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#TweedTone: Dialling In Two 5e3 Tweed Deluxe Reference Tones For 2026

It’s that time of year again, where I have another go at building a signal chain to capture a reference tone for my beloved 5e3 Tweed Deluxe amp.

This time though – as the post’s title suggests – things are a bit different. Instead of one reference tone, I’ve built a couple of them. Let me explain why …

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#CoffeeAndKlon 46: How I First Fell In Love With My Klon KTR

#CoffeeAndKlon is my (irregular!) Sunday morning magazine series, where I talk about whatever’s on my mind right now. There’s always coffee, and there’s normally chat about the Klon and its many competitors.

Today, I want to talk about why I started using a Klon KTR, and demonstrate what makes it different to the other options that I had at the time. Let’s travel back in time to 2014, when the world was a (slightly) saner place and guitar YouTube wasn’t full of “they all sound the same” Klon klone demos …

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Studio Diary #64: Chasing The Amp That Got Away

‘Studio Diary’ is an occasional series where I talk about building a home recording setup for hobbyists and enthusiasts like us. I share my personal experiences, and the thinking behind some of the decisions that I’ve made along the way.

Many of us have tales of “the one that got away” … a guitar or an amp that we’ll always regret not buying at the time. This is one of those tales, and the story of how I’ve recently reproduced something similar in my Axe-FX 3.

And it’s all thanks to That Pedal Show.

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First Impressions: Using The KAT Load*Star Speaker Attenuator With My 5e3 Tweed Deluxe Amp

I recently bought a KAT Load*Star speaker attenuator, to use with my 5e3 Tweed Deluxe amp.

The KAT Load*Star Speaker Attenuator, sat on top of my Fender ’57 Custom Deluxe amp.

I’ve only had this for 24 hours, and it’s already in the running to be my best purchase of 2026. Why? Read on for my first impressions.

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#TweedTone: Dialling In A 5F1 Tweed Champ Reference Tone For 2025/26

Regular readers may have noticed that most of the tweed amp in a box pedals seem to be chasing either the legendary 5e3 Tweed Deluxe or the sublime 5F6-A Tweed Bassman sound.

But every now and then, I get a pedal that chases the sound of a 5F1 Tweed Champ. And I think it would help if I had a reference tone to compare those pedals against.

So let’s see what I can put together in the Axe-FX 3.

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