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The Tweed Bender

By Riverhorse · Vol. 27, No. 2 · December 2025

In pursuit of long out-of-reach vintage tweed Deluxes, the team tracked down a battered 1955 and a clean 1957, then worked with transformer wizard Bryan Sours to restore both amps to jaw-dropping, timeless life.

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