Fender Vibrosonic Reverb

Bobba · From: Treasure Island Florida U.S.A.

Hey guy's just thought I would pass this along,regarding Vibrosonic reverbs. I saw a posting saying that the speakers in this amp were Fender 15" PS speakers made by JBL. this is not so. Fender PS15" speakers are made by CERWIN VEGA. I have a 1972 Fender
Vibrosonic Reverb that I purchased new. and
it has a Fender 15" PS speaker in it and was made by CERWIN VEGA,and has a lifetime warranty to the orignal owner,of which I am
this speaker was re-coned once by me in 1995 by a cerwin vega dealer who had to order the
factory parts,regarding this amp we all know
that they share the same chassis as the twin
reverb and the dual showman and so on.I own
Two other Fender amps, as well as a 1979 peavey session 400 with a BW speaker this is the flat magnet BW. I use these amps with my
Sho-Bud 12 string universal I here a lot
comments about fender amps and peavey amps
I love the sound that comes out of my Fenders
and my Peavey session 400 that I think was
the best 400 Peavey made,as a former tech I
use to work for a Fender/Peavey dealer so I
service all my amps myself I have never had
any problems with either my Fender or my peavey I have all spare parts for all my amps
including the hardware. my Fenders are all equipped with Mesa-Boogie tubes even though I
have Sylvania N.O.S. and RCA N.O.S. tubes.
I am Looking for a Fender silver face super
reverb, and a Peavey session LTD 1979 (circa)have amateur radio equipment that I would trade if possible.any body interested contact me at rbakersteel@hotmail.com or use
the forum. Thanks Bobba

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Lefty · From: Grayson, Ga.

Bobba,
I bought a mid-seventies Vibrosonic-reverb and it had the original cerwin-vega 15" with fender logo in it. I replaced it with an EVM-15L and it improved the sound 100%. The cone on the cerwin was quite thick and stiff, and lacked a good warm range to my ears.
Lefty

Fred Murphy · From: Indianapolis, In. USA

I bought a new one about 1975 or 76 and it had a "15 JBL.

Sage · From: Boulder, Colorado

So that's what that is. I'd been wondering what the 'fender PS 15' was, assuming it was a JBL because of the basket color. Mine is sturdy as heck but I'm not sure about the tone quality vs. a JBL- any observations and opinions?

Bobba · From: Treasure Island Florida U.S.A.

Hi Sage, read you comment about comparing
JBL and Cerwin-Vega speakers, as I stated
my 1972 vibrosonic does have a cerwin-vega
PS 15" spk. I also have a Dual Showman Reverb
amp,with (2)JBL D-130 spk's as far as sound
go's that Cerwin-Vega is beautiful, I have
been using it with all my former Sho-Bud's
I also am fond of the Dual Showman sound
you have to compensate for any sound out of
any amp,I do this on any of my Fender's or my
Peavey Session 400,such as tone settings.no
matter what room your in, I know Fender used
Cerwin-Vega in 1972-1974 after that they used
JBL's,they are or should I say made one fine
speaker,I read about a lot about different
gadgets people are using,to make them sound
great.I perfer making my sound with my own
ability,even though I do use a foot stomper
effects box now and then.I use to play at a
local bar here in st.pete and some of the
local musicians,would stop in to hear me and
would ask me about my sound,such as tone controls,bass whatever,they even came up to
the stage to see my settings on my amp,I even
knew a local steel player that use's two amps
make him sound good,I can't figure that one
out imagine dragging around two amps. oh well
everybodys own choice. see ya later guy. Bob

Fred Murphy · From: Indianapolis, In. USA

I had a new twin, previous to the Vibrasonic. It had CV speakers in it. They make the amp very heavy, and I don't think they sounded as good as the twin with the two JBLs. I played both kinds for a while. I was using a Sho-Bud LDG. All brands of guitars sounded different then, because all used their own brand of PUs, so different guitars sound better with different amps and speaker combinations. In my opinion nothing sounds a good as a fender amp with the old Fender steel guitars. They were a perfect combination and had a tone and sound all their own, which I love, however with the newer pedal steels and pickups used today, I prefer the tone of the Peavey and Evans amps. All the old tube amps I have owned over the years will break up badly on the lower notes of the C neck. You would have to play very quietly to keep this from happening. Also, the older I get, the less weight I want to carry to a job, and all the Fender twins and Vibrasonic's mean lots of weight, and not a lot of volume. Most places I play do not mic the amps and no sound man is present, so to get over the drummer requires more power without distortion than a Fender amp will give.

Sage · From: Boulder, Colorado

Thanks guys. I appreciate your endorsement of the CV, Bobba. I like my sound as it is now and don't want to get into a grass is greener mindset. As to distortion, I put good Mesa tubes in it that delay distortion 'till the last minute, and there is all kinds of headroom there- loud and clean. I wanted to get a little more sparkle from my sound so I added a piezo horn tweeter right next to my 15. Kind of like a gigantic acoustic guitar amp on steroids. I love it.

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