Just scored a new guitar amp

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Author Message crobbins Senior Member Username: crobbins Post Number: 408 Registered: 6-2004 Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 5:25 pm:    It's a 1963 Fender Vibrasonic. One 15" JBL. Very cool.. elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 762 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 9:51 pm:    mmmm...beauty : ) How about a tone report once you get to know her? sonicus Advanced Member Username: sonicus Post Number: 204 Registered: 5-2009 Posted on Tuesday, July 21, 2009 - 10:38 pm:    Is that a JBL D130? in there ? I used to play with a pedal steel player who loved JBL D130's ______ Nice find !!! it's a KEEPER ! tom_z Senior Member Username: tom_z Post Number: 582 Registered: 7-2004 Posted on Wednesday, July 22, 2009 - 10:49 am:    Great score Craig! I second the request for a tone report. For anyone interested in the specs, they can be found here in the Fender Amp Field Guide. gtrguy Advanced Member Username: gtrguy Post Number: 235 Registered: 9-2004 Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 9:19 am:    Nice!! I have a 61 Concert amp. Those Fender brownface amps are some of the best kept tone secrets out there. The tremlo is to die for. At the moment it's sitting right next to a 97 Matchless DC30 and well able to hold it's own! Lush, full, total fender tone but plenty of smooth presence. No tube in the rectifier section and does not need one. No reverb, though, that's what the extra brown box is for, if I had it! lmiwa Advanced Member Username: lmiwa Post Number: 230 Registered: 2-2008 Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 10:31 am:    My first bass amp (Sunn tube head and 1x15 cab)had a D130 in it. Upgraded it to a K145 as the D130 was pretty woofy. keith_h Senior Member Username: keith_h Post Number: 1335 Registered: 2-2005 Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2009 - 12:01 pm:    I'm surprised a bass amp came with a D130 in it. All of the 130 series speaker are full range and are not intended for bass applications. The 140 and 145 series are bass speakers. In the old days of large PA boxes I used E130's for my lower mid cabinets with E140's for the bass cabinets. The upper mids were handled by E120's and Heil horns for the highs. I still have two K140 cabinets from my old bass rig. I think they are still one of the better sounding speakers out there. Keith