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Lerb21 · January 31st, 2009, 10:13 PM

What do 'Speed' and 'Intensity' do, specifically on a Twin Reverb?

Thanks

Tim Armstrong · January 31st, 2009, 10:16 PM

It refers to the tremelo (which is a volume-based flutter). The speed is how fast it goes, and the intensity is how close to zero the volume goes.

Tim

Joe M · January 31st, 2009, 11:20 PM

Tim's answers are good but I would add that intensity is how deep sounding the tremelo is, when set to minimum, you can't hear it at all, when set to 10, it's very pronounced-sounding; really gets your blood pumping....

milocj · January 31st, 2009, 11:32 PM

Since it was something you had to ask about, you need to have the footswitch (or a shorted RCA plug) plugged in on the back of the amp for the tremolo to work.

Lerb21 · January 31st, 2009, 11:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by milocj

Since it was something you had to ask about, you need to have the footswitch (or a shorted RCA plug) plugged in on the back of the amp for the tremolo to work.

I wondered why the knobs weren't doing anything...

Good thing my Twin came with a nice little footswitch...

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Joe M Moderator Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,856	Tim's answers are good but I would add that intensity is how deep sounding the tremelo is, when set to minimum, you can't hear it at all, when set to 10, it's very pronounced-sounding; really gets your blood pumping....

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milocj Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,058 3 Photos	Since it was something you had to ask about, you need to have the footswitch (or a shorted RCA plug) plugged in on the back of the amp for the tremolo to work.

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