Jim’s take on the infamous 5E3 circuit. Meticulously hand wired by the man himself! I opted for Jim’s suggested upgrades which will be noted below. Please note the Paul C mod helps lift the headroom when the switch is engaged and is completely out of the circuit when disengaged.

This amp does not deviate from what we know a 5E3 to sound and feel like. While it retains its spongy character it really sounds huge. Something to note is Jim houses the chassis in a slightly larger and deeper cabinet custom built by Bill Mather. This combination of the larger transformers, larger cabinet, and Alessandro speaker sound like a 5E3 shot out of a cannon.

No issues at all with this amp. It’s as fresh as the day I received it from Jim. No pets or smoke. Still smells like lacquer and pine. It’s always been kept in my home, and has very low hours on it ~

No trades please.

Specs are as follows:

- Mercury Magnetics 18 watt @ 8 ohm input & output transformer set (FTDP & FTDO-59) [upgrade]

- Sprague Atoms filter & bypass caps [upgrade]

- Sozo Blue molded coupling caps [upgrade]

- Switchable “Paul C” mod (bottom mounted) [upgrade]

- Red Fender style pilot light

- Cream chicken head knobs

- Hi & Lo gain inputs

- Parallel 1/4” speaker output jacks

- New JJ preamp tubes

- ANOS 5Y3GT [upgrade]

- ANOS 6V6GT [upgrade]

- Dark lacquered deep 1x12 deluxe cab from Mather Amp Cabinets

- 12” Alessandro GA-SC59 speaker [upgrade]