Fender’s Modern Classic VIBRO KING FULL STACK!

In this video Simon Karlsson is demonstrating an amazing Fender Vibro King Full Stack using his 1969 Fender Stratocaster. The Vibro King was introduced in 1994 and features 3 Jensen P10R speakers in the top cab and 2 Celestion Vintage 30 in the bottom cab.

[@jcoulter43]

Simply magical! It's always a pleasure to see and hear Simon, the Master of the Stratocaster tear it up! Fantastic. God bless and rock on 👍🎸😎

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks my friend, Rock on!

[@eddieholmes3236]

What a treat. Perhaps the best Strat sound I’ve ever heard. So articulate! And always good to check-in on Simon’s hairstyle.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Hahaha! Thanks Eddie, great to hear that

[@npet6842]

3 ten inch Celestion Gold 8 ohmers are an excellent upgrade to the 310 cab .

[@MichaelSorensen-bl3ec]

Good demo of a great amp. Chris Duarte had one as his main amp for years, and his tone was incredibly good.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Michael!

[@Terrible_Peril]

I developed a minor obsession with a few particular Fender amp/cab designs because of how bass sounds through them. More and more I'm finding they really were some brilliant designs overall.

[@marksguitars5617]

These are such great amps, I remember when I worked in retail music we had one and after the store closed I would just plug in and play around on it in awe. Pete Townsend used one when I last saw The Who. Great demo and playing by Simon. Thanks you Johan for sharing, take care and Rock On!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Mark! Rock on!

[@Twobarpsi]

Sounds unbelievable!! I got goosebumps listening to this!🤘😎🤘

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Great to hear that!

[@houseofshred3725]

I had the pleasure of playing through one of these when I was a kid. Absolutely glorious sound.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Cheers

[@what1864]

wow that is a detailed clean tone , love it , you better buy that one ..

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks!

[@what1864]

@@JohanSegeborn how does it compare to the tweed bassman or blues deville reissue ?

[@pleximaster1338]

Very full rich sounding setup! Love it!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks my friend! Glad to hear it

[@schmolly75]

This amp have a special reverb circuit ! It is the same as the stand alone 6G15, powered by a 6V6, added inside the channel.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah really powerful and tweakable reverb

[@qeuqheeg222]

That amp and player sound incredible

[@siegfriedwashburn3484]

Hi, Johan! Thank you for the motivation you giving me to play! See you! Siegfried

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks my friend! That means a lot to me. See you!

[@darwinsaye]

Had to look up Krona to CAD conversion for the price. I remember Looking at the Vibro King when it was current. It was Fender’s most expensive amp at the time; I think it was between $3000 - $4000 CAD at the time for the combo, and the tag on this converts to $3756 CAD. Pretty good, especially since that includes that external cabinet.

[@FleshOnGear]

Beautiful! Btw, I think the Jensen P10R reissue is a massively underrated speaker.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Glad to hear it

[@GraniteSoundtrack]

Dream rig right there!

[@vintagetone22]

Nice upload my friend.great amp .greeting from england to the king of the blues.⚘👍🙏❤🙏🎸🎸

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks my friend! Glad you like the video

[@vintagetone22]

Alway my friend you are a national treasure to sweden and the world.⚘🌹❤🌹👍👍🎸❤​@@JohanSegeborn

[@victorbeebe8372]

Aloha Johan! LET'S GO! Mahalo for another great amp. 60 watts, 3-10's. Outboard reverb that's all it takes.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Aloha Victor!

Awesome cleanish tones. Cheers //Leif

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks Leif! Great to hear from you! Cheers

[@loubydal7812]

Hey Johan It's truly a beautiful and amazing amp as you say. Simon did a great job playing, the amp is very responsive and dynamic, I love that. I think it's unfair the vibro king hasn't quite become very popular, possibly having 3 speakers for some can be unfamiliar, but just play and listen, sounds unique, blooming, it really sings. For great detail I think the 10 inch speakers really shine. Thank you!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks, glad to hear it!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks, glad to hear it!

[@bluesful]

Great sounding amp.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks!

[@BigEdWo]

i am looking forward to hearing from simon. he is such a tasty player. a joy to listen to, but let's see this time.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Glad to hear it! He’s a favourite and an influence of mine too

[@simonkarlssonroxx7233]

❤

[@stratfanstl]

Great playing, as usual for this channel. A very simple, transparent amp. Let's the "honk" of single coils come through or clean or get overdriven without sounding brittle. Maybe the 10 inch speakers help at not bringing in too many low overtones that a 2x12 or 4x12 arrangement would.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks! Glad you like it

[@buddylobos5277]

I love 'em. Played thru them. Last time at Dave's Guitars in Lacrosse. WI, with a new Danny Gatton tele. My wife said "Wow, you should buy those, the best you ever sounded'. I said OK, Give $10 grand and it's done deal. The Stones use these a lot. I had an original one for a short time. (1962?) 3-10's in that tan/brown. The word was in the late '90's ($2500), trick was, buy one used, ($1800) after the 1st repair had been done. Repair what? Not sure but it was common place. Thanks Johan.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man!

[@SouvenirsdeLemamba]

Î’d play Search and destroy with this beast !

[@JohanSegeborn]

😀🤘

[@otavioaguiar8009]

Great amp! 👏👏🤘🤘

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks!

[@DMSProduktions]

GREAT sounding clean amp! I didn't think it distorted well, very shrill. But left clean with a GOOD dirt box in front it would sound mighty! \m/

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks man, yeah it’s got one of the best cleans I’ve heard

[@DMSProduktions]

@@JohanSegeborn Indeed!

[@bucknasty69]

I definitely think it would have sounded better overdriven with a nice humbucker equipped guitar.

[@DMSProduktions]

@@bucknasty69 I tend to agree!

[@AndrewBeveridge461]

Only amp Fender ever made with the 3-knob verb built in, other than mayyyybe the Dual Showman reverb, if memory serves. Always wanted to try one.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah I think this is the only implementation

[@Mpcoluv]

I tried that amp when they first came out. I thought it was un manageably loud compared to a black face super reverb.

[@bluesrocker91]

Pete Townshend has been using these as his main backline for about 25 years.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah that’s really cool!

[@davedoubleddykhuizen]

I had a Vibro King around '98. I had to let it go; young me wasn't able to control the toothy, articulate and unholy loud nature of it, and it got us fired from a couple of (kinda crappy) gigs. I found a Super of the same vintage oddly much easier to tame, until such time as the cold Canadian winter took its toll on the circuit board...

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah it’s ruthlessly honest 😆

[@kierenmoore3236]

Those socks are so Rock’n’Roll … 🧦🤘🏼😎 #SockNRoll

[@MrACangusyoungDC]

I've never heard something break up so aggressively and bright without being harsh and offensive on the ears

[@JohanSegeborn]

I think this one pulls it off. Especially in a mix

[@modelcitizen1977]

Sounds like a preposterously large Deville. I mean that in the best way.

[@JohanSegeborn]

That is indeed a nice compliment! Cheers

[@tonelok]

I had an early 90s for a number of years that I bought new and kept for more than a decade. Wanted to love it but it was utterly fatiguing with any volume in a way that my old Supers, an old Vox, and even bigass Marshalls and Friedmans never approach. I felt like it hurt the fillings I didn't have and was just cold and brittle even through a Brown Box. Couldn't really do rock well, broke up too easily for surf, and just wasn't my jam. I've now gone back and listened to other players who use them as their main tone and don't really love those sounds either, so I guess just very much not my jam.

[@benlogan430]

I would have to play those where I bought em! Too big and heavy for hauling around.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Not compared to silverface twins or Marshalls 😉

[@theirritatedirishman5440]

Such a pain to work on though. That model had so many weird issues. Is a great tone though

[@JohanSegeborn]

Thanks!

[@jasondorsey7110]

That reverb can get pretty cavernous

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah worked great with Simon’s double stop blues bends

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

Interesting how this ended up being a classic and the Tonemaster, the other Zinky-designed Fender from the '90s, did not.

[@ER-yq1lc]

I really like my 90's Prosonic. I had the head version and put it in a Deluxe Reverb sized combo cab, with a british voiced speaker and cranking the "clean" channel it's the closest thing to a Marshall stack in Deluxe clothing I've heard. Zinky designed the amps for the Supro re-vamp too.

[@JohanSegeborn]

Interesting question. Haven’t played the Tonemaster yet though

[@InGrindWeCrust2010]

@@JohanSegeborn To my ears it sounds good, but...if you could make the most generic sounding high gain tube head, that's it. Not unlike a couple of more recent Mes/Boogies like the Lone Star or Trans Atlantic. Not bad at all, just not super distinct.

[@Avalaraeon]

That things gotta weigh a ton!

[@JohanSegeborn]

Yeah not as portable as most fenders 😉

[@SlickWilly79]

She’s desperate for some emi alnico blues