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Has anybody played a Fender Vibro King amp? Fender claims it has a
built in 63 Reverb unit. Is it's reverb as wet as an outboard 63
Reverb? I don't know whether to go for the Vibro King (I can't afford
it, but so what) or go for reissues of a 65 Super Reverb and a 63
Reverb unit. Help!
Go for the VibroVerb. Brand new. 1-15", Tube Reverb, Tube Tremolo. It also
has the switchable Stevie Ray Mods (just in case you want to make money
playing music, You know, something other than Surf...). I haven't played one
yet, but the specs sound awesome.
Btw, It looks to be in the same ballpark price wise, $3K list/2K street.
Phil
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Phil Tiki
The Cocktail Preachers
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> Has anybody played a Fender Vibro King amp? Fender claims it has a
> built in 63 Reverb unit. Is it's reverb as wet as an outboard 63
> Reverb? I don't know whether to go for the Vibro King (I can't afford
> it, but so what) or go for reissues of a 65 Super Reverb and a 63
> Reverb unit. Help!
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hi,
I looked up both the vibroking and the vibroverb on the link, and couldn't
help noticing that the vibroking has an extra 6v6 powertube, whereas the
vibroverb just has the two 6l6 and the rest is pre-amp tube.
Could this mean that the ~king is using the 6v6 as reverb driver (like a
stand alone unit) and the ~verbs reverb is more twinlike?
enlighten me!
wannes
>From: Phil Kucer <>
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>Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] fender vibro king
>Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2003 19:14:21 -0600
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>Go for the VibroVerb. Brand new. 1-15", Tube Reverb, Tube Tremolo. It also
>has the switchable Stevie Ray Mods (just in case you want to make money
>playing music, You know, something other than Surf...). I haven't played
>one
>yet, but the specs sound awesome.
>
>
>
>Btw, It looks to be in the same ballpark price wise, $3K list/2K street.
>
>Phil
>
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>Phil Tiki
>The Cocktail Preachers
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>
> > From: "dwellmore <>" <>
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> > Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2003 01:02:17 -0000
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> >
> > Has anybody played a Fender Vibro King amp? Fender claims it has a
> > built in 63 Reverb unit. Is it's reverb as wet as an outboard 63
> > Reverb? I don't know whether to go for the Vibro King (I can't afford
> > it, but so what) or go for reissues of a 65 Super Reverb and a 63
> > Reverb unit. Help!
> >
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--- In , "dwellmore <tbwnaw@a...>"
<tbwnaw@a...> wrote:
> Has anybody played a Fender Vibro King amp? Fender claims it has a
> built in 63 Reverb unit. Is it's reverb as wet as an outboard 63
> Reverb? I don't know whether to go for the Vibro King (I can't
afford
> it, but so what) or go for reissues of a 65 Super Reverb and a 63
> Reverb unit. Help!
I played a used Vibro King in a guitar store....it was sweet!!!
However I didn't crank it or put it through its paces. It does
indeed have an outboard unit built into it (and I assume the usual
tube and cap mods would apply to it as well...it uses a 6V6 instead
of a 6K6). I set the 3 knob reverb on my usual 6-6-6 setting and it
delivered! It sounded really good, really distinct.
I've been told that the Vibro King has been designed with blooz
players in mind, and it breaks up early, easily, and often. Again, I
didn't try to find this out in the store by cranking it up. :)
The Vibro-King's sister, the Dual Professional, is also a custom
shop amp with a built-in outboard reverb unit. However, it's
heritage is the Twin Reverb family. It has been described as ultra-
loud AND ultra clean...the biggest and baddest Twin.
As for the new Vibro-Verb reissue with the Cesar Diaz SRV mods, we
had a discussion on that a few weeks ago. Search the archives if
interested in that amp. Its also pretty pricey.
BN
Well, there are so many factors to consider--not the least of which
is, how long to do plan to keep it. I go so sick of trying to cut
corners on an amp that i thought would cut it, and then selling it for
a loss later, that I got real analytical about it and first defined
all of my criteria, then went and looked for the amps that fit my
criteria, regardless of price. I planned on finding an amp to last the
rest of my life--and I found one.
So, question #1: How long do you plan to keep it?
question #2: How loud does it have to play? Can you go smaller and use
a PA for larger gigs?
question #3: Which power tubes should it use?
question #4: Does it have to be class A?
qestion #5: Does it have to have built in reverb and tremelo?
After asking these questions of myself--and having gone through
several Laney's, Amgeg Reverberrockets, and Fender DR's--I would not
own a modern factory produced tube amplifier. Period. I would either
buy an old 60's amp, build my own, or buy a boutique amp. I had
planned to build my own, and was going to get an Allen kit, when I
happened to test drive a TopHat, a Tone King, and a Carr. I would like
to own all three of those amps--but after I played the Carr Rambler--I
looked no further. Hand wired, point to point wiring, class A 6L6
power tubes, switchable between triode and pentode mode, generates
about 30 watts in pentode mode. Built in reverb and tremelo circuit is
modelled after old Gibson amps. It breathes. Lifetime warrantee. Steve
Carr answers emails himself. If I had the money, I'd love to get a
Slant V6, as well--maybe someday. The Rambler comes with either a 12
or 15 inch speaker. I paid about 1600 for mine, and it is so nice not
to have to worry about biasing the amp by hand. If you are planning to
get something now--and then later, upgrade, then fine go with a cheap
Fender like the Blues Deluxe. But if you are planning on keeping
it--get the thing that makes your heart go bumpity bump.
--- In , "dwellmore <tbwnaw@a...>"
<tbwnaw@a...> wrote:
> Has anybody played a Fender Vibro King amp? Fender claims it has a
> built in 63 Reverb unit. Is it's reverb as wet as an outboard 63
> Reverb? I don't know whether to go for the Vibro King (I can't afford
> it, but so what) or go for reissues of a 65 Super Reverb and a 63
> Reverb unit. Help!
