Vibration Technology Ltd.

[steve60ca]

Has anybody have any knowledge about Vibration Technology Ltd. I have one that I suspect is 60W w/ 2 12" Celestions. I have had several people look at it, but she still does'nt work. The last time was somebody through L&McQ's and this guy did not help one bit. He cut the wires going to the reverb, the speakers and between the front panel and the main chassis (@#$%&*). Oddly I've never seen one around for as long as I've had it (never worked...parents got it for me at a garage sale 25 years ago) until 2 years ago when the wife dragged me to a cheese party and that guy had one with a single 12". I use it as a cabinet but would like to get it working. VT are no longer around. They were in TO. I have an address and phone no. but that does'nt matter if they've closed down.sdsre

[Wild Bill]

Has anybody have any knowledge about Vibration Technology Ltd. I have one that I suspect is 60W w/ 2 12" Celestions. I have had several people look at it, but she still does'nt work. The last time was somebody through L&McQ's and this guy did not help one bit. He cut the wires going to the reverb, the speakers and between the front panel and the main chassis (@#$%&*). Oddly I've never seen one around for as long as I've had it (never worked...parents got it for me at a garage sale 25 years ago) until 2 years ago when the wife dragged me to a cheese party and that guy had one with a single 12". I use it as a cabinet but would like to get it working. VT are no longer around. They were in TO. I have an address and phone no. but that does'nt matter if they've closed down.sdsre

VT amps came out at the start of the 70's. I worked in a music store where we sold them. They were part of the first wave of transistor amps and like you'd expect everybody hated their sound. Clean, clean, clean...fuzzbox! That was their sound.

It took years before folks wised up and snapped up the old speaker cabinets cheap for the Celestions inside. The amps were another story.

I know of no source for schematics or support but most of these amps used circuits lifted directly from RCA or Motorola power transistor data books. If a tech understands basic transistor amp circuits he should have no problem working on an old VT. Of course, when he gets it working it will still sound like and old VT.:smile:

:food-smiley-004:

[Gunny]

I picked up a PA head at a yard sale for $6 in 2001. I was able to track down the builder in Scarboro and we talked on the phone for quite a while. Quality of that unit was excellent but it didn't have a lot of power. I've also seen full stacks made by VT in a pawn shop.
I believe the guy has now retired. I think it was a small business with just a few employees. In VT's final days, it was just the original owner doing the work.

[konasexone]

Those VT's sounded amazing if you stuck the right pedals in front of them. I had a 2-12" combo and I miss it. You could get some way cool Steely Dan tones out of them. I've fixed a few after the fact and they are dead simple to repair.

[dwagar]

I just picked up a VT 420 watt PA head for $150 from a friend of mine.

PA is where the clean, clean, clean works well.

But above I see where Gunny snagged one for $6 ?!?!

I thought I did good until I saw that LOL!

[Milkman]

I had a VT Phaser Twin (2 X 12 and about 60 watts).

It sounded great to me and I used it for five or six years before going to a succession of other amps. In fact it sounded better than a few of the tube amps I used later.


I believe they were made in Uxbridge or somewhere close to Toronto.


As I recall, it was a very loud amp.

[snacker]

i have a VT Phaser Twin and a small 1X12 that they called the sondar theron - both are aewsome amps - the twin has a pair of rola 12s - i've heard that pedal steel players go nuts over the twins and the 60 watt head with the compression circuit

[devnulljp]

It took years before folks wised up and snapped up the old speaker cabinets cheap for the Celestions inside. The amps were another story.That makes it sound like the anti-Traynor: Good speakers / not so good amp...

[ed2000]

I recall seeing a building that had the "Vibration Technology" sign at Progress and Midland in Scarborough in the 70's...no idea they made amps at that time.