1964 Fender Vibroverb

[Hammertone]

I got the '64 Vibroverb in a trade with a friend. I gave him a bunch of stuff and got to reclaim some needed floorspace in my cave as well as get a great amp. My big plan is to play through the amp until it sells, and I used it recently on a gig where it sounded pretty &^%$ fantastic. Particularly on Funk 49. Here's what he wrote:

"Here's an interesting amp... 1964 Fender Vibroverb 1 X 15 combo. Yes, This is the Stevie Ray Vaughan amp! I am selling this amp for less than I have into it... and it's "stupid cheap" for what it is... $4,000 USD... even with the changes listed further down in this ad... so here's the story. I bought this amp and had my amp tech go through it... lots of messy work and cheap replacement components. So I had the amp cleaned up and restored - with the best vintage style caps and resistors, etc. The PT was wrong and replaced, and we installed the correct Hammond replacement. The cost of this extensive work was @$650. The baffle was wrong, so I had a plywood baffle made with an aged, correct grill cloth. The "aged" cloth I purchased still didn't look quite right and dark enough, so I did the research and further aged it until it looked the part. The speaker is an old re-coned JBL. Pretty much what would have originally been in there, but a replacement... it sounds fantastic and I would never change it! So what's with the "Joe Walsh Barnstorm" thing? As far as I can tell, Joe Walsh toured (and perhaps recorded) with this amp in the early 70s. [ed: or not!] My tech sent a picture of the amp to Joe on Facebook and Joe "liked" it. That's all I know! As you can see, I had a padded cover made. There's an old footswitch included - plus all the detailed info on the work just done by my amp tech. The amp weighs 56lbs... so not a feather, but not a boat anchor either. I would ship... but at your expense and risk. Thanks for looking! ..."
My current working theory is that, if it's not one of Joe's old amps, that Banksy is a big Barnstorm fan and used to own the amp. Or not.

I figured I'd post it here, because it's also ... a GREAT jazz guitar amp! 15" JBL, 2x6L6 power, reverb, trem, and so forth. Plug in your L-5CES and go nuts! Come on down!

[skykomishone]

Wow!
That is way less than one that I saw at a recent Guitar show in Kent WA.

I was scratching my head at 10K for the amp. The price sure caught my attention though.

GLWTS!

[skykomishone]

Headstrong makes a Verbrovibe that is the Vibroverb. Same architecture. But with a bias adjuster.

I have it with (2) 12's.
I was missing my 60's Twin and one of our esteemed members had the Headstrong.

[Jsparr1983]

Where does it ship from? Man that is the holy grail right there.

[Hammertone]

Where does it ship from? Man that is the holy grail right there.

Ships to US addresses from Erie, PA.
Ships to Canadian addresses from Toronto.

[Jsparr1983]

What’s you price on that beast? I am showing like $600 shipping to 75068. Man that’s crazy

[Hammertone]

May as well bump this up. Still available, still great!
And still a great deal.

Shipping is whatever it costs, via FedEx or USPS - whichever makes the most sense. I may want to ship the JBL D-130F speaker separately, as a way to reduce shipping weight.

[Jsparr1983]

Man only if I was closer!