Servicing Fender's best overall amp + Blackface Conversion!

Maybe my favorite fender model outside of the tweed era, the Vibrolux Reverb is the perfect combination of size, weight, power and tone. I love these amps so much, and this one is no exception! Based off the exterior you'd think it was a blackface circuit inside, but instead it turned out to be the rather unique tweener circuit you find in some amps during this era. No worries, it's an easy conversion to blackface... but does it sound any different? I'll let you be the judge of that!

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00:00 - Amp exterior review
04:29 - Transformers
05:33 - Doghouse
07:56 - Not a blackface??
14:01 - Let's get to work!
14:26 - Recap of what I did
15:00 - Audio comparison of both circuits
16:36 - Thoughts?
17:38 - Recap of electrolytics

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