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From: tremolu–(at)–ol.com (Tremolux)
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Subject: Re: Fender Vibrolux-Rever
Date: 7 Jun 1995 12:02:01 -0400
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The only Brown Vibroverb I’ve ever heard is one of the new reissues.
Those sound a bit thin and are not so loud. I’ve never seen an AA763
anything. Re the AB763 Vibroverb, they sound great. They’re much louder
and fatter sounding than the brown 6G16.

The amps that use modulated bias to achieve tremolo sound best IMO, for
that particular function. The LDR method as used on most of the later
tolex amps works, and if you’ve heard one, they all sound similar on the
tremolo.

Comparing a Vibroverb to a Twin, the Verb has a little more bass since it
has the 15. The Twin is louder since it has 3 dB more power. If you look
at the schematics, you’ll see that the preamps are almost identical, so
the tone is very similar.

Re the Reverb, again, I’ve not had much experience with the brown amp, so
let me just say that the BEST reverb I’ve ever heard comes from an old
Ampeg Reverberocket or Super Echo Twin or the Fender tube reverb unit.

The reverb pans used over the years by Fender are virtually identical. 2
springs, low input impedance, high output impedance. They all sound
pretty much the same unless there’s something wrong.

How do you describe sound in writing? What sounds like shit to one man
may be another’s ultimate tone. Fenders have a unique tone signature,
they’re pretty similar. Then there are the old Tweeds…….

Regards.