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If anyone remembers I was having troubles getting my reverb tank to
work a few weeks ago. It's been working fine as of lately however,
we recorded some tracks in the studio last week and of course when I
got there the tank wasn't working. So we took it apart and put it
back together again and miraculously it worked. But I did something
odd with the springs that hold the "tank." The one on the right side
was longer than the one on the left, and this is actually causing the
tank to float closer to the left side of the cab than the right. So
is that thing supposed to be like that or should the tank be centered
in the middle of the "cab".
Dear Mr. Supertwang,
I've taken quite a few reverb tanks apart, and here is my synopsis:
Fender has placed a sign at the U.S./Mexican border that says "Illegal
Mexican Immigrants; THIS WAY" with an arrow pointing towards their factory.
When the immigrants arrive at the factory, a Fender representative tells
them they will be granted citizenship upon one condition; they must build a
reverb tank out of a pile of reverb tank parts. Like McDonalds, they are
shown a single photograph of the finished product, and instructed to "have
at it". Once completed, they hand the finished product to one of Fender's
Quality Assurance Reps (who was hired to meet the "Equal Opportunity
Employer" standards) and they are shown the exit, freedom and a "Bush/Cheney
2004" bumper sticker.
It's my belief (and nothing more) that Fender doesn't exactly care WHERE
that tank sits, as long as it hangs from 4 springs somewhere on the inside
of the front panel. The worst instance of a tank I ever received had 2
springs unconnected (that hold the tank in a "floating" status), no foam
block under the tank and the brake screws were so tight there was NO WAY the
brake was coming off without some screwdriver adjustment.
Sometimes its a connector, sometimes its a tube socket, sometimes its a
loose wire...I would just thank heaven the thing worked again for you. The
nature of it is this: if you're going to use a Fender outboard tank, expect
it to do weird things. Expect it to pick up radio stations. And above all
else, expect it to stop working inexplicably.
Finally, I've never seen those springs be different lengths. They've
always been about 3/4 to 1 inch long when unstretched.
-Dano
-=The Nebulas=-
>From: "supertwangreverb" <>
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>To:
>Subject: [SurfGuitar101] For you reverb tank guys
>Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:19:31 -0000
>
>If anyone remembers I was having troubles getting my reverb tank to
>work a few weeks ago. It's been working fine as of lately however,
>we recorded some tracks in the studio last week and of course when I
>got there the tank wasn't working. So we took it apart and put it
>back together again and miraculously it worked. But I did something
>odd with the springs that hold the "tank." The one on the right side
>was longer than the one on the left, and this is actually causing the
>tank to float closer to the left side of the cab than the right. So
>is that thing supposed to be like that or should the tank be centered
>in the middle of the "cab".
>
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A true statement from a guy who knows what he is talking about!
-Jerry S. (not so keen on Fender re-issue reverb tanks either)
P.S. From what I heard recently, Mr. Dano's statement is just the tip of
the Fender iceberg.
No, honestly, I do expect a $750 unit (in my case) NOT to
mailfunction....
And this is no disrespect to the Fender brand either, I would just LIKE
them to do a decent quality control, before shipping the stuff out!
-----Original Message-----
From: -=Dan Ware=- [mailto:]
Sent: maandag 2 augustus 2004 16:09
To:
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] For you reverb tank guys
Dear Mr. Supertwang,
I've taken quite a few reverb tanks apart, and here is my synopsis:
Fender has placed a sign at the U.S./Mexican border that says
"Illegal
Mexican Immigrants; THIS WAY" with an arrow pointing towards their
factory.
When the immigrants arrive at the factory, a Fender representative tells
them they will be granted citizenship upon one condition; they must
build a
reverb tank out of a pile of reverb tank parts. Like McDonalds, they are
shown a single photograph of the finished product, and instructed to
"have
at it". Once completed, they hand the finished product to one of
Fender's
Quality Assurance Reps (who was hired to meet the "Equal Opportunity
Employer" standards) and they are shown the exit, freedom and a
"Bush/Cheney
2004" bumper sticker.
It's my belief (and nothing more) that Fender doesn't exactly care
WHERE
that tank sits, as long as it hangs from 4 springs somewhere on the
inside
of the front panel. The worst instance of a tank I ever received had 2
springs unconnected (that hold the tank in a "floating" status), no foam
block under the tank and the brake screws were so tight there was NO WAY
the
brake was coming off without some screwdriver adjustment.
Sometimes its a connector, sometimes its a tube socket, sometimes its
a
loose wire...I would just thank heaven the thing worked again for you.
The
nature of it is this: if you're going to use a Fender outboard tank,
expect
it to do weird things. Expect it to pick up radio stations. And above
all
else, expect it to stop working inexplicably.
Finally, I've never seen those springs be different lengths. They've
always been about 3/4 to 1 inch long when unstretched.
-Dano
-=The Nebulas=-
A couple of folks on harmonycentral.com have also had problems with their Fender
RI reverb tanks, though most have not. I've had no problems at all with mine
over the last 4 years, but I checked it out at Guitar Center before purchasing
it. I took it apart once to see what made it tick but I didn't analyze the
spring lengths so maybe there are some inconsistencies. As I've mentioned on
this list before, the RI compared favorably with two original tanks that GC had
in their vintage room.
-Marty
----- Original Message -----
From: Jerry
To:
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 7:44 AM
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] For you reverb tank guys
A true statement from a guy who knows what he is talking about!
-Jerry S. (not so keen on Fender re-issue reverb tanks either)
P.S. From what I heard recently, Mr. Dano's statement is just the tip of
the Fender iceberg.
No, honestly, I do expect a $750 unit (in my case) NOT to
mailfunction....
And this is no disrespect to the Fender brand either, I would just LIKE
them to do a decent quality control, before shipping the stuff out!
-----Original Message-----
From: -=Dan Ware=- [mailto:]
Sent: maandag 2 augustus 2004 16:09
To:
Subject: RE: [SurfGuitar101] For you reverb tank guys
Dear Mr. Supertwang,
I've taken quite a few reverb tanks apart, and here is my synopsis:
Fender has placed a sign at the U.S./Mexican border that says
"Illegal
Mexican Immigrants; THIS WAY" with an arrow pointing towards their
factory.
When the immigrants arrive at the factory, a Fender representative tells
them they will be granted citizenship upon one condition; they must
build a
reverb tank out of a pile of reverb tank parts. Like McDonalds, they are
shown a single photograph of the finished product, and instructed to
"have
at it". Once completed, they hand the finished product to one of
Fender's
Quality Assurance Reps (who was hired to meet the "Equal Opportunity
Employer" standards) and they are shown the exit, freedom and a
"Bush/Cheney
2004" bumper sticker.
It's my belief (and nothing more) that Fender doesn't exactly care
WHERE
that tank sits, as long as it hangs from 4 springs somewhere on the
inside
of the front panel. The worst instance of a tank I ever received had 2
springs unconnected (that hold the tank in a "floating" status), no foam
block under the tank and the brake screws were so tight there was NO WAY
the
brake was coming off without some screwdriver adjustment.
Sometimes its a connector, sometimes its a tube socket, sometimes its
a
loose wire...I would just thank heaven the thing worked again for you.
The
nature of it is this: if you're going to use a Fender outboard tank,
expect
it to do weird things. Expect it to pick up radio stations. And above
all
else, expect it to stop working inexplicably.
Finally, I've never seen those springs be different lengths. They've
always been about 3/4 to 1 inch long when unstretched.
-Dano
-=The Nebulas=-
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Yeah well this one wasn't built by Mexicans, or at least not
recently. It's an old one, so I'm guessing some idiot sometime
during it's existence took the poor thing apart because it didn't
sound right while playing "Reelin' in the Years." Maybe I should
take some pictures, I'm almost certain the spring on the right side
is twice as long as the one on the left. But if you guys say this is
normal, I'm not arguing with you.
Bill
--- In , "-=Dan Ware=-"
<reverbtank@h...> wrote:
> Dear Mr. Supertwang,
>
> I've taken quite a few reverb tanks apart, and here is my
synopsis:
>
> Fender has placed a sign at the U.S./Mexican border that
says "Illegal
> Mexican Immigrants; THIS WAY" with an arrow pointing towards their
factory.
> When the immigrants arrive at the factory, a Fender representative
tells
> them they will be granted citizenship upon one condition; they must
build a
> reverb tank out of a pile of reverb tank parts. Like McDonalds,
they are
> shown a single photograph of the finished product, and instructed
to "have
> at it". Once completed, they hand the finished product to one of
Fender's
> Quality Assurance Reps (who was hired to meet the "Equal
Opportunity
> Employer" standards) and they are shown the exit, freedom and
a "Bush/Cheney
> 2004" bumper sticker.
>
> It's my belief (and nothing more) that Fender doesn't exactly
care WHERE
> that tank sits, as long as it hangs from 4 springs somewhere on the
inside
> of the front panel. The worst instance of a tank I ever received
had 2
> springs unconnected (that hold the tank in a "floating" status), no
foam
> block under the tank and the brake screws were so tight there was
NO WAY the
> brake was coming off without some screwdriver adjustment.
>
> Sometimes its a connector, sometimes its a tube socket,
sometimes its a
> loose wire...I would just thank heaven the thing worked again for
you. The
> nature of it is this: if you're going to use a Fender outboard
tank, expect
> it to do weird things. Expect it to pick up radio stations. And
above all
> else, expect it to stop working inexplicably.
>
> Finally, I've never seen those springs be different lengths.
They've
> always been about 3/4 to 1 inch long when unstretched.
>
> -Dano
> -=The Nebulas=-
>
>
>
>
>
> >From: "supertwangreverb" <supertwangreverb@y...>
> >Reply-To:
> >To:
> >Subject: [SurfGuitar101] For you reverb tank guys
> >Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 04:19:31 -0000
> >
> >If anyone remembers I was having troubles getting my reverb tank to
> >work a few weeks ago. It's been working fine as of lately however,
> >we recorded some tracks in the studio last week and of course when
I
> >got there the tank wasn't working. So we took it apart and put it
> >back together again and miraculously it worked. But I did
something
> >odd with the springs that hold the "tank." The one on the right
side
> >was longer than the one on the left, and this is actually causing
the
> >tank to float closer to the left side of the cab than the right.
So
> >is that thing supposed to be like that or should the tank be
centered
> >in the middle of the "cab".
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >Visit for archived
messages,
> >bookmarks, files, polls, etc.
> >
> >Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
