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Post subject: Reissued Fender Reverb Unit (2011)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:02 am
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Here's are some under-the-hood shots of the RI reverb unit. Just started shipping from Fender, again. Tone is much "sharper" sounding than my 1966. We tried various tubes. The Sylvania JAN 6V6GT (1970's), The JAN Sylvania 12AT7WA, and the Raytheon 12AT7WC (both 12AT7 and 12AX7 are triple mica... hopefully to keep them going microphonic)--- sounds the warmest and best so far.

The tank is not suspended as nicely as the original. So prolly a US made tank and redoing the suspension springs may help the overall tone. Dunno.

But, all-in-all, a very nice sounding unit. Much better than 75% of the amps that come with reverb tanks built-in (IMHO). Better fine-tuning. Deeper well sound. More "drippy" wet tone.

I believe that the price now is around $625-650, new... awhile available. Not sure that I like to buy a fixer-upper. I'm not a big delicate PCB board-type person. Anyhow, FYI:



Back end off. Note the similar (if not same) style bracket to hold tank, during travel:

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Circuit board is a bit delicate. Not hefty. Think may your may need to use pencil Hakko solder station and a good well heat control to work on this puppy:


Compare to original breadboard circuit:

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Korean made Accutronics/Beltron tank. Flat black... interesting.

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On top of Pro-amp:

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Rear end view:


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Post subject: Re: Reissued Fender Reverb Unit (2011)
Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:42 am
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Nice description and pics,thanks!
I've never owned a seperate 'verb,but I've been wanting one here lately and your posts are giving me GAS!


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