anyone got a manual for fender reverb unit

gator19482005 · February 12th, 2006, 09:11 PM

hi

i was wondering if anyone got a manual for a 63 reissue fender reverb unit. i just bought one and i wanna dail in the ventures sound . anyone got it .

Paul in Colorado · February 13th, 2006, 01:51 AM

They make a manual for it? Plug your guitar in the input, go from the output to your amp. play with the knobs until your happy. It's that simple.

Rick S · February 13th, 2006, 05:34 AM

Go to Fender.com, look under resources, product support, manuals.

Professor SourTone · February 13th, 2006, 08:12 AM

you SO don't deserve one of those things!

Actually - you have to replace the 6V6 with the weird "coke bottle" shaped 6K6. Supposedly... I did it just for the vibe - makes very little difference.

milocj · February 13th, 2006, 02:47 PM

As Rick mentioned above you can find the manual on-line as a PDF and print it out. I think it tells you to set everything at 5 and surf away but I don't like them set that way (mine is an original 1964).

You really have to mess with the mix and dwell controls to find what you like, but for surfy stuff I like to run the dwell closer to 7 or so and run the mix between 3 and 4. I almost always run the tone at or near 10.

The tone control only affects the reverb signal and the dwell affects how long the delay of the reverb is. The mix control mixes (duh) the two signals and on mine you can get a lot of different sounds just within a two number range of the mix and dwell controls.

I've got a buddy who is an amp tech and he has a modified reissue Unit and it sounds quite a bit different than it did stock: much closer to an original. Running a 6K6 is a big part of it (doesn't have to be a coke bottle version) and I believe there is also a capacitor to change. The 6K6 is a lower output tube than a 6V6 and it must work better with the circuit because it doesn't drive the signal as hard. I've read that Fender basically copied the original circuit but used a 6V6 and changed a capacitor or two because 6K6 weren't in production anymore.

Good luck.

February 12th, 2006, 09:11 PM	#1 (permalink)
gator19482005 Tele-Meister Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Pa Age: 60 Posts: 146	anyone got a manual for fender reverb unit hi i was wondering if anyone got a manual for a 63 reissue fender reverb unit. i just bought one and i wanna dail in the ventures sound . anyone got it .

February 13th, 2006, 01:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
Paul in Colorado Friend of Leo's Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Age: 56 Posts: 4,446 3 Photos	They make a manual for it? Plug your guitar in the input, go from the output to your amp. play with the knobs until your happy. It's that simple.

February 13th, 2006, 05:34 AM	#3 (permalink)
Rick S Tele-Meister Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Tulsa, OK Posts: 494	Go to Fender.com, look under resources, product support, manuals.

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Professor SourTone Tele-Meister Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: London Posts: 258	you SO don't deserve one of those things! Actually - you have to replace the 6V6 with the weird "coke bottle" shaped 6K6. Supposedly... I did it just for the vibe - makes very little difference.

February 13th, 2006, 02:47 PM	#5 (permalink)
milocj Tele-Meister Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 453 3 Photos	As Rick mentioned above you can find the manual on-line as a PDF and print it out. I think it tells you to set everything at 5 and surf away but I don't like them set that way (mine is an original 1964). You really have to mess with the mix and dwell controls to find what you like, but for surfy stuff I like to run the dwell closer to 7 or so and run the mix between 3 and 4. I almost always run the tone at or near 10. The tone control only affects the reverb signal and the dwell affects how long the delay of the reverb is. The mix control mixes (duh) the two signals and on mine you can get a lot of different sounds just within a two number range of the mix and dwell controls. I've got a buddy who is an amp tech and he has a modified reissue Unit and it sounds quite a bit different than it did stock: much closer to an original. Running a 6K6 is a big part of it (doesn't have to be a coke bottle version) and I believe there is also a capacitor to change. The 6K6 is a lower output tube than a 6V6 and it must work better with the circuit because it doesn't drive the signal as hard. I've read that Fender basically copied the original circuit but used a 6V6 and changed a capacitor or two because 6K6 weren't in production anymore. Good luck.