5E3 Tweed Deluxe model with all 3 knobs, and the resulting channel interactions

Hi--
It appears the current "Deluxe Tweed" 5E3 model is ignoring the "unused" channel, which is what is so incredibly awesome about that circuit.

The shared cathode resistor and bypass cap and the "backwards" wired volume pots (input to wiper, output from ungrounded end of resistance track) combine with the tone control to make a hugely interactive and very musical trio of controls.

Plugged into the unpadded jack of the "Bright" or "Instrument" channel (the labeling changed at some point in production on the Tweed Deluxe), with the volume about half up and the tone set to taste, if you turn up the unused "Normal" or "Mic" channel's volume past 3 o'clock you get a nice decrease in gain and low-mid response that mins out when the Normal/Mic channel is turned up all the way.

Switch your plug to the unpadded jack of the Normal/Mic channel, and instead of a mid dip, you get a nice mid boost with a little of the highs rolled off due to the tone control wiring and how it interacts with the two channels' volume controls. This makes a killer lead tone.

An A/B switch that grounds the unused output allows you to switch between the two channels and get a super, better than Blackface clean tone and a gnarly, raucous mid-heavy lead tone out of the little beastie.

Reference: - Post #1 on this thread:
http://www.trinityamps.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=9773

Can we get the "Deluxe Tweed" model updated with the extra knob, and an "A/B" switch to put the guitar in the "Bright/Instrument" channel or the "Normal/Mic" channel?

Do you happen to know if the ‘57 Custom Deluxe hand-wired reissue from Fender has this 3-knob interplay?
 
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