ToneQuest commissions master amp tech Jeff Bakos of Bakos Ampworks to build a StewMac Fender 5E3 tweed Deluxe kit, yielding a fresh take on what they call the greatest amp ever made. The result — loaded with NOS RCA tubes, a Celestion G12H 70th Anniversary, and vintage Heyboer transformers — outshines the original 1957 and 1960 Deluxes they once owned.
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