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Joined: Feb 10, 2012 Posts: 233 Near the Swamp In Louisiana |
I've plugged and unplugged RCA plugs many, many times and never had one break off before. |
Joined: May 21, 2006 Posts: 35 |
Palm-muting is one thing... you can get pretty much any spring or digital emulation thereof to produce a splash when palm muting. For me, the true test of a surf reverb is if it can produce a thick yet focused, tight, splashy sound when tremolo picking. My experience with MOD tanks (pans) is on my 2nd-hand 2nd-gen Blues Jr that the previous owner had swapped the stock Accutronics pan for. Whereas Blues Jrs typically have enough splash and bite in their reverb to be useable for a somewhat surfy sound, with the MOD tank the reverb is totally dull and washed out -- lacks the presence and does nothing to accentuate picking that I'd normally associate with a good Fender reverb sound. Really disappointing. Sucks the joy right out of my tremolo picking. Now my '63 Reissue tank needs a pan replacement (one of the sets of springs disappeared somehow) and so I'm super skeptical about the various options. With Accutronics USA shut down, I guess there's not an option of simply going back to what I had. I don't know if the larger 4AB3C1C or 4AB3C1B replacement offerings from MOD offer better characteristics than what I experienced in my Blues J, but from what people have posted here I'm skeptical. —Monsters From Mars |
Joined: Aug 19, 2006 Posts: 958 Kekaha, Kauai, Hawaii |
I have the Accutronics pan(s) and a MOD pan...after reading some of these posts the other day I decided to put the MOD back in my RI tank...sounds great...a little "warmer" than the Accutronics...It's kind of like the different guitars I have...I'll use one for several months and then pick up another and use it for awhile...I do that with the reverb pans too and I think it's just a matter of what you like at the time you're thinking about it. —The TakeOffs |
Joined: Apr 18, 2012 Posts: 14 Santa Barbara, CA |
I tried out the MOD pan in my old DRRI after hearing a real blackface deluxe reverb. The reissue reverb was not even close to the real deal. When I put in the MOD tank, the drip improved slightly, but the main thing I noticed was how much more reverb was on tap now. "3" with the MOD tank is about "6" with the Accutronics. If you play with a lot of reverb, this is good. Personally, I found it less usable and less controllable so I took it out. Glad I scored a good deal on a real 1965 in the end! |
Joined: Feb 10, 2012 Posts: 233 Near the Swamp In Louisiana |
Received my Mod 3 spring pan and installed it today. More reverb and drip at lower sttings. Guitar tone knob now is more of a factor now. The sound is definately not the same as the two spring (not necessarily better or worse). Perhaps two reverb units are in my future. |
Joined: Apr 18, 2012 Posts: 14 Santa Barbara, CA |
The main thing I've found to get more drip out of your verb is using a lower quality 12at7 for your reverb driver tube. Sounds crazy but trust me! I had a NOS Mullard CV4024 in my reverb driver and when I put a JJ at7 in there, it became drip city. All that splashy goodness was there. |