You can slow that trem down to where you want it by swapping out one capacitor in the oscillator circuit. That amp is a long way from being collector/investor/broker candy, (Thank God, that means you can actually play it!) so there's nothing to worry about there. The cap will cost you about $1.00, and there's only 2 solder joints. Once you hear that trem with the slow speed, you'll never look back.
Is there a big difference between a 62 and a 64? Would like to know I'm scanning UA-cam trying to find some quality 64 demos, This 62 is nice but everything im hearing out of the 64s had been folks playing teles...Needless to say those are all chimmy videos Not really my thing. If you can't speak to the question i understand ...Like i said this is the best sounding concert i came across so far today. Thanks.
They are pretty different. These early brown face are more like a tweed bassman meets a bf super reverb with way better vibrato circuit. I’ve never owned a ‘64 Concert so I’m not the best authority there. I will say that these early ones are still a great value for an incredible sounding older fender. I play everything through it too. LP, 335, strat tele etc. Hope that helps
Whoa! I gotta try that! I’ve had one of these sitting around for a few years, I wasn’t gonna turn it on until I got it looked at, but I’m feeling reinvigorated to jump back into amp tinkering.
I also have a player grade one. Had some holes in the back for the old power amp out fx loop mod or whatever they did. The vibrato channel is so cool too
@@joeriffanucci That's really what I'm going for...there are a lot of amps that sound like a '59 Bassman but very few with that pitch shifting vibrato circuit, and it's not easy to build one!
The second and third amps I ever played through, were nearly new Concerts, back around 1962. First amp I ever played through was my brother's 1960 PRO. These are fabulous amps. And these amps are naturally mid-rangey. And Uni Vibes have Fender Brownface tremolo-like tones. This amp sounds fabulous! Congrats.
That must have been incredible. I’m thankful to have this amp although I envy you hearing them in pristine original condition. My speakers are tired and I’m sure a nice pair of RCA backplates would help. Thanks!
@@joeriffanucci Give a set of Weber 10A150's a try. And a big YEH on those RCA's! I am biasing all my 6L6 amps for new Tung-Sol 5881's which allow for a bit more bottom end without booming out like 6L6's often do. And yeh ... I have two BF Super Reverbs. Would love to own a brown A-model Concert. I played a bar job at around 17 years old on the Westside of Jacksonville, with a guy who also played a '54 Stratocaster (perhaps the only time TWO '54's were on the same stage at the same time!) through a brown Concert with a couple blown speakers, and me through a '64 Super Reverb.
@@ryanfulldark2775 Thanks! I had a brother who was five years older than me, who had the PRO and a Jazzmaster and played in a band called, "The Classics" that eventually became "The Classics IV" of "Spooky" fame (sans my brother, who left to go to college). So I had a head start over most players. I spent time going to Classics jobs, and watching other bands, and going to Marvin Kay's MusicCenter in downtown Jacksonville; so I got to see a lot of guitars and amps that players now consider, treasure. And congrats on owning a PRO AND a Concert!!. Warm-amp CITY! I am blessed to own a '62 Bandmaster head which I absolutely treasure. Got my eye out for a good and affordable Concert with the "A" designation, even though my wife will most likely try out my shotgun ... I am hoping prices will come down as players realize they can't carry around an amp this big without a backache! 🙂 At least, I hope they come to that realization! Most likely it will be that they don't need 40 whats! Enjoy those amps, brother ... and it's all about Jesus and time is running out! God bless!
Great Video Aaron! The harm trem circuit in the trem channel kind of acts like another tone stack cascaded with the primary tone stack when the intensity is off. Its really a 300hz notch filter with some low freq. cut. Not to add the RC coupling going into the phase splitter is set to cut lows below 160Hz. Very very cool design. Do you have any clips with it cranked?
Thanks man. Great clarification about how the circuit functions. When I use it on this amp I usually turn intensity to max and speed slowest. I may have a few showing it better. I’ll check
The harmonic vibrato from these brownface Fenders is quite unique, requiring 3 preamp tubes to achieve. It's a lot nicer than the later tremolo feature you find on blackface Fenders. It has a more musical quality and sounds less like you are playing your amp into an electric fan and getting that "choppy helicopter" sound. My theory was that Leo Fender was desperate to create a vibrato like his chief California based competitor called Magnatone had created without violating their patent. He came up with something different but nice in its own way. Both are softer and more harmonic, but Magnatone vibrato has purer sound that doesn't alter the signal.....like using the whammy bar on your guitar. The brownface Fender harmonic vibrato has a sort of "wah pedal character" to it. Unfortunately, Fender couldn't continue making amp with this feature because it required too many tubes leaving no room for another high-demand feature: reverb. One pedal I have found that can achieve harmonic vibrato pretty well is the Digitech Ventura Vibe. There are probably many others.
Yeah I think you’re right. Magnatone vibrato is incredible. I have a ‘62 Deluxe as well and power tube bias trem is definitely NOT harmonic 😆 that being said there are several great pedal versions. I haven’t tried the Ventura yet. I’ve heard the JAM pedals version is great. I know of one that’s in prototype stages that’ll be incredible. It’s been compared directly to this amp and it’s so close. More to come.
That was super nice playing with feel, the most important component of misic to me Good job
Thank you so much Roger. I really appreciate it.
Superb 👌
The amp and your playing sound wonderful. Cheers
Thanks Joel I really appreciate that!
sounds killer! Great playin man
Thank you for checking it out.
You can slow that trem down to where you want it by swapping out one capacitor in the oscillator circuit. That amp is a long way from being collector/investor/broker candy,
(Thank God, that means you can actually play it!)
so there's nothing to worry about there. The cap will cost you about $1.00, and there's only 2 solder joints. Once you hear that trem with the slow speed, you'll never look back.
I was just talking to my amp builder friend about that exact thing 😊 I’m going to definitely do it.
Is there a big difference between a 62 and a 64? Would like to know I'm scanning UA-cam trying to find some quality 64 demos, This 62 is nice but everything im hearing out of the 64s had been folks playing teles...Needless to say those are all chimmy videos Not really my thing. If you can't speak to the question i understand ...Like i said this is the best sounding concert i came across so far today. Thanks.
They are pretty different. These early brown face are more like a tweed bassman meets a bf super reverb with way better vibrato circuit. I’ve never owned a ‘64 Concert so I’m not the best authority there. I will say that these early ones are still a great value for an incredible sounding older fender. I play everything through it too. LP, 335, strat tele etc. Hope that helps
@@joeriffanucci 🙏🙏
Whoa! I gotta try that! I’ve had one of these sitting around for a few years, I wasn’t gonna turn it on until I got it looked at, but I’m feeling reinvigorated to jump back into amp tinkering.
Great playing and great demo! This is now the only amp on my list. I'm going to keep my eyes open for a player grade or project version.
Thanks so much. They still aren’t quite Deluxe or Princeton prices yet 😁
I also have a player grade one. Had some holes in the back for the old power amp out fx loop mod or whatever they did. The vibrato channel is so cool too
@@joeriffanucci That's really what I'm going for...there are a lot of amps that sound like a '59 Bassman but very few with that pitch shifting vibrato circuit, and it's not easy to build one!
The second and third amps I ever played through, were nearly new Concerts, back around 1962. First amp I ever played through was my brother's 1960 PRO. These are fabulous amps. And these amps are naturally mid-rangey. And Uni Vibes have Fender Brownface tremolo-like tones. This amp sounds fabulous! Congrats.
That must have been incredible. I’m thankful to have this amp although I envy you hearing them in pristine original condition. My speakers are tired and I’m sure a nice pair of RCA backplates would help. Thanks!
As the owner of a 1960 Pro and 1963 Concert, you’re pretty lucky to have played those first! Took me 30 years of playing to afford to have either!
@ryanfulldark2775 same here 😊
@@joeriffanucci Give a set of Weber 10A150's a try. And a big YEH on those RCA's! I am biasing all my 6L6 amps for new Tung-Sol 5881's which allow for a bit more bottom end without booming out like 6L6's often do. And yeh ... I have two BF Super Reverbs. Would love to own a brown A-model Concert. I played a bar job at around 17 years old on the Westside of Jacksonville, with a guy who also played a '54 Stratocaster (perhaps the only time TWO '54's were on the same stage at the same time!) through a brown Concert with a couple blown speakers, and me through a '64 Super Reverb.
@@ryanfulldark2775 Thanks! I had a brother who was five years older than me, who had the PRO and a Jazzmaster and played in a band called, "The Classics" that eventually became "The Classics IV" of "Spooky" fame (sans my brother, who left to go to college). So I had a head start over most players. I spent time going to Classics jobs, and watching other bands, and going to Marvin Kay's MusicCenter in downtown Jacksonville; so I got to see a lot of guitars and amps that players now consider, treasure. And congrats on owning a PRO AND a Concert!!. Warm-amp CITY! I am blessed to own a '62 Bandmaster head which I absolutely treasure. Got my eye out for a good and affordable Concert with the "A" designation, even though my wife will most likely try out my shotgun ... I am hoping prices will come down as players realize they can't carry around an amp this big without a backache! 🙂 At least, I hope they come to that realization! Most likely it will be that they don't need 40 whats! Enjoy those amps, brother ... and it's all about Jesus and time is running out! God bless!
Great Video Aaron! The harm trem circuit in the trem channel kind of acts like another tone stack cascaded with the primary tone stack when the intensity is off. Its really a 300hz notch filter with some low freq. cut. Not to add the RC coupling going into the phase splitter is set to cut lows below 160Hz. Very very cool design. Do you have any clips with it cranked?
Thanks man. Great clarification about how the circuit functions. When I use it on this amp I usually turn intensity to max and speed slowest. I may have a few showing it better. I’ll check
Dude. Love your playing especially the tele work. Great job. Is that a brown faceplate or black?
Thanks so much! It's a' 62 darker brown faceplate. Really cool amps.
The harmonic vibrato from these brownface Fenders is quite unique, requiring 3 preamp tubes to achieve. It's a lot nicer than the later tremolo feature you find on blackface Fenders. It has a more musical quality and sounds less like you are playing your amp into an electric fan and getting that "choppy helicopter" sound.
My theory was that Leo Fender was desperate to create a vibrato like his chief California based competitor called Magnatone had created without violating their patent. He came up with something different but nice in its own way. Both are softer and more harmonic, but Magnatone vibrato has purer sound that doesn't alter the signal.....like using the whammy bar on your guitar. The brownface Fender harmonic vibrato has a sort of "wah pedal character" to it.
Unfortunately, Fender couldn't continue making amp with this feature because it required too many tubes leaving no room for another high-demand feature: reverb.
One pedal I have found that can achieve harmonic vibrato pretty well is the Digitech Ventura Vibe. There are probably many others.
Yeah I think you’re right. Magnatone vibrato is incredible. I have a ‘62 Deluxe as well and power tube bias trem is definitely NOT harmonic 😆 that being said there are several great pedal versions. I haven’t tried the Ventura yet. I’ve heard the JAM pedals version is great. I know of one that’s in prototype stages that’ll be incredible. It’s been compared directly to this amp and it’s so close. More to come.
Knew a player in HS who played a Strat thru one of these. It would cut you in half.
They are great amps!
It's Harmonic Tremolo, wonderful circuit!
It sure is harmonic. I love it. Almost like a version of a vibe.