fender Vibrosonic Reverb

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fender Vibrosonic Reverb

Post by NateD81 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 6:46 pm

Hey guys!

I'm pretty new into some of the older Fender amps and just came across this guy posted on my local cl - is this a good deal on a Vibrosonic Reverb?

https://ventura.craigslist.org/msg/6747649624.html

Any opinions on people who have actually played one? I can actually play it which would be nice but just want some advice on what to look out for if it's even a decent deal.

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Re: fender Vibrosonic Reverb

Post by andy_tchp » Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:35 pm

I've owned a mid-70s one for about 15 years.

They're a Twin Reverb chassis with a 15" speaker instead of 2x12. Great for loud and clean, along with building/straining your arm, neck and shoulder muscles.

Earlier models had the extremely desirable JBL D-130F speaker.

The one in the link has 'blackface' cosmetics, making it one of the last ones produced in the early '80s. The original speaker would've been a Gauss or EV.

The seller has some interesting and misguided notions about the Blackface mods, ultralinear transformers 'melting' and wattages but it's probably a pretty good sounding, very loud amp.
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Re: fender Vibrosonic Reverb

Post by NateD81 » Thu Nov 15, 2018 8:09 pm

andy_tchp wrote:
Thu Nov 15, 2018 7:35 pm
I've owned a mid-70s one for about 15 years.

They're a Twin Reverb chassis with a 15" speaker instead of 2x12. Great for loud and clean, along with building/straining your arm, neck and shoulder muscles.

Earlier models had the extremely desirable JBL D-130F speaker.

The one in the link has 'blackface' cosmetics, making it one of the last ones produced in the early '80s. The original speaker would've been a Gauss or EV.

The seller has some interesting and misguided notions about the Blackface mods, ultralinear transformers 'melting' and wattages but it's probably a pretty good sounding, very loud amp.

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Re: fender Vibrosonic Reverb

Post by hubberjub » Mon Apr 22, 2019 4:07 am

Sorry. I know it's an old post. For the past six or so years, my main amp has been a 1973 Vibrosonic Reverb. Mine has a Rola era Celestian that breaks up pretty easily. I mostly use it on my pedal steel.

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