Reverb tanks, 'verb tanks.

[Dronefacemcgee]

I've recently acquired an AC30CCH which is basically just the chassis of a AC30CC thrown into a head cabinet, and I was wondering about changing the reverb tank on it. It currently has a Ruby reverb tank, which from what I can gather is not the original reverb tank. The reverb on it right now is really low, quiet, and not at all what I want. I have a reverb pedal but nothing sounds like spring reverb in an amp overpowering my sound.

I want a reverb with a looooong decay. Thanks guys!

[friendship]

Accutronics?

Longer springs = deeper reverb/longer decay I think.

[Dronefacemcgee]

Accutronics?

Longer springs = deeper reverb/longer decay I think.

I believe you're correct. Accutronics is the one I see tossed around a lot for a replacement, but I have no idea to determine which one to get. I bookmarked a post on another forum where someone went through what each letter and number meant on the tanks, so that helps me a little.

[friendship]

Type 4 is the most common and is associated with the Fender reverb sound.

I don't know how nuts you want to get, but Type 9 has six (!) springs which would probably be super full sounding.

[Uncle Grandfather]

Afaik spring length isn't determining factor for how long deep the reverb gets. There are short, medium, and long decay for each spring length.

[mws]

I had a reverb tank in my Twin that was super weak, and I found out the impedance was off. Tried a MOD tank that was super lush with nice long decay, but settled on a cool old guy ripped out of a 1950s organ apparently. Not as full as the MOD, but a really unique splashy high end to it. Couldn't be happier.

[mws]

Oh, and I'll add that the lusher MOD was 3-spring while the brighter shorter vintage one is 2-spring.

[friendship]

Afaik spring length isn't determining factor for how long deep the reverb gets. There are short, medium, and long decay for each spring length.

[Dronefacemcgee]

Six springs sounds intriguing, does anyone know how to determine the correct impedance for the reverb tank? I tried to google it but all I could find was guys talking about mojo and fender outboard reverbs.

[ryan summit]

but all I could find was guys talking about mojo

HA
tell me about it
i bet their handles were dripping with mojo as well
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