The dwell all the way up sounds more authentic to me - To me doesn't quite get there - but sounds better than many others I heard that's for sure ...I imagine the tubes had something to do with the overall sound on the original Fender Tank.

I'm thinking this might sound better with a Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 - 170-watt Pedal Board Guitar Amp Head or something like that. But then these two would cost as much as a real Fender Tank Reverb so is there an advantage with this I don't see or hear?

If I remember right the real fender Tank Dwell setting sounded best at 12 O clock - This here needed to go all the way up to match that sound.

Not bad though I dig the drip it The SurfyBear has.

There again I could be deaf now and do not hear much difference in the pedals on the second video shoot out. Would the audience hear the difference? To me all these units deliver what is needed to Surf.

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Krabasti wrote:

What can happen in the worst case?

That it acts like an 'antenna' and picks up noise.

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Surfer_Joe_1961 wrote:

I saw this video a while ago - I thought this guy had a point about making a pedals sound more like a authentic Tank . I have a ton of pedals like this so will try this someday. Right now I don't need these being I have built in Tank Reverb on my Avid Eleven Rack and pretty happy with that.

Mixed responses to that. I hadn’t ever thought of using slapback, but I have to admit that it adds something. The Boss FRV-1 drips, but they are a bit harsh to my ears. Adding tremolo doesn’t strike me as all that unique of an idea. I use it from time to time, even if the original recording of a given song didn’t have it. It thickens the sound, which comes in very handy in a trio, but I dont see it as part of the reverb/drip equation.

I have two boards, depending upon the intended use. The smaller of the two has a Catalinbread Topanga in front of an EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master, which is a Hall reverb pedal with delay built in. Beyond that, I have a footswitch for controlling the tremolo in my Winfield Tremor amp. That happens to be a bias modulating tremolo and sounds great for Surf and early ‘60s Rock.

I may try the two pedals together and see how it sounds with a bit of slapback behind the Topanga. Keep in mind, I don’t chase tones. My recipes are always “seasoned to (Maj tastes”.

The artist formerly known as: Synchro

When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

I made an account basically to thank the guys behind Surfy Industries, who I see participating in this thread.

I ordered the Surfybear and Surfytrem kits a couple weeks ago and wired them into a cheap chassis that I plan to build into a Fender style outboard unit sooner or later.

I'm a complete amateur when it comes to electronics and when I first got everything wired up, I had a working trem and pan crashing but no splash on the guitar signal. I read around this thread, checked my signal path with the multimeter, made sure all my wires were insulated from the chassis and... Drip!!!

I've been a casual fan of surf music for a long time but I've never heard a real Fender unit in person, just recordings. I've always used the Boss RV-3 for reverb and been pretty happy. But wow, I had high expectations for the Surfybear, yet they were still exceeded. This is the most musical effect I've ever used... beautiful drip, tone shaping, and a nice warbly echo trail. I'm playing through a 70s Champ half-tweed-modded and a 57 Strat, and I love how the Surfybear starts pushing the tubes with the tank settings around 6. This is THE sound I never knew I needed. I'm using the Accutronics MiK vertical pan, by the way.

The Surfytrem sounds great too, I would definitely advise to run trem into reverb and not vice versa.. I need to switch mine around.

For less than $200 in total,. I think this combo effect is an incredible value. Anyone on the fence about trying this should give it a shot,

Thanks again to the geniuses at Surfy Industries and the helpful people in this thread, who have offered a lot of technical insight and inspiration.

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Surfer_Joe_1961 wrote:

The dwell all the way up sounds more authentic to me - To me doesn't quite get there - but sounds better than many others I heard that's for sure ...I imagine the tubes had something to do with the overall sound on the original Fender Tank.

I'm thinking this might sound better with a Seymour Duncan PowerStage 170 - 170-watt Pedal Board Guitar Amp Head or something like that. But then these two would cost as much as a real Fender Tank Reverb so is there an advantage with this I don't see or hear?

If I remember right the real fender Tank Dwell setting sounded best at 12 O clock - This here needed to go all the way up to match that sound.

Not bad though I dig the drip it The SurfyBear has.

There again I could be deaf now and do not hear much difference in the pedals on the second video shoot out. Would the audience hear the difference? To me all these units deliver what is needed to Surf.

Yes you are right! burn Surfy Industries! Their reverb is NOT right!

Lorenzo "Surfer Joe" Valdambrini
(www.surfmusic.net)

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Gilette wrote:

Surfer_Joe_1961 wrote:

The dwell all the way up sounds more authentic to me - To me doesn't quite get there -

I had you mistaken for another Surfer Joe. It's a bit confusing because the Surfer Joe we know is very knowledgable about these reverbs, and on top of that, partner in SurfyIndustries.

It is a bit confusing. The original Surfer Joe is pretty well known in these parts.

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When Surf Guitar is outlawed only outlaws will play Surf Guitar.

j_flanders wrote:

Conclusion: I hope that Björns gives the official explanation, but as far as I can tell, any input/output type combo pan will work.

Yes, j_flanders, I agree. Well written
My experience is that both grounding types works good.