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FRENZEL JF - 5A3 "Retro Deluxe"

Candy to the ears if you like the pure vintage tones of the 40's - 50's tube amps. Big bottle 6SL7 preamps. Think early Les Paul tones! Oh yeah!

FRENZEL JF- 5A3 "Retro Deluxe'

The FRENZEL JF - 5A3 Retro Deluxe is an amp ....that a lot of you have been asking for...it is  a "vintage oldie" using the classic 6SL7's  for preamps!  The design for the amp was inspired by the Classic 1949 Fender 5A3 Deluxe......but it is much more than that. The JF- 5A3 will give you the great mellow jazz and blues sounds that the Fender amps were famous for in the late 40's. A full list of the features is shown below.

 

FEATURES:

 

Input Jack isolated from chassis for low noise, eddy currents, and hum.

 

DC on filaments for low 60 hz hum. 

 

Star ground system to reduce induced current chassis noise.

 

Warm smooth tones of the vintage 6SL7 preamp and driver tubes. You can also use a 6SN7 for different tones and overdrive.

 

Classic 60's JTM45 - Bassman 5F6  style 3-BAND TONE STACK for extended flexibility in shaping your tone.

 

MASTER level control so you can crank the GAIN's up and overdrive the preamp without overdriving the output tubes.

 

CLASSIC FENDER OUTPUT TRANSFORMER - for those real vintage blues tones!

 

Post output transformer LINE OUT with LINE OUT LEVEL control for driving a higher power amp, or for using this amp as a tube preamp/overdrive. Auto switching internal load if speaker is not connected to give you loaded output distortion.  NOTE:  Also great for  using headphones!

 

Class A cathode biased 6V6's for the true vintage tones.

 

Power Output:  15 watts

 

5Y3 rectifier for the vintage sag....but you can use 5U4 ,5AR4, or Solid-State Plug-In  if you like the sound tighter.

 

Extra long (10') three prong grounded power cord.

 

Classic knobs and open style chassis.

 

STANDBY switch to turn off the plate voltage during warm-up.

 

Compact 12" x 8"  x 8" size. Uses a  lightweight non-magnetic aluminum chassis.

 

Rock solid point-to-point hand wiring using only the best of parts...low noise tubular polypropylenes caps, metal film resistors, ceramic sockets, switchcraft jacks...etc.

 

Sweet vintage clean to classic overdrive tones with three different types of distortion depending on whether you are overdriving the preamp, output... or both!

 

Tube compliment: The amp comes with 2 - 6SL7, 2 - 6V6, 1 - 5Y3

 

FRONT PANEL:


- INPUT
- GAIN WITH BRIGHT SWITCH
- BASS
- MIDDLE
- TREBLE
- MASTER

- STANDBY SWITCH

- PILOT LIGHT
- POWER SWITCH


 

REAR PANEL:


- POWER CORD
- FUSE

- LINE OUT LEVEL CONTROL
- LINE OUT
- SPEAKER OUT 

 

 

PRICE: $695.00    SPECIAL  SALE PRICE $495.00

 

 

UPGRADE OPTIONS: The following upgrade options are available on the amp.

 

1. EFFECTS LOOP -  Serial Effects Loop with Return Jack (Power Amp In), Send Jack (Preamp Out), and  Send Level Control.   Add $50.00.

 

2. 240 VOLT  POWER TRANSFORMER - for operation outside the USA. Add $40.00 

 

3. VINTAGE STEEL CAGE - to protect the tubes. Add $105.00

 

Customer Review - Hey Jim and crew!  I am really enjoying the amp. At first I thought it was a bit under powered, then quickly realized the 6sn7 power tubes were low gain. After further research on the 5a5 amp I am trying to replicate, I swapped out for 6sl7s. Needless to say it roared to life. The best part of all this is the flexibility and ease of changing the tubes. I now have the exact tube compliment of  Don Helms the steel player for Hank Williams!  The only problem I had was the speaker I am using. It is a 60s/70s Jensen p15 L and  really vibrates those tubes! I have to put the amp next to the speaker on a stool or something. A small price to pay for such authentic vintage sound.  Much more practical than taking around a real 40s amp. Thanks for such a great job on a great amp. TC - Florida

CAGE OPTION

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