Fender vaporizer mods ??

harpo

so the consensus here seems to be that they don't sound that great.......has anybody modded one yet ? I'm about to get one in a trade

andy1839

Decent cables for the reverb and a speaker swap and you'll be good to go. Bargain little amp. Sooooooo loud for 12 watts through big speakers. Take a 12" speaker cab with you and plug that in instead of the frankly worthless 10's that are in it.

Takes pedals well. Doesn't take much to get it gig ready.

strumjoughlamps

I was just about to post in this section RE the vaporizer as I was looking at one for the home but I am worried about it being too loud..

are they not too good in their stock form then?

andy1839

Perfectly useable at home, I didn't like the drive sounds, very fizzy and brittle. Different speakers mellowed it out but meant it would go very loud.

I found it was good as stock at low volume, clean with a drive pedal.

On my 2nd one. 1st went bang a lot. This one seems fine.

dchwhite

LOVE the sound of mine, but the volume knob does go a bit nought to sixty in half a mm. Turning the guitar volume down works-ish but changes the sound

ThePrettyDamned

dchwhite;613669" said:

LOVE the sound of mine, but the volume knob does go a bit nought to sixty in half a mm. Turning the guitar volume down works-ish but changes the sound

Use a boost pedal, like the TC spark, but use it to cut the volume. Preserve the high end, buffer your signal and add a bit of extra sparkle if you want. Win!

dchwhite

ThePrettyDamned said:

dchwhite;613669" said:

LOVE the sound of mine, but the volume knob does go a bit nought to sixty in half a mm. Turning the guitar volume down works-ish but changes the sound

Use a boost pedal, like the TC spark, but use it to cut the volume. Preserve the high end, buffer your signal and add a bit of extra sparkle if you want. Win!

Ta! Don't think I own owt that might class as a boost, but I wonder if I can use the theory... I was about to put up my California Sound fs, but you might have earned it a reprieve - I'll give it a go...

strumjoughlamps

luckily local shop I got new guitar from today had one, absolutely loved it, I found it was the clean tone I am after at low volumes to the loudest I will ever want it and then beyond that.

unfortunately they could not come close to the best prices, I don't mind and will happily pay extra for a local but the difference was too much so have ordered online. I feel a little bad about it but it was the difference of affording one or not. 

andy1839

Good news. I have to ask what colour?

Surf green FTW!

strumjoughlamps

andy1839 said:

Good news. I have to ask what colour?

Surf green FTW!

Slate Blue

dogload

I have one for playing in the house. I read a lot of reviews before taking the plunge as I'd heard lots of negative stuff about them. Have to say that I may have got lucky in that it isn't too hissy, but I love the sounds that come out of it and it works great with pedals, The switchable 'Vaporize' sound is way too loud to be of any use at home though. 

I've read a thread somewhere in the ether from a guy who gigs a stock one in his surf band, so they must be OK!

Oh, and definitely the Surf Green! Matches my Jag!

strumjoughlamps

and my week of guitar GAS is over with the early delivery of amp

meltedbuzzbox

dogload said:

Oh, and definitely the Surf Green! Matches my Jag!

Its not a Jag :-P

dogload

meltedbuzzbox said:

dogload said:

Oh, and definitely the Surf Green! Matches my Jag!

Its not a Jag :-P

Pah! A pox on ye, corksniffer!  :P

drwiddly

I've got a Jag! Sounds like Top Gear (RIP)

Chalky

What is the Indie Shape SSS like to play? I'm an Indie fan but haven't played the SSS model.

strumjoughlamps

Chalky said:

What is the Indie Shape SSS like to play? I'm an Indie fan but haven't played the SSS model.

I am really enjoying it, it is my first Indie and I cannot see it being my last, it is nicely weighted neck is really nice build quality superb, the pickups(Indie I-M8) seem very good to me I pulling a beautiful tone with it from the amp.. all in all I am a happy bunny.

thecolourbox

Bit of a necrobump on this one, but I've been offered one in a trade and whilst I think I'll probably say no as the value is lower than I intended trading for and it's too big to fit in my spare room space, I thought maybe if there were some cool mods (or dare I say even transplants?) that were possible it could be an  interesting project?

Was wondering for example whether maybe the amp section could be taken out and rehoused into a smaller box which I could use as a head (I made a head cab for a bigger amp  before) and then a different amp with master volume be transplanted into the funky shaped cab? Or just keep it as a 2x10 cab for the newly accomodated head?