Adding Reverb to a 5E3????

[Mike Marsh]

Has anybody heard a good reverb add for a 5E3 circuit? If so, where/what?were there many/any tonal trade-offs? Thx, Mike

[Normster]

I've had pretty good luck adding reverb to my ODS clones using this schematic from Gary at Glaswerks:
http://www.glaswerks.com/schematics/reverbcir.jpg

It won't do Dick Dale, but it's enough to help set the guitar in the mix.

[Mike Marsh]

Thx Normster. That looks similar to the Fender Sytle Reverb Circuit. I've tried that approach before, it requires some work getting the impedance balance correct and adding a mixer stage. I may opt to just put a Front end reverb like the Stand alone aproach. Thx again.

[Ray Ivers]

Mike,

The Fender Champ 12 uses an unusual circuit; I worked on one once, it sounded OK but the reverb wasn't really strong:



The reverb is driven from the speaker output, and the tank output is sent thru a JFET switch to a 12AU7 stage off to the left (I couldn't fit this, after 10 minutes of resolution/color depth fiddling I gave up) and then on to the output tube grid.

I'm not really recommending this circuit, just posting it as an interesting variation.

Ray

[TD_Madden]

Easier just to throw a Holy Grail in front.....