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Post by ncguy66 on Oct 28, 2012 14:13:05 GMT -7
I'm wondering... has anyone ever tried unhooking the reverb tank and running the reverb section on the amp as an effects loop? If so, how did it work? or would this damage the amp in some way??
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Post by zpilot on Nov 2, 2012 15:18:11 GMT -7
I learned a little trick many years ago from Gerald Weber (Kendrick Amps) that works on Fender BF/SF amps with reverbs. Unplug the reverb cable at the tank jack labeled "input" and put a phone plug adapter on it. Then plug it into the normal channel of the amp. You can now overdrive that channel with the reverb control and use the tone controls for that channel. It's switchable too. It will be in parallel with the "vibrato" channel. There is a big impedance mismatch there but it still works. I have tried it and I never damaged anything as long as I was careful not to set the reverb control too high. Mind you, this was before we had the variety of OD pedals we have today. Now there is really no need to do something like that.
Using the EZG-50 reverb section would require you to set the signal to a level that wouldn't overdrive your effect (unless you wanted to). The only control over the wet/dry mix would be the output control of the effect since there is no control on the amp for that. Again, you would have an impedance mismatch.
I'm curious what your results would be so if you try this let us know how it works. I'm pretty sure it would void your warranty though.
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Post by "Z" Steve on Nov 2, 2012 16:04:26 GMT -7
I learned a little trick many years ago from Gerald Weber (Kendrick Amps) that works on Fender BF/SF amps with reverbs. Unplug the reverb cable at the tank jack labeled "input" and put a phone plug adapter on it. Then plug it into the normal channel of the amp. You can now overdrive that channel with the reverb control and use the tone controls for that channel. It's switchable too. It will be in parallel with the "vibrato" channel. There is a big impedance mismatch there but it still works. I have tried it and I never damaged anything as long as I was careful not to set the reverb control too high. Mind you, this was before we had the variety of OD pedals we have today. Now there is really no need to do something like that. Using the EZG-50 reverb section would require you to set the signal to a level that wouldn't overdrive your effect (unless you wanted to). The only control over the wet/dry mix would be the output control of the effect since there is no control on the amp for that. Again, you would have an impedance mismatch. I'm curious what your results would be so if you try this let us know how it works. I'm pretty sure it would void your warranty though. That sounds like something I used to do on a Laney VC30 I used to have. It had an effects loop with a "mix" control knob. I read somewhere that if you jumpered the effects in & out jacks it would fatten up or boost the amp - and sure enough it did, just by increasing the mix control. Sounds similar to what you are describing. I checked with Myles back (8 years ago) then and he said it would not harm the amp so I just left it.
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Post by greenblues58 on Nov 2, 2012 16:21:24 GMT -7
I do the same with my VC30 it fattens it out at mid to low vols but not much effect at gig volumes ie clean channel on max.
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