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« on: May 28, 2008, 12:44:11 PM »

Am I the only person here who would like to see some clones of Blackface Fenders.

I know Tweed Fenders are where it's at for a lot of people (me included most of the time), but it would be nice to have a choice.

Or a Vibro King...
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« Reply #1 on: May 28, 2008, 01:57:09 PM »

I would love to see a BF Deluxe Reverb or Pro. A vibro king would be awesome!
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« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2008, 07:52:20 AM »

I was thinking about this one last night and the BF Fender I'd like to see the most is a 64 Vibroverb - either with or without the mods made by Cesar Diaz to SRV's...

I'd guess that Nik could build one as a custom job, but the cosmetics probably would be more inline with what he currently produces. I'd like to see a range of BF amp clones, with BF cosmetics....
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« Reply #3 on: June 01, 2008, 09:17:45 AM »

Generally speaking, the BF amps are great. With proper care and feeding, the Silvers can be better than you might think, but the BF's will always win out.

To my mind, the only remarkable modern tube amps Fender has made are the Tone Master and VibroKing (I'd give some consideration to the ProSonic).

I like the BF Bandmaster, Super, Champ, Princeton and Deluxe models.
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« Reply #4 on: June 01, 2008, 09:23:42 PM »

Here's an idea:
The AB763 circuit setup for 30-35 watts (5881's or 6L6s) run through 3 x 10 cabinet with some nice Weber Alnicos (or equivalent)?
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« Reply #5 on: June 06, 2008, 01:24:08 AM »

I was thinking about this one last night and the BF Fender I'd like to see the most is a 64 Vibroverb - either with or without the mods made by Cesar Diaz to SRV's...

I'd guess that Nik could build one as a custom job, but the cosmetics probably would be more inline with what he currently produces.
Believe it or not, Nik has been working on a Vibroverb, stock, not with the Ceser mods, he sent me a provisional layout and said he was just waiting on the face plates. That was 9 months ago, now he reckons there's a noise issue with it and he doesn't have the time to put into it these days. I was all set to buy the first one. Oh well, one day maybe.
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« Reply #6 on: June 06, 2008, 02:17:14 PM »

Believe it or not, Nik has been working on a Vibroverb, stock, not with the Ceser mods

Nik's is/was a 63 brown face vibroverb (6G16 circuit) not the SRV 64  black face model (AB763 circuit ) - unless he was working on 2 different ones.  I nearly bought one as well. 
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« Reply #7 on: April 28, 2009, 09:08:57 AM »

A Princeton Reverb would be nice...
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« Reply #8 on: May 10, 2009, 03:23:16 AM »

id get one in a heartbeat , princeton reverb or a deluxe reverb.

i wonder if nik is working on one as we speak?

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« Reply #9 on: May 13, 2009, 09:32:54 PM »

I would get a princeton reverb, a lowish wattage BF fender would fit the bill nicely.
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« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2009, 10:33:54 PM »

+1 (or 2 or 3) on the Blackface Princeton. Best little bar amp I ever used. Plus it can be easily modded (cathode bias, master volume) to add versatility to it.
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2010, 07:23:56 PM »

... To my mind, the only remarkable modern tube amps Fender has made are the Tone Master and VibroKing

My VibroKing was one of the most inspiring amps I ever had. I know there are lots of die hard followers and pro users (Pete Townsend!) too (among some critics as well Smiley. ) If Nik built one, I can bet it would be even better!  (A couple mods I can think of would be 1. adjustable 'fat' boost level.  2.  switchable reverb)

I paid $1350 new for mine in '95, but now they want $3500.

They would cost quite a bit for parts and complicated to build, but man what a nice amp.
Anybody agree?
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« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2011, 07:18:44 PM »

+1 for The AB763 Circuit. Nik told me he was working on it at one time, but i think he has had alot of business lately and is working on the Mini Amp designs now too. Maybe one Day Smiley
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« Reply #13 on: April 10, 2011, 12:00:03 AM »

See what I mean Nik. There is a real need for the big BF.
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« Reply #14 on: April 10, 2011, 12:29:35 AM »

i think his concern from what i gathered was that the AB763 circuit almost always had reverb and or tremolo. So, he would have to either ship reverb pans or have the customer source them, and build tremolo circuits specific to that circuit as well, that. Also the AB763 circuit has about 5 or 6 different variations that i can think of: The 15w Princeton Reverb 1x10, The 22w Deluxe Reverb 1x12, The 40w Super Reverb 2x10, The 40w Super Reverb 4x10,The 40w  Vibroverb 1x15, and The 85w Twin Reverb 2x12 each with their own power and output transformers and other  little quirks; not to mention all the Diaz and other mods that can be done to em. I think that they would sell just as well as the Overtone Series, and with just as many models as well, and I think Nik and the crew are at capacity now. Maybe if he expands one day he can do it, though. I hope he does, because even though there is a great local blackface guy here in FL (Vintage Sound) his amps are a little out of my price range right now ($1,295 for a fully assembled 1x12 Princeton). Also, AFAIK you have to buy it fully assembled from him, cab, speaker and all, no kits that i know of, but he will do custom mods and is very easy to deal with, very patient, just like Nik.

Now that i think of it, Nik never seems to sleep, Could it be he runs Vintage Amps and Ceriatone and has access to time travel and/ or teleport technology?? lol
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