I've wanted a Vibrolux Reverb for some time, but only recently learned of the availability of chassis and faceplates. I built this to blackface specs, using the AA964 circuit. The only variations are the routing of the filament circuit and the use of a modified star-ground scheme. A silverface Fender would have been cheaper, but this amp is better built and has decades of life ahead of it.
I pondered and fussed over speakers for a while. But I'm really pleased with what I get by mixing one Eminence Legend and one Jensen C10Q: qintessential blackface tones, clean and dirty.
Technical Rundown
- Fender AA964 Vibrolux Reverb circuit
- Marsh Amps chassis and reproduction faceplates
- Allen Amps TP35 power transforrer
- Allen Amps TO35MT output transformer
- Allen Amps choke and reverb transformer
- F&T power supply filters
- JJ GZ34 rectifier
- Svetlana 6L6GC power tubes
- EH 12AX7 and JAN 12AT7 preamp tubes
- Nichicon electrolytic capacitors
- 2W metal oxide power resistors
- 1W carbon film signal resistors
- Mallory M150 coupling caps
- Cloth-insulated solid core hookup wire
- Mojo finger-jointed, solid pine cabinet, with birch ply baffle
- Eminence Legend 1058 and Jensen C10Q 10" speakers
