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Jacob Dobner <> wrote: I have had mine for 4 years
this coming holiday season. I have never
had a problem with it. Only once have I picked up a radio station. I
was all set up and ready for a gig and we were just about to start
when our lead guitarist dropped his case on my tank. It immediately
started to pick up a radio station. Since then it has never picked up
any stations. I kick it all of the time as well. The unit is
incredibly clean as well. I've played several that add some gain but
not mine. And my buddies got it signed by Dave Wronski. Maybe that
added some protective powers.
--- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...>
wrote:
>
> a call to everyone.
>
> what I'd like to see is post, saying,
>
> "I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I've had it for over 5 years, it
> sounds great, and i have never had trouble with it it. It never broke
> down, squeeled, picked up radio stations or needed serious and costly
> maintenance.
> I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I think it's a great and solid piece
> of equipment, I am happy to own it and think it's a good investment.
> I encourage anyone to not check out the alternatives, guyatone or
> boutique built, either cheaper or more expensive, but to just buy the
> Fender, garanteed satisfaction!"
>
> You know, it just freaks me out, these things cost between 700 and
> 800 euros new here. Some I heard sound freakin'amazin', some I heard
> were so so.
> I paid 430 for my TRUE ptp handbuilt 6G15-'copy' which sounds fine by
> me and which never gave me any trouble. the guyatone - endorsed by
> what i consider the most anal band around today about the sound of
> their reverb, the nebulas, costs $450 in the states (haven't seen it
> in europe yet though. but importing it from the states will stil make
> it only as expensive as the fender)
>
> anyone out there having a completly bob-free reverb unit...
> preferably giging, i.e. carrying the thing around?
>
> WR
>
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-i took all the mounting screws out of mine today and found a dime
inside the unit. how it got there i don't know. put all the screws
back tight and it's quit making the noise it was making. so it was
either the dime or something was loose.......it's still picking up an
occasional truck cb radio out on the highway in front of my place, but
that's ok.......carol
WR,
> ... could you please fill out the poll as
> 'no problems' - just for completeness-sake?
Done, no sweat.
> .... I hear a distinct echo of a particular
> bassman v. bandmaster thread here ;-)
Strangely enough, so do I! <lol> To your list
of variables, I'd add the player's particular
style of picking, and even the kind of pick
used. I've heard players at the local GC
(Guitar Center) bash a tank like it was a
distortion box or something, and walk away
grumbling. Others can sit down to the same
unit, with the same settings, same guitar,
same everthing (maybe except for the pick),
and it's like night and day. I figure it
was the picking style, more than anything
else.
unlunf
--- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...> wrote:
>
> unlunf, thanks ... could you please fill out the poll as 'no
> problems' - just for completeness-sake? the point of the poll is of
> course that good news never makes the headlines.
>
> as far as the sound is concerned, i'm not primarily intersted
> in that right now. THE best tank I ever heard live was from
> the killer bananazz, which is a RI - and I heard plenty tanks,
> vintage as well as RI. in any case, I think that what you like
> in a tank is to degree personal taste, and moreover, because
> the sound of a particular tank is to a large degree dependent
> on the tubes and the particular tray - which have huge differ-
> ences among them - the differences between two particular RI
> tanks can be bigger then between a given vintage and a given
> RI .... I hear a distinct echo of a particular bassman v.
> bandmaster thread here ;-)
>
> anyway, this is all just about reliabilty.
>
> WR
>
actually, i tripped over it, didn't drop anything on it. it was some
am jazz station if i remember correctly. out in bellingham, Wa.
eric
--- In , "Jacob Dobner"
<jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
>
> I have had mine for 4 years this coming holiday season. I have never
> had a problem with it. Only once have I picked up a radio station. I
> was all set up and ready for a gig and we were just about to start
> when our lead guitarist dropped his case on my tank. It immediately
> started to pick up a radio station. Since then it has never picked up
> any stations. I kick it all of the time as well. The unit is
> incredibly clean as well. I've played several that add some gain but
> not mine. And my buddies got it signed by Dave Wronski. Maybe that
> added some protective powers.
>
> --- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...>
> wrote:
> >
> > a call to everyone.
> >
> > what I'd like to see is post, saying,
> >
> > "I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I've had it for over 5 years, it
> > sounds great, and i have never had trouble with it it. It never broke
> > down, squeeled, picked up radio stations or needed serious and costly
> > maintenance.
> > I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I think it's a great and solid piece
> > of equipment, I am happy to own it and think it's a good investment.
> > I encourage anyone to not check out the alternatives, guyatone or
> > boutique built, either cheaper or more expensive, but to just buy the
> > Fender, garanteed satisfaction!"
> >
> > You know, it just freaks me out, these things cost between 700 and
> > 800 euros new here. Some I heard sound freakin'amazin', some I heard
> > were so so.
> > I paid 430 for my TRUE ptp handbuilt 6G15-'copy' which sounds fine by
> > me and which never gave me any trouble. the guyatone - endorsed by
> > what i consider the most anal band around today about the sound of
> > their reverb, the nebulas, costs $450 in the states (haven't seen it
> > in europe yet though. but importing it from the states will stil make
> > it only as expensive as the fender)
> >
> > anyone out there having a completly bob-free reverb unit...
> > preferably giging, i.e. carrying the thing around?
> >
> > WR
> >
>
That isn't what I remember at all. I distinctly remember a case
banging it. And it was a Spanish station at first and then it picked
up some Jazz. And I think in the recording I might say, during Boogie
at the Beach, that you dropped a case or if you only tripped over it
that you tripped over it.
I should also point out Eric, who I am responding to and our lead
guitarist, owns a vintage tank. He gets some really good tone out of
it. However, I think he encountered a problem I think John Blair spoke
about having to replace the tank but not the unit.
--- In , "Eric" <cirecc@y...> wrote:
>
> actually, i tripped over it, didn't drop anything on it. it was some
> am jazz station if i remember correctly. out in bellingham, Wa.
> eric
>
> --- In , "Jacob Dobner"
> <jacobdobner@y...> wrote:
> >
> > I have had mine for 4 years this coming holiday season. I have never
> > had a problem with it. Only once have I picked up a radio station. I
> > was all set up and ready for a gig and we were just about to start
> > when our lead guitarist dropped his case on my tank. It immediately
> > started to pick up a radio station. Since then it has never picked up
> > any stations. I kick it all of the time as well. The unit is
> > incredibly clean as well. I've played several that add some gain but
> > not mine. And my buddies got it signed by Dave Wronski. Maybe that
> > added some protective powers.
> >
> > --- In , "mono_tones_1" <rockverb@h...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > a call to everyone.
> > >
> > > what I'd like to see is post, saying,
> > >
> > > "I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I've had it for over 5 years, it
> > > sounds great, and i have never had trouble with it it. It never
broke
> > > down, squeeled, picked up radio stations or needed serious and
costly
> > > maintenance.
> > > I own a Fender RI reverb tank, I think it's a great and solid piece
> > > of equipment, I am happy to own it and think it's a good
investment.
> > > I encourage anyone to not check out the alternatives, guyatone or
> > > boutique built, either cheaper or more expensive, but to just
buy the
> > > Fender, garanteed satisfaction!"
> > >
> > > You know, it just freaks me out, these things cost between 700 and
> > > 800 euros new here. Some I heard sound freakin'amazin', some I
heard
> > > were so so.
> > > I paid 430 for my TRUE ptp handbuilt 6G15-'copy' which sounds
fine by
> > > me and which never gave me any trouble. the guyatone - endorsed by
> > > what i consider the most anal band around today about the sound of
> > > their reverb, the nebulas, costs $450 in the states (haven't
seen it
> > > in europe yet though. but importing it from the states will stil
make
> > > it only as expensive as the fender)
> > >
> > > anyone out there having a completly bob-free reverb unit...
> > > preferably giging, i.e. carrying the thing around?
> > >
> > > WR
> > >
> >
>
