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Topic: Reverb tank cable |
Bill C. Buntin
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Posted 24 Jan 2020 6:29 pm |
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Standard reverb tanks like for peavey Nashville, session, Ltd etc...Do these cables need to be shielded? Like coaxial? Or will standard audio patch cables with rca jacks work ok?
I’ve never had to replace any of these.
Thanks in advance
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Jerry Overstreet
From:
Louisville Ky
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Posted 24 Jan 2020 8:09 pm
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Yes, they need to be shielded. Ken Fox has recently built some braided cables for Peavey's verb tanks that use the molex connector.
Braided cables for others that use only RCA type connectors can be found at most guitar electronic stores. |
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Stephen Cowell
From:
Round Rock, Texas, USA
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Posted 26 Jan 2020 1:49 am
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Standard audio patch cables are shielded. The cable that connects your CD player to your stereo works as a reverb cable. That said, the shielding on the original Fender cable is higher quality than an audio patch cable.
As far as that goes, the reverb drive is actually a low-impedance signal... there is really no need to shield it, it's exactly like a speaker signal.
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Mark McCornack
From:
California, USA
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Posted 27 Jan 2020 9:16 am
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| I don’t know about the Peavy, but on Fender amps, you would want a shielded cable at the very least on the output side of the reverb tank. Though the input to the tank may be Low-Z, the output is not, and is pretty low voltage level to boot. At the chassis, it goes straight into the grid of a triode with a couple hundred KOhms to ground. Most shielded RCA cables for audio (phono to preamp) should be suitable, though the braid on the stock Fender cables seems a bit more stout. |
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