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The harshness in my reissue reverb tank went down considerably after going
to NOS tubes. Its my understanding that will make the most difference, and
then the cap mod second. Actually, you might just try replacing the 6V6 with
a 6K6. The reissues use a 6V6 I think because they are more plentiful and
cheaper. The vintage units always had a 6K6 in the original circuit. I have
heard the 6V6 drives harder than the 6K6 and perhaps that is the main reason
for the harshness.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mark scialabba [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 4:57 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: [SurfGuitar101] Reverb Tank Sound
>
>
> I think I know what your describing, and I am 99% sure that if
> you did the cap mod you'll be happier. Might as well as change
> the tubes to something better also.
>
> Mark
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Fred Pleasant
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:31 AM
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Reverb Tank Sound
>
>
> Hello, I've got some questions about the Fender '63
> Reissue Reverb Tanks.
>
> I have one (stock) and it can pack a lot of spash.
> But one thing that I've noticed is that the reverb
> sounds really metally if I turn it up (especially if I
> play chords). It sounds kind of like distorted metal
> plate reverb (I only know the sound because I have a
> plugin on my computer to emulate it). Is this because
> I'm playing into a solid state amp or because my amp
> really sucks? I can turn down my reverb and it gets
> way less of the metally sound, but then I have less
> splash than the amp's built in reverb provides on its
> own, but without any of the metally highend
> fuzzyness(which defeats the purpose of having the
> outboard unit instead).
>
> When I play a chord normally on my guitar through my
> amp it sounds powerfull and strong (slight hint of
> overdriven town). BUt if I do the same through my
> reverb tank it sounds really thin and fuzzy.
>
> Does anybody here know what I'm talking about?
>
> Would replacing the tubes with NOS tubes or doing the
> cap mod fix this? I would really like to get more
> splash, but with less high end from the guitar. Is
> there any way to go about doing this (a setting on the
> reverb tank perhaps)? Turning down the tone and
> turning the dwell and mix kind of do that,but then I
> get more of that nasty thing fuzzy sound that I don't
> want.
>
> The more I think about it, I don't seem to have this
> problem as much with my half stack, but it's at my
> band's drummer's house so I can't really check right
> now, so it might just be my crappy crate practice amp
> that messes up the reverb.
>
> Anybody know?
>
>
>
