Where can one get a US-made Accutronics pan these days? I got a MOD pan to replace my old US Acc. (terminally fuzzy) and notice the reverb tail is very long. I liked the shorter tail of the old pan and would be quick to invest another $20 in an alternate pan to get more of a vintage sound with less tail.
I see an outfit called Sound Enhancement Products (SEPI) that writes that Accutronics was sold to Belton in 2009. They don't say where the latter manufactures its pans.
Antique Electronic Supply sells South Korean-made Accutronics (Belton?) pans. Maybe I should go back and peruse those comparison videos on youtube to see what's up with that. Here is a link to a pdf on AES's site that includes some sound considerations of several different makes of pan (pp. 11-12)

I also found this: [Studio Sound Electronics "Revisit" Reverb Pans] (http://amprepairparts.com/reverb.htm#4) – they are selling (apparently foreign-made) pans for $34. Anyone tried them?

Squink Out!

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Crumb,
Are you saying I don't know which end is which?

Squink Out!

RCA cables -
so the best cable would be one with 4 wires + shield, as the RCA grounds should NOT connect? what about a more compact 5 pin plug instead of 2 ramshackle RCAs?

crumble wrote:

Further thoughts about a rack mount case, It might be possible to dismantle the pan so that only the springs and mechanism exist within case (ditch the tin pan surround or at least some of it) that would keep the case height factor to a minimum...

Great idea! If some factory can mount the transducers, why not we. Just need to be VERY careful and exact, any change to position of the magnets or tension of springs would change the sound, or even render it unusable. A pan would have to be sacrificed for trial and error.
I personally wouldn't tinker with the springs though, they are made to very specific specs and tolerances, for a reason! That would be extremely hard to recreate.
But I'd love to see the results of your experiments. Fun with springs!

JObeast wrote:

Ariel's pictures are really intriguing – he's obviously pretty technically adept if not a 'real electrician'.

Not! I'm a total hack, but thanks. Worked with PA companies, so I picked some basic skills. Other than that I just learn as I go along.

JObeast wrote:

A description of the signal flow and switching features of the effects array posted above might open new vistas to awesome live sound for us punters.Particularly interested in how the ABY is used.

I'm constantly switching things around. In the setup pictured The Radial is just used for mono routing, the actual split occurs with the Maggie stereo outs.
Jazzmaster -> TurboTuner (best strobe tuner) -> Greenhouse Remedy Fuzz (crazy thick to horn-like) -> ChiWahWah (buffered) -> Maggie (lush vibrato stereo [passive] split) -
-1-> Surfy Bear -> Showman ch1.
-2-> Empress Multidrive (super versatile dirt+EQ) -> Memory Lane Jr. -> Semaphore tremolo -> Showman ch2.

I love playing with parallel routing. The important thing to consider is having a buffer (an on pedal) before a passive split, or one for each line. Otherwise, you lose signal fidelity and will experience unexpected volume jumps. Best for this scenario actually would be an active splitter, at the beginning of the chain. I plan to build one straight into the SurfyBear pedal.

But let me say: nothing sounds and feels as good as guitar straight to reverb straight to amp, tho! With the SurfyBear I can experience that now 1st hand. They are right!

JObeast wrote:

At what point of length does resistance become notable?

At the point you hear it, of course!

JObeast wrote:

This thread is the most engaging on the SG101 site, because of its 'wiki' character – offerings of creative solutions to the 'problem' of bitchin' real spring reverb. There are precious few things gong on like this here. Is Bjorn tracking mentions of his Surfy Bear on other guitar-related sites, e.g. The Gear Page?

Indeed to ALL that! Björn can collect all references, pics and testimonials as marketing material, and post or at least link to them on his site.

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Ran through 45 minutes of extreme surf through the fetverb last night at a show. The 1970 Twin Reverb on 4-5. Sounded incredible and the crowd was absolutely drenched!

The Kahuna Kings

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447

https://thekahunakings.bandcamp.com/releases

I am excited about the Surfybear; I even read thru
all 19 pages. A couple of questions I hope folks
can answer:

--I went to order the kit and it is out of stock; any
idea when it will be available again?

--Where are folks getting their chassis? If I
want to buy one now what is a good size?

I promise to make a cool one, thanks in advance
for your advice❗️

-kb

kbee wrote:

--I went to order the kit and it is out of stock; any
idea when it will be available again?

Björn (aka bjoish) is the person making and selling the kit. He will probably answer your question soon in this thread. You can also shoot him a PM directly.

Old punks never die... They just become surf rockers.

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Thanks everyone for the great info

Here's a relevant, ongoing thread at TheGearPage.
It's certainly drawing some attention. If someone here is registered at TGP, (who's 'rumbletone'?) maybe a link there to this thread would be nice.

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Heres a couple of pics of the Surfybesr Fet reverb I built.
The first is it hanging out with 3 of its newest friends......lol

A pic of it by itsef.

I am not obsolete, I am RETRO....