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https://www.tubeampdoctor.com/en/shop_TAD_Amp_Kits_AMP_Kits_TWEED/TAD_Tweed_One_Twelve_16_Combo_5E3_Style_READY_TO_SHIP_4721
And Ceriatone: for as little as $600USD for a complete head without valves, or $795USD for a 1x12 without speaker (though you'd have to factor in UK import duty (about 24% I think) and shipping.
http://www.ceriatone.com/american-classics-5e3/
I bought mine on eBay and just happened to get lucky. I have the Celestion Blue, which makes it a very loud and very punchy beastie indeed but it doesn’t lack for warmth. The previous one I had used a Canibas Rex, quite different but also lovely
The amp in that demo is based on the earlier 5A3 circuit, not the 5E3 that the OP is after. I personally think the earlier circuits are much superior and have far more character
Rift Amplification
Brackley, Northamptonshire
www.riftamps.co.uk
The Fender Custom Shop one sounded the worst of the three. It was the quietest, but was just flat sounding. Moved it in very quickly. The Vyse sounded (and continues to, using it right now...is on long term loan/swap....@Dazzajl has rebuked my increasingly desperate attempts to buy it) awesome.its like having a semi tame pet tiger, you know it wants to kill you, but hasn’t...
its just a fierce thing.
The Abbott sounded good, way better than the Fender, but nowhere near as good as the Vyse (with Celestion Blue), and desperately noisy. It sounded broken.
I gave the Abbot to Barry Vyse and asked him to look at it, we then found out that despite its beautiful wiring, it was wired up badly, the circuit was quite badly messed up. I then asked Barry to completely rebuild it. He makes his own transformers (exact replicas of the originals, but 240v version), so used those So, Barry completely rebuilt it from the speaker out, and it now proudly wore a Vyse badge instead on an Abbott badge.
The original Abbott tweed cab was fine quality, (appeared to be USA made, top quality wood and finish) so kept that. Kept the Scumback Scumnico too.
The amp I got back for Barry was very different to the one I gave him. The sound was utterly different. Very hifi like, super chimey, Crystal clear, zero noise, huge mids. But it didn’t bark and snarl like @Dazzajl’s one.
I had meant to get it biased a bit hotter to capture that sound, but unemployment struck
quite severely, and I had to sell it. I would love to buy it back, and get it tweaked. Was a fantastic amp. Would buy another Vyse in a heartbeat. In fact, I may just do that, but take @Dazzajl’s amp along as referenxe point.