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- AlainBlues
Excellent mais sur-côté...
Publié le 30/07/15 à 23:22J'ai possédé un Vibroverb brownface de 1963 original pendant 4 ans.
Je l'ai acheté cher et revendu un peu plus cher mais sans volonté de spéculation car
j'ai fait des frais (révisions diverses) et un flightcase donc somme toute: opération presque nulle.
Evidemment le produit est alléchant: du vintage pré CBS, brownface avec un terrible look, premier ampli a avoir été doté de réverb, 600 exemplaires dans le monde dont il doit rester à peine la moitié... donc rarissime... donc côté... donc cher.
Côté construction: rien de mieux que les autres brownface ou blackface.
Côté sonorité: son clean très joli, très défini avec un petit boost sur les haut médiums (tous les potars à 5) certai…Lire la suiteJ'ai possédé un Vibroverb brownface de 1963 original pendant 4 ans.
Je l'ai acheté cher et revendu un peu plus cher mais sans volonté de spéculation car
j'ai fait des frais (révisions diverses) et un flightcase donc somme toute: opération presque nulle.
Evidemment le produit est alléchant: du vintage pré CBS, brownface avec un terrible look, premier ampli a avoir été doté de réverb, 600 exemplaires dans le monde dont il doit rester à peine la moitié... donc rarissime... donc côté... donc cher.
Côté construction: rien de mieux que les autres brownface ou blackface.
Côté sonorité: son clean très joli, très défini avec un petit boost sur les haut médiums (tous les potars à 5) certainement dus aux HP de 10" Oxford et une très belle réponse dans les basses fréquences.
Le mien avait un petit buz vers les 125 Hz (à l'oscillateur... je n'ai pas l'oreille absolue) qui a disparu avec un remplacement des HP's (2x Jensen C10Q).
Bizarrement le canal 1 est beaucoup plus musical que le 2 mais dans ce cas on ne profite pas de l'excellent trémolo (et pourtant je suis difficile en trémolo) et de sa délicieuse reverb.
Je l'ai testé avec beaucoup de guitares dont une fender série L de 1963 (même année pour ceux qui ont suivi) qui n'était pas à moi et que je n'ai pas pu m'offrir soit dit en passant... et le son était vraiment bien. (heureusement, il y en avait pour le prixd'une berline de luxe...)
Mais pour être objectif, je trouve que le son n'est pas nettement meilleur que ma strat Fullerton '82 sur mon bandmaster blackface de 64 + cabinet 2x10"... or cette config revient 6 à 8x moins cher !! La surcôte vient de sa production limitée plus que de sa supériorité sonore.
En bref, un ampli excellent mais ce n'est pas le graal, même si son prix s'en approche.Lire moins110 - James...
vieux mais bon
Publié le 26/02/12 à 20:30 (contenu en anglais)Pretty simple amps for the time. Although they were also somewhat rare in the brownface configuration. History lesson for you. The brownface was basically the successor to the tweed, with added tone controls. They lasted into the early 60's and after that, Fender messed with the filters a bit and came out with the blackface, which ultimately killed off the brownfaces.
UTILIZATION
Mine is basically an all original 1x12 combo. No mods or anything to my knowledge. Still working 100%. It's a bit noisy. Nothing I can't deal with. These are a fair bit different than the princeton brownfaces. Obviously you are dealing with a different wattage and tonestack which results in a more controllable amp when we talk about the vibroverb.
SOUNDS
Talking about the sound of these is hard. The vibroverb has a pretty high level of headroom compared to a tweed. Fender designed them like this. Mine stays clean up until just before noon. That's where the dirt gives. Voicing wise, this is totally different from a blackface. There is no mid scoop. It's a broad sound. Almost marshall jtm45 sounding. The cleans are pretty complex though. A lot of people think you are supposed to only play these cranked up and driven hard. I don't think that's true. There are some great cleans in this unit. These are in some ways more aggressive than the tweeds. Definitely closer to a tweed than a blackface though.
OVERALL OPINION
I firmly believe that this is a rock amp. Say what you will. If you want cleans, then a blackface is probably in order. But if you want cleans and a cranked sound...go for a vibroverb. Really. I don't know if Fender is making reissues of this amp. They should. I think these originals are pretty underrated. There are a few boutique makers that are still doing copies, but usually you don't see many of these, you just see lots of tweed clones. Shame really. I think this is one of the best amps Fender every made and I believe they did for only 3 years.00 - iamqman
Ooh La La
Publié le 31/12/11 à 19:38 (contenu en anglais)I really love the sound of the old Fender amplifiers because they just give off a great brilliant clean tone that is accepting of whatever guitar you use or whatever distortion or effects or modulation that you're using. These kind of amplifiers really highlight and give a comfortable sound to most guitarists using any type of overdrive or delay type effects pedal. They're very forgiving amplifiers which most vintage amplifiers have a tendency to do. What that means is they a lot of times will cover up your mistakes and really blend in some sloppiness or lack of dynamics and give the player a better experience of playing by covering up the mistakes. That's one thing that is attractive with the vintage amplifiers is their ability to really blend in and cover up sloppiness and mistakes.
UTILIZATION
These amps are pretty easy to dial in and it doesn't really take a whole lot of figuring out or the need of a user manual. All the control knobs and but are pretty self explanatory and it just takes a good ear to find that perfect blend and sweet spot within this amplifier. You should have about 5 to 10 min. and you should be up and going with the solid sound from whatever current guitar or pedal board that you're using.
SOUNDS
These amplifier sound good in pretty much any setting that you put them in. They really excel at the clean tone but not really at the high gain tone. So if you're wanting this amplifier to really give you that aggressive preamp your not to get with this amp. This amplifier has very to little no gain involved in this tone. You are only going to getting get this thing to break up is if you crank the volume to obscene volume levels and get the power tubes to distort. Which in my opinion I've never really like the Fender distortion from the power tubes. In fact I've never really liked any type Fender distortion at all. These amplifiers really need a boost pedal or some sort of distortion pedal pushing the front end of it. If you don't have that and you're probably looking into clean blues type tone without it.
OVERALL OPINION
These amplifiers are pretty heavily in circulation and can be found pretty easily and most classified sections as well as eBay and other auction sites. If you look through craigslist you're bound to come across for example amps and with the gear prices as low as they are right now this is a great buy to get a vintage tone and a fantastic sounding amplifier. I highly recommend this amplifier to anyone is looking for that classic Fender clean tone and doesn't want spend a whole lot of money to do it. These vintage amplifiers are priced right about the same as many new amplifiers. So when you get is a great tone and a vintage tone at pretty much lower prices than a new amplifier reason many fender reissue amplifiers.00 - moosersPublié le 28/02/11 à 22:14 (contenu en anglais)The Fender VibroVerb '63 is a rare tube amplifier that has only recently been reissued as far as I know. The amp shares a similar make up to many of the other vintage Fender amplifier but there definitely aren't close to as many of them out there as the Fender Twins or Pro Reverbs. The amp has two channels, each with 1/4" connections for inputs. There are a few outputs in the back, including for sending it an external speaker.
UTILIZATION
Regardless of your level of experience, using the Fender VibroVerb '63 shouldn't present users any problems. The first channel has parameters for volume, treble, and bass, as well as a bright switch, while the second channel also has the same parameters in addition to controls for reverb and vibrato, the latter of which gives you knobs for speed and intensity. This is more or less the same make up that you'll find on a variety of different Fender amps so it's pretty standard and users shouldn't be needing a manual because of this.
SOUNDS
I'm definitely a huge fan of the sound of the Fender VibroVerb '63. It's quite similar to that of many other Fender tube amps, which in my opinion are pretty much the best amps you can get. There is a reissue of this amp I believe, but this is the original and there definitely aren't that many of them out there. Of course it's best of clean sounds, but if you crank it you can definitely get some breaking up happening. The effects are top notch as well, as you'll find with the reverb and vibrato on any Fender tube amp. It simply doesn't get better...
OVERALL OPINION
While one of the more rare versions in the line of vintage Fender tube amps, the VibroVerb '63 is as good as any of them out there. Once you get into this class of amps, they're all going to be great - it's just a matter of preference. It's seriously hard to go wrong with the VibroVerb, but since it's pretty rare it's most likely not going to be worth seeking out as it will probably cost more than other amps out there. If you're not a collector or can't find a good deal on one of these, other Fender tube amps will definitely serve as fine replacements.00 - AnonymePublié le 15/06/06 à 11:361990-1995 `63 Reissue Vibroverb
- Amplification à lampes : 2 6L6 GC.
- Annoncée à 35 watts réels, mais faut pas s'y fier : ça déménage !
- 2 entrées sèches + 2 entrées reliées à la réverbe à plaques (vintage-power) et au trémolo.
- Effets : voir la ligne au dessus
- Circuit 6G16
- Poids : 20,7 kg
- Speakers : 2 x Oxford 10K5
UTILISATION
- Configuration : comme un Mac : on branche, on allume, on joue !
- Pour le son, on est dans du pur vintage, donc idéal pour le rock, le blues, le punk, etc... Astuce : rajoutez une Tube Screamer en guise de préampli car il n'y a qu'un bouton de volume ! Cet ampli a quelque-chose d'exceptionnel dans le son, une espèce de chaleur et un grain qui…Lire la suite1990-1995 `63 Reissue Vibroverb
- Amplification à lampes : 2 6L6 GC.
- Annoncée à 35 watts réels, mais faut pas s'y fier : ça déménage !
- 2 entrées sèches + 2 entrées reliées à la réverbe à plaques (vintage-power) et au trémolo.
- Effets : voir la ligne au dessus
- Circuit 6G16
- Poids : 20,7 kg
- Speakers : 2 x Oxford 10K5
UTILISATION
- Configuration : comme un Mac : on branche, on allume, on joue !
- Pour le son, on est dans du pur vintage, donc idéal pour le rock, le blues, le punk, etc... Astuce : rajoutez une Tube Screamer en guise de préampli car il n'y a qu'un bouton de volume ! Cet ampli a quelque-chose d'exceptionnel dans le son, une espèce de chaleur et un grain qui lui confèrent un caractère propre. Le tout est que si on a un bonne guitare (strat ou gretsch recommandées), le son est une pure approche du nirvana !
- Pas besoin du manuel :D
SONORITÉS
- Convient parfaitement : blues-rock.
- Je joue dessus avec une Strat US et une Gibson SG. En effets : voir ma page...
AVIS GLOBAL
- Depuis combien de temps l'utilisez vous ? : 1992
- Quelle est la particularité que vous aimez le plus, le moins ? : Le son ! (+++++++)
- Aviez vous essayé beaucoup d'autres modèles avant de l'acquérir ? : Non
- Comment jugez vous le rapport qualité/prix ? : Un peu cher à l'époque mais bien moins que maintenant !
- Avec l'expérience, referiez vous ce choix ? : Sans hésiter, OUI !Lire moins20