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Ah yes. And, in fact, I believe I have played surf guitar myself through
that very Vibroverb. I've even personally build a "Vibroclone" using a '75
Bandmaster Reverb in a 1x15" cabinet. It's a great amp; Stan-o from the old
Mel-tones still has it.
I suppose I should have prefaced my comments to be specifically about the
new "custom" Vibroverb. My comments are also mainly aimed at the Diaz mod,
to get the SRV "blooz" tone. The solid state/tube rectifier switch is a
nice touch, and will give the amp more clean headroom than a vintage
Vibroverb.
However, as a surf amp, I would prefer the late 90s Vibrosonic - 85W with a
15" speaker. Of course, the new Vibroverb has higher quality construction,
with PTP wiring and a pine cabinet.
I'm not saying you can't play surf on a 40W amp, just that surf players, and
anyone else striving for loud, clean tones, are not the primary target for
this amp.
I'm glad that Fender is building this amp; it's an exciting update of a
classic design. Of course, I'd love to see Fender build a brownface Showman
"Custom" with three tube harmonic vibrato, channel switching, 2/4 power tube
selector, and a 1x15" tone-ring cabinet.
Mel
-----Original Message-----
From: Ferenc Dobronyi [mailto:]
Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 4:19 PM
To:
Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Re: New from NAMM: Fender '64 Vibroverb
Custom
I bought a Vibroverb (to play Surf on, Mel) in '92-- I can't
believe the pice is at $200 now. I think my amp cost under
$500 when I bought it.
ferenc
Mel Waldorf wrote:
>
> The Vibroverb is aimed more at blooz players. The Diaz mod apparently
makes
> the amp break up at a lower volume, and is something Stevie Ray Vaughn
had
> done to his Vibroverbs. I'm sure it's a nice sounding amp, and I bet
you
> can get surfy tones from it, but I wouldn't look to it as a traditional
surf
> amp.
> As for pricing, they are putting it on level with the Dual Professional,
but
> isn't that what they did with the '65 Twin Reverb Reissue and the '65
Super
> Reverb Reissue? Each one is the "top of the line" to a different group
of
> customers.
> Mel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian <> [mailto:]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 1:56 PM
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Re: New from NAMM: Fender '64 Vibroverb
Custom
>
> Hey Phil,
> Be sure and give us the scoop on your bass when you get it!
>
> Thats very interesting on the price of the Vibroverb. Thats the same
> price for the Dual Professional ($3000 list price, $2100 street).
> With the Dual Pro you get a built in reverb unit (3 knob), 100
> Watts, and 2 12" speakers. Wow, I wonder why the Vibroverb is nearly
> the same as the Dual Pro?
>
> BN
>
> --- In , Phil Tiki <philx@m...> wrote:
> > I just ordered a new Classic 51 P-Bass and while I was talking to
> my
> > buddy, I asked about the Vibroverb.
> >
> > Ready?
> >
> > $2999.00 list. Ouch. Look for a street price of about $2000. Ouch.
> >
> > I don't know...1-15" speaker, tube reverb, tube tremolo...sounds
> like a
> > surf monster to me...
> >
> >
> > Phil
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 12:06 PM, Brian <bneal@z...>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > --- In , "Brian <bneal@z...>"
> > > <bneal@z...> wrote:
> > >> Check it out:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Is this the closest thing we are going to get to a reissue
> Showman?
> > >> Its the same circuit as used in the Showman/Twin Reverbs, 15"
> > >> speaker, and "only" 40 Watts. It will probably be pretty
> expensive
> > >> as its all point-to-point wired plus it has a nice cabinet.
> > >>
> > >
> > > Let me ammend that statement. The vintage Vibroverbs had the same
> > > circuit as the Showman/Twin Reverbs, but this model has "Circuit
> > > Modifications Designed by the Legendary Cesar Diaz". I wonder how
> > > these mods make it applicable to surf?
> > >
> > > BN
> > >
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