Vibro champ
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Vibro champ
Did the fender vibro champs from the 60s have reverb. I see the reissue has digital reverb and I was wondering if the originals from the 60s had spring reverb even though they were only 5 watt amps.
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Re: Vibro champ
No they didn't.
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Re: Vibro champ
My first amp was a silverface Vibrochamp. My 14 year old self hated it.
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You're gonna want a pedalboard in front of that VibroChamp anyway, op. Just add a Boss RV and you're off to the races. These are fairly simple single ended circuits, and very responsive to tube rolling. Not typical Fender cleans, but a nice warm OD starting around 5 on the volume knob, that just gets saturated and compressed as you turn up from there.
MS, the only thing better than one SF VibroChamp is a second SF VibroChamp!
I think this was my first rig pic I posted on GAB back in the day...

MS, the only thing better than one SF VibroChamp is a second SF VibroChamp!

I think this was my first rig pic I posted on GAB back in the day...

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Re: Vibro champ
itchyfingers wrote:You're gonna want a pedalboard in front of that VibroChamp anyway, op. Just add a Boss RV and you're off to the races. These are fairly simple single ended circuits, and very responsive to tube rolling. Not typical Fender cleans, but a nice warm OD starting around 5 on the volume knob, that just gets saturated and compressed as you turn up from there.
MS, the only thing better than one SF VibroChamp is a second SF VibroChamp!
I think this was my first rig pic I posted on GAB back in the day...
I’d rock that. I’d rock two princetons with a board feeding them too.
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+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
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Bro! I could definitely get down on those. I’ve been playing my Vibrolux a ton lately. Clean, with dirt pedals, everything in between. It’s awesome. A Princeton would be perfect for just a littlle more compression in the volume. And that’s it.
"I understand the science behind it. But you know what I trust more than science? Tony Iommi."
GuitarBilly wrote:Anyone who played an 800 "model" in a Kemper/Fractal/Helix and think they know what a raging 2203 sounds like is pretty much the guitar equivalent of a virgin nerd that thinks watching porn counts as sex experience.
NinjaRaf wrote:6505 is 100% balls to the fucking walls low end and aggression. It is FUCKING PISSED. Like an 18 year old angry at the world.
+ is a bit less angry, like maybe a 35 year old man angry.
Metropoulos Metro-Plex
Egnater Seminar Boutikit 50 Watt Head
Orange Rockerverb 50 MK III
Fender '76 Vibrolux Reverb
Metropoulos Slant 2x12 w/ Creamback H75s
Marshall 1960A w/ Greenbacks
https://www.reverbnation.com/zerobelowphoenix