Dialing In Six Classic Tweed 5F1 Champ Tones with the RYRA Tramp Amp

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @GerardRebours
    @GerardRebours 2 роки тому +29

    I enjoy - among many other things - the fact that Jay's guitar(s) are always perfectly tuned.

  • @aitken1965
    @aitken1965 Рік тому +20

    Every guitar player needs an amp like this. Straight in, no effects, no b.s..

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  Рік тому +1

      Yeah!

    • @stringlocker
      @stringlocker Рік тому +12

      Yeah but you know we got to get a new speaker maybe a couple mods definitely a delay pedal oh yeah and an Overdrive. And we are definitely going to have to try a hundred different kind of tubes

    • @sam-ww1wk
      @sam-ww1wk 2 місяці тому +2

      @@stringlocker Ha ha, true. I have one and it sounds killer and fun with nothing in front of it, but really wakes up with delay and a splash of fuzz or od. It's honestly a perfect pedal platform for practicing with a hand-wired legit tube circuit. How awesome is that. I've swapped tubes too and they all sound great. It's just pure, simple, fun.

  • @KrenarCilkuGuitar
    @KrenarCilkuGuitar 2 роки тому +10

    Nocturne sounded great, Jay! Lage's perfomance on that one has been a life changer for me! So glad to hear you play it!

  • @andrewclemons8619
    @andrewclemons8619 2 роки тому +6

    The best 5f1 presentation I've seen. Really touched all the bases on this one

  • @mccauley6027
    @mccauley6027 2 роки тому +15

    Julian lage definitely has my favorite champ tones

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +7

      He's a living legend. Love his touch and phrasing!!

  • @yaanno
    @yaanno 7 місяців тому

    At 8:16 is tone heaven for jazz players. A friend is gigging and recording exactly like this - paired with a Princeton amp. Sweet smoky sound. One is crunchy and compressed and the other is beautifully open. He has a decent pedalboard too. I was astonished these tone you shared. Thank you for the excellent recording!

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  6 місяців тому

      Really appreciate it, thanks :)

  • @lorenzo6mm
    @lorenzo6mm Місяць тому +1

    2024 and using a (modified, reduced plate dissipation/ Watts)
    VHT Special 6 for exactly what you did here with this Champ circuit.
    Thank you. For your efforts about all
    The glorious tones you can coax out of a
    Class A single ended, no tone stack
    tube design. It's all there.❤❤

  • @Mark-y9o4q
    @Mark-y9o4q 3 місяці тому

    I'm sitting here stunned--excellent tone and touch! Enjoyed it, thanks.

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 місяці тому

      Really appreciate it, thanks!

  • @rockyourrepairedamp9850
    @rockyourrepairedamp9850 2 роки тому +5

    Super demo Jay- I am happy to see how many Julian Lage fans you have on your channel.

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому

      Thanks so much!!! I think he is the modern face of the Tweed Champ sound and he just knows how to make them sing soooo good :)

  • @pml394
    @pml394 2 роки тому +6

    the champ plays champ

  • @davidsharp3675
    @davidsharp3675 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic run through Jay. Love your unique playing. 😎👍

  • @mojostrat58
    @mojostrat58 Рік тому +2

    Champs are Great Amps...I see the Tone King in the background...Played a Sky King for a couple years and moved to a Custom Plexi and never looked back...

  • @john808welk
    @john808welk 2 роки тому +3

    Oh man, the Lage bit was spot on.

  • @miguelteixeira1979
    @miguelteixeira1979 2 роки тому +5

    From the top of my head: Julian Lage - Ryland, Jeff Beck - cause we've ended as lovers, Aerosmith - dream on, ZZ top- la grange.

    • @ianngalbraith
      @ianngalbraith 2 роки тому +2

      Lage’s Ryland is almost too good 👍🏻

  • @mikefromusa6902
    @mikefromusa6902 2 роки тому +4

    I have a small stash of old silver/black panel fender amps, but my 5f1 I made from a kit gets A LOT of attention.

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +2

      Yeah, such an simple and fun circuit to play and work on!

  • @jonkomatsu8192
    @jonkomatsu8192 2 роки тому +8

    Heck only one song, although many examples exist, need be mentioned when the venerable Champ comes up: "Layla."

  • @macherte
    @macherte Рік тому +1

    Fantastic playing!

  • @alpha-male1959
    @alpha-male1959 Рік тому +1

    Wicked video on the 5f1. Great playing also
    I just picked up a mojotone 5f1 with a Jensen 8”

  • @ElDiabloHuma
    @ElDiabloHuma Рік тому +1

    Beautiful playing man

  • @KevinHowardMusic
    @KevinHowardMusic 11 місяців тому

    I just ordered one of these. This demo was a big reason why

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  11 місяців тому

      I really appreciate it. Hope you dig it!

  • @jimcatanzaro7808
    @jimcatanzaro7808 Рік тому +2

    I just hand built one using old transformers 3 tubes and extra parts
    It sound just as nice as well

  • @darwinsaye
    @darwinsaye 2 роки тому +2

    Nice with the J Beck

  • @ZitherBeast
    @ZitherBeast 2 роки тому +1

    This is simply FANTASTIC stuff. Very impressive, truly fun to watch.

  • @jeremycotta9746
    @jeremycotta9746 2 роки тому +3

    Seriously amazing demo! Are you going to demo the The Elegante too?

  • @LRHutch
    @LRHutch 3 місяці тому

    ❤. Great video Jay. I have a 52 Tweed clone, yep it's darn nice. I swear you look like my first cousin from Chicago.

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 місяці тому +1

      Sounds like a super handsome dude, haha

  • @binface9
    @binface9 2 роки тому +5

    Reminded me that I must learn to play Dream On.

  • @roscius6204
    @roscius6204 8 місяців тому

    Yep, the reality of amps used V perception.
    Pignose needs the same reverence.
    Sounded great BTW.

  • @graziolivenier
    @graziolivenier 2 роки тому +1

    Great video! All of yours are, great to follow you. What is the difference between this and the Fender 57 champ?

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +3

      The parts are a little more upper end on this one, different speaker, and the Ryra also has the on/off built into the volume knob as opposed to a separate switch.

    • @graziolivenier
      @graziolivenier 2 роки тому

      @@JayLeonardJ thank you !

  • @EduardoLSchmidt
    @EduardoLSchmidt 5 місяців тому

    J, love all the tones anda the play! Congrats!! Witch mic do you use to record the champ?

  • @edwardbosloper2445
    @edwardbosloper2445 2 роки тому +2

    Fantastic video! Love champ amps

  • @rudya4970
    @rudya4970 2 роки тому

    The Jeff Beck bit was 💯 % spot on!

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому

      Thanks so much. Love that tune.

  • @claycohen4330
    @claycohen4330 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds great! I’m trying to pick a good microphone for my champ for one step above my e609 / 57 sounds - any tips? What kind of mic is that? Didn’t catch it in the vid

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +1

      It is a Cascade Fathead II. Really fun mic :) That being said, I love micing with a 57 :)

  • @Goth108
    @Goth108 2 роки тому +1

    Does anyone know which microphone he is using there? Looks a lot like a Beyerdynamic M130, but it's probably something else?

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +2

      It is a Cascade Fathead II :)

  • @nathanbreton8481
    @nathanbreton8481 2 роки тому +5

    I love this amp, got one a few months back, simply perfection to the highest standards

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +2

      Congrats, been really loving mine! Use it a TON :)

  • @tomfoolery2082
    @tomfoolery2082 2 роки тому

    Hey Jay , tht dude sounds good . All of it , guitar , amp , ur playin . All good . Love the channel.

  • @tomfoolery2082
    @tomfoolery2082 2 роки тому +1

    One more time . Lol the "dream on" intro . From here it wld be hard to tell , urself from the Aerosmith recording . Thts pretty cool.

  • @andrijamilutinovic4348
    @andrijamilutinovic4348 Рік тому

    4:20 name of the song ?

  • @jlore6344
    @jlore6344 2 роки тому +2

    What’s the name of the song starting around 8:35? I learned from watching you but want to learn the rest and cannot think of the name.
    Love the sounds you get from this little champ BTW.

    • @rockyourrepairedamp9850
      @rockyourrepairedamp9850 2 роки тому +1

      I believe it’s Nocturne By Julian Lage

    • @jlore6344
      @jlore6344 2 роки тому

      Thank you, that sounds correct. Actually I was thinking it was a song on Julian’s recent album Squint, and track 8, “quiet like a fuse” was close but not it.

  • @abysmillard78
    @abysmillard78 2 роки тому +1

    Sounds sick!

  • @pablors90
    @pablors90 2 роки тому

    4:20 song?

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому

      "Rocky Mountain Way" - Joe Walsh

    • @pablors90
      @pablors90 2 роки тому

      @@JayLeonardJ it’s not! 😂

    • @Marc-uw4mt
      @Marc-uw4mt 4 місяці тому

      @@pablors90 Funk #49 - James Gang

  • @davide88rn
    @davide88rn 11 місяців тому

    Is that with 12ax7 or 12ay7 in the preamp?

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  11 місяців тому +1

      I believe mine has a 12AY7 in that slot.

  • @jpalberthoward9
    @jpalberthoward9 Рік тому +2

    The entire Derek and the Dominoes album was made with 2 small amps. Clapton had the Tweed Champ, and Duane Allman had the blackface Princeton Reverb. This is according to Tom Dowd. The tones on that album require no explanations or justifications.
    Now that volume of any kind is a Federeal offense, it's more important than ever to have an awesome amp that can deliver the tones at a level that will keep Karen from coming and screaming at you. The Tweed Champ is among the first choices. It's unbelievable how much harmonic complexity can come from such a simple circuit. It's the embodiment of the idea that less is more.
    I don't have a Champ, I have a 1956 5F2A Princeton, and it sounds like God shouting from the mountain top, only at volume levels that don't bring flashing blue and red lights into my driveway, at least not during the daytime.
    I did 3 mods to mine, all easily reversible. I removed the tone control and replaced it with a master volume. This gives me a volume control on both the 12AX7 and the 6V6. It lets me move the headroom and the edge of breakup any where I like at any volume. It helps to keep the anti loud nazis off my back and still be able to sound like a real amp. It's also extremely touch sensitive, and my right hand is my distortion control. No pedals needed.
    I also used a push pull pot for the master volume,
    Which is connected to the feedback loop. I can run it stock, or I can disconnect the loop, and get a more raw, almost Vox kind of response.
    The last thing I did was to add a 25/25 bypass cap across the cathode of the 2nd half of the 12AX7. This increases the gain dramatically when cranked, but when you back it off, the sweet clean thing comes right back. I have a nearly infinite range of tones avaliable, from clean to dirty, and there's not a bad sound to be had anywhere within that range. If you can't make this one sound good, you can't play. Period.
    These 3 changes have dramatically increased the versatility of this amp, and I routinely turn down offers from people trying to buy it from me. I tell them "You can't have this one, it's mine, but if you want to comission me to build you one, I can make you an exact duplicate of it from a re issue for what you're offering me for this one"
    I saved all of the original parts, and put them away safely, just in case somebody wants to trade me their house for it or some ridiculous collector insanity like that. But as far as I'm concerned, this one is a keeper. The next time it changes hands will be at my estate sale.

  • @omorganstudios
    @omorganstudios 2 роки тому

    Maybe use it as a monitor for a modeler pedal??? Cabinet may color it too much? Great vid✌👍

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  2 роки тому +1

      There will be a lot of color from the cab and speaker, but that might be exactly what you are looking for :) Maybe turn off the Cab and Power Amp sim in your modeller and you can find some really cool tones from there!

  • @holmes1978
    @holmes1978 Рік тому

    Very nice ❤❤❤❤

  • @vaughnhollund5316
    @vaughnhollund5316 2 роки тому

    I imagine this amp has no dynamics when the drummer starts playing?

  • @Goth108
    @Goth108 2 роки тому +4

    Spoiler: This amp costs about the same as the Fender '57 Custom Champ, which is available new from all bigger retailers.

    • @ericrinehardt9373
      @ericrinehardt9373 11 місяців тому +1

      Different tubes, different speakers, different capacitors. Horses for courses

  • @snörre23
    @snörre23 2 роки тому +3

    All a guitar player ever needs. They should have just built that and a deluxe without changes over the last 7 decades instead of all that terrible crap.

    • @darwinsaye
      @darwinsaye 2 роки тому +5

      Then the company never would have survived the period of live music in the 60s before PAs were advanced enough to amplify little amps to stadium volumes. Those “crap” amps you don’t like were developed to be able to be heard in increasingly loud venues at a time when PAs were only good for amplifying vocals.

    • @wyattdoodat
      @wyattdoodat 2 роки тому

      I know the noun "retard" isn't PC but...sometimes no other word will do.

  • @mastrochristo
    @mastrochristo 2 роки тому

    "One amp, six guitars, six tones.."

  • @davidthaot
    @davidthaot Рік тому

    is it me or the 🎤 look like a penny?

    • @JayLeonardJ
      @JayLeonardJ  Рік тому +1

      I'm thinking "steampunk shower head" 😄

  • @dezionlion
    @dezionlion 2 роки тому +1

    Your teles are first class! The rest of your guitars sound awful!

    • @hyde7751
      @hyde7751 2 роки тому +2

      average tele stan right here