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4/ 6 spring Re: reverb tank tech question IS: follow up on tank building thread

stratrhythm - 09 Sep 2005 15:25:24

Well after reading all these experienced responses regarding the 6
spring tank I think I'll just save my experimental $40...
and as Rose Ann Roseanna Danna once said:
"nevermind..."
Dave
--- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...>
wrote:
> as said, 6 sping no good for surf. it has more mid/low, and
mainly,
> less attack/transient. which kills your splash.
>
> it MIGHT be a good solution if you lack in the reverb driver
> department (as in an onboard) but it will still not give you more
> splash, just more reverberation. the Fender 75 combo has a 6spring
> standard, and it was a great solution 'till I had saved up for a
tank.
> in an 6K6 driven circuit, the 6spring doesn't do much good for
surf
> imho.
>
> a 6spring IS however great for calexico like deep reverb, and
perhaps
> spagettti western sort a sound.
>
> I am positive that if you buy it, you 'll use it once and then
never
> again, because you're not going to open up and change the tank
every
> now and then for change of sound. what might be a good idea is to
> have both the 6 and 4 spring in the box, and build in a flip
switch -
> that way you could conveniently use the different tank every now
and
> then.
> the unit I have (cosmoverb) actually has that option when you buy
it,
> but at 100 euro's more, I didn't go that way, figured I could
always
> build it in myself for half the money if need be. never thought it
> worthwhile though.
>
> WR

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