Peavey Stereo Chorus 400 Reverb is Compressing Dirty Channel and Noisy with Chorus Engaged.

[bclemons]

Well, I finally got a footswitch and speakers for this amp. Everything is working, but something is up with the reverb circuit. When the Reverb is engaged on the overdrive channel, the signal is getting compressed on the attack, then swelling back to normal levels. It also sounds like it is distorting the signal further and making it thin and trebly. The other issue, is that when the chorus and reverb are both engaged, the oscillation of the chorus is being picked up when I am not playing. I think this issue may be the reverb cables. They had been chewed by a rodent through the shielding and I just wrapped them with electrical tape. The reverb does seem a little hissy when it's engaged by itself.