Accutronics spring reverb in series?

[Ricko79]

hey all,

Have any of you ever tried plugging in series two or more accutronics spring reverbs in one amp?

I am thinking about doing so in my roland JC, I have another accutronics spring reverb lying around somewhere and i just thought what would happen if i plug them both in series?

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[mad dog]

I have plugged my pedal board (with the Van Amps Sole Mate spring reverb unit on) into a Matchless Chieftan, also with reverb on. It sounded great. I never even noticed the duplication until practice was over. BTW: the Van Amps unit by itself sounds great ... I think that's where the tone magic was coming from.

[Stewart Ward]

Originally Posted by Ricko79

hey all,

Have any of you ever tried plugging in series two or more accutronics spring reverbs in one amp?

I am thinking about doing so in my roland JC, I have another accutronics spring reverb lying around somewhere and i just thought what would happen if i plug them both in series?

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Hi,

The output impedance of a reverb spring is too high and the signal level too low to drive the input of another reverb spring. It won't work and not even worth the time to try it! Sorry if this sounds a bit blunt, but I'm sure you wanted a simple straight answer.


Stew

[BrianF]

Right...what Stew said. The input and output impedances of a spring reverb tank are transformer coupled and their repsective input and output impedance are carefully designed to match up with their respective drive and load circcuits....so connecting 2 in series will not function electrically.

[Ricko79]

Thanks for your answers guys!

I wont even try it then! (actually right now cant be bothered really)