Surfy Bear FET Reverb

[parry]

If I build one (well, via Parry), I'll put one in an antique radio probably, just to be snazzy.

[Ursa Minor]

Oooh! Nice idea. I have both an old radio AND an old Accutronics tanks laying around.

[Ursa Minor]

Has anyone done one of these with the tank mounted in a separate enclosure? Would that even make sense if folks wanted the controls at their feet vs on top of the amp? I know Van Amps were starting to do this or something like that.

[parry]

Some have. If you do an image search for the Surfy Bear reverb kit, you'll see a few different takes on it. And if I'm not mistaken... I think that's the idea behind the completed pedal they're selling.
I'd actually entertained the idea of mounting the tank right under my pedaltrain

A couple of risers later...

EDITED:
Here's one where someone mounted it on top, LOL

[parry]

This is the one that's sticking out, to me...



A few cosmetic tweaks and that thing could be super cool.

[rkharper]

In case anyone missed it in the "Fender Standalone Reverb Unit" Thread, heres my finished Surfy Bear Rack Reverb!



gut shot

[parry]

@RK
I did catch your build in the other threads (and on the surf forum). Nicely done!

Two questions...
how do you like that shorter tank?
I was planning on getting a standard, long pan AND a short pan to experiment with. The shorter pan opens up a lot of possibilities for enclosures...
AND
Your on/off switch. Is that a standard, heavy-duty, two pole on/off? Or does the kit need a 3 or 6-pole? Any chance you've got a pic of just the switch you used?
I'm 99% sure which switch I was going to use; and was just going to sort it out when it got here - but the question has come up with others as well.
Thanks!

[rkharper]

@RK
I did catch your build in the other threads (and on the surf forum). Nicely done!

Two questions...
how do you like that shorter tank?
I was planning on getting a standard, long pan AND a short pan to experiment with. The shorter pan opens up a lot of possibilities for enclosures...
AND
Your on/off switch. Is that a standard, heavy-duty, two pole on/off? Or does the kit need a 3 or 6-pole? Any chance you've got a pic of just the switch you used?
I'm 99% sure which switch I was going to use; and was just going to sort it out when it got here - but the question has come up with others as well.
Thanks!

Hi Parry,

thank you!

as I will use the reverb in my bass rack, the shorter 2-spring tank suits my needs just fine, not as full as the long 2-spring tank, but drippy and splashy nontheless. originally, I intended to use a long pan, but there's sadly no space in the unit, unless I pull it completely apart and mount it diagonally in the unit, which I couldn't and wouldn't do, as I'm really not that good with stuff like that :-)

for the switch, I used this part:

https://www.amplifiedparts.com/products ... ent-fender

mind you, the on / off switch turns the unit completely off, not just only the wet signal (I did not know that, in hindsight....it's the same as in a Fender Reverb Unit. d'oh!). that's why I have another Jack on the backside of the unit, where I can plug in a latching footswitch, to turn the wet signal on/off. Be sure to check the schematics on the surfyindustries homepage!

http://www.surfyindustries.com/download ... rGuide.pdf