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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 5:20 pm
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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 6:59 pm
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Let's see, I wonder how many BJ kits will be for sale 60 years from now.


Thousands for certain.

But that amount will be eclipsed by the available number of factory-assembled Cyber Twins which have been fully restored.

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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:20 am
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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 5:28 am
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upnorth2 wrote:
Let's see, I wonder how many BJ kits will be for sale 60 years from now.

+1

I have one and like it.
At the time I bought it (mid 90s) I didn't know that I would like the traditional tweed designs, and couldn't afford a Marshall.
The BJ does not have the stereotypical "Fender" tone, for a number of reasons.
The reverb drive/recovery circuit is solid state.
The output tubes are biased too "hot", and bias is not adjustable, meaning that there is a significant risk of red plating new tubes and no easy way to adjust... it has to be done by a competent amp tech familiar with the design.
The tubes are mounted to their own daughterboard and not secured to the chassis. This board (like many) is prone to heat failure. The high bias compounds this issue.

It's not a "bad" amp... but it's not one of Fender's better amps either.

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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2019 3:45 pm
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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:30 pm
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I have owned a few versions of the BJ, and they have been fine amps. I have had one 5E3 for the past 12 years and it is a great amp. I gigged it for 5 of those years with no problems. I found that the BJ's couldn't keep up in a band setting the way the 5E3 does, plus the 5E3 sounds much better to me (I play blues). I find it versatile and musical, warm and girthy. It's the one amp I'll probably never sell. And it's been very reliable and takes pedals just fine, if you think you need them.


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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Sun Oct 13, 2019 8:52 pm
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Did you own any of those BJ's for twelve years?

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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 8:24 am
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Retroverbial wrote:
Did you own any of those BJ's for twelve years?

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Nope... No


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Post subject: Re: 57 Tweed Custom Delux Handwired
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:01 pm
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No matter.

You still have a mighty fine amp in that 5E3.

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