even the Deluxe will be loud at home. I would only do the twin and you were gigging in larger venues. Both are exciting amps to "play".

[myaudiodna]

Thanks for the replies! Just for reference, this is not for home use, it is for studio and gig use. The amps will be run in a small iso booth for recording, so volume is not an issue.

[mad dog]

Very different amps. The lo power tweed twin is much louder, tighter. Similar I guess in how dynamic they are, how good they feel. Otherwise not much the same. It would be best to own one of each, yes?
MD

[myaudiodna]

Originally Posted by mad dog

Very different amps. The lo power tweed twin is much louder, tighter. Similar I guess in how dynamic they are, how good they feel. Otherwise not much the same. It would be best to own one of each, yes?
MD

It's definitely seeming that way

[WailinGuy]

The circuits are VERY different (assuming a high-power tweed Twin here):
- The Deluxe is cathode biased, uses no negative feedback, and runs the power tubes very near to class A. The Twin is fixed biased class AB and uses negative feedback.
- The Deluxe doesn't use a choke in its power supply; it uses a power resister instead. The Twin uses a choke.
- The Deluxe uses a split load phase inverter circuit. The Twin uses a long-tail pair phase inverter circuit.
- The Deluxe doesn't have a tone stack in its preamp; it single tone control controls a simple variable treble bypass circuit. The Twin has a 3 band EQ/tone stack.