1959 Magnatone 280B STEREO VIBRATO Vintage Guitar Amplifier 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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[kylezeni]

VERY NICE

[71hooker]

i have a Maggie 280 A and sounds identically,Ill got to prove 1 or 2 remote speakers to know how the sound will be,jaja ;)

thanks guitarcapo ,saludos from Spain

[madameke1]

it's nice