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Fender '57 Custom Deluxe 1x12" 12-watt Tube Combo Amp

12-watt 2-channel All-tube 1x12" Guitar Combo Amplifier with Custom Eminence Speaker - Lacquered Tweed
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A Handwired, Historic 5E3 Fender Tweed Deluxe!

The Fender '57 Custom Deluxe tube amplifier brings you the authentic sound, looks, and vibe of a classic. It pumps twelve watts of tube-powered tone through a newly designed 12-inch Eminence Special Design speaker, which includes an alnico magnet for vintage sound. The handwired circuitry ensures that you can easily manipulate your guitar's volume and tone controls to get a range of dynamic, responsive tones. And the Fender '57 Custom Deluxe's solid pine cabinet, lacquered Tweed covering, and leather strap handle make the '57 Custom Deluxe look as amazing as it sounds.

Reissue of a legendary combo amp

The 1950s Fender Deluxe tube amps have become some of the most coveted vintage amplifiers of all time for how well they record and how they sound when cranked wide open. They display a warm low end with plenty of top-end clarity that is never shrill - just plenty of fat, thick overdrive that sounds like the best part of yesteryear. Because vintage Deluxes and this Fender '57 Custom Deluxe are 12 watts, they break up at just the right volume, making them ideal for live performance and recording. There's a very good reason this circuit is so sought-after on the vintage market.

Nails the authentic Fender tweed tone

The Fender '57 Custom Deluxe sounds great at low volumes for clear, clean tones. But it's when you turn the volume knob up past noon that you'll begin to coax iconic sustain from this icon of amplifiers. It's a tone unlike any other amplifier out there. And because the whole amp is handwired with incredible attention to detail, the '57 Custom Deluxe responds to your playing, guitars' pickup positions, and control manipulations effortlessly. You'll attain a wide range of tonal shades out of this simple-to-use amp.

Looks great onstage, in the studio, or at home

A good portion of what makes the original and this '57 Custom Deluxe so identifiable are the amps' very 1950s looks. The '57 Custom Deluxe tube combo amplifier is covered in the expertly applied lacquered tweed covering. Its golden hues stand out and look fantastic whether onstage, in the studio, or sitting comfortably in your living room. The period-correct oxblood grille cloth and genuine leather handle complete the aesthetic package. We know these amps sound fantastic, but every player at Sweetwater wants one to make our home studios look that much better.

Fender '57 Custom Deluxe Tube Combo Amplifier Features:

  • Reissue of a 1957 Fender Deluxe combo amp
  • Historic Fender Tweed Deluxe 5E3 circuit
  • The "hot power tubes" tone that birthed blues and rock 'n' roll
  • Famously used by Neil Young during his Crazy Horse and early CSNY days
  • Handwired construction offers the truest possible tone
  • Authentic coupling capacitors used
  • Unbelievably touch sensitive when turned up
  • Special Design Eminence alnico speaker
  • 12 watts are phenomenal for live and studio use

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Tech Specs

  • Type: Tube, Handwired
  • Number of Channels: 2
  • Total Power: 12W
  • Speaker Size: 12" 8 ohm Eminence Special design Alnico speaker
  • Preamp Tubes: 1 x 12AY7, 1 x 12AX7
  • Power Tubes: 2 x 6V6 Power tubes, 1 x 5Y3 Rectifier
  • EQ: Tone control
  • Inputs: 2 x 1/4" (instrument), 2 x 1/4" (mic)
  • Outputs: 2 x 1/4" (including internal speaker)
  • Power Source: Fixed AC cable
  • Height: 16.7"
  • Width: 20"
  • Depth: 9.5"
  • Weight: 26 lbs.
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 8150500100

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Rated 5/5

57 Custom Deluxe

I bought one these in 2007 and sold it the next year and always regretted it. The Deluxe nails that tweed tone I love. I've retubed with NOS tubes and this amp is so sweet.
Rated 5/5

If you’ve never played this, you just don’t know.

I finally bought this amp. My sales representative, Will Newbill said that the amp would improve my playing and make me more touch sensitive when picking and strumming. He said that the amp being hand wired, was easier to work on, repair, change parts, maintain, etc.
I say, it's hard to believe I never knew how good this amp sounds. It is so much more pronounced in producing tone when switching pick-ups and using guitar volume and tone controls. The way it moves air and when you strum a chord you can distinctly "feel every string". Clarity with barks and howls. Pure tone straight through the amp.
I don't know I lived without it. This amp Rocks!
God bless Leo Fender…
Music background: Rocker
Rated 5/5

Dream Amp for sure

I have dreamed about having this amp for sometime, finally purchased about 2 months ago. I have got too say the most amazing amp I have ever played through, amazing range in tone,really dont need pedals with this amp, it does take them well, a bit of a learning curve, learning too use the 2 volumes and tone on the amp and tone and volume on your guitar as well, perfect match for my Strat and Tele, which both have custom wiring and pups. Thanks goes out too my sales rep. Jordan Clohessy and all the staff at Sweetwater
Rated 5/5

Rock on!

This amp will change the way you play. There is nothing like the sound of a tube amp. Don't rely on pedals, change your pick attack to produce the tone you want. Great blues sound. The amp is made in the U.S.A. (huge point for me). My sales engineer Rob Amaral recommended this amp to me based on the sound that I described I wanted. Everything that Rob has researched for me has been right on the money. Hats off to Rob Amaral for exceptional customer service!
Rated 5/5

TONE!!!!

I have had soooo many amps! This amp is magic. There are lots of boutique amps going after this circut and they are fine. Until this recent iteration I was not ready to jump in. I had owned 1950's Fender amps - loved the tone but the age took its toll on them. Except for a 1957 Tweed Twin I owned that was like new! A friend (MUCH better player than I) demanded I sell it to him for his studio. I sold it for what I paid for it with the caveat that if he EVER sells it - it's to me for the same amount. Still in his Studio over 40 years later. I hope I'm in the Will...
This sounds as good and reacts just like the vintage ones I've played. Couldn't be happier.

It’s impossible to imagine a world without Fender guitars, and if you’re like many of the guitarists at Sweetwater, then Fender not only made the first guitar you ever bought " they made the last one too! From building the first mass-produced solidbody electric guitars and basses in the 1950s to creating some of the most influential amplifier designs in history, it’s no wonder why Fender is one of the biggest names in the business. As one of the world’s largest Fender dealers, we have countless guitars, basses, amps, effects pedals, and accessories in stock and ready to ship, whenever you need them. We’re always getting our hands on their latest creations, and there’s nothing we love more than to tell our customers all about them! So, whether you’re looking for your first axe or a Custom Shop creation, make sure to give your Sweetwater Sales Engineer a call at (800) 222-4700.

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