Fender '68 Custom Vibrolux Reverb Guitar Amplifier | Review 

Amazed at all the critics/experts commenting on the review. I'm looking for their reviews but can't find them. Dude told me what I needed to know-nice job

When I want to see a great demo of a guitar product I can always turn to Tom Quayle because his always does a really an in depth demo. He is not biased,he just demos the product very fairly and that's what I like about his and Guitar Interactive demos. Great work Tom!!!

Right in between a Deluxe Reverb (1x12" appx 22 watts) and a Twin Reverb (2x12" appx 85 watts) this should be about the best overall general gigging and club amp this company makes at this point. Unless playing the O2 or Madison Square Garden this should be about an all around player would need for warm and fairly clean!

I just bought one and I'm completely impressed! This demo nails the flexibility of the two channels and illustrates the 'swimming rich' reverb and lush vibrato... It comes very close to that Matchless tone that I crave... best reissue yet from Fender.

I love this amp, best spring Reverb and Vibrato I've ever heard. Also best clean tones, this will be the next piece of gear that I buy.

The '68 Vibrolux demo I've been waiting for. Thanks!

I'm loving mine. Mine was upgraded to Celestion G10 Greenback speakers. Sounds great with the stock speakers too though here. My 72 telecaster custom sounds awesome through it. I prefer the Vintage channel but like both. The vibrato and reverb are stunning.

My fav amp. I bought my original issue in mid-80’s... one of the last of the line apparently until the reissues.

It also doubles as an all in one sound system if you are playing at the corner dive. One chan will give a mic with reverb while you play your guitar out of the other channel. Mine has a volume knob boost if you pull it out.

I have the older Fender “Custom” Vibrolux Reverb with the Blackface cosmetics and 1964 White transitional knobs. It’s a bit noisy but absolutely amazing out on gigs. It has a lot of clarity with the Jensen PR10 speakers. It’s a touch more of a tweed sound. The higher noise floor is masked on the gig, but maybe not ideal for clean recording. A lot of folks mod them to more of this vintage blackface tone. I like mine all original, it really sounds good live.

This my favorite amp. Got this because Greg Koch loves them so I gave it a try and fell in love with it. If you're looking to get a Fender amp, definitely give the Vibrolux a try!

Tom - thank you for this excellent video demonstration and explanation of what this amp can do. You covered what I wanted to know - many thanks.

Best demo of this amp!

I love Fender Reverb and Vibrato. Reminds me of the good ole Surf days. Pipeline, anyone? The swishing sound of the reverb when you mute the strings (weesh, weesh) and that haunting tremolo. The best! I have a 68 Reissue Twin.

I will watch this over and over until I learn and can play those chords half as smooth as you do. Good demo too. I am picking up a Vibrolux in the next week or so.

Nice demo. I have one of these babies and this demo has made me want to go home and play with it and get all the sounds working for me. My telecaster custom goes perfectly with the fender s/f vibrolux custom. Like symbiotic twins. Liquid music!

I love this amp !! Great demo, much more character than a Deluxe (at least to me ). I really wish Fender would start adding an FX loop for us pedal monsters

2:03 - The tube sockets aren't hand wired 'for touch sensitivity'. What a load of nonsense. It's because board mount tube sockets transfer heat and damage the pcb. It's about reliability.

Very very well done sir, Clear detailed and presented in a nicely organized manner Lovely playing. I am curious about the sound when driven?? Thank you.

One great amp indeed. Tom is the Starlord of guitar players!

Professional job on the amp demo

this guy could play a mudflap and sound musical

When he turned on the bright switch on the custom channel, I came.

What is the main differences between this one, the Vibroverb, and the Deluxe?

7:30 yeah vibey as hell but getting out of the way, it's magic

The audio quality of the presenter and the amp are both really good How come some miced up valve amp vids on RU-vid don’t sound half as good?

Fantastic review and fabulous playing

Tom Quayle is awesome musician!

Wow, that reverb was angelic

Hand-wired, tube- kind of feel?

Beautiful sounding amp!

Damn it. I’ll be buying this.

The vibrolux is just a killer Amp. Don't matter if it's a blackface, silverface, modern or retro. The vibro magic happens to all. I have had a silver from the late 70s that is superb. It will go rock, old rock n roll, country, jazz, blues, pop, motown or anything. Almost the same size as the deluxe, but way more versatile.

I used this amp at my local music store to test guitars that I tried out .......ended up buying 3 guitars that I played thru it ........they were good guitars , BUT that amp was definitely MORE of a contributor to the tone that I loved than those guitars . Love that amp

what is causing the pumping compression?

Opening noodle sounds really really great!

Fantastic playing!

This guy is really good!!! Knows his stuff..I will urge you young guys to subscribe.

I really like the original Blackface Vibrolux Reverb but the Vibrolux “Custom” version they were selling just didn’t sound like a real vintage BF Vibrolux to me. Since they didn’t make a proper 65’ reissue I think the 68’ is what I am going to get for my gig amp. I love the 2x10 run with a Showman 1x15 ext cab. Something about the 10 and 15 mix just sounds huge.

I bought this amp when they first come out...love it. however they're not a 'new' amp from Fender, I've had mine for 2 1/2 years. also, this demo doesn't really give an accurate representation of the glorious tone it's capable of imo.

I'd love to hear it with a Y cable playing for both channels simultaneously are used to do that with my SVT playing through both channels and having access to all the town tubes this way you would have the plastic fender baseman and the Viber lux silver face town at the same time and you could dial-in all for travel and bass controls for a wider sound I wish somebody would do a demo of that

hey please does anyone know if i can plug a low volume bass on the bassman channel? i have one of these (my fav guitar amp) and i heard about carole kaye plugging into a guitar amp for low volume recording but i am scared to kill my vibro. thanks in advance folks!! :)

nice review! which mic is on the amp? somebody know? please

It’s your studio, why can’t you crank it for few seconds? Other than that, great demo

You should take a few minutes to show the back with all the options

is this good for recording?

I have a 1982 blackface Vibrolux Reverb. Anybody know anything them?

Classic, pure, crystal clear Fender tone.

Another excellent review.

can you bridge the 2 channels like a 4 input marshall?

Great Sounding Amp !!!!

Fender still has the best amp circuits.

What type of Strat Tom plays on?

Great sound

Has Tom recorded a solo album yet? Or does he prefer the salesman gig

It looks like his guitar is tuned in 4ths? Any reason someone would want to do that to themselves?

I have a 65

Comments on speakers?

This is a good sounding amp not like piercing bright ice pick tone Fender tube amp is known for instance the Princeton Reverb reissued amp.

This guy is awesome

Does anyone know around what volume does this amp start to break up on the vintage channel?

Tom Quayle, Fender Amp, I click

1 of The best amps ever

can you run this into a cab with a 15" speaker? Is it compatible?

Is It hard to get high gain out of this amp?

Is this the same as a super reverb but with vibrato??

Custom channel, I would like to hear what it sounds like driving it hard. Tone is everything. You buy a race car, not to do the speed limit. Take it to the limit. Thanks

Is it a PCB board?

Nice sound

Why doesn’t this amp get as much hype, following and price as Deluxe Reverb or Princeton?

Tom "Classic Territory" Quayle

Normally I love your demos Tom, but in this one I wish you would have just play the guitar more and switched through pickup combinations instead of so much talking. It's great to explain what the app does but when it comes down to it musicians learn the best from just hearing what the amp sounds like. I hate getting on a video wanting to hear the product and the person demoing the product talks 70% of the time instead of playing the product.

Does it come with a speaker?

ojalá estos videos los pudieran poner en español con subtitulos porque la mayoría no les entendemos ni madre

Hey, is it louder than a Fender Twin Reverb?

Great Amp

Useful review, but I will probably never finish wondering that time is wasted telling viewers what an amplifier looks like. It is something you can obviously see for yourself.

Great!!

Is this the handwired edition? Sounds fab, whatever ... Nice demo.

Dude, where's my mustache?

Too loud to overdrive in the studio....wtf?

Very nice amp, but probably the tremolo in Marshall 1974X is even better.

It warms my heart to hear Tom say "tubes" as opposed to "valves". That's one of those UK/US differences that drive me crazy. A valve goes on a pipe!

Should have done a ‘66. Its better looking and slightly better sounding. I have owned mine since 1968.

Фендер украл у Музимы нековый грифовый анкер...

Cant crank it in the studio? Sissies! Decent review otherwise.

CRANK IT

Compresssor is ruining your Vibe Brother

“Classic vibrolux tone” go say that to someone who knows circuits!

Made in USA 🇺🇸 I hope 🤞

Creamy!!!

I *hate* 90% of all the Fender amp review videos I've ever seen, because reviewers rarely ever demo their Fender amps on high-gain, so its never heard. GAIN God dammit!

Those noiseless pickups sound like crap!

Did they put PCB's and a bunch of mess of cheap throwaway "updates" in it, like most of the other new ones, or is it all real wires and tubes, like the original ones? I would have no problem getting a re-issue, if it really is a straight up real re-issue, but when they go putting cheap PCB's and a lot of corner cutting cheapios in the amps, that soon break down, I wont buy it. It sounds good, I would hope it would be all original stuff. How much does it cost in $

Man! Way too much talking and not enough playing.

Good for clean tones but has no gain whatsoever

That sounds like shit. Something is microphonic. I can hear poping and the amp cutting in and out at a volume of 3? No way. Poping when your strumming clean. I would be checking out that Guitar as well. Something is up for sure

Hate it when a guy does a demo and knows nothing about the amp but thinks he can wing it by guessing while looking at the amp. This is NOT like a '68 in any respect, except for the cosmetics... not even on the "Vintage" Channel. The Vintage channel is based on the AA964 blackface(not '68 silverface AA270 circuit) Vibrolux circuit. In the "Vintage" channel, its a clone of the '65 DRRI. The "Custom" channel is very loosely based on an unspecified Bassman circuit. Its obviously NOT an actual Bassman circuit, because the tone stack only has bass and treble. It may seem like a trivial difference between the '68 and '65 circuits, but there's a reason that the price tags on the originals have a NOT so trivial difference. This has a much better tone on the vintage channel than that of the '68-'82. Get it right if you're going to pretend like you know.

Sounds like plastic ! I own a Fender CVR from the year 1990 and the tone is fantastic.

tremolo = vibrato? I don't think so haha