Magnatone 280B Stereo Vibrato recorded in stereo.

I finally got a STEREO recorder (A ZoomQ3)

So now I can capture better what Magnatone STEREO vibrato sounds like. I see lots of Youtube Demo videos up here...but none seem to demonstrate STEREO Magnatone vibrato sounds like in person...and what the fuss is all about, This is a Carvin electric plugged straight into a Magnatone 280B. No added effects. This amp was built in the late 1950's and is all original except for an added grounded power cord and maybe 3 or 4 small caps that were replaced that dried up. The guitar is fed into both channels and the vibrato sound is mixed with the dry channel. Amp is set to "stereo" vibrato on a slow speed, medium intensity. Instead of using the amps internal speakers, I've run the signal to two Jensen C12N speakers separated by about 10 feet with the mic in the center to capture the stereo effect better. It sounds even better with more space and the amp's internal speakers going but my room isn't big enough. I set the Zoom recorder on the best recording setting possible.

It's a better demo of stereo varistor based vibrato (one of the oldest modulation effects ever for guitar) but you'll still need good speakers separated a bit on your end to get a good result. If you ever get a chance to hear one in person with 12 inch speakers all pumping (and a nicely restored Magnatone 280, M15, M20 or 480 or some other Estey stereo amp) it of course beats anything I can try and capture and reproduce artificially.

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[guitarcapo]

I have a theory that that "shimmer" we hear in good tube amps that we associate with good cleans is actually a subtle vibrato induced by carbon comp resistors varying their resitance at high voltages. That's why I like Magnatones so much. You can dial in a little bit of that shimmer or more to make it less subtle. These amps also give you fantastic overdrive sounds. All of those Phil X demos are through a Magnatone 213. You can hear lots of Magnatone overdrive on those.

[TheOrderoftheOwl]

not as good as the Silvertone tremelo but it's good. Listen to the vibrato at the end of Link Wrays "Rumble"

[decoy3a]

man thats cleaner than my fender twin. rings like a bell.