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DIY Spring Reverb
I've just built my first CB amp. It's a simple 2.5 watt Artec circuit w no reverb. I recently saw a pic on here of a CB guitar with springs literally mounted inside the body of the guitar to give a reverb affect. I'm curious if this same idea would work in an amp. No circuit or electronic control, just literally a spring or two mounted inside the amp cabinet. Maybe drill a couple sound holes in the front of the amp to let the reverb ring out a bit. Has anyone here tried this before? Is it worthwhile to do? Thanks!
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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on
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The springs in the guitar box vibrate because of the string vibrations. All spring reverb units in amps have a strong preamp or tube to activate the spring vibrations for Reverb effect. I tried to activate spring reverb with round piezos recently, but it just wasn't strong enough.
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Permalink Reply by Kevin Keating on
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Yeah i figured a guitar would vibrate the springs naturally. I thought maybe the speaker would vibrate them enough as well but probably not it seems. Thanks.
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Maybe if the speaker was mounted on a plate/baffle with spring mounts like a plate reverb is made?
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If it did work like that, it would be constant without control though.
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