It’s not really true that this was his tone throughout his career. He played a dumble for the Texas Flood album and he played Super Reverbs, Deluxes, Steal String Singer, dumbles and later on in his career a 200watt Marshall for his clean tone… It didn’t really matter what he played. He always sounded like SRV
That’s interesting, I heard a while back that he did indeed use a Vibroverb on Texas Flood as well, but Google says otherwise like you say! Totally true about the other amps throughout his career 🤠🎸
He ran more than one amp at a time live with 2 tube screamers daisy chained in front just on the edge of break up. Sometimes he tapped one or both of the screamers off when he went into his quiet totally clean phrasings, the way he alternates back and forth in the Texas Flood Live at the El Macombo performance. With the screamers on, it accounts for his simultaneous clean/dirty tone. The screamers were set just on the edge of break up as I understand his set up.
I've watched videos of him playing onstage with two Twin reverbs, one on either side of the stage, mic'ed through the PA. I always assumed that this was how the "stereo- like" sound of the leads was created.
Sounds amazing! Those THD Hot Plates are life savers. Got my first one 20+ years ago and they have stopped me blowing my windows out since. Richie uses his on almost all his videos too. Loved the playing too, mate.
I have to same hot plate on my 65 drri. While it's nice to crank the tubes I feel like it squashed the depth and dynamics. Maybe I don't have it setup appropriately as I only really used the bright switch and not the bass switch. Instead now I'm using a volume pedal at the end of my board and a wampler plexi drive for od. Any opinions/advice?
@@PedalPawn and amp changers too Ej ruined one of his marshalls using one they change the sound forever if you love that amp word to the wise its changing the sound for the worse for ever and you will destroy the original sound and transformer using that.. I leased the practice room between Srv and Ej for years in Austin.. Ceaser Diaz tuned those amps for Stevie you should take gut shots of it and show the original boards to see what was done I can tell you if I can see it ...
I had a brilliant Vibroverb and it got all those great SRV tones that is more because of the “Blackface” circuit sound than because of The Vibroverb. The smaller Bandmaster type trannies in a stock BF Vibroverb are NOT what SRV used. Courtesy of Cesar Diaz, Stevie’s amps were retrofitted with BF Bassman trannies which improved headroom, tight bottom-end at hi volume among other mods that transformed the tone Stevie got. A Deluxe Reverb, a Vibrolux Reverb, a Pro Reverb, a Super Reverb, a Vibrasonic and many other Fender amps will ALL DELIVER that basic building block of killer Fender tone that Stevie built his basic tone from. ALL OF THEM.
It's not just about the sound for me; it's also about the vibe/how it makes me feel. You're so damned knowledgeable, Professor Chris. I particularly love the sound that this amp delivers & could listen to you play 24 hours a day. SRV saved the '80s from a dismal fate musically.
Man, your playing is improving! I'm another one who's been chasing Stevie's tone since the first time I heard him play. I recently bought a Hot Rod Deluxe, hesitant to crank up the volume in the house, neighbors.
Man that In Session album came out when I was like 16 or so and I didn't think I'd ever leave the house again. It was amazing. Also I'm a PROUD Texan Twang player myself and can attest that it can even put you in the Stevie park on a Vox!
He played live at elmacombo with his super reverbs, his vibroverb basically went to just powering his rotating vibratone speaker. You want the true SRV tone you’re gonna need a blackface super reverb. The vibroverbs he used in his very early days and then discovered the super reverbs. Also ALL his amps were modified and far from stock so there’s that hurdle as well. He even kept using his super reverbs when he discovered the dumble amps , both were his sound at the end of his career, the vibroverb is an AWSOME amp, but not his staple amp by any means,,, waaaaaay to much miss information on RUclips. If you’re buying a vibroverb to be like Stevie make sure you do your homework first, you will need a 64-65 blackface super reverb to achieve it.
Most guitar youtubers nowadays have pretty pointless anecdotes mixed with footage of them playing, whereas your playing in your videos seem to be supplemental to your points in context. What i'm trying to say is I really appreciate that you're not just boasting your practice/skill and actually trying to teach/make a point.
Read an interesting(to me) article in Tonequest magazine about one of his Vibroverbs.They waste alot of type describing the Meth-heads that stole it and the deal that brought it to another guy's possesion. When they do get down to the nitty gritty details some unexpected(to me)things were done by Mr.Dias(RIP) -Orange Drops with .033's in tonestack -A 2 ohm Output tranny feeding an 8 ohm EV -Groove tubes SS pop in rectifier -33k vs 1 meg BF values in the phase inverter 220mf main filter's Not a Stock BF at all!
Something you should ( and this came straight from SRV's amp tech.) The transformers in SRV's vibrolux's were swapped out for transformers from fender twins.
That’s a good shout, I’ve had a few supers in the past and didn’t gel well with them as much for some reason, though would love to try them out again 🚀🎛️
@@PedalPawn You have to get one with CTS Alnico speakers. Some of the newer production speakers are good too, like the 10LCP from Jupiter. The CTS is the best though, even if they’re re-coned and from the early-mid 70’s. Or do like Stevie did in the mid 80’s and make a new baffle for four EV10’s!
The pairing of the Strat and the 64 Vibroverb is tonal magic. A sidenote : if you can find a Traynor CV40 with 2 10s your in business. I have one. While not a copy it has that Fender/California tone all it's own
I have a YCV 40 with V30 12". it can do clean & dirty, 60's to 90's (Blues, Beatles, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Aerosmith and ZZ Top without pedals) except it's own Boost pedal
Great tones & playing! Slightly off-topic: try doing your “hand blacking out the camera” transition with a guitar pick (loop gaffers tape on the back so you can hold it w/o it falling out of your hands). Had another thought: someone should develop a video filter/wipe transition that has an animated pick being strummed by an invisible hand and we see 6 vertical strings vibrating. And as they vibrate from being strummed, they break apart the current frame to dissolve into the new frame/shot. Just something I thought would look cool.
I have a line on an original 64 with the upgraded JBL. Original transformers, proper recap work. Not sure if I should pull the trigger. It's really clean and would be a great investment. My Wife was kind enough to let me buy and R9 Les Paul and a nice Collings acoustic last year. Not sure if I should push my luck.
Try some 5881's in that amp. Tung-Sols. And then add in a 5R4GY Rectifizer in it. RCA if you can get it. See what you think. Or Hear what you think, I guess I should say. Oh yeh. VERY nice playing. And the amp sounds pretty good, too ...
Back in the mid-90's, when I was DEEP in my SRV obsession, I bought a pair of Vibroverbs to tour with, a '63 2x10 & a '64 1x15. I loved those amps, but I ended up selling them during a purge of my vintage amps. It just seemed that every time I'd pull one out of storage, it would need $500-1000 worth of maintenance. The biggest issue with the Vibroverbs, especially the 1x15 is the VOLUME. They as so loud, even for a 40w amp. I wish I still had the brownface 2x10, it was sweet sounding, easy to dial in & was very reliable on tour. They were so overlooked by collectors until around 2005 when the prices exploded. I sold both of mine for the price of 1 at today's value. Still doubled my money, though.
I lent my 64 to a friend who was a collector and a couple months later he said the amp had been stolen. At the time i didnt even know it was a valuable amp.
since i am more of a hendrix guy i like the sound of a jtm45 or even a tweed deluxe a bit more. i modded a tweed deluxe to have negative feedback like a jtm45 and it gave it a bit tighter sound and made it much more touch sensivite. the old fairytale of a non negative feedback amp beeing more touch sensitive is completely bs.. now with negative feedback i get it clean and shimmery by playing soft and distorted when digging hard.. that is kind of off-topic but important still. not many try to mod a tweed deluxe to have negative feedback. you can have it switchable as well. this vibro verb may be the best srv tone.. but for a regular guy who plays many styles maybe not worth it. but i can imagine by plugging into the texas twang you can clean up the bass quite a bit and it is perfect.
I've gotten to plug into one of SRV's Vibroverbs. His was modded and had almost zero clean headroom. I'll be honest, I like the way YOURS sounds better.
To me you are right! The Vibroverb IS THE SRV amp along with the supers. It's the Mokambo tone.. his most visceral performance and tone to me. Other performances are just more polished and behaved
Live at the El mocambo is a great performance. Perhaps his finest. I have a DVD of the El mocambo performance and one of his performances later in his career at Austin City Limits where he got himself cleaned up from excess drinking Etc. The critics put so much praise on his performances once he cleaned up. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but in my honest opinion the El mocambo performance is much better. Glistening with guitar brilliance. The endless fluidity of melodic phrasing and dynamic note choices. This performance is anything but effortless. And the word you used to describe it, "evisceral" is spot-on.
@@DonaldMerrit I'm totally with you. He transcends himself on that show. And we understand why his number one looked the way it looked... That's why so many guitarists like relic guitars... That's how we dream to play. And the show we never did... But dream of
El Mocambo.. the absolute best 🙌 My big brother use to have a VHS video tape of it back in the early mid 90's. I was a kid with a beat up old guitar... Stevie blew my mind! I play stop rewind play stop rewind tryna learn that whole concert for years til eventually the tape wore out lol. I've been playing SRV ever since
Remember too that you’re adding some compression with the light bulb mode turned on with the thd hot plate. Fun amps. Diaz would mod these; Fender made a custom shop run of these with his mods available at the flick of a switch. One big mod is a solid state rectifier with diodes. However you need to work with a tech on this. Solid state rectification in amps designed for tubes can change the voltage loads in the amp, which can be harder on the tubes and the transformers if done incorrectly. You’ll have less sag and compression with the rectifier mod at higher volume levels - less fart to the bass as well. I would personally not mod your lovely vintage example, but it may be worth finding one of those reissues. They’re great amps for SRV hounds.
Sounds absolutely awesome Chris! Highly recommended chucking in a JBL E130 if you can find one. I'm sure you know Stevie had those in his Vibroverbs before he went over to EVs. They can just handle more then the D series without farting out. That was another game changer when I used to own mine ✌️ all the best P.s waiting for the Pedal Pawn Wah next!? 😉😁
Actually I use an E145, which is a nice and very glassy instrument speaker, but perhaps a bit much unless you're using a dual showman... anything with the 4 6l6 sound... because one of those will hold up and sound awesome. I picked up a pair of ampeg PA columns today, rare 60s era S-48, in which the early ones had 4 8" alnico drivers, set up to be full range and super-sensitive... gonna give that a try with my assorted amps... a 4x8" square cab would be an awesome tone if these are what i think they are. Even the tweeters are amazing, though won't be used. Was considering using them as studio monitors, since they really seem special... but probably guitar...
Cesar Diaz used to live around here. He worked for SRV at one point. He was talking about building an amp for him that was a Super Reverb front end and an SVT power section. That would have had a big sound.
I did a side-by-side comparison a little while back and couldn’t tell a difference at the volume I was doing with the powerstation, but would still love to get a Fryette, I’ve just reached out to them for a potential collaboration, we will see if they are interested 🤠🎸
The great D130 is rated at 30 watts so be careful... ...especially since it's in an open back cab. A 40 watt Fender can have peaks of nearly double it's rated power
Nice job!!! Texas Twang is on my bucket list. I've been messing with the Steel Singer by NuX. Interesting dynamics and a steal at $50US. But I will make space on my peddle board quite quickly for that Texas Twang!
Robert Cray has used the 3X10 Vibroverb (actually the Vibro King; correction prompted below) between two Matchless 1/2 stacks as his live rig for years. Robert uses the vibrato in the Vibroverb (King) alot. He gets great tones too.
@@PedalPawn I first started listening to Robert in the mid-70s before he started writing and recording his own stuff. I think he had the Vibroverb then too, but not the Matchless heads yet.
It sounds so awesome but what cracks me up is the fact of Stevie being presented with an attenuator and being like "WHAAAAAA???" LOL! As a guitar player that uses an AC30 pretty dang loud quite a bit I can honestly say that I also need to give an attenuator a chance because I know I have hearing loss already. My buddy told me the other day that it's not fair that my wife has to live with me while I'm making videos because she has to almost be deaf as well. I was like "well guitar is what attracted me to her in the first place so she kinda had it coming". LOL!
Ha ha, totally mate, that would be a priceless picture 🤣 definitely worth a try if you need good tone at a lower volume. And thank you for your other comment, that means the world🤠❤️
@@PedalPawn No problem dude! I'm actually jamming on my Texan Twang and 335 right now and maybe later tonight am gonna put up a video of the John Mayer Try solo with it. I LOVE the neck pickup sound on it!
Amazing video! I have never owned an attenuator, but am finally considering one after seeing this video. I have a ‘64 Vibroverb reissue (blackface)…which Hot Plate should I be after…as in 4 ohm, 8 ohm? I want the same one you’re using, essentially. Thanks!
Hey mate, just got your Fuzz & Twang & lovin ‘em; thank you! Also, do you raise the bass side of your jesse davey pickups on your yellow guitar higher than the treble? This is how it looks to me; if so, what are your thoughts on that? You’re a ton of inspiration brother, thanks.
I wholeheartedly believe speaking with an English accent 100% gets your tone closer to SRV even though Stevie was a Texan all the guys on RUclips I see nailing it sound English to me 😂
I've had the pleasure of playing through the '65 and the '68. I prefer the sound of the '68, using both a custom tele with a neck humbucker and by '94 Korean Strat. Next time I have $4000 in cash I plan to make a run at the '68.
Thanks so much, I’m using some guitar picks that we make and I believe they are gauge 10 strings on here since I bought the guitar, need to do some more playing about with strings soon 🚀🎸❤️
@@PedalPawn indeed. As much as we like these possessions they can be replaceable most of the time. Sometimes you have to think with your head and not your heart. I've built my own silicon fuzz pedal too.
40 watts capability for the speaker is too little for the power of the amp. If the E130 has higher watt capability that may be why it clears up the flubbing or farting out on the low end. A 40 watt speaker doesn't sound right for this amp IMHO.
Sweet tone. But i think its the attack you play with as much as anything. Any black face fender gets you close to that SRV tone so long as you really dig in like Stevie did oh yeah you do need a strat 😂
I was going to ask how you can stand to be in the same room with this volume monster but then I saw the hot plate. So off topic a bit, how does that attenuator work? Does it affect the tone? I want to love my tube amps but they are super loud in my room.
Ha ha, totally! Yes, I love attenuators, to my ears, it’s literally like having the tone you want, but turning the speaker volume down to bedroom volume 🎸🎛️
It’s not really true that this was his tone throughout his career. He played a dumble for the Texas Flood album and he played Super Reverbs, Deluxes, Steal String Singer, dumbles and later on in his career a 200watt Marshall for his clean tone… It didn’t really matter what he played. He always sounded like SRV
That’s interesting, I heard a while back that he did indeed use a Vibroverb on Texas Flood as well, but Google says otherwise like you say! Totally true about the other amps throughout his career 🤠🎸
@@PedalPawn irregardless it’s a dope amp
He ran more than one amp at a time live with 2 tube screamers daisy chained in front just on the edge of break up. Sometimes he tapped one or both of the screamers off when he went into his quiet totally clean phrasings, the way he alternates back and forth in the Texas Flood Live at the El Macombo performance. With the screamers on, it accounts for his simultaneous clean/dirty tone. The screamers were set just on the edge of break up as I understand his set up.
I've watched videos of him playing onstage with two Twin reverbs, one on either side of the stage, mic'ed through the PA. I always assumed that this was how the "stereo- like" sound of the leads was created.
He also had his tech change his Fender amps to solid state rectifiers. 👍
Sounds amazing! Those THD Hot Plates are life savers. Got my first one 20+ years ago and they have stopped me blowing my windows out since. Richie uses his on almost all his videos too. Loved the playing too, mate.
That’s right mate, total game changers 💯🚀
I have to same hot plate on my 65 drri. While it's nice to crank the tubes I feel like it squashed the depth and dynamics. Maybe I don't have it setup appropriately as I only really used the bright switch and not the bass switch. Instead now I'm using a volume pedal at the end of my board and a wampler plexi drive for od. Any opinions/advice?
@@PedalPawn and amp changers too Ej ruined one of his marshalls using one they change the sound forever if you love that amp word to the wise its changing the sound for the worse for ever and you will destroy the original sound and transformer using that.. I leased the practice room between Srv and Ej for years in Austin.. Ceaser Diaz tuned those amps for Stevie you should take gut shots of it and show the original boards to see what was done I can tell you if I can see it ...
I had a brilliant Vibroverb and it got all those great SRV tones that is more because of the “Blackface” circuit sound than because of The Vibroverb. The smaller Bandmaster type trannies in a stock BF Vibroverb are NOT what SRV used. Courtesy of Cesar Diaz, Stevie’s amps were retrofitted with BF Bassman trannies which improved headroom, tight bottom-end at hi volume among other mods that transformed the tone Stevie got. A Deluxe Reverb, a Vibrolux Reverb, a Pro Reverb, a Super Reverb, a Vibrasonic and many other Fender amps will ALL DELIVER that basic building block of killer Fender tone that Stevie built his basic tone from. ALL OF THEM.
I have a Brownface one and man is it everything. Very different from this one but still incredible. Vibroverbs are always killer
Two 12's or two 10's? Diagonal? Wasn't there a one 15?
That’s awesome 🙌🎸
@@robstimson4234 2x10s
It's not just about the sound for me; it's also about the vibe/how it makes me feel. You're so damned knowledgeable, Professor Chris. I particularly love the sound that this amp delivers & could listen to you play 24 hours a day. SRV saved the '80s from a dismal fate musically.
Thanks very much as always mate, really appreciate it
“Professor Chris” kinda has a ring to it… I like it!
Man, your playing is improving! I'm another one who's been chasing Stevie's tone since the first time I heard him play. I recently bought a Hot Rod Deluxe, hesitant to crank up the volume in the house, neighbors.
Thanks a lot for that mate! Sounds like we are on the same journey ha ha 🤠 nice one on the hot rod deluxe 📈🎛️
Man that In Session album came out when I was like 16 or so and I didn't think I'd ever leave the house again. It was amazing. Also I'm a PROUD Texan Twang player myself and can attest that it can even put you in the Stevie park on a Vox!
I remember spending HOURS playing along with that Blues at Sunrise compilation. SOOOO much blues vocabulary to pick up.
@@joeblankenship377 Oh yeah! Also Don't Ask Me No Questions is GLORIOUS on there!
great amp and your demo is fantastic. I saw SRV live using one at Pier 84 in NYC in the early 80s
Thanks so much for that mate, and wow, that must’ve been tremendous 🤯🤠
@@PedalPawn was a great show, must have seen him a half dozen times, last one was with Jeff Beck, miss them
Sounds incredible mate - honestly i thought the tonemaster series would’ve been on these by now
Thanks so much mate, and yes you are right ha ha 🎛️📈
He played live at elmacombo with his super reverbs, his vibroverb basically went to just powering his rotating vibratone speaker. You want the true SRV tone you’re gonna need a blackface super reverb. The vibroverbs he used in his very early days and then discovered the super reverbs. Also ALL his amps were modified and far from stock so there’s that hurdle as well. He even kept using his super reverbs when he discovered the dumble amps , both were his sound at the end of his career, the vibroverb is an AWSOME amp, but not his staple amp by any means,,, waaaaaay to much miss information on RUclips. If you’re buying a vibroverb to be like Stevie make sure you do your homework first, you will need a 64-65 blackface super reverb to achieve it.
Most guitar youtubers nowadays have pretty pointless anecdotes mixed with footage of them playing, whereas your playing in your videos seem to be supplemental to your points in context. What i'm trying to say is I really appreciate that you're not just boasting your practice/skill and actually trying to teach/make a point.
Read an interesting(to me) article in Tonequest magazine about one of his Vibroverbs.They waste alot of type describing the Meth-heads that stole it and the deal that brought it to another guy's possesion.
When they do get down to the nitty gritty details some unexpected(to me)things were done by Mr.Dias(RIP)
-Orange Drops with .033's in tonestack
-A 2 ohm Output tranny feeding an 8 ohm EV
-Groove tubes SS pop in rectifier
-33k vs 1 meg BF values in the phase inverter
220mf main filter's
Not a Stock BF at all!
Something you should ( and this came straight from SRV's amp tech.) The transformers in SRV's vibrolux's were swapped out for transformers from fender twins.
Sounds good with no Soul!
I’m a bigger fan of the Super Reverb. I just think they sound better.
I’ve owned both at the same time. I still have the Super!
That’s a good shout, I’ve had a few supers in the past and didn’t gel well with them as much for some reason, though would love to try them out again 🚀🎛️
@@PedalPawn You have to get one with CTS Alnico speakers.
Some of the newer production speakers are good too, like the 10LCP from Jupiter.
The CTS is the best though, even if they’re re-coned and from the early-mid 70’s.
Or do like Stevie did in the mid 80’s and make a new baffle for four EV10’s!
That was some damn good guitar playing...and yeah, you got that Stevie tone down.
Thanks a lot mate 🚀❤️
Stevie esk
It's the 15 inch speaker that does that chewey tone sounds amazing
That makes sense 🤠🙌 and thanks a lot mate
When the bottom end is flubbing out a little bit it makes the chords blend beautifully.
💯 % 🎸
The pairing of the Strat and the 64 Vibroverb is tonal magic. A sidenote : if you can find a Traynor CV40 with 2 10s your in business. I have one. While not a copy it has that Fender/California tone all it's own
Thanks so much for that cool comment and that’s awesome, will keep an eye out! 🚀🎛️
I have a YCV 40 with V30 12". it can do clean & dirty, 60's to 90's (Blues, Beatles, Van Halen, Judas Priest, Aerosmith and ZZ Top without pedals) except it's own Boost pedal
Outstanding tones and playing!
Thanks so much Greg 🤠🎸
Great tones & playing! Slightly off-topic: try doing your “hand blacking out the camera” transition with a guitar pick (loop gaffers tape on the back so you can hold it w/o it falling out of your hands). Had another thought: someone should develop a video filter/wipe transition that has an animated pick being strummed by an invisible hand and we see 6 vertical strings vibrating. And as they vibrate from being strummed, they break apart the current frame to dissolve into the new frame/shot. Just something I thought would look cool.
I have a line on an original 64 with the upgraded JBL. Original transformers, proper recap work. Not sure if I should pull the trigger. It's really clean and would be a great investment. My Wife was kind enough to let me buy and R9 Les Paul and a nice Collings acoustic last year. Not sure if I should push my luck.
You sound amazing on that song in the beginning. Sounded both like SRV and AK at the same time.
Try some 5881's in that amp. Tung-Sols. And then add in a 5R4GY Rectifizer in it. RCA if you can get it. See what you think. Or Hear what you think, I guess I should say. Oh yeh. VERY nice playing. And the amp sounds pretty good, too ...
It sounds insane ❤
Thanks a lot mate 🎛️
The album Texas Flood was all recorded through Jackson Browne's Dumble from everything Ive ever read ?
Sounds soo good. Hard to describe. But that´s the sound :D
Thanks so much for the comment Roland, it’s always so hard to describe Stevies tone 😝🤠
Back in the mid-90's, when I was DEEP in my SRV obsession, I bought a pair of Vibroverbs to tour with, a '63 2x10 & a '64 1x15. I loved those amps, but I ended up selling them during a purge of my vintage amps. It just seemed that every time I'd pull one out of storage, it would need $500-1000 worth of maintenance. The biggest issue with the Vibroverbs, especially the 1x15 is the VOLUME. They as so loud, even for a 40w amp. I wish I still had the brownface 2x10, it was sweet sounding, easy to dial in & was very reliable on tour. They were so overlooked by collectors until around 2005 when the prices exploded. I sold both of mine for the price of 1 at today's value. Still doubled my money, though.
What kind of maintenance was costing that much?
I lent my 64 to a friend who was a collector and a couple months later he said the amp had been stolen. At the time i didnt even know it was a valuable amp.
since i am more of a hendrix guy i like the sound of a jtm45 or even a tweed deluxe a bit more. i modded a tweed deluxe to have negative feedback like a jtm45 and it gave it a bit tighter sound and made it much more touch sensivite. the old fairytale of a non negative feedback amp beeing more touch sensitive is completely bs.. now with negative feedback i get it clean and shimmery by playing soft and distorted when digging hard.. that is kind of off-topic but important still. not many try to mod a tweed deluxe to have negative feedback. you can have it switchable as well. this vibro verb may be the best srv tone.. but for a regular guy who plays many styles maybe not worth it. but i can imagine by plugging into the texas twang you can clean up the bass quite a bit and it is perfect.
Thanks very much for the cool comment! 🎸💯🎛️
The Vibroverb in this video was built by Larry Rodgers in 1996. Better tone than the Fender originals.
Glorious sounds! Must feel so good in the room.
Thanks so much mate, it’s funny because this was so quiet when recording I could barely hear it due to the attenuator 🤣 🎸
I saw SRV when he was on tour with Jeff Beck (late 80s-early 90s). I was behind the band and all his amps had EV speakers.
That’s awesome!! EVs seem like the way to go 🚀
I've gotten to plug into one of SRV's Vibroverbs. His was modded and had almost zero clean headroom. I'll be honest, I like the way YOURS sounds better.
Damn, that’s amazing and thanks a lot 🤠🎛️
To me you are right! The Vibroverb IS THE SRV amp along with the supers. It's the Mokambo tone.. his most visceral performance and tone to me. Other performances are just more polished and behaved
Live at the El mocambo is a great performance. Perhaps his finest. I have a DVD of the El mocambo performance and one of his performances later in his career at Austin City Limits where he got himself cleaned up from excess drinking Etc. The critics put so much praise on his performances once he cleaned up. I can't believe I'm going to say this, but in my honest opinion the El mocambo performance is much better. Glistening with guitar brilliance. The endless fluidity of melodic phrasing and dynamic note choices. This performance is anything but effortless. And the word you used to describe it, "evisceral" is spot-on.
@@DonaldMerrit I'm totally with you. He transcends himself on that show. And we understand why his number one looked the way it looked... That's why so many guitarists like relic guitars... That's how we dream to play. And the show we never did... But dream of
El Mocambo.. the absolute best 🙌
My big brother use to have a VHS video tape of it back in the early mid 90's.
I was a kid with a beat up old guitar... Stevie blew my mind! I play stop rewind play stop rewind tryna learn that whole concert for years til eventually the tape wore out lol. I've been playing SRV ever since
@@tepouogle969 keep on brother! That tone and playing will inspire us forever!
Juicy tone ! The jam was GREAT !
Thanks a lot mate ❤
Nice playing there.
Remember too that you’re adding some compression with the light bulb mode turned on with the thd hot plate. Fun amps. Diaz would mod these; Fender made a custom shop run of these with his mods available at the flick of a switch.
One big mod is a solid state rectifier with diodes. However you need to work with a tech on this. Solid state rectification in amps designed for tubes can change the voltage loads in the amp, which can be harder on the tubes and the transformers if done incorrectly.
You’ll have less sag and compression with the rectifier mod at higher volume levels - less fart to the bass as well.
I would personally not mod your lovely vintage example, but it may be worth finding one of those reissues. They’re great amps for SRV hounds.
A great insight, thank you very much mate 🤠💯
Sounds absolutely awesome Chris! Highly recommended chucking in a JBL E130 if you can find one. I'm sure you know Stevie had those in his Vibroverbs before he went over to EVs. They can just handle more then the D series without farting out. That was another game changer when I used to own mine ✌️ all the best
P.s waiting for the Pedal Pawn Wah next!? 😉😁
That sounds awesome, will have to check them out !! And let’s hope one day ha ha, thanks so much for the support 🎸🎛️
Actually I use an E145, which is a nice and very glassy instrument speaker, but perhaps a bit much unless you're using a dual showman... anything with the 4 6l6 sound... because one of those will hold up and sound awesome. I picked up a pair of ampeg PA columns today, rare 60s era S-48, in which the early ones had 4 8" alnico drivers, set up to be full range and super-sensitive... gonna give that a try with my assorted amps... a 4x8" square cab would be an awesome tone if these are what i think they are. Even the tweeters are amazing, though won't be used. Was considering using them as studio monitors, since they really seem special... but probably guitar...
Cesar Diaz used to live around here. He worked for SRV at one point. He was talking about building an amp for him that was a Super Reverb front end and an SVT power section. That would have had a big sound.
I think that’s basically his SSS
Beautiful !! 11/10 A Vibroverb/THD Hot Plate and as ever stunning amazing playing Chris. Nailed !
Thank you Mr Shaun 🖼️ 🎸 you have to play this amp soon 🎛️
The hot plate is messing up the demo on the 8 volume setting
New life goal, build a vibroverb i can live in...
Beautiful sound man ! Top notch !
saw him playin one of those in a club in Houston in 83 just b4 he broke big..it was unbelievable
That’s incredible mate 🤠🙌
Such a great reverb sound
Killer Tone!! the playing is also on Point!!!! I have two of these beasts and they put out.
You gotta ditch that hot plate and get a Freyette Powerstation. It's designed to let the amps tone ring true.
I did a side-by-side comparison a little while back and couldn’t tell a difference at the volume I was doing with the powerstation, but would still love to get a Fryette, I’ve just reached out to them for a potential collaboration, we will see if they are interested 🤠🎸
@Pedal Pawn They would benefit from your support, I'm sure.
Yes sir! I have to treble boost my amp to get anything I dig
That makes sense 📈🎸❤️
ive been listening to you for awhile now, you sound better every time i listen
Man, thanks a lot for that! The key is to keep buying more gear 😅😭😝
@@PedalPawn i agree😂😂😂
Pls share the backing track
Best tone and closest i heard of srv tone ❤
yea Guvnor how many years they make the Black face amp? years/ ?
I built for DiazAmplification 2004/5 n Have the xact mods made to it, NFS of course..
That’s ace!! 🎸🚀
1st album was mostly the Jackson brown owned dumble.
Love love this amp! I have a Stoneham amp on its way with the Vibroverb circuit clean channel but I know this amp is still on my must have list!
That’s amazing mate, congratulations! And yes, indeed, it’s awesome 🎛️🚀
The great D130 is rated at 30 watts so be careful...
...especially since it's in an open back cab.
A 40 watt Fender can have peaks of nearly double it's rated power
Una cosa che ricordo di
Stevie a Pistoia Blues nel 1988 era, oltre alla sua magia, il volume assolutamente pazzesco. Il giorno dopo vibravo ancora.
Now I need one of this. 😍
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Sound wicked, really dug that track at the end as well
Thanks so much mate 🚀❤️
I would love to see you check out some of the cool Brownface amps (Pro, Concert, Super, etc), I think they're super underrated
That would be awesome 🎛️🎸
Great job!!!
Thanks a lot mate
Oooooooooffff …
Congrats my friend - full circle just a lot bigger. Xx
Sounding hot ❤️
Woooo! The guy ⬆️ thanks mate ❤️
Nice job!!! Texas Twang is on my bucket list. I've been messing with the Steel Singer by NuX. Interesting dynamics and a steal at $50US. But I will make space on my peddle board quite quickly for that Texas Twang!
Awesome stuff mate, and thank you so much for the support 🤠
What a fantastic video I actually enjoyed it Saturday is my birthday
Thanks a lot mate, and woooo! Have a great day man 🎉🎉🎉
Robert Cray has used the 3X10 Vibroverb (actually the Vibro King; correction prompted below) between two Matchless 1/2 stacks as his live rig for years. Robert uses the vibrato in the Vibroverb (King) alot. He gets great tones too.
I love Robert Cray so much 💥🚀 that’s awesome gear information 🎸
@@PedalPawn I first started listening to Robert in the mid-70s before he started writing and recording his own stuff. I think he had the Vibroverb then too, but not the Matchless heads yet.
I’ve never heard of a 3-10 Vibroverb.
@@charlesbolton8471 Opps. I was confusing the Vibroverb and the Vibro King. The Long is the 3X10. Thanks for prompting the correction.
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I thought it was probably the Vibro King you were talking about. Those are great amps.
It sounds so awesome but what cracks me up is the fact of Stevie being presented with an attenuator and being like "WHAAAAAA???" LOL! As a guitar player that uses an AC30 pretty dang loud quite a bit I can honestly say that I also need to give an attenuator a chance because I know I have hearing loss already. My buddy told me the other day that it's not fair that my wife has to live with me while I'm making videos because she has to almost be deaf as well. I was like "well guitar is what attracted me to her in the first place so she kinda had it coming". LOL!
Ha ha, totally mate, that would be a priceless picture 🤣 definitely worth a try if you need good tone at a lower volume. And thank you for your other comment, that means the world🤠❤️
@@PedalPawn No problem dude! I'm actually jamming on my Texan Twang and 335 right now and maybe later tonight am gonna put up a video of the John Mayer Try solo with it. I LOVE the neck pickup sound on it!
Killer video. I want your Texas twang pedal but don’t have room on my board lol. I own your tremolo pedal though.
Ha ha, thanks a lot for the support mate! PS, I’m sure your inner voice is already telling you, though there’s never not enough space 😅🙌🤠
Need room mic to get that full Stevie studio sound, gives it a ton of body
That makes sense 📈💯
Amazing video! I have never owned an attenuator, but am finally considering one after seeing this video. I have a ‘64 Vibroverb reissue (blackface)…which Hot Plate should I be after…as in 4 ohm, 8 ohm? I want the same one you’re using, essentially. Thanks!
That’s awesome, if it’s the same as the old ones in terms of Ohmage, you would need the purple Hot Plate 8 ohm 🟪🎸
@@PedalPawn Awesome! I’ll have to figure that out first, lol. I’ve never paid much attention to ohm ratings, other than with heads and cabs.
Nice !
Great sound it was direct from the loadbox or with mic to combo ?
Hey mate, just got your Fuzz & Twang & lovin ‘em; thank you! Also, do you raise the bass side of your jesse davey pickups on your yellow guitar higher than the treble? This is how it looks to me; if so, what are your thoughts on that? You’re a ton of inspiration brother, thanks.
Awesome brotha! 🔥🎸🔥
Thanks so much mate 🚀🎸
which speakers do you use i think he used ev12l spaker because they had very great clean headroom
As always I dig the content. Ty sir
Amazing, thanks a lot 📈🎸
Sounds absolutely incredible Chris😃😃Did this Vibroverb have the Cesar Diaz mods or was it stock standard?
Thanks so much mate, this is stock without mods 🎛️🎸
Great playing and tones
Thanks so much!!
I wholeheartedly believe speaking with an English accent 100% gets your tone closer to SRV even though Stevie was a Texan all the guys on RUclips I see nailing it sound English to me 😂
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I love his accent! 😊 I'm closer to SRV's accent though, since I'm a southerner (half Texan on my Mama's side). The guitar sounds great too, lol.
Nicely played, sir
Thanks a lot Brian 🎸
I've had the pleasure of playing through the '65 and the '68. I prefer the sound of the '68, using both a custom tele with a neck humbucker and by '94 Korean Strat. Next time I have $4000 in cash I plan to make a run at the '68.
Blackface Vibroverb's were built only in 1963 and 1964, so not sure what amp you're referring to.
Great stuff!
You should do a video with Ritchie to give him some more exposure. That channel and him as a player is too good to not be bigger than it is.
Richie is a great friend, and we’d love to do a podcast with him soon 🚀🎸
You should also be using Ibanez TS 808 or TS 9 Tube Screamer along with Vox Wah-Wah Pedal
Love those pedals! Got a video planned with those ASAP, this was just more of a clean sound test 🎸
@@PedalPawn Cool can't wait
Totally srv
Sounds beautiful!
I’m curious. What guitar picks and strings do you like?
Keep up the great work sir
Thanks so much, I’m using some guitar picks that we make and I believe they are gauge 10 strings on here since I bought the guitar, need to do some more playing about with strings soon 🚀🎸❤️
It's a bummer when you have to sell something reluctantly. I sold my DeLorean to buy a home. I'll get another one day 👍
Totally mate! That was always my mindset with gear, unless it’s a totally unique item, you can normally buy stuff back at a later date 📈🎸
@@PedalPawn indeed. As much as we like these possessions they can be replaceable most of the time. Sometimes you have to think with your head and not your heart. I've built my own silicon fuzz pedal too.
Great tone and soloing 👍
Thanks very much, really appreciate that
Swap the D130 for an E130. See if that doesn't help the flub. Great video. ✌️
40 watts capability for the speaker is too little for the power of the amp. If the E130 has higher watt capability that may be why it clears up the flubbing or farting out on the low end. A 40 watt speaker doesn't sound right for this amp IMHO.
That! Stevie had E130 in his vibroverbs in the early days ,so am i and no flub with these💪
@@vivienverdier Wasn't No Flubs a hit for TLC?
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@@vivienverdier 100%. Vivien knows his tones. An incredible player, awesome guy, and one of my favorites. Thank you Vivien.
Sounds like a twin
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I have this same amp, but it says MAGNATONE on the front. (Some of you will get this).
Its awesome man!!!!
Thank you so much for watching mate
I love attenuators
Me too 👂 🔫 aha!
Sometimes i envy you. Here I am just trying to save up to get one of your pedals 😂.
🤣❤️ thank you very much for that anyway mate 🎛️🚀
Sweet tone. But i think its the attack you play with as much as anything. Any black face fender gets you close to that SRV tone so long as you really dig in like Stevie did oh yeah you do need a strat 😂
Thanks a lot for that insight mate, you could be right 🤠🚀
good score, friend!
Thanks mate 🎛️🚀
Fantastic !!!
Thanks a lot mate! 🎸🚀
@@PedalPawn I wanted to say more but you left me floored, it was that good !
@@archstanton3763 ha ha, wow thank you so much mate ❤️
I was going to ask how you can stand to be in the same room with this volume monster but then I saw the hot plate.
So off topic a bit, how does that attenuator work? Does it affect the tone? I want to love my tube amps but they are super loud in my room.
Ha ha, totally! Yes, I love attenuators, to my ears, it’s literally like having the tone you want, but turning the speaker volume down to bedroom volume 🎸🎛️
Jaleous
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You’re wrong… You CAN live in the Vibroverb!!😂
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An interesting thing about SRV's amps is his Tech would replace the tube pre-amp circuit with the solidstate pre amp so it would be more durable.
I’ve heard that too 💥🎸
Also, his tech changed his Fender amps to solid state rectifiers. 👍
This sounds like you are confusing with the rectifier