Vintage Tube Amp

Up for sale, a 1966 Fender Vibro Champ, freshly serviced, very original, and extremely clean cosmetically. This little Blackface-era Fender wonder delivers five watts of pure Class A tube tone. A surprisingly loud amp with the original alnico 8 speaker, this Vibro Champ has just the right amount of glassy, sparkling clean tone before pushing into smooth, lightly compressed tube overdrive at about 4 on the volume knob. Dynamic, responsive, and absolutely huge sounding when you put a microphone in front of it, it’s hard to beat the Vibro Champ for pure simplicity and great tone. And of course, Fender’s lush sounding tremolo circuit has a strong pulse and wide range of speeds, perfect for subtle shifts in volume or machine gun chop. The preamp is very original, with only a couple new caps and resistors substituted as needed to keep the amp operating optimally. The stock Schumacher-made power transformer is intact, dating to the 48th week of’65, while the output transformer is a suitable Weber-made replacement. Visible date codes on the CTS pots date to the 21st week of’65, and the chassis stamp is from 1966. The tube chart is stunningly clean with crisp corners, sparingly little aging of the paper, and a “PC” code which translates to March of 1966. The tube compliment includes a JJ 6V6 power tube, a pair of Ruby-branded preamp tubes, and a vintage RCA 5Y3 rectifier. The speaker is the original Fender-branded Oxford 8 with a clean blue Fender label on the alnico magnet. The original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth are extremely clean, with plenty of sparkle in the thread and limited aging of the cloth. The faceplate is stunningly well-kept too, complete with its full compliment of witch hat knobs. The stock handle caps, sphinx glides (feet), and chassis straps are all intact, and the hardware shows sparingly little surface patina. This Vibro Champ is an ideal example of Blackface tone that sure to delight both discerning collectors and serious players. Check out our shop “Mike & Mike’s Guitar Bar, ” and please let us know if we can answer any questions! International orders will be declared as merchandise, and the value of merchandise will be declared as the amount paid. We cannot declare anything as a gift or for a lesser value. We do our best to describe all items with honesty and accuracy, but to be sure, please. The item “1966 Fender Vibro Champ Vintage Blackface Tube Amp Class A, Serviced” is in sale since Wednesday, November 25, 2020. This item is in the category “Musical Instruments & Gear\Guitars & Basses\Guitar Amplifiers”. The seller is “mmguitarbar” and is located in Seattle, Washington. This item can be shipped worldwide.

• Number of Channels: 1
• Number of Speakers: 1
• Model: Vibro Champ
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Amplifier Technology: Vacuum Tube
• Power: 5 W
• Amplifier Type: Combo
• Brand: Fender
• Suitable For: Electric Guitar