Tube-Tone Amplifiers are re-creations of the 60's blackface Fender Reverb amplifiers using the same construction methods used by Leo Fender and his team prior to his selling the Fender Musical Instrument company and years after. 

Modern amplifiers (including many re-issue models) made today use printed circuit board technology with thin signal traces and modular components such as jacks, switches, and potentiometers directly attached to the board.   These components fail quickly over time from extreme temperature changes and general use. 

All our amplifiers are hand soldered point-to-point wiring using cloth covered solid wire with silver solder.  All use quality components such as Switchcraft jacks, Alpha and CTS potentiometers, Carling switches, JJ power and pre-amp tubes, and finger-jointed pine ply cabinets.  We also use the Weber AlNiCo and ceramic speakers considered as the best replacement speaker for 60's amplifiers for that ultimate vintage tone.  We also carefully follow Leo's example of lead dress and chassis grounding for the best signal-to-noise ratio which gives the quietest idle hum.  All components are RoHS compliant for the new international sales requirements. 

We follow Leo's schematics to the letter with a few additions that make absolutely no difference in the tone of the amplifier.  If Leo was around today, he would have done the same such as adding a line/record out jack.  In the 60's, it was unheard of to send a line out to the PA system.  Back then if more volume was needed, they simply added more amplifiers in a stack. 

Another innovation we use is a separate bias adjustment pot for each power tube.  In the 60s', tubes were made with tight tolerances for high quality tubes that all had about the same power output.   Today's tubes can vary considerably in plate current.  Power tubes need to be ordered in matched sets for optimal bias voltage adjustments.  With our innovation using a bias pot for each tube, you never need to pay extra for a matched set of tubes again.  When power tubes are changed, the tech simply replaces the tubes, and bias voltage is then adjusted for each tube separately for exact matching of output current yeilding the optimal power and life from the power tubes. 

We manufacture all the popular Fender blackface, brown and tweed amps including the '59 Bassman, Twin-Reverb, Super-Reverb, Vibrolux-Reverb and Deluxe-Reverb.  Of these, our favorite is the "Deluxe" patterned after the blackface Fender Deluxe-Reverb AB763 circuit from '63-'67.  Small and compact with single 12" speaker yet loud enough to cut through animal drummers and monster bass players in gigs where the amps are not miked.  The Deluxe can be ready to ship within one week of ordering.  All other models can take up to 4 weeks to be ready after order is placed.

Below are photos showing a Tube-Tone Deluxe chassis and an untouched (other than replaced caps) 1964 Fender Bassman chassis.  This is to show how close we follow the 60's Fender lead dress.  Fender used a brass plate for the grounds but using a buss gets each preamp ground close to it's cathode ground and isn't dependent on the brass plate not corroding or having tight nuts on every pot.  We've recently changed grounding scheme from Fender's using a buss bar rather than the brass plate but still keep separate grounds for power and preamp filters for a wisper quiet operation.

 Pricing shown on each amp page for the basic amp shipped via FedEx ground in the continental US.  We now have discounted rates with DHL for international shippng.  Contact us for a quote to all other countries.  Most amps require a 50% deposit on ordering with 4 weeks being the average time to complete the order.  Custom ordering can include mods such as extra gain stage, FX in/out, "Tweed deluxe" preamp circuitry on the Normal channel, channel switching, power scaling, different speakers, as well as different coverings.  Contact us for any special orders.

 
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