The Great Cobb
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I guess this could be in the DIY section or the effects section, but i figure its analog and many people here are technical so id rather have it here.
I have a spring reverb that came from an organ. There are no rcas just a grey wire and a white wire hooked to either side which im guessing is the input and output.
My question is, if i wanted to turn it into its own standalone unit, what would i need to do? My guess is that it needs a way to control the level of input going in, like a preamp or something. Does it need attenuation at the output stage as well?
My former roommate and i dragged this thing home from a thrift store years ago and i cant find any other spring that sounds this way. Its not like those ones you see that try to minimize boing noises with all kinds of clever tricks. Its primitive. And it sounds awesome. I swear it even blows away what i hear on old dub records.
I googled DIY spring reverbs but i couldnt find anything that definitively addressed my concerns enough to start gutting this organ. Finding another one like this would be costly and i dont want to ruin it. Could it be as simple as connecting RCA leads to the end of the input and output wires and just plugging them into a standard mixer?
Thanks for anyones help. I just blew a bunch of money on a standalone spring reverb that is about 1/10 as cool sounding as the one id like to get out of this organ and im getting frustrated in my search.
I have a spring reverb that came from an organ. There are no rcas just a grey wire and a white wire hooked to either side which im guessing is the input and output.
My question is, if i wanted to turn it into its own standalone unit, what would i need to do? My guess is that it needs a way to control the level of input going in, like a preamp or something. Does it need attenuation at the output stage as well?
My former roommate and i dragged this thing home from a thrift store years ago and i cant find any other spring that sounds this way. Its not like those ones you see that try to minimize boing noises with all kinds of clever tricks. Its primitive. And it sounds awesome. I swear it even blows away what i hear on old dub records.
I googled DIY spring reverbs but i couldnt find anything that definitively addressed my concerns enough to start gutting this organ. Finding another one like this would be costly and i dont want to ruin it. Could it be as simple as connecting RCA leads to the end of the input and output wires and just plugging them into a standard mixer?
Thanks for anyones help. I just blew a bunch of money on a standalone spring reverb that is about 1/10 as cool sounding as the one id like to get out of this organ and im getting frustrated in my search.