SOLD: Fender Custom Shop Vibro King

carl999pop

Selling this wonderful Bruce Zinky designed handwired amp from the peeps at Fender Custom Shop. Amazing warm/ brown sounding amp. Goes from warm cleans to plexi-Ish crunch when you wind up the wick. Great pedal platform, massive 3D tone.. it just fills the room in a wonderful way. Beautiful '63 reverb, nice early breakup and a great sounding tremolo. Nails the Stevie tone without pedals.
Love the format and it's a great amp for pub/club gigs. You get a nice clean tone around 3, and after that it beaks up nicely from 3,5 and more. I used in three/four piece bands in small- Ish venues up to large stages where it really fills the stage. 
Used by Ronnie Woods, Pete Townsend and many more. Mine is in excellent condition, only used for a few small tours plus light studio use. Recently services with new valves and comes with a rocksolid cover. These retail for £3,500 new so grab a bargain for £1,800. Cash payment an pick up from my studio near Tower Bridge, London. I'll be up Sheffield way next weekend and can bring with me if there is interest. 
 Pics here:
https://imgur.com/gallery/imnmo

IvisonGuitars

One of the best tones I ever heard was a guy using one of these with a Telecaster straight in, in the Portland Arms in Cambridge. Loud as hell but never harsh. If it was blonde I may have had to have done something silly!

GLWTS!

robmac5150

Great amps Carl ;-)

carl999pop

Thanks guys! Couldn't agree more.... great sounding amp indeed. If you're in London yore more than welcome to give it a play. 

KickTheHabit

Fancy one of these as a potential Who tribute is in the horizon... any trades?

imalrightjack

Russell from Band Of Skulls use these.  They sound incredible cranked.

carl999pop

Hey thanks for comments. Trades: I just took the plunge and bought another expensive amp and need to downsize and free up some cash. However, you can never have to many SG's and Tele's? (Please please dear O Mighty Lord make sure my wife never read this) so a nice US -50's or SG standard with big necks (maybe with bigsby?) plus cash my way? Or a DGT? Angry Charlie or similar. A great delay with modulation and tap tempo? 

carl999pop

on hold 

Gassage

I so want to have a spin with this but self inflicted deafness isn't covered on my health insurance.

WillEdmunds

Gary Clark Jr's amp of choice. Must be a good 'un!

KickTheHabit

So want this but no GAS fund left

carl999pop

back up for sale

Lez325

miserneil said:

One of the best tones I ever heard was a guy using one of these with a Telecaster straight in, in the Portland Arms in Cambridge. Loud as hell but never harsh. If it was blonde I may have had to have done something silly!

GLWTS!

They do say Blondes have more fun

Lovely amp 

carl999pop

May long weekend bump. Why not a trip to the big smoke this weekend and give this glorious amp a play? It's here, waiting for a loving home :-)

carl999pop

Actually - I'm gigging tomorrow @ Mau Mau on Portabello Rd Laaandan so you can also hear it there :-)

Misty

I gigged a VK for twelve years, great amp!

carl999pop

Still here....great amp, great pedal platform, huge headroom, fab reverb and trem....will make the audience go ohhhhh ohhhh ohhhh....

carl999pop

Bump!

Harmonics72

I also have a Vibroking in blonde....stunning sweet cleans (ala Blackface if you set it right)...Amazing unique grind when past 3.5.or 4 on the volume.

 Interactive tone controls can be surprising...for some reason, mine gets a little louder and fruitier when I reduce the treble!

I'd have a second one if I had the money! Good luck with the sale!