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Topic: Classic Fender Vibrosonic Reverb amp |
Bill Myrick
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Pea Ridge, Ar. (deceased)
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Posted 10 Sep 2021 10:56 am |
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Before passing on, Bill Myrick asked me to post this for sale on the Forum before selling locally.
Location: NW Arkansas
Fender Vibrosonic Reverb early 1970's model.
What do you feel this amp is worth?
Thanks!
Douglas Myrick
(479) 313-2787 phone
somnetics@gmail.com email
Last edited by Bill Myrick on 14 Sep 2021 2:49 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Nathan Guilford
From:
Oklahoma City
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Posted 10 Sep 2021 11:03 am
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Beautiful amp. Not for nothing, but it is a vibrOsonic not a vibrAsonic. VibrO's are 1 15", VibrA's are 2 10". In the silverface era, at least.
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scott murray
From:
Asheville, NC
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Posted 10 Sep 2021 11:30 am
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great amp. if it's in excellent condition it should fetch at least $1500
sure looks good for its age
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Joe Alterio
From:
Irvington, Indiana
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Posted 10 Sep 2021 4:13 pm
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I had one recently - even with new caps, resistors and wiring and an overall "clean up" that I paid for, I found it very difficult to get much more than $1,000 for it ($1,200 at most). It was a '76 model with the JBL D-130 and like new when I sold it.
Sounded great, but heavy. |
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Steve Spitz
From:
New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 11 Sep 2021 8:01 am Price
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What Joe said.
The heavier amps aren’t selling as easily as they used to. But, it just takes one person to fall in love with it.
I’d price it closer to a grand , assuming everything works well. If you had any paperwork of recent tuneups or tubes, etc, you’d have a bit more leverage to ask more.
Most who buy an amp like this usually expect to pay a bit in bringing it up to peak performance.
A great steel amp. Best of luck with the sale. |
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Dustin Rhodes
From:
Owasso OK
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Posted 11 Sep 2021 3:45 pm
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| Nathan Guilford wrote: |
| Beautiful amp. Not for nothing, but it is a vibrOsonic not a vibrAsonic. VibrO's are 1 15", VibrA's are 2 10". In the silverface era, at least. |
They're all vibro. Vibrolux is a 2x10. Vibrosonic is 1x15. |
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Ken Pippus
From:
Langford, BC, Canada
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Posted 11 Sep 2021 4:24 pm
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The VibrAsonic was the brown tolex predecessor to this amp. Generally a JBL 15", two 6L6 tubes, 40 watts. The Vibrolux had nothing to do with this series.
But Bill's amp is clearly a VibrOsonic. 4 6L6s,allegedly 100 watts. And that D-130F in an orange frame is almost certainly factory original.
Cool amp. Thought by some to be the best pedal steel amp ever.
To confuse matters further, there was in fact a "Custom Vibrasonic" in the 90's which had far more in common with the "Osonic" than it did with its namesake. |
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Abe Levy
From:
California, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 9:00 am
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These are great amps - but I highly recommend having a new cabinet made. I did and it made mine my favourite amp - a pine cabinet sounds much better than the pressboard and takes quite a few pounds off. Worth it if you love these amps.
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Pete Burak
From:
Portland, OR USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 1:04 pm
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I have the exact same amp with orange JBL and it was $750.
I used it last night on a gig and it sounded great! |
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Dave Meis
From:
Olympic Peninsula, Washington, USA
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Posted 12 Sep 2021 1:57 pm
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| With a pine cabinet and a neo speaker mine weighs 63#. Heavy, but worth it! 😀 |
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