TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on May 10 2014 04:52 PM
After several yrs of farting around with my original vintage Fender 6G15 tube spring reverb and sussing out my prototype
on stage, I have finally moved forward in its production. I've given it a slightly different facia as its the standard now for my head cabs but internally its pure southern california vintage 6G15. And true to pure southern Californian style, everything must be overdone.
In this case, this is about content as the goal was to bring improvement to the tube preamp of the unit for more original guitar signal clarity. Necessity is the mother of invention and for someone like me that is an uber fan of Gretsch hollowbody and bigsby'd telecaster guitar twang, I needed to go "boutique" on components as means to an end in the redesign. A sum of all parts sort of thing that actually works. Not cheap but it really works well.
Available in any color scheme you want for an introductory price of $888 (except for aged lacquered tweed and two tone, an upcharge)
http://thenocturnebrain.com/blonde.htm
I have designed this tube spring reverb tank to go beyond and above the average clone 6G15 reproduction unit. Thanks for taking a look.
image
also a look at the ((F-Bomb)) vs. a Catalinbread Topanga
— http://www.thenocturnebrain.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nocturne-Brain-Preamp-Zombies/240721872969
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FritzCat
Joined: Sep 11, 2007
Posts: 685
Sonoma, CA
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Posted on May 10 2014 09:14 PM
Looks great Tavo! Can you tell us which pan you use, and is it suspended like the Fender units? What about a locking lever?
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on May 14 2014 03:44 PM
Hi Fritz!! Its mounted vert on the inside wall on rubber bushings, locking lever/ spring mount is avail upgrade upon request. I'm using the long spring MOD pan because I feel the new offshore accutronics is not a worthwhile pan. If I could get original USA accutronics pans for my builds I would, heck if I could find a supply of Gibbs pan I would go apesh$p  So.. for production sake the Mod pan is best out there and my preamp circuit is an overbuilt (read: corksniffer) but faithful recreation of the my original 6G15 fender spring tank. The goal was better grounding(quieter) and more intelligible tube preamp to interact with the pan.
— http://www.thenocturnebrain.com
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on May 29 2014 02:05 PM
Here's Nick doing a demo vid, he's a blues guitarist in New Orleans. I think he did a great job with the F-Bomb reverb unit sitting on top of his Nocturne Blondeshell 115 combo
— http://www.thenocturnebrain.com
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Noel
Joined: Mar 15, 2011
Posts: 8528
Back in Piitsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I grew up.
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Posted on May 29 2014 02:24 PM
That's a terrific reverb. Congratulations!
— This is Noel. Reverb's at maximum an' I'm givin' 'er all she's got.
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on May 30 2014 01:56 AM
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on Jul 28 2014 02:40 AM
TVTheWiredTurtle wrote:
After several yrs of farting around with my original vintage Fender 6G15 tube spring reverb and sussing out my prototype
on stage, I have finally moved forward in its production. I've given it a slightly different facia as its the standard now for my head cabs but internally its pure southern california vintage 6G15. And true to pure southern Californian style, everything must be overdone.
In this case, this is about content as the goal was to bring improvement to the tube preamp of the unit for more original guitar signal clarity. Necessity is the mother of invention and for someone like me that is an uber fan of Gretsch hollowbody and bigsby'd telecaster guitar twang, I needed to go "boutique" on components as means to an end in the redesign. A sum of all parts sort of thing that actually works. Not cheap but it really works well.
Available in any color scheme you want for an introductory price of $888 (except for aged lacquered tweed and two tone, an upcharge)
http://thenocturnebrain.com/blonde.htm
I have designed this tube spring reverb tank to go beyond and above the average clone 6G15 reproduction unit. Thanks for taking a look.
image
also a look at the ((F-Bomb)) vs. a Catalinbread Topanga
taking orders on your choice of tolex and grill cloth
— http://www.thenocturnebrain.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Nocturne-Brain-Preamp-Zombies/240721872969
Last edited: Jul 28, 2014 02:41:42
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artdecade
Joined: Aug 30, 2012
Posts: 399
Twangsville
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Posted on Aug 13 2014 05:11 PM
Nice work, Tavo!
— To Boldly go where no Tiki has gone before...
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montereyjack66
Joined: Jul 23, 2014
Posts: 646
LA -ish
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Posted on Aug 14 2014 12:16 AM
For the record... the Topanga kicks butt, but the F-bomb is indeed THE BOMB! We're talkin' Marianas Trench DEEP folks.
mj
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bent playing for benter results
Do not attempt to adjust your TV set.
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SURFmole
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
Posts: 901
Portland, OR
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Posted on Aug 15 2014 07:27 AM
So is it a 6G15 circuit with premium parts and improved grounding, or did you actually modify it so that it doesn't have the tone suck (and slight loss of volume... less than unity gain) that the original Fender unit has?
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TVTheWiredTurtle
Joined: Dec 03, 2009
Posts: 859
Sandy Eggo
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Posted on Aug 22 2014 01:23 AM
Surfmole, yes I did.. I really hated what the original did to my gretsch guitar and the goal of the parts involved and design was to correct that short coming
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SURFmole
Joined: Nov 22, 2007
Posts: 901
Portland, OR
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Posted on Aug 26 2014 08:32 AM
-Sounds like you've got a winning design then! I'd love to hear one in person sometime.
The 6G15 sounds great, but I prefer it ran in parallel since it seems to degrade the direct sound of the guitar.
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