Fender Vibro Champ and Eric Johnson Stratocaster Demo

I've been looking for a chimey bedroom alternative to a huge Twin Reverb lately and I think this is the right combo. 1971 Fender Vibro Champ is being fed direct by a 2007 Fender Eric Johnson Signature Stratocaster, with a Dimarzio Area '58 in the neck pickup, Virtual Blues in the middle pickup, and Area '61 in the bridge pickup. No hum but still an authentic single coil sound.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Fender
• Vibro
• Champ
• Eric
• Johnson
• Signature
• Stratocaster
• Dimarzio
• Area
• '58
• '61
• Virtual
• Blues
• Pickup
• Demo

[UKToneKing]

Hey what is the SONG you are playing in this DEMO ? been trying to remember as I want to learn it, please let me know asap cheers mate

[Jahnli]

@UKToneKing it's something I put together myself, kind of a cross between Blackbird and Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[joelbyrne]

yo dude do you listen to Mark Kozelek? Ur style is very similar??

[Jahnli]

@joelbyrne ashamed to say I never have - I'm correcting that as we speak! Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon, all great stuff.

[fredericiscool]

@Jahnli Hey I see you swapped the Eric Johnson Pickups for Dimarzio Noiseless Pickups. Would you say that there was an improvement in tone?

Thanks, any help will be appreciated. :)

[Jahnli]

@fredericiscool honestly, single coils at my place hum so badly that i can't even really hear nuances in tone. But the Dimarzio Areas kill off that hum, and it sounds like a strat to me!

[0258jtj7]

Just goes to prove it's worth going without shoes to have a good Fender amp!

[ArielCaboob]

You still play with that posture? Any lower pack pain yet? It's hard not to do it but if you are aware of it you try to get it right.

[UKToneKing]

The VibroChamps are great for that classic fender clean tone at home volume's, u have to push a deluxe reverb or princeton reverb a bit harder to get that nice clean & at home that can be a problem for your house guests lol, the VC is just perfect for sparkle clean tones at home, I get mine on around 4 when people r in the house & on 4 it really shines, the sweet spot is around 4 on mine, & between 4-6 it stays clean, 6-10 is the brakeup stage which is great too, imput 2 on 6 is like 4 in imput1

[UKToneKing]

@ArielCaboob I think you are spot on about that posture as I do it and I am getting back pain every time I am playing my guitar for more than 2 hours, I never used to get it up untill I started back on my guitar, now I am 33 instead of 23, so I am noticing it more now as well, I am trying to play upright as the back pain is horrible

[chooseyourblues]

@Jahnli

Ah just realised you're the same dude. It's been four years since you posted this. Hopefully you have some shoes now.

[chooseyourblues]

@Jahnli

I did, and you have no shoes either. What's going on here? Are you only allowed to play a champ barefoot?

[redsquier375]

Nice tone, and fantastic little instrumental. Good job.

[DemoColorScheme]

This thing sounds fantastic clean! I'm wondering how it sounds pushed, though. All the drive videos I've seen of it are rather .. horrible.