Denver, CO, United States
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Up for sale, a 1966 Fender Vibro Champ in excellent condition and in perfect working order. 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 circuit is very original, with stock Schumacher transformers that both date to the 1st week of '66. The preamp has all of the original pots and resistors, with only a few new Sprague bypass caps to keep everything operating flawlessly. The tube chart is very clean and fully intact, with an "PF" code which translates to June of 1966. The speaker is the original Fender-branded Oxford 8" with a clean blue Fender label on the alnico magnet and a frame that shows virtually no wear.The original smooth black tolex and silver sparkle grillcloth is quite clean. All of the stock hardware is intact, with notable patina on the original handle caps and sphinx glides. The tolex shows only one decent nick on the front right edge of the cab, and the grillcloth has only light aging, with the original raised Fender badge intact. The faceplate is very clean, and this Vibro Champ is an ideal example of Blackface tone.Note- installed is a brand new Weber 8A125 speaker and it sounds incredible. Original, fully functional speaker is included. Only selling this beauty as I’m moving to a quieter living space (girlfriend doesn’t enjoy me turning up to 10 anymore). Amp will arrive professionally packaged, please allow 24hrs to pack and ship.
Original Price$1,800
$275 price drop
New Price$1,525
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