Question about amp spring-reverb

StudioShutIn · Post by **StudioShutIn** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:45 am

Last time I played my electric (last week) I accidentally bumped it while playing and the spring reverb tank made this big, loud crash of reverb..
can this potentially damage the amp? or is it nothing to wory about?.. :erm:

I hope I didn't screw something up... :picard:

Achtane · Post by **Achtane** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:01 pm

Reverb kicks are fun!

They're better when you're hitting a stand-alone reverb tank though, I don't recommend smacking your amp around too much.

univalve · Post by **univalve** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 12:34 pm

Achtane wrote:Reverb kicks are fun!

They're better when you're hitting a stand-alone reverb tank though.

This.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:05 pm

It'll be ok, just avoid it accidentally and use on purpose sparingly for effect!

The spring looks like this:

The crashing is those springs shaking so much that they hit something.

More of an issue is that a bump like that might damage your tubes, I think.

dubkitty · Post by **dubkitty** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:09 pm

if a spring reverb tank takes a REALLY hard hit, it can damage the electrical connections at the ends of the spring coils and potentially kill the tank. you probably won't do this from bumping into the amp, but i've had a reverb tank killed by shipping an amp cross-country.

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 1:15 pm

dubkitty wrote:if a spring reverb tank takes a REALLY hard hit, it can damage the electrical connections at the ends of the spring coils and potentially kill the tank. you probably won't do this from bumping into the amp, but i've had a reverb tank killed by shipping an amp cross-country.

Yeah. Luckily most spring reverbs I've taken apart can be unhooked carefully and then packed with something soft, like that craft foam stuff (this stuff, but in sheets, just linking to something everyone might recognize as being made out of the same material) or I suppose with packing peanuts, before shipping.

futuresailors · Post by **futuresailors** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:04 pm

mathias wrote:
More of an issue is that a bump like that might damage your tubes, I think.

This.

Unless you've got a bitchin solid state (JC120 :love:

), then you can KICK THE EVERLOVING FUCK OUT OF IT.

Futuresailors likes reverb splashes.

StudioShutIn · Post by **StudioShutIn** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 4:56 pm

allow me to elaborate. more specifically, my 1x12 combo was picked up (carefully, by the handle) and moved. (not more than 6 inches) while I was playing... :idk:

mathias · Post by **mathias** » Tue Apr 19, 2011 5:00 pm

Yeah, it should still be ok. The impact when it was set down made those springs BOUNCE. They're very sensitive, or else they wouldn't work as a reverb for the tiny signals they're being pulsed with.

univalve · Post by **univalve** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:48 am

tubes are taking kicks (to the surrounding cabinet) quite good. do not think too much about gear that works since the 50ies of the last(!) century...
i never had any issues and me same as futerailors loving tubes spring splashes!

lizardville · Post by **lizardville** » Wed Apr 20, 2011 9:02 am

The danelectro spring king even has a pad you can kick to achieve the effect...

http://www.danelectro.com/more_spring.html

or listen to the opening to the pixies bossanova

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