Origin Effects releases Deluxe 55 Tweed Recreation preamp pedal

November 12, 2024 · 3 sources

Origin Effects introduced the Deluxe 55 Tweed Recreation, a compact preamp pedal modeled on the 5E3 circuit Tweed Deluxe, on November 12, 2024¹. The pedal is available now, priced $339 in the US¹².

The Deluxe 55 uses an all-analog, transistor-based circuit with a tube amp-style signal path, though it is not tube driven². It deploys Origin Effects' transistor-based amp-replicating circuitry from its RevivalDRIVE series of overdrive pedals¹. Origin Effects says the push-pull output stage overdrives in "exactly the same way" as the 6V6-driven power amp in the original design, and a reactive load is built into the pedal to simulate the interaction between the amp's power amp and speaker¹².

Controls are Level, Drive, Tone and a Post EQ filter positioned after the drive stage¹. A Preamp switch toggles between the stock 12AY7 valve and a 12AX7, a modification many owners made to the original amps for more warmth and gain¹. A second toggle selects the Post EQ mode¹. Guitar Pedal X lists the modes as Black Panel, Marshall style and Flat, and describes the 12AX7 voicing as darker and gainier and the 12AY7 as brighter and cleaner³. Guitar World describes the Post EQ toggle as switching between two different voices². The pedal takes 9V DC from a pedalboard power supply and draws 100mA¹.

MusicRadar and Guitar World give the US price as $339¹². Guitar Pedal X also reports that Origin Effects dropped its Adaptive technology for this release in favor of wider EQ shaping³.

Guitar World reports the pedal was built following close inspection of a genuine 1955 Fender 5E3 Tweed Deluxe, and that the original amp was used by Neil Young, Mike Campbell and The Eagles². Origin Effects describes the pedal's character in its own words: "Is it sophisticated and refined? No. Does it get the job done with style and bags of character? Absolutely!"².