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Hey Guys!
Brian knows me too well - I'm just checking e-mail after being out
of town all week on my never ending quest to find the slowest hotel
Internet connections in the U.S., uh, oh yeah, on business
travel . . .
I built a 6G15 circuit not too long ago, and will probably never
finish tweaking / playing around with the circuit. Some day, I'd
like to update my RI reverb cap mod site with some pics of this
unit. Maybe I should post some in the pictures section of this
group . . . it isn't too pretty, but could be useful for someone who
wants to look at the component layout, etc. I have a fairly
extensive library of Fender reverb tank porn collected from the
Internet (a lot of ebay shots) which I would be happy to share as
well to anyone who is interested. The reason I collected them was
that the "instructions" for the 6G15 kit I bought we so crappy/full
of blatent errors that I needed some help. I won't say where I
bought my "kit" from, but it cost about US$279 + US$150 for a pre-
made black tolex cabinet (I figured I'd never finish it if I tackled
the cab) + US$45 for a power transformer to replace the first one I
smoked + about US $30 in other miscellaneous parts, etc. Yikes! I
sure spent a lot of money on that project! As you can see, it does
cost more than a Fender RI unit, but IMO it sounds quite a bit
better. In addition, it was a lot of fun and I learned A LOT. Well
worth the effort if you like to do that sort of thing - you will be
rewarded in many ways!
Given the poor quality "instructions" in the kit I bought, I did
much research and ended up learning a bit about the circuit. As
people like Roland have said, avoiding the hum entirely is a bit
tricky, but you can do certain things to minimize it. If I were to
do this project again, I think I would buy a Hoffman board kit, or
else buy all of the parts from Doug Hoffman. I got my replacement
tranny from Doug, and freely used his discussion board - he is
really a great guy and very knowledgeable. Those board kits are
reasonably priced, and the turret construction looks real pretty,
IMO. He also has some good parts lists on his site - using the
Fender schematic/layout along with his schematic should be all you
need.
Sorry about the long post - I would be happy to share any of my "war
stories" (complete with photos of the completed unit) with anyone
off-line, if they wish - just let me know. The bottom line is that
the 6G15 is not terribly difficult to build if you have decent
soldering skills and can read a schematic. The end result is a
great sounding reverb unit that (in my case) is really wet and
drippy. I highly recommend it!
-Dick
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...>
wrote:
> Ric,
>
> I keep waiting for Dick Messick to chime in, but he's probably on
> business travel. He has built a reverb unit and has some
interesting
> stories about its construction that you will probably want to hear.
>
> BN
>
> --- In , Ric Flinn <zanshin09@y...>
> wrote:
> > Has anyone on the list built their own standalone
> > spring reverb unit? I've built a couple of tube amps
> > and I'm thinking about a reverb unit for a future
> > project. I haven't searched too hard yet but haven't
> > really found anything that looks like what I'm after.
> > Anybody have any helpful info?
> >
> > Ric Flinn
