Mosrite Reverb?

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby Dennisthe Menace » Wed Nov 04, 2009 11:59 am

MWaldorf wrote:Deke,
That's very cool - I bet you'll get it working. What's that red block thing with the six colored dots on it? Weird...
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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby Mr. Bill » Wed Nov 04, 2009 12:37 pm

The block is an old style capacitor. The color dots are the codes for the value and the voltage ratings, etc.

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby Deke Dickerson » Wed Nov 04, 2009 1:34 pm

Mr. Bill--

Thanks for the tip on the reverb tank. I switched the "in" and "out" leads and it did NOT go "boing" anymore, so it must be the input transducer on the tank. I'll try swapping out the tank for a new one and see what happens.

1965 sounds about right to me, that would be the year of the Dumble-built tube amps, right?

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby GattonFan » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:49 pm

Another cool piece of obscure Mosrite history. You may own the only one still in existence (if there were others). Congrats!

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby Mr. Bill » Wed Nov 04, 2009 3:51 pm

If you pull out the tank, look for broken wires that connect the input coil to the RCA jack. This is a very common problem.

If you have one, try a tank from a Peavey solid state amp or from an Ampeg tube amp. I think that you'll need a high impedance input tank in there, so a standard Fender will not work.

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby zarfnober » Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:07 pm

As long as you're dragging out a multimeter, check input and output resistance on the tank, then check your resistors and see if your multimeter has a capacitance tester, it probably does, and check capacitance. It's very likely got a bad resistor or 2, maybe a cap, or it may just have a broken solder joint or loose connection. PM me if you like Deke, that thing looks very cool.

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby Deke Dickerson » Wed Nov 04, 2009 7:57 pm

Thanks guys. I won't have a chance to crack this thing open again for a couple of weeks, but when I get into it I will follow your advice and let you know if I have any questions.

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Re: Mosrite Reverb?

Postby 101Volts » Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:21 pm

Have you made any progress getting this Reverb thing to work, Deke?

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