I ran across one at a music store in Lousiville KY. Plugged into it and WOW! I knew I wasn’t leaving without it! My only problem is, we play a lot of small clubs in the southern Indiana/Lousiville area, and to get this thing pushing to it’s sweet spot, it gets pretty loud. I am considering selling it if anyone is interested. I have a 4-10 DeVille and a Super Reverb that get the job done and I am a fan of the 4-10 punch. Text anytime 812-595-2160

I’m both a musician and an amp tech. As a musician, I really like the versatility and reliability this amp offers. After performing a re-tube for a customer several years ago, I began looking for one for myself. These really are very nice amps. One of the best Fender has produced in a very long time. It was truly designed and built for the working musician….must likely why you don’t see these come up for sale very often. As an amp technician of nearly 45 years, I am very impressed with its design and layout and how easy it is to work on.I don’t understand Mike Schway’s comments about this amp. It’s a very quiet amp, and reading Bruce Zinky’s comments on design, this amp truly makes sense. It incorporates technologies of both modern and vintage eras, giving it reliability and functionality. Great job Mr Zinky and Fender!

After many gigs with my retro country band using my Deluxe Reverb reissue (I play both Tele and Fender Stringmaster steel), I finally realized that I needed more power and clarity, mostly for the steel. I didn’t want to haul two amps, but almost bought a Twin to (reluctantly) do just that. As I searched around, a player on the Steel Guitar Forum told me about these Vibrasonic amps, and that he had one he didn’t need any longer (just bought a boutique Webb for his PSG). After reading the info on this page, and the comments, I started thinking about one in earnest. I bought his, and got it in March, and I have to say, I am SOOOO happy I did. It makes all the difference in my rig’s sound now. I get all the Tele twang I need, and my steel stays full, rich and clean with all the headroom I need for virtually any gig. And I haven’t even put in new power tubes yet! It’s definitely a much heavier schelp, but worth it. I’m hanging on to this one!

To Stevio359: If the vibrato isn’t working, it’s not necessarily the footswitch. A couple of other possibilities: Try replacing the 2nd 12AX7 to the right of the 6L6s. That’s the 5th tube from the right (counting towards the left) when looking at the back of the amp. Another possibiity is the Tremolo “roach” on the circuit board. That’s a combination neon lamp and photo-resistor enclosed in one piece of black heat-shrink tubing. Failures in that component aren’t all that uncommon, but 20 years is a pretty short time for it to fail. You can always check the footswitch with a multimeter. Look at the continuity at the plug between ground (the sleeve) and both the tip and sleeve when the individual buttons are pressed. I forget which one (tip-to-sleeve or ring-to-sleeve) controls the tremolo effect.

Hi everyone!! Can anyone help on here – it seems ‘the’ place to get top end info on this amp!! I am working on a 1996 Reissue and since I’ve had it (2nd hand) the footswitch controlling the Vibrato has never worked. I have changed the stereo jack socket and valves but with no joy There is no-one local to me who works on valve amps so any info would be appreciated. One thing I did notice is that with the Reverb footswitch ‘on’ the vibrato switch ‘pops’ but does not give me the effect, adversely with the Reverb switch off the is no ‘popping’ sound from the speaker. Does anyone have a photo of the underside of the footswitch I can view – please?