Dark Lacquered Tweed

Dark Lacquered Tweed

Regular Lacquer Tweed

Regular Lacquer Tweed

What do you mean by Lacquered Tweed?

The tweed material that covers tweed amps is a thick tough cotton material. The outside is has a light coating but for all practical purposes the amp is being covered in thick cloth. Right from the get-go Tweed is more durable that tolex but the uncoated tweed makes the amp get dirty easily and is hard to clean.  Lacquered tweed is more more tear resistant.  In the old days Fender would spray lacquer (the same finish that went on the guitars) to fill the fibers and make it more durable. When tolex came along it was cheaper since it took less labor so Fender abandoned using tweed.

 My tweed amps are finished like the original Fenders in a few different colors. Generally I use a little more finish than seen on old Fenders to further add to the durability and looks.

NOTE:  All the new Fender Amps that claim to be lacquered are not. Some like the NOS Blue Junior stain the tweed but is essentially raw. I recommend lacquering these cabinets.

 

Unfinished Tweed

Unfinished Tweed