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Fender Custom Shop Vibro-King (Standard Version)Item ID: VibroKingCustom Shop 60W 3x10" All-Tube Guitar Combo Amp 
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From Our Research Team:The Vibro-King: A MODERN ClassicNot all of the FENDER® Classic Amps are three or four decades old. With point-to-point wiring, no-nonsense features and pure all tube tone the Custom Shop amps evoke some of Fender's old standbys while setting a new sonic standard!The Vibro-King® is one of the most responsive, touch-sensitive amps ever built. Imagine a '63 Reverb unit plugged into a hand-wired '59 Bassman® with Vibrato and a custom speaker array. It's got power to spare and TONE with a capital "T". These amps are treasured by many of the world's finest guitarists. • Type: Custom Amp Shop (All tube guitar combo amp) • Output: 60 watts into 2 ohms • Speakers: 3-10" Jensen P10R, 8 ohm Speakers with Alnico Magnets • Channels:1 Channel • Features: All Point to Point Hand Wiring, "Fat" Switch, Built in Vintage "Tube Reverb" with Dwell, Mix, and Tone Controls, New Vibrato Circuit with Speed and Intensity Controls, Effects Loop, Birch Plywood Open Back Cabinet, Tilt-Back Legs, Ivory Radio Knobs, Jeweled Pilot™ Light, 2-Button Footswitch for Vibrato and "Fat" on/off, 13-Ply Baltic Birch Plywood Cabinet • Includes: 2-Button Footswitch for Vibrato and "Fat" On/Off
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by Andy from Colorado
The Vibro King is essentially every great Fender amp wrapped in one. With creative use of the volume and tone pots you can go from Twin clean to Tweed crunch and then easily on to Marshall JTM tone... read more [+]s. The vibrato circuit is the best you'll ever hear and the reverb is to die for. The amp responds amazing well to rolling off your guitar's volume and adjusting your pick attack. November 15, 2010 Music Background: Working Musician Here's a great tone trick with the VK: You can get a great preamp distortion at low volumes by rolling off all of the tone pots and cranking the volume up to 6 or 7 and then rolling on the tone pots - especially the mid - to taste. Power amp distortion is a little louder and doesn't occur until you're above 4 but when you get it, it's like church. IMHO, this is the best guitar amp ever made, bar none, and I own or have owned every handwired, custom shop model from Marshall, Fender, Bogner, Goodsell, Dr. Z, etc., I play professionally and I now rely strictly on this and my Bogner Shiva 6L6 for every tone I need or will need. You can buy an amp that sounds different than the Vibro King but none sound better. close [-] Top of the Line Tone
by Gord Ahl from Victoria BC
I had heard many people say how great the tone is from this amp and after trying many amps in the Fender, Marshall and Mesa Boogie lines I was looking online at what the Fender Custom shop offers. The... read more [+] Vibro King, designed by Bruce Zinky in the early 1990's, was a project that was meant to bring back that desirable yet elusive pre-CBS blackface sound and lustre. I ordered the amp and waited a month. It arrived. I unpacked it from its box. It looked great. Was heavy at 72 pounds. The reason it has three 10" Blue Label Jensens instead of four is because the transformer is so huge there is much less room for speakers. The Bassman and the Super with 4 10" speakers have a much smaller transformer. Ideally you want to hook up the 2x12" extension cabinet with the Vibro King combo. The 10's deliver clean and crunch while the 12's deliver punch. Pete Townsend uses two Vibro Kings (with the extension cabinets) on stage. Depending on the venue sometimes he runs one or both. It is always good to have a second amp as a spare because tubes can go at any tine no matter how expensive the amp is. I will get a second Vibro King and use a dolly to wheel them around to save my poor back. The amp delivers sound the way only a hand-wired, non-negative feedback amp can. The tone controls a interactive and make significant impact on the sound. The high end built in reverb with the Dwell, Mix and Tone controls is far superior to a single button reverb as found on any other amp. The vibrato or tremolo is useful and I have found I like the effect when it is deliverd this good. No problems with ticking on this new model. The power tubes are GT white 6L6 (Hardness 5), the reverb tube is the new and improved GT white 6V6 (Hardness 7). Amp is solid and clean. When overdriven the amp gives a gradual crunch harmonically rich edge that is 100% musically useful and desirable to listen to for long periods of time. Other amps when overdriven seem to go from clean to total saturation too abruptly and that is fine in some cases but when you want control over your sound with picking dynamics the Vibro King seems to be the only choice for an amp. This amp does a few things but it does them so well that it warrants the price. This amp is part of an overall sound experience and can give you an entire evening of great sound if you learn how hard or easy to run the amp with the tone controls on the amp and your guitar. You don't need any external effects with this amp. The only device I use is a high end tuner plugged into the front end. If you can't get a good sound with this amp then you are doing something terribly wrong. close [-]
March 12, 2010 Music Background: Semi Pro, Classic Rock Vibro King is Incredible
by Ben Reavely from Chatham Ontario Canada
I heard about these amps for years. Played through one in Nashville in 2006, and liked it. Did not have time to play through it for very long, but knew I wanted one. The price slowed me down. After a ... read more [+]few years of saving, I now have one. I own or have owned, a 62 Vibrolux, 65 Deluxe Reverb, 66 Pro Reverb, 65 Twin RI, 59 Bassman RI, Custom Vibrolux Reverb and a host of others. Nothing has ever, come close to the sound of the VK. I play a Chet Atkins SST when on stage and the amp takes the guitar to an all new level. My LP, Tele and Strat have never sounded this good. I play through the VK every chance I get. In all honesty it has made me a better player as well. For those that do not have one. Get one. For those that have one you know what I am talkng about close [-]
November 29, 2009 Music Background: Semi Pro Musician My Vibro-King Rocks!!!!
by Rob Ransom from Appleton,WI
First of all. I love this amp. I bought it new 1 year ago after playing through a Marshall half stack for many years. I can finally express my self as a lead guitarist with plenty of headroom.Great t... read more [+]ube reverb and vibrato. Iplay a '57 Strat, a Tele ,and Les Pauls with an mXR Distortion III pedal and fasten your seatbelt. I can't say enough about the expressiveness of this amp. Thanks Fender!! close [-]
July 12, 2008 Music Background: professional musician: www.ransom-muisc.com Versatile Tool
by Jeremy Mang from United States
Its an amp. With few creature features. And its a beautiful thing. The point to point wiring, uncomplicated schematic, ext... all work together keep the tone beautifully complex, warm, and understa... read more [+]ted. I currently own mesa, orange, fender, egnater... this is my go-to. There is a certainly amount of "feel" to this amp that is so very secure, fast, and present that it forces you to become a better player. close [-]
October 5, 2011 Music Background: Recording Engineer, Pro Musician Also popular
Fender Custom Shop Vibro-King (Standard Version)
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