A pair of 64 Vibroverbs with vintage JBL D130F (Reconed by Upland Loudspeaker Service in Cali) set a ways apart and connected by a Dimension D in the lowest setting is godly!
This and the EVH Speaker test are 2 of my All Time Favorites! This 63 really captures the SRV tone! I just bought 2 10” Jensen Alnico P10R speakers 🔊 and built my own cabinet. They sound fantastic. I’m using them with a 69 Deluxe Reverb
Would love to hear the two of them played simultaneously with an A-B-Y box. I would think the two very different amp tones would sound magnificent blended together... the best of both worlds. As always, great playing, Johan... always a pleasure and an education watching your videos.
This is the Holy Grail for me, thanks Johan. SRV, love him or hate him, changed blues and brought a dying art back to the forefront along with all the greats that influenced him. Walked away loving the Brownface more, I guess I'm biased towards 10s....*side note---- Tommy is building me a Catulator for a clone i'm having built. I already have a BFSR by him with 2 JBLs E110s and 2 Celestions G10s, best SR I've ever heard. Thanks for introducing me to his work years ago. you da man
Hi, Johan! Strat with "Brownface" is very bright, and with LP the sound is more ballanced. In the case of "Black Vibro" its not so much trebles. But when I think about the guitar with other instruments, maybe that's the best way. But the most fine is LP with the black Vibro. Fender always gives to the trebles more place. But maybe I am in LP mood today..:-) SEE YOU! Zigfrid
I love these old fenders and I believe the sweet tone (very slight break up) is largely because of those vintage speakers. Negative feedback eliminated can work to your advantage or against you (depends what your playing) as far as circuit design Euro vs. American, Awesome demo, thank you!
Sounds great! I heard that Alice Cooper tone too. Those Blonde/Brown 40 watt amps are some of my favorite amps of all time! I used to have one of those brown vibroverbs, I really miss that amp, the 2x10 supers are nice too. That Black amp really likes humbuckers! I recently got a '61 Bandmaster with the 1x12 tone ring cab, I still need to go through it and make sure it's tuned up and safe to run. I'm hoping it will have that Blonde/Brown 40 watt magic, pretty sure it will.
I loved the video, but if I play the same type of riffs with both a custom shop Les Paul, and a 62 reissue American Strat through my 1964 Vibroverb I get a totally different sound. It all sounds great, just never would have guessed yours would sound so different.
I have a 1960 fender Vibrasonic without reverb but I do have a 63 fender reverb tank and I think I get very close if not spot on SRV town when I use a tube screamer. Especially.
The Strat through both amps is a rock solid groove! Les paul is cool too of course..I have been wanting to hear some of these amps. I think maybe it is a tiny bit better with the 15", maybe.. I still have not heard one in person though, just on here..How much would one of these go for in $? Is the re-issue supposedly with the Stevie Ray modification good, better, or worse, than these? I have not seen that one for sale either..it seems these are kind of rare.
Well, that settles it, you'll have to gig with both amps at the same time. I imagine the combination would sound killer especially with a Strat. Awesome video once again! Yes, sounds like Alice Cooper.
Anyway those Fender amps sound so awesome in fact every amp you guys get and play sound amazing loving it just want to play them with you guys laying down some Rhythm and some leads would be a kick let me know if you can I don't even know any of these messages even get through or if it's even possible to hook up with you guys to play thanks
Wonderful amps! I tend to prefer Blackface Fenders, but in this one, the '63 Brownface has absolutely astounding tones. Very harmonically rich with overtones, and just the right kind of overdrive. The '64 seems a little bit thin and narrow by comparison. (Which might be just the thing to sit in a band mix.) The clear choice is to use an ABY pedal and run both, with the Blackface set cleaner, with more reverb and just a hint of tremolo. Meanwhile, the '63 is set dry and full tilt. That would be some godlike noise. Great video, as always. Only one question: what's going on with Simon's feet?
Ah there is that 63 strat I want as well. Something about the blackface just has that extra mojo. I like the LP on the brownface more and the strat on the blackface. The attack on the brownface is great but the fullness of the blackface is amazing. Have to say I am impressed by the brownface overall.
If you still have the 63, would you mind taking the bell cover off one of the speakers and measuring the magnet diameter and thickness? I am trying to verify if the reissue Oxford 10k5 speakers I have were built exactly like the originals. Mine have a 3.5" magnet but believe it should have been 4" like the 12k5 in my 66 Deluxe Reverb. I really appreciate any help!
Johan, interesting what you think... It appears to me that Tweed > Brown, which is >>> blackface. Now I had two Deluxe Reverbs Blackface and Silverface, was not crazy how they sounded with my Les Paul, got rid of both. Marshall + Les Paul = oh YES! however with Fenders the situation changes, yes the hierarchy (if one wants warm wooden tones or SRV is still the same Tweed > Brown, >>> blackface, agree?
Sooo good! Love it! The brown face seems to have alnico speakers and the blackface seems to have square back ceramic magnet Eminence speakers. IMHO the ‘63 brownface had such a creamy mid tone that was so much better than the ‘64 blackface. I wonder if there were significant circuit changes or if it was all speaker differences?
Hi Johan,great job again! I know it is offtopic but i saw videos about vintage dimarzio superdistortion,have you ever tried Schaller hot stuff?or maybe some vintage alnico schallers?any opinion on Schaller pickups?Johan,everyone invited to comment,answer,cheers,alex
Hi Johan great video. Just one question does the 1964 blackface vibroverb that you're playing have the preamp on V1 changed with a 5751 tube, as SRV amps? It reduces gain in about 30% compared to a 12AX7, and as consequence increasing headroom.
Loved the Strat tones, definitely SRV like. Both sounded good but I think I like the Strat paired with a Fender amp a little better. Both amps sounded great too, hard to decide if one is better than the other. Not sure why people are making that comparison. They do sound a little different I suppose, but it’s sort of hard for me to tell.
I had a '64 vibro-verb I bought new for about $360 at Yuill Music in Heron, Il. I sold it in Evansville In about 1994 for $500. I had not idea of it's value. But,,,,,,,,The amp was so clean you couldn't do anything with it. Nice amp but very tight in it's lane. I am sorry I sold the amp but only because of the money.
Great video, Johan! I know it's a bit unrelated here but after watching all your videos on the subject, I need to know your current expert opinion on the best way to tame the stage volume of my Marshall SLP 100W and still preserve a lot of its core sound. Would the attenuator be the best solution or the master volume? Thanks a lot and keep the good work! Vedran
Thanks! Depending on the sound I’m goi no för I’d combine different amounts of master volume and attenuator. I’d use quieter speakers G12M is 3dB quieter than G12H. I’d push the am- with a treble booster or Overdrive a bit also. Cheers
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks, Johan, I'm gonna try with a cab with G12M and a Rivera Rockcrusher attenuator and see how it turns out, been researching this quite a bit and you and your videos have been a great help! Thanks again and cheers from Croatia!
@@alphamilkrecordings8974 brown def has more mids than the scooped blackface. Higher headroom on blackface but better OD on brown due to that. Play a brown face one of these and you’ll never want to play another amp again. I own a Headstrong Verbovibe (1:1 replica of the brown) and I just invite ppl over to try it and watch their faces slowly change into excitement once they figure it out 😅 harmonics when cranked are impossible to really appreciate on recorded sound. Almost gives you a high
![THE Stevie Ray Vaughan Amp 1964 Fender Vibroverb [ Mods from Fender Guru]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/teSNKA-FZeI/mqdefault.jpg)
The strat in the brownface is some of the most godly tones I have ever heard!!!
The Les Paul through the Brownface is AMAZING!
So is the Strat tone through both amps!
A pair of 64 Vibroverbs with vintage JBL D130F (Reconed by Upland Loudspeaker Service in Cali) set a ways apart and connected by a Dimension D in the lowest setting is godly!
The brownface sounds glorious! I have a Fender Vibroverb 63 reissue and it sounds more or less the same as this one. It's an amp I will keep forever.
Now we gotta wait these 30 minutes... This will be even better than the Beatles guitars video.
Cheers Patrik :-)
I had a 64 Vibroverb and tried many speakers vintage and new. The best was by far a JBL D130F.
Johan, you have this way of playing that can be either like a thunderstorm, or the gentlest sun shower.
Also, love your choice of chords.
Thanks Gavin, that’s kind of you!
Sunflower
@@michaelcraig9449 sun shower
The brownface breaks up nicer than the blackface. I think I prefer the 10s to that 15 as well. Really interesting comparison, Johan.
Thanks Chris!
It really does - I was fully prepared to be drooling over that blackface (which I still am... lol), but I like the sound of the brownface even more.
You nailed my feelings exactly. Love a pair of 10 inch speakers
The 10" tightness and breaking point is why I bought a Deluxe DeVille 4x10 combo. Love me some fender amp tones. Great video.
This and the EVH Speaker test are 2 of my All Time Favorites! This 63 really captures the SRV tone! I just bought 2 10” Jensen Alnico P10R speakers 🔊 and built my own cabinet. They sound fantastic. I’m using them with a 69 Deluxe Reverb
Thanks Jim! Glad to hear that!
Heaven in a box!!! Both sound AMAZING!!! Really can't choose a favorite.
The second riff segment that Johan played into the ‘64 was The best Les Paul into a Fender Tone I have heard.
Many you of don't realize how disciplined Johan is, because his real passion is playing amps quietly.
Dang, how different they sound! It's the blackface for me, which I realize isn't the popular opinion thus far. Great demo!
That brownface amp sounds heavenly :)
One of the best tones of this channel
That is the sound!!!! All of your tones were killer.both amps sound different both performed great. You kick ass ! Cheers!
They both sound incredible!
Thanks Andrea!
The 2 10’s 4 Sure Awesome sound 👍🔥🎸🦅
Would love to hear the two of them played simultaneously with an A-B-Y box. I would think the two very different amp tones would sound magnificent blended together... the best of both worlds. As always, great playing, Johan... always a pleasure and an education watching your videos.
This is the Holy Grail for me, thanks Johan. SRV, love him or hate him, changed blues and brought a dying art back to the forefront along with all the greats that influenced him. Walked away loving the Brownface more, I guess I'm biased towards 10s....*side note---- Tommy is building me a Catulator for a clone i'm having built. I already have a BFSR by him with 2 JBLs E110s and 2 Celestions G10s, best SR I've ever heard. Thanks for introducing me to his work years ago. you da man
popeye why would you hate SRV?
@@Schlumpf.Meister I think you read it wrong..........Some people dislike his music, it's only natural. Not everyone enjoys the same things.
The Les Paul though the brown face 2x10 was magical!!
3:57 That brownface sounds especially wicked there. Fantastic.
Amazing amps... Both evoque an entire age of a bunch of legends! Cheers dear friend!
Because of your channel I've come to the conclusion that I almost always prefer 10" speakers.
I used to a brit only marshall sort of guy but these vids of fender and other amps have taught me that there other great sounds out there.
then what instrument did you play that was brit.
+1 for the Brownface - much more open and characterful
Hi, Johan!
Strat with "Brownface" is very bright, and with LP the sound is more ballanced. In the case of "Black Vibro" its not so much trebles. But when I think about the guitar with other instruments, maybe that's the best way. But the most fine is LP with the black Vibro. Fender always gives to the trebles more place. But maybe I am in LP mood today..:-) SEE YOU!
Zigfrid
Thanks Zigfrid! Yeah the Black Vibro would probably work great in many mixes! See you! Johan
the 63 brownface vibroverb sounds great! amazing sounding amp
A Strat tuned to Eb and run thru a ‘64 Vibroverb is magic.
I'm in love with those Brownface tones!
Love that Brownface !!!! Holy hell!!!
Did not know there is so much difference between brown '63 and black '64. Thank you Johan!
Love the brown amp
Sounds warmer than the black
Love your videos. I prefer whichever one I’m listening to at the time...
Loved it, but wish I could have heard it with a Tube Screamer as well.
Lot of great Richards/Taylor tones between those amps/guitars. Get your ya-yas out! Thanks for the video!
Both sound great...Another thumbs up for the 63 Vibroverb.
that brownface sounds AMAZING!
Both amazing riffmeister! Awesome.
Both Amps together would sound Amazing ! Low mids from the Brown- and high Mids from the Blackface😜
That brown face was just perfect. It sounded gainy enough to have sustain for lead, but it wasn't too much when just playing chords.
Yes, the Lester through the 63! Killer!
Impossible to dislike!!!!! Great
Thanks Edgar, I’m glad to hear that!
This truly an ultimate dream tone
Well done and thanks for sharing brothers! Great Vid! Being I grew up with these tones I'm still very much in love with Them! Be Well Simon and Johan!
I love the overdrive on the brownface. They both sound good, but brownface sounds better to me.
Very cool… it has that ringing nasal srv vibe to it
The 63' brownface is majestic and is the Fender sound in my mind! The blackface sounds great but more like a VOX to me.
Pushed fenders are so much good. I love your blue strat as well sir. It definitely sings.
I love these old fenders and I believe the sweet tone (very slight break up) is largely because of those vintage speakers. Negative feedback eliminated can work to your advantage or against you (depends what your playing) as far as circuit design Euro vs. American, Awesome demo, thank you!
The Bürsten and the Brownface Sounds awesome 🤘
Both very good in their own right.
Sounds great! I heard that Alice Cooper tone too. Those Blonde/Brown 40 watt amps are some of my favorite amps of all time! I used to have one of those brown vibroverbs, I really miss that amp, the 2x10 supers are nice too. That Black amp really likes humbuckers! I recently got a '61 Bandmaster with the 1x12 tone ring cab, I still need to go through it and make sure it's tuned up and safe to run. I'm hoping it will have that Blonde/Brown 40 watt magic, pretty sure it will.
The Amps are fabulous, especially the 63’s for me. But the guitars... 😱😱😱 oh my god ! This strat 🤭🤤
Is it bad that this is a video about a fender amp, but the most excited I got during the video was when I saw all the vox amps against the wall🙃🙃
I loved the video, but if I play the same type of riffs with both a custom shop Les Paul, and a 62 reissue American Strat through my 1964 Vibroverb I get a totally different sound. It all sounds great, just never would have guessed yours would sound so different.
The brown face has that SRV drive sound perfectly. The price of those has just lept again
Love the Brownface!
I am so jealous of you two. Amazing tones! Great video as always brother. God bless and rock o. 🎸👏😎
I have a 1960 fender Vibrasonic without reverb but I do have a 63 fender reverb tank and I think I get very close if not spot on SRV town when I use a tube screamer. Especially.
The Strat through both amps is a rock solid groove! Les paul is cool too of course..I have been wanting to hear some of these amps. I think maybe it is a tiny bit better with the 15", maybe.. I still have not heard one in person though, just on here..How much would one of these go for in $? Is the re-issue supposedly with the Stevie Ray modification good, better, or worse, than these? I have not seen that one for sale either..it seems these are kind of rare.
The very first riff in the video I liked that had that stevie ray vaughn vibe you mention
60 with that 63 oh my. But they both sounds fantastic. Seems the blackface sounds a little better with the buckers.... What say you Johan?
Amazing! Thanks my Friend, cheers!
Thanks my friend
Brilliant 🙌🙌🙌🙌
Strat and Brownface ALL day long, for me.
superawesome especially the brown
These Brownfaces are rapidly becoming my favourite Fenders. Please tell me you recorded a tremolo comparison of the two Vibroverbs!
Both sound great, but I'd have to go with the brownface, that amp sounds amazing!
That brownie sounds great
What struck me as much as anything was that the dimed Brownface had a slightly Supro tone to the overdrive.
Well, that settles it, you'll have to gig with both amps at the same time. I imagine the combination would sound killer especially with a Strat. Awesome video once again! Yes, sounds like Alice Cooper.
Anyway those Fender amps sound so awesome in fact every amp you guys get and play sound amazing loving it just want to play them with you guys laying down some Rhythm and some leads would be a kick let me know if you can I don't even know any of these messages even get through or if it's even possible to hook up with you guys to play thanks
I really want to come hangout at your place. Will bring beer and snacks
Always loved a 15" speaker, once had a Fender 75 with a 15" Jenson speaker in it, wish now Id never sold it :(
Got a 75 here that was originally a 15inch combo. Been chopped to a head. Killer amp but still so heavy!
@@seamanjive Nice, bet it sounds ace :)
Boy that 63 sounds really good compared to the 64.
Wonderful amps! I tend to prefer Blackface Fenders, but in this one, the '63 Brownface has absolutely astounding tones. Very harmonically rich with overtones, and just the right kind of overdrive. The '64 seems a little bit thin and narrow by comparison. (Which might be just the thing to sit in a band mix.) The clear choice is to use an ABY pedal and run both, with the Blackface set cleaner, with more reverb and just a hint of tremolo. Meanwhile, the '63 is set dry and full tilt. That would be some godlike noise. Great video, as always. Only one question: what's going on with Simon's feet?
Ah there is that 63 strat I want as well. Something about the blackface just has that extra mojo. I like the LP on the brownface more and the strat on the blackface. The attack on the brownface is great but the fullness of the blackface is amazing. Have to say I am impressed by the brownface overall.
If you still have the 63, would you mind taking the bell cover off one of the speakers and measuring the magnet diameter and thickness? I am trying to verify if the reissue Oxford 10k5 speakers I have were built exactly like the originals. Mine have a 3.5" magnet but believe it should have been 4" like the 12k5 in my 66 Deluxe Reverb. I really appreciate any help!
wonderful amps really...my taste go on blackface for clean sounds and brown for dirty. Thanks Johan
I really love the 63 2x10 ^^ you re really lucky to try those amazin stuff. Thx
UA-cam should let all us play the songs of are life without restrictions !
the brown one is so good
Johan, interesting what you think... It appears to me that Tweed > Brown, which is >>> blackface. Now I had two Deluxe Reverbs Blackface and Silverface, was not crazy how they sounded with my Les Paul, got rid of both. Marshall + Les Paul = oh YES! however with Fenders the situation changes, yes the hierarchy (if one wants warm wooden tones or SRV is still the same Tweed > Brown, >>> blackface, agree?
Both sound fantastic. I thought going in I'd prefer the blackface and strat, and I love with the les paul and the brown face a little more.
Brownies are pure heaven...
Sooo good! Love it! The brown face seems to have alnico speakers and the blackface seems to have square back ceramic magnet Eminence speakers. IMHO the ‘63 brownface had such a creamy mid tone that was so much better than the ‘64 blackface. I wonder if there were significant circuit changes or if it was all speaker differences?
I thought Cesar Diaz was wiring srv's amps and bob dylans
edmundo oliver he modified them for sure. He also had a Dumble.
Hi Johan,great job again! I know it is offtopic but i saw videos about vintage dimarzio superdistortion,have you ever tried Schaller hot stuff?or maybe some vintage alnico schallers?any opinion on Schaller pickups?Johan,everyone invited to comment,answer,cheers,alex
Yump'in Yimminie! Does amps sound so gooood.
Hi Johan great video. Just one question does the 1964 blackface vibroverb that you're playing have the preamp on V1 changed with a 5751 tube, as SRV amps? It reduces gain in about 30% compared to a 12AX7, and as consequence increasing headroom.
Hello! The Vibroverb’s amps close in their sounds to the Fender Vibrolux Silverface/Blackface?
Yummy tones with both guitars... sounds like early aerosmith with the les paul.
Prefered the Vibroverb. Nice!
Thanks LageR! ;-)
Loved the Strat tones, definitely SRV like. Both sounded good but I think I like the Strat paired with a Fender amp a little better. Both amps sounded great too, hard to decide if one is better than the other. Not sure why people are making that comparison. They do sound a little different I suppose, but it’s sort of hard for me to tell.
I had a '64 vibro-verb I bought new for about $360 at Yuill Music in Heron, Il. I sold it in Evansville In about 1994 for $500. I had not idea of it's value. But,,,,,,,,The amp was so clean you couldn't do anything with it. Nice amp but very tight in it's lane. I am sorry I sold the amp but only because of the money.
Great video, Johan! I know it's a bit unrelated here but after watching all your videos on the subject, I need to know your current expert opinion on the best way to tame the stage volume of my Marshall SLP 100W and still preserve a lot of its core sound. Would the attenuator be the best solution or the master volume? Thanks a lot and keep the good work!
Vedran
Thanks! Depending on the sound I’m goi no för I’d combine different amounts of master volume and attenuator. I’d use quieter speakers G12M is 3dB quieter than G12H. I’d push the am- with a treble booster or Overdrive a bit also. Cheers
@@JohanSegeborn Thanks, Johan, I'm gonna try with a cab with G12M and a Rivera Rockcrusher attenuator and see how it turns out, been researching this quite a bit and you and your videos have been a great help! Thanks again and cheers from Croatia!
Brownface amps rock.
Imagine the two in a wet/dry setup.
Both killer amps but love the increased midrange of the Brownface. Wish I had either of them!
? The Brownface has less mids not more.
@@alphamilkrecordings8974 brown def has more mids than the scooped blackface. Higher headroom on blackface but better OD on brown due to that. Play a brown face one of these and you’ll never want to play another amp again. I own a Headstrong Verbovibe (1:1 replica of the brown) and I just invite ppl over to try it and watch their faces slowly change into excitement once they figure it out 😅 harmonics when cranked are impossible to really appreciate on recorded sound. Almost gives you a high
Mine has a JBL130 speaker and sound totally different , more glassy if that makes sense
When Johan plays the brownface it sounds like KISS...