Vintage 1964 Fender Vibroverb Amp Phoenix Michaels Part 1

Phoenix demos another rare and collectable amp... the 1964 Fender blackface Vibroverb!

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[apgwheeler]

I was thinking the guy below who said he didn't like your dirty tone. I think it's because of the amp's articulation. We are all used to amps these days that drop the mids, and make a lot of mud when they distort as a "wall of sound". With a beautiful amp this articulate, that is never going to happen - you will always have beautiful note/lick articulation unless you intentionally EQ from other than the face of the amp. It's a cool distortion, just not what most folks are used to hearing.

[phoenixmichaels]

@apgwheeler Could be, sure. With hardly any lead solos in today's pop rock, that tone U refer 2 is utilized as a heavy underpinning of a song. However try using that tone 2 shred; as U describe, no articulation or separation of notes = MUD. My roots R in the distant past; Ritchie Blackmore,Trower,Hendrixi, Page, etc. My rythym tone is intended 2 mix in, not saturate. My lead tone is designed 2 articulate each note within complex structures. Just my preference, lotsa choices out there 4 evry1

[StratTone]

Hey that was not the choke. That was the reverb tranny. Great looking amp for sure. Would love to have that one.

[phoenixmichaels]

@StratTone My girl was running the camera across the chassis as I was commenting on parts... so we got a bit out of sinc LOL. LOTS of folks pointed this out of course, hope it doesnt ruin the vid for ya. I did LOVE having this amp a few years... hope you too get the chance one day.

Thanx for stopping by!

[pitis2flie]

Hey I'm kinda a newbie so just out of curiosity: say you plug your guitar into one of the channels, then run a short cable between the 2 channels on the amp and set the volumes at different levels, can you use one as a master volume and the other as an "overdrive" control? Any response would be greatly appreciated.

[phoenixmichaels]

@pitis2flie I believe U refer to "Jumping" two channels. This is fairly common with Marshall users, but I dont do it with my Fenders because the Normal & Vibrato channels are out of phase with each other. I am not experienced with it myself, but my understanding is it may seem to or actually add a small amount of gain. It surely does add an entire new array of tonal qualities by mixing both channels variously. I dont think it makes one volume a "master" however. Comments from others out there?

[vecinto]

@apgwheeler I think the distaste for the dirty tone here is because of the super bright speaker with the aluminum dustcap. It can get fizzy sounding for some. But with a less bright speaker, note articulation is still good for every genre. It is certainly possible to get heavy sounding whilst retaining articulation/tastefulness. My roots are more into today's music than any other decade, and I don't understand the appeal of the modern hard rock "Nickelback" wall of sound tone at all.

[LifeBloodMarketing]

Pure..Beauty.

[bluesbrother1966]

I just came in my pants.

[apgwheeler]

@phoenixmichaels and kudos to you for sticking to your roots. So much these days is just watered down. Try tracing roots back now listening to a lot of stuff on the radio "pop" stations, etc., good luck! I liked your overdriven tone and was sort of hoping you'd go into a bit of a 1970s Trower or 60s Hendrix thing through that amp. Maybe some other time!

[humanrights4all]

What a TONE!!!!!!

[StevenChandlerArtist]

the inside looks like my '64 Tremolux, minus reverb, wonder what more was different?

[RichRobinson]

Beautiful.