Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
- StevenO
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Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
So I have this old 73 Vibrolux Reverb and it works great and sounds great, but it has a lot of hiss/wurring and the occasional popping sound when I have the Reverb knob turned up. What's going on here? Failing component or tube? I've tried nothing and I'm all out of ideas.
- StevenO
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Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
I'll just take it into ye ol' amp tech. I tried tubes in the reverb section and no dice.
- OffYourFace
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Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
could be cathode bypass caps (25uFx25v) or plate resistors (2x100k) in the reverb ckt.
- HH1978
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Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
I had the same issue with my 1966 vibrolux reverb. In my case it was caused by the footswitch's cable.
- Ursa Minor
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Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
has it ever had a check up or cap job?
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