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  • Reverb Tank Experiment Doubt

    Was wondering if I would risk any shock hazard / speaker damage, if I would dismount the reverb tank from my guitar amp , tuck it upside down, power up the amp and fiddle with the springs (either with bare fingers or a small metal rod) to make weird noises..

    Any dangers that I should be aware of?? Could the transducers shock me or is it safe to do? Don't want to find out the hard way

  • #2
    The safety aspect depends on how the tank is driven. What amp is it?

    Some amps use a driver tube - 6V6, EL84 and capacitor couple the plate to the reverb input via an electrolytic capacitor. I always make sure I don't of touch the disconnected undischarged input with these. Mostly reverb circuits are safe. The BBC radiophonic workshop (mis)used reverb trays for sound effects in the 60s.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Mick Bailey View Post
      The safety aspect depends on how the tank is driven. What amp is it?

      Some amps use a driver tube - 6V6, EL84 and capacitor couple the plate to the reverb input via an electrolytic capacitor. I always make sure I don't of touch the disconnected undischarged input with these. Mostly reverb circuits are safe. The BBC radiophonic workshop (mis)used reverb trays for sound effects in the 60s.
      The amp is a solid state Marshall valvestate VS100 , with a basic cheap acutronics 8DB2C1D reverb

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      • #4
        That's opamp driven, so fine to experiment with.

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