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Gabriel .


Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3168 Location: NYC
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:53 pm Post subject: New Amp: Vintage Fender Content |
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Over the past week I've been doing a lot of buying and selling. Basically I felt like there a few things I wanted to overhaul in my rig. Luckily after selling off a bunch of things and some clever buying it looks like I'll have a whole new pedal setup (thread to follow) and this new amplifier.
So basically I've always loved the Fender clean sound, and in an ideal world I'd use a twin, however they weigh a lot and I don't drive so that's not a particularly good combination. So I'd been on the lookout for a smaller alternative. I'd been using a Rivera Chubster for the past few years which had the right amount of headroom and did sound good, but it wasn't quite there.
Last week I saw this amp pop up on ebay. The form factor is perfect for me and it's also a little lower wattage than the Rivera which is useful for gigging.
So now I'm the proud owner of a 1976 Fender Vibrolux Reverb
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Brandon W .


Joined: 24 Oct 2012 Posts: 8728 Location: happiest town in america
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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i also like the fender clean tone.. nice score bro _________________
cur wrote: |
I need it to be smaller or I get shitty messages from mezz telling me my junk's too big. |
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This thread just went down the toilet. Bye |
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George .


Joined: 03 Jul 2009 Posts: 20945 Location: UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:16 pm Post subject: |
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looks fantastic and having that onstage will grab peoples eyes (and ears) for sure. be excited to see your pedals too. i've had a bit of an overhaul myself! |
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stewart Cunning Linguist

Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 17625 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:50 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely, well done _________________
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gusman2x .


Joined: 16 Apr 2012 Posts: 4047 Location: Manchester U.K.
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Congratz man i have the same amp, from the same year too i beieve. _________________ www.lowrisemusic.com
uugh, another Manchester alt/indie band |
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Gabriel .


Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3168 Location: NYC
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 6:19 pm Post subject: |
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Cheers guys, this thing sounds great. It's got a couple of little issues that are to be expected of a vintage amp, so I'll take it in to my amp tech at some point this summer to get it serviced. I'm really happy with this amp though! _________________ www.gabrielwareing.com |
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bulletbill .


Joined: 10 Nov 2015 Posts: 11 Location: Birmingham UK
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 8:08 pm Post subject: |
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That there is my dream amp. Have fun with it! |
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lorez .


Joined: 16 Dec 2009 Posts: 9098 Location: Hopelessly Wayward
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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Nice score! _________________
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drink 2 beers and wank to the Sears catalog. |
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I dont need a capo. I have the other chords in my tonefingers |
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benecol Best Poster 2010

Joined: 25 Jan 2011 Posts: 7448 Location: Westcountry
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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I've got my eye on one of those as well, funnily enough. |
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Thomas .


Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3305 Location: Glasgow, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 4:10 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely purchase. Did you get it for a good price? I have no clue how much these things are worth. |
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Gabriel .


Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3168 Location: NYC
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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Thomas wrote: |
Lovely purchase. Did you get it for a good price? I have no clue how much these things are worth. |
I didn't lose any money as I bought it for the price I sold my Rivera. So in that regard yes. But I bought it for £750 which is near the bottom end of the average value according to reverb.com _________________ www.gabrielwareing.com |
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Thomas .


Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3305 Location: Glasgow, UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 7:20 pm Post subject: |
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Very nice. I'll look forward to your demo |
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bulletbill .


Joined: 10 Nov 2015 Posts: 11 Location: Birmingham UK
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 10:40 pm Post subject: |
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Gabriel wrote: |
Thomas wrote: |
Lovely purchase. Did you get it for a good price? I have no clue how much these things are worth. |
I didn't lose any money as I bought it for the price I sold my Rivera. So in that regard yes. But I bought it for £750 which is near the bottom end of the average value according to reverb.com |
I think if you're getting for less than they're trying to sell the new 68 Custom imitations (which I've found to be unacceptably noisy amps), then you've done pretty well. |
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robrtnickerson .


Joined: 20 Sep 2009 Posts: 193 Location: Kansas USA
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 2:07 am Post subject: |
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I have a '74. It really is an awesome amp. I can only assume that it will work nicely as a jazz amp, but I know it works well as a "turn it all the way up" amp. |
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singlepup .


Joined: 10 Dec 2010 Posts: 4150 Location: San Diego
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:03 am Post subject: |
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Amazing. Just my style.
I would baby it. My main amp used to be an '84 Fender Concert and it blew up on me twice. I'm a Fender Reissue guy now. |
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NickS .


Joined: 14 Jan 2008 Posts: 10286 Location: Nr. Basinggrad, UK
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 11:41 am Post subject: |
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Just waiting for Thomas to pick up one with a blown fuse for £50... |
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Gabriel .


Joined: 11 Apr 2010 Posts: 3168 Location: NYC
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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NickS wrote: |
Just waiting for Thomas to pick up one with a blown fuse for £50... |
Haha! I always wonder where he finds these deals, we're in the same city! _________________ www.gabrielwareing.com |
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Thomas .


Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3305 Location: Glasgow, UK
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Posted: Thu Jul 07, 2016 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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To be fair most of the deals I find are from people who buy stuff not knowing what it is or if it works (probably from car boots etc so usually it doesn't). It usually turns out to not power up or has other issues. Luckily I'm quite handy so I tend to be able to fix most stuff. Most times when people look into the cost of having a Synth or whatever serviced/fixed they decide it's not worth the bother for the sake of making ten quid or something.
Amp deals tend to be few and far between these days tho. |
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