FENDER BROWNFACE VIBRASONIC

FENDER BROWNFACE VIBRASONIC

1959-1963

Configuration: Combo
Power: 50 Watts
Effects: Tremolo

SCHEMATICS

LAYOUT

  • Front Panel (5G13): "Normal" In, In, Bass, Treble, Volume - "Vibrato" In, In, Bass, Treble, Volume, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
  • Front Panel (6G13-A): "Normal" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass - "Vibrato" In, In, Volume, Treble, Bass, Speed, Intensity - Presence, Pilot Light
  • Back Panel (5G13): Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack
  • Back Panel (6G13-A): Ground Switch, Fuse, Power Switch, Standby Switch, Speaker Jack, External Speaker Jack, Vibrato Jack

CABINET 

SPEAKER 

 TUBES

  • Pre amp:
  • Power:
  • Bias: Fixed Bias, Nonadjustable
  • Rectifier: Solid State

Comments: Model 6G13-A's tremolo circuit left 12AX7 unused. Some early Vibrasonics have a plugged hole in the rear panel labeled "pulse adj." located about 1½" to the right of speaker jack. As the label implies this may have been a control to adjust the waveform of the tremolo.

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9 comments

I have 63 what are they worth?

Arden Flansburg,

Hi Mark,
The main difference is that the Vibrasonic wanted to have lots of clean headroom,so the heavy duty transformers from the 80watt showman were used,which could easily handle the 40 watts without overheating…think of it as a showman with two 6L6’s removed….and also it was fitted with a JBL instead of the Jensen speaker.The Vibrasonic also had an extra valve for the Long tail phase inverter Tremolo system which was the most complicated system Fender had developed,giving a very distinctive sound!
The Vibrasonic 1 × 15″ Combo cost more than a Showman.

ps the VibrOsonic was a silverface master volume twin reverb fitted with a 15″ speaker for Pedal Steel….not to be confused with the VibrAsonic…

Michael James Walmsley,

Interleaved output transformer

Yours truly,

What’s the difference between the brown vibrio sonic and brown pro?

Mark,

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