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Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on March 21, 2013 at 7:38pm

Hey Michael, a friend of mine gave me this layout regarding the "Brick" awhile back,I'm a spring reverb guy,so I don't need it

Is this what yer lookin' for? Belton based Reverb? if it is ,Enjoy! It's kinda cool it tells U what pins of the Belton to connect to what.

Permalink Reply by Michael Recchione on March 22, 2013 at 2:00am

Brian, thanks! That's exactly what I'm looking for.  I'm also mostly a spring reverb guy, but I thought this would be more portable - my "real" amps have spring reverb.  But they're big and heavy, so a lot of times I just use a small practice amp, which can also run on batteries, so it's great for playing outdoors, etc. 

I did notice, as I was shopping for parts, that a spring reverb tank costs about the same as this Belton Brick chip, and the driver circuits look similar (though I think they might draw more power, making battery operation kind of iffy...).  Hmmm.  So there might be a spring reverb pre-processor in my future ...  :-) 

Thanks again, I'll let you know how it turns out.

- Mike

Permalink Reply by BrianQ. on March 22, 2013 at 9:24am

yea, I've seen the belton chip up close & it's kinda amazing what that thing can do, I've also heard Accutronics makes one that's basically the same thing, I'd like to see what's inside of it? Happy Buildin'!