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Here's the truth about the Re-Reverb

3/5/2000 7:03 AM
BWilliamson	Here's the truth about the Re-Reverb Compared my reissue to a completly original 64' Fender reverb unit today. Reissue won. I installed the same compliment of tubes as his--12AX7--12AT7--6K6GT My guitar tech buddy was the one who did the comparison and I'll be quoting him. Honestly it came down to the re-issue being a bit smoother in how the pots worked. Taper seemed better to him. He was the one twisting em'. tonewise--exactly the same, he or I couldn't really hear a discernable difference. Old--had the cool factor New--If you didn't know--you wouldn't know and that's the truth as I know it. Ruhl's mods might make it sound better--but it's just as cool as the original. That's what I learned today. bw

3/5/2000 7:03 AM

BWilliamson

Here's the truth about the Re-Reverb

Compared my reissue to a completly original 64' Fender reverb unit today. Reissue won.

I installed the same compliment of tubes as his--12AX7--12AT7--6K6GT

My guitar tech buddy was the one who did the comparison and I'll be quoting him. Honestly it came down to the re-issue being a bit smoother in how the pots worked. Taper seemed better to him. He was the one twisting em'.

tonewise--exactly the same, he or I couldn't really hear a discernable difference.

Old--had the cool factor
New--If you didn't know--you wouldn't know

and that's the truth as I know it. Ruhl's mods might make it sound better--but it's just as cool as the original. That's what I learned today.

bw

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Hi I'd have to agree here, PCB or not,... -- 3/5/2000 4:09 PM