Fender Vaporizer Guitar Combo Amplifier (12 Watts, 2x10")

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This retro-styled 12-watt amp's Vaporizer Mode blasts crystal-clear EL84 tube tone with a dense spring reverb assault that bypasses the amp's volume and EQ.

Fender's Vaporizer amp evokes the 1950s-'60s Space Race, when the atomic-age world became enthralled with spaceflight and spacecraft. When the wild flights of fancy it launched permeated culture everywhere from film and television to cars, guitars, appliances and more -- everything was bright, colorful, and flashy. Garage bands blasted off with guitar music, and legions of musicians who couldn't swing pro gear bashed away on department-store guitars and amps.

The Vaporizer amp blasts you like a ray gun back to that exciting era. Affordable and out of this world, it would've been right at home aboard a Mercury capsule and down in the backyard fallout shelter. It would've been stumbled on decades later in some pawn shop corner by an unconventional guitarist with an ear for the distinctive and an eye for the stylish. It's the Fender Vaporizer.

Learn more about the Fender Vaporizer guitar combo amplifier with this video:


Features:

- 12 watts (output power)
- Spring reverb circuit independent of amp volume control; creates full, wet reverb for moody "late-night" vibe and approximates the sound of playing in a tunnel
- Single-button "wedge" footswitch for selecting "vaporizer mode"

- Series: Pawn Shop Special
- Amplifier Type: Tube
- Speaker: Two 10" 16-Ohm Special Design Vaporizer Speakers
- Inputs: Two - (1/4", Normal and Bright)
- Speaker Jack: Internal speaker disconnects to allow the amp's 1/4" output to be used with external 8-ohm speaker enclosures
- Controls: Volume, Tone and Reverb
- Effects: Spring Reverb Circuit Independent of Amp Volume Control and "Vaporizer Mode" (Bypasses Volume and Tone Controls for Full-Strength Overload)
- Impedance: 8 Ohms
- Preamp Tubes: 2 x 12AX7
- Power Tubes: 2 x 6BQ5/EL84
- Cover/Grille Cloth: Rocket Red, Slate Blue or Surf Green Dimpled Vinyl Covering with Silver Grille Cloth
- Pilot Light Jewel: Blue Jewel (Power), Red Jewel (Vaporizer Mode)
- Footswitch: Single-Button "Wedge" Footswitch Included
- Dimensions: (H x W x D) 17 x 24.75 x 10.5" (43.18 x 62.87 x 26.67cm)
- Weight: 37 lbs. (16.78 kg)
- Handle: Large Pivoting Luggage Handle
- Knobs: Large Black Knobs with Metal Insert

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 800-488-1818

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (7 ratings)
Submitted November 4, 2014 by Michael K in Springfield, MA

"So Very Cool"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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I traded in a 90's Fender Hot Rod DeVille (which they gave me a fair price) for the Vaporizer. Sounds strange? I just don't use the DeVille anymore and I wanted something a bit different. The Vaporizer isn't anything like the Deville. Then again, what is? But, it's such a cool amp. Great tone, plenty of power for small clubs, and when I used it in Church I barely had to turn up--Acoustics in Roman Catholic Churches are AMAZING. It gives my Choir/band more depth in texture using the Vaporizer. Trust me, I'm very picky when it comes to tone and this this is right up there with the best. The only problem is, I bought it in red and my priest says it looks like a Budweiser. Too funny. I haven't used support but it made me rate it, I'm certain they're ok.

Musical Background:

I have been playing guitar for over 35 years and professionally for 30+.

Musical Style:

I have been playing Christian Rock for about 8 years but I have been in R&B and Rock bands.
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