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Re: Fender reverb changes

9/16/1997 4:10 PM
Charles
Re: Fender reverb changes
>>I understand that it's hard on that tube to have that low a value cathode resistor.<<  
 
It appears that someone was trying to goose the gain a bit. Considering the voltage it gets fed, it's a wonder it lasted at all, except maybe because it was in a Princeton. In a Super, or Pro or Twin (etc) I could imagine smoking the tube very quickly...