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Jaycot wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:03 am Has anyone here attempted to use a full reverb tank instead of a pedal? I’m currently running a Mesa Boogie V-twin into a Seymour Duncan Powerstage into a Laney Cab. Unfortunately, with this setup I don’t have any reverb. I’ve been looking at reverb tanks and I was wondering if this could be a good solution to my problem. Has anyone had any luck with a setup like this?We started a whole thread about reverb pedals. There are some pedals that have actual tanks in them if that is what you are after. I believe the actual reverb tanks have gone out of favor because they are huge and a pain to lug around and they are expensive. I bet some of the original Fender ones sound really good though.
wpmartin1979 wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 2:01 pmI’ve actually been reading that thread, I just thought that this was a unique enough question to warrant an additional post. I’ve seen the Boing but I’ll have to check out the Topanga. Thanks for the recommendation!Jaycot wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 9:03 am Has anyone here attempted to use a full reverb tank instead of a pedal? I’m currently running a Mesa Boogie V-twin into a Seymour Duncan Powerstage into a Laney Cab. Unfortunately, with this setup I don’t have any reverb. I’ve been looking at reverb tanks and I was wondering if this could be a good solution to my problem. Has anyone had any luck with a setup like this?We started a whole thread about reverb pedals. There are some pedals that have actual tanks in them if that is what you are after. I believe the actual reverb tanks have gone out of favor because they are huge and a pain to lug around and they are expensive. I bet some of the original Fender ones sound really good though.
It sounds like you have a portable rig so you wouldn’t want to weigh it down with a huge tank. There are tons of options for Reverb that sound really good though.
I really like the J Rocket Boing which uses an actual acutronics spring tank chip.
Also the True Spring is very popular and the Topanga from Catalinbread is based on an old outboard tank as well.
wpmartin1979 wrote:It would be a fun project to build/wire a tank IMHOThat’s what I was thinking! I was looking at some of the options online and it looks like you could probably fit a tank under most pedalboards.
Jaycot wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:38 pmIf it were that small it wouldn’t be tube driven though would it?wpmartin1979 wrote:It would be a fun project to build/wire a tank IMHOThat’s what I was thinking! I was looking at some of the options online and it looks like you could probably fit a tank under most pedalboards.
wpmartin1979 wrote: ↑Sun Apr 18, 2021 6:23 amI feel like you could keep the form factor small while still including a tube if you used a starved plate design. I could be wrong though, I’m no electronics wizard. Here are the units I was looking at https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products/reverb_tanks not sure what I would need to do in order to make these work though.Jaycot wrote: ↑Sat Apr 17, 2021 7:38 pmIf it were that small it wouldn’t be tube driven though would it?wpmartin1979 wrote:It would be a fun project to build/wire a tank IMHOThat’s what I was thinking! I was looking at some of the options online and it looks like you could probably fit a tank under most pedalboards.