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Topic: HELP please, Reverb tanks for twin reverb |
Steve Spitz
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New Orleans, LA, USA
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Posted 29 Oct 2012 3:48 pm |
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I have a shot at buying a reverb tank for my twin reverb, two tanks which came from reissue fenders.
# 64063, from a Super reverb re-issue
4AB3C1B. From a vibrolux re-issue.
My tank sounds fair, not great. Anyone know if either of these could be an upgrade?
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Tim Marcus
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San Francisco, CA
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Posted 29 Oct 2012 4:44 pm
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reverb tanks are fairly straightforward. I use accutronics tanks in my amps, but the Ruby and MOD tanks are both just about the same quality. None of them are very high quality... just be warned. You will get a lot of noise, possibly some low level feedback when the reverb is turned up, and it will not last long before the springs break.
The vintage tanks were much higher quality - but unless you can find one that came out of a time machine, you are probably better off with a new production one.
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Stephen Cowell
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Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Dave Grafe
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Hudson River Valley NY
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Ken Fox
From:
Nashville GA USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2012 7:26 am
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I am very pleased with the MOD tanks. Also the new Accutronics seems great as well. I prefer the MOD tanks over the Accutronics. I have never had any reliabily issues or noise issues with either and I have sold and used a lot of the both tanks.
Great info on MOD tanks here:
http://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/P-RMOD-8EB2C1B |
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 3 Nov 2012 8:24 am
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only thing about those MOD tanks is that sometimes they are only grounded on one side. This can cause issues depending on how your amp was built
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Ken Fox
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Nashville GA USA
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Posted 3 Nov 2012 9:08 am
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That totally depends on the tank you buy. Some inputs and outputs are not grounded tot eh tank chassis, thus allowing telescoping of shields to reduce hum. That totally depends on how the manufacturer designed the amp and the tank that fits those needs. Alpha character 5 in the tank code determinres the grounding scheme:
A= input and Output Grounded
B= Input Grounded, Output Insulated
C= Input Insulated, Output Grounded
D= Input and Output Insulated
E= No Outer Channel
A Peavey tank would be 9EB2C1B, input not grounded, but insulated
A classic Fender 4AB2C1B, same as the tank above. The shields of the reverb cable for the tank's inputs are connected at the amp chassis only.
A few years ago I got a new Accutronics tank for a Peavey and it caused an extreme hum. Found out is was built wrong, the input was not insulated from the tank chassis. I had an old tank and removed the insulator for the RCA jack. With that installed all the hum was gone.
A list of tanks codes is here:
http://home.comcast.net/~machrone/bjr/reverbcodes.htm |
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Tim Marcus
From:
San Francisco, CA
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Posted 3 Nov 2012 11:25 am
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I made a jumper to ground the MOD tank I used properly. No big deal.
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