Vintage 35 MV

(Vibrolux Style)

Type:

Power:

Output Tubes:

Preamp Tubes:

Rectifier:

Inputs:

Ch1 Mild Gain:

Ch2 Blackface:


Back:

Reverb:

Tremolo:

Cabinet Material:

1x12“ Combo:

2x10“ Combo:

Speaker:

Weight/Dimension:


230V 50Hz (Black Face AA964 BF)

0-35 Watt

2x 6L6GT-STR

4x12AX7A-C 2x12AT7

5AR4/GZ34

2x High & Low

Volume w/bright push/pull Treble, Bass

Volume w/bright push/pull Treble, Middle, Bass. Reverb, Speed, Intensity w/Trem On/Off switch

2x Speaker Out, Diaz Dwell Control, BIAS Points, Master Volume

Tube Driven Spring Reverb

Tube Vibrato

Solid Pine Cabinet w/ Birch Plywood Baffle & back panels

Black Tolex w/silver grill 2.093,- (Net) / 2.490,- Euros (19%) in stock!

Black Tolex w/silver grill 2.177,- (Net) / 2.590,- Euros (19%) on order!

1x12“ VSA Custom made by WGS based on G12C/S

20kg W62xH44xD24cm

The Vintage Sound Vintage 35 is essentially an all hand-wired, all USA made, 60's era Fender 1x12 Vibrolux, but slightly modified with definite improvements. At the root is, of course, the AA964 blackface circuit. 


1) One thing you'll notice is the addition of a "MIDDLE" tone control on Channel 2.This, of course, was not on the original '64-'67 Vibrolux. So, why did Vintage Sound decide to add it in? Well, first of all, it absolutely does nothing to hurt the integrity of the circuit or tone. The original Fender circuit actually had a fixed "MIDDLE" that was set permanently at 6.8k. Vintage Sound removed this resistor from the circuit and replaced it with a much more versatile 10k potentiometer. The result is you now have the ability to adjust this frequency range without compromising the original tone. If you want it to sound precisely like a Vibrolux, just turn the pot to around 6-7 and you're there. You want to scoop the mids a touch, pull back. Warn the tone a bit, turn up. 


2) Also included is a very nifty reverb dwell control which is on the rear of the chassis. Obviously, this too was omitted on the original circuit, but it comes in quite handy for adjusting the amount of decay the reverb has. Nice!


Another smart alteration is the incorporation of a Diaz based tremolo mod that Vintage Sound does.This accomplishes a few things...You'll notice the Vibrato has the ability to be slower than stock Fenders. The vibrato being too fast was always a complaint people had with vintage Fender Deluxes (and still do to this day). The other advantage this gives is when you turn the dial all the way down, you switch off the vibrato circuit, bypassing it and leaving you with a cleaner, more pure signal. The result is a slightly more present tone, and a bit of a bump in volume. Furthermore, with the older Vibrolux amps,you can hear a "ticking" sound with the vibrato. This is caused by several design flaws in the original circuit allowing the LFO signal to leak into the audio path. These issues have been addressed with better routing of the wires, superior components, and filtering of the oscillator output.


The new MV version 2019 has a modified „Trainwreck“ Post Phase Inverter Master Volume WITHOUT any tone loss!!!