GuitarStv
Sock Market Trader
OK, so I've been super happy with my Traynor YCV40WR in the 14 or 15 years I've had it. Great clean sounds, great overdrive, flexible tone controls, etc.
But I've always thought the reverb sound sucked. Before 9 o'clock you can't hear it, and above 3 it is too much. There's a sweet spot at about 2 o'clock on the knob where it is just the right amount of 'verb - but the sound of it is crap. It's kinda tinny/sproingy. I want deep/lush/watery. So I've pretty much just resigned myself to turning it off all the time and dealing. But yesterday I thought - hell, maybe it's the reverb tank. According to the owner's manual it's an Accutronics 4EB3C1B. Which the internet tells me is pretty standard:
- The 4 means 17" long, 2 springs (a 9 here would mean 17" long
- The E means 600 ohm input impedence
- The B means 2250 ohm output impedence
- The 3 means long tail (as opposed to 2 - medium, or 1 - short)
- The C means input insulated, output grounded
- The 1 means no locking device (not sure exactly what they're talking about here)
- The B means horizontal mounting, open side down
Would swapping it out for a different tank (by a different manufacturer), or maybe a three spring tank (9EB3C1B) make much difference to the reverb sound?
But I've always thought the reverb sound sucked. Before 9 o'clock you can't hear it, and above 3 it is too much. There's a sweet spot at about 2 o'clock on the knob where it is just the right amount of 'verb - but the sound of it is crap. It's kinda tinny/sproingy. I want deep/lush/watery. So I've pretty much just resigned myself to turning it off all the time and dealing. But yesterday I thought - hell, maybe it's the reverb tank. According to the owner's manual it's an Accutronics 4EB3C1B. Which the internet tells me is pretty standard:
- The 4 means 17" long, 2 springs (a 9 here would mean 17" long
- The E means 600 ohm input impedence
- The B means 2250 ohm output impedence
- The 3 means long tail (as opposed to 2 - medium, or 1 - short)
- The C means input insulated, output grounded
- The 1 means no locking device (not sure exactly what they're talking about here)
- The B means horizontal mounting, open side down
Would swapping it out for a different tank (by a different manufacturer), or maybe a three spring tank (9EB3C1B) make much difference to the reverb sound?
