Stop looking for that perfect speaker to "warm up" your black or silver panel Fender. This is much more cost effective and if you can solder it's quick and easily reversible.
Grab a 150pf ceramic or silver mica cap, @500v, and replace the 250pf treble cap on the vibrato channel with the 150pf. I've done this with GREAT results to my own Deluxe and Vibrolux Reverb amps and have also done this for a few local players.
Both channels use a 250pf treble cap. The normal channel has a .047 mid cap. Now, the vibrato channel has .02 mid cap in series with a 500 pf cap, to help brighten things in the reverb send and then a 10pf in the reverb recovery. This keeps the reverb clear (bright) and in turn brightens the signal at this stage of the circuit. I've found just changing the 150pf treble cap tames the biting top end while also imparting a bit of much needed lower mids. Yes, you'll need to adjust the treble up a notch. I find volume 3-4, treble 6-7 and bass 3-4 works for me depending on the guitar I'm using. The amp still has its sparkle but it's so much sweeter.
Grab a 150pf ceramic or silver mica cap, @500v, and replace the 250pf treble cap on the vibrato channel with the 150pf. I've done this with GREAT results to my own Deluxe and Vibrolux Reverb amps and have also done this for a few local players.
Both channels use a 250pf treble cap. The normal channel has a .047 mid cap. Now, the vibrato channel has .02 mid cap in series with a 500 pf cap, to help brighten things in the reverb send and then a 10pf in the reverb recovery. This keeps the reverb clear (bright) and in turn brightens the signal at this stage of the circuit. I've found just changing the 150pf treble cap tames the biting top end while also imparting a bit of much needed lower mids. Yes, you'll need to adjust the treble up a notch. I find volume 3-4, treble 6-7 and bass 3-4 works for me depending on the guitar I'm using. The amp still has its sparkle but it's so much sweeter.
