One of our Fender '65 Reissue Twin Reverbs has once again come back with the same complaint...Low Reverb level. Each time, it has been the new generation crimp-connection Reverb Tank connectors that plug onto the pins of the tiny input/output transformers inside the tank. The last time, barely a week ago, I again pulled them off, exercised them on / off a multitude of times until I got consistent steady DCR readings on the DMM. Then, while still outside the reverb pouch, verified reverb signal, and yanked on the wires going to the connector plugged into the xfmr pins. Besides crashing the reverb, signal remained steady. I had also changed reverb cables, having had that issue as well.
So, it's back again...I think this is 4 times since May 2018, and the first time I had issues with those contacts on this amp was back in 2015. I was ready to have them order more reverb tanks, since they've again run out, and never bother to order more when they exhaust supplies (be it tubes, fuses, reverb tanks, etc). So, I can't just swap out the tank. I think I'll chop off the tiny connector and solder the leads on, which is what I've always had to do when the connectors were IDC type. Maybe this time it will remain working? It is three times back here since Feb 4, 2019. Like a bad penny...keeps rolling back.
So, it's back again...I think this is 4 times since May 2018, and the first time I had issues with those contacts on this amp was back in 2015. I was ready to have them order more reverb tanks, since they've again run out, and never bother to order more when they exhaust supplies (be it tubes, fuses, reverb tanks, etc). So, I can't just swap out the tank. I think I'll chop off the tiny connector and solder the leads on, which is what I've always had to do when the connectors were IDC type. Maybe this time it will remain working? It is three times back here since Feb 4, 2019. Like a bad penny...keeps rolling back.
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