Tweed Deluxe question - Please HELP!!

What kind of guitar are you using? Deluxes can be a little funny because the controls are interactive. It probably depends how you set the two volumes, no?

My guess is that it's totally normal. Who built it, by the way?

 

Coming from a reputable dealer, I'm sure it's quite normal. I've built two Deluxes, and I remember them doing some weird things depending on which input you're using and where the volumes are set. Does this happen when you change the volume settings? (Remember, the volumes are interactive, too. You can change the sound by using the "non-active" volume control.)

As long as you can get the treble characteristics you're looking for, I wouldn't worry about it.

 

The normal volume control is not directly effected by the tone pot as per the original schematic. However, indirectly you will find that the tone control will slightly alter the brightness at around 70% of its range. It will actually be brighter at 70% Vs 100%

This is perfectly norrmal.
Now, through proper use of the volume control interaction you get a load of other variations as well as with channel jumpering.

The combinations are endless.



Trout

 

Yep, Its 100% stock and 100% normal.

 

But that is part of the charm of the Tweed Deluxe.

Best, Pete.

 

I don't mean to be rude eksfiles, but you've now had two people tell you it's totally normal - three if you include the builder. You're talking about a very old circuit design that has some quirks. If you want something more sophisticated, then you should really consider another amp.

 

Mission amps has a mod kit to address this characteristic. Bruce at Mission tells me it won`t change the basic sound at all just make the volume and tone controls more usable.I have one coming and plan to install it. My all time fav amp.Good Luck!

 

I would think if it is really "THAT" important, you could have someone mod it with a dual (ganged pot) then wire it in just like the bright channel, Why would be beyond me though.

I use the Bright channel 90% of the time, in fact, the only time I have used the normal channel more than 10 minutes was with a Mic & Harp.

Trout

 

I plug into only the bright channel, but use the normal volume control's interaction to adjust final tone and overdrive......

 

The action you describe is perfectly normal. When plugged into the Normal channel the tone control acts only as a treble bleed off. BEcause the two controls are connected, when you turn it up past about half way the treble will bleed off thru the Bright channel. It's just part of the way the amp works, due to the connection of the two channels, and the design of the tone control.

You can change this with the Vol/Tone mod mentioned above, but you loose the interaction of the channels if you do this, which many people really like. It also changes the way the volume controls on the amp work, making the transition from clean to dirty more gradual. Whether you like that or not is subjective.

 

Here's a cheap fix: just get a sharpie marker and inscribe a "12" at the appropriate point; then just never crank 'er past that.

Perfect.

:AOK

 

+10000000000000000

Brilliant! Thats is the most cost efficient

 

I use an old 1956 tweed Deluxe all the time but I never use the mic channel except for the midscoop interactive thing. Lately I've mostly been gigging my Dr Z Maz jr head with a 15" JBL. Last weekend I took out my old tweed Deluxe with a Celestion Century neo speaker in it. With that speaker the Deluxe has within a fraction the same amount of clean volume as the Z with the JBL cab. I don't like that speaker with any other amp but it turns that little Deluxe into a great sounding light weight gigging combo. It also has very good bass response. I prefer a 12AY7 in V1 on all of the Fender amps that call for it.