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Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:25 am
by StevenO
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.
Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 4:09 pm
by StevenO
I'll just take it into ye ol' amp tech. I tried tubes in the reverb section and no dice.
Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 11:02 pm
by OffYourFace
could be cathode bypass caps (25uFx25v) or plate resistors (2x100k) in the reverb ckt.
Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 1:23 pm
by HH1978
I had the same issue with my 1966 vibrolux reverb. In my case it was caused by the footswitch's cable.
Re: Fender SF Vibrolux - Noisy Reverb?
Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:18 pm
by Ursa Minor
has it ever had a check up or cap job?