Originally I had planned on integrating my new SBR with my current delay (TC Electronics Flashback), and my tuner. The original idea was to sink them both down into the cabinet top and it looked better on paper than it did in real life. After I put the box together I changed my mind as I thought "wow, that's pretty cool." Why cut holes in a perfectly good reverb cabinet? I designed the somewhat flattened and stretched box to look cohesive with our blonde amps and it is tall enough to mount the pan standing up (like Fender's) or lying flat. Currently the tank is mounted upright on four very soft 8-32 dual male thread Lord (anti vibration) mounts. If that doesn't work I can mount it solid, on springs, flat on the bottom or stuffed in a Fender pan bag.

Here are a couple of pix of the work in progress, finished wood box and covered with Tolex.

Surf Bear Reverbs ya'll!

ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

eddiekatcher wrote:

...and covered with Tolex.

Ed, THAT is gorgeous; then again, you know your way around blondes.

If I had one that's what I'd house it in; the very thing.

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Very smooth Ed, gorgeous!

Umar
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Ariel wrote:

And save space for the upcoming Surfy-Bear Brownface Tremolo. That would give you at least 6 more dials and a couple of switches.

Mwahahahah - Yes..... we been waitin' to give this a listen.

This X 10 ^^^

Anxiously waiting to hear a progress report!

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Splash, splash, splash.......... Drip, drip, drip...........

Finished wiring that bad boy up this afternoon and fired it up. Works like a champ.

A few cosmetic tweaks and it will be done. Will post pix,

Thanks Bjorn, great idea and great execution!

More reverb than ever,

ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

Ok, ok,

I finally got off my butt and finished the SurfyBear FET. I think it came out really nice and it sounds amazing. I haven't yet been able to get the Surge! boys over for practice, so I haven't used it in the basement "war of the amps" yet, but I think it's going to do just fine.

Several of the ideas that I added to it are: I installed a dual AC outlet on the back of the cabinet. The electrical connections are fully shielded with the steel outlet box and the stainless cover. The unit is wired such that I can plug in both the SBR 12v (Hosa) power supply and my 9v power supply and they are turned on and off by the switch on the control panel. I used a double pole single throw switch to control the outlet and the 120v AC pilot light. I used a 12' AC cord to make it easy to reach a power source on stage. Additionally, as it was turning out so good, I decided that it needed a proper ID badge so I hand carved an aluminum bezel from some polished aluminum sheet I had lying around and attached the Surfy Bear sticker to it and mounted it on the front of the unit.

I ended up (at least for now) using a vintage Gibbs pan that I had lying around and mounted it directly to the front panel. I tried several and this one seemed marginally better than the others.

The Hosa (adjustable voltage/polarity) power supply works fine and the unit is absolutely quiet. No hum issues with the 9v adaptor either as long as I have it rotated correctly (to not interfere) with the Hosa.

This is an outstanding reverb unit and though it isn't a quick build if you are fabbing all the other components, it's a really fun project.

Thanks Bjorn, this thing rocks!

Any questions just yell.

Best (SurfyBear) Reverbs!

ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

Eddie, Congratulations! It's a beauty and it has just the kind of thoughtful design innovations I imagined you would bring to your build. Another stellar product of the Boatwerx! Enjoy!

-Tim

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Danke Tim,

You inspired me with yours!

ed

Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps?

Looks great Ed! Looking forward to hearing it.

Great work Ed, that looks pretty slick.

I have the chassis drilled, the basic box built and the finished/wired guts on their way back from being put together by an amp builder buddy. I have no clue what I'm going to the with the shell yet though. I'd love to do a similar Blonde look, but I'm useless with upholstery. I've recovered one book, that's about it.