plate reverbing all up the place

this is the driver attached to the plate with the soldered cylinder brass cone connector. and detail of the barcus berry pickup bud being held tight against the plate with a small piece of soft steel . this is the remote damper actuating mechanism that i have . its quite a thing well made. the…

plate reverb further up the garden path

this is the old blown up dilapidated one. see the handmade brass cone with the little nut retainer on the top … thats the kind of thing i need to make next for the new driver element. shaped from thin brass sheet and soldered. i have two types of pickup device ready to go. a…

plate reverberation machine

heres some details of my newest obsession. a pair of old plate reverb frames were to either come to me, or left to rust utterly.  they need complete rebuilding. starting with the spring wire tensioner bolt arrangements. they are all rusted and weak. the plate verb sound is all about the plate being tensioned just…

reverb with the bafflelator

there is a reason i’ve got so much ‘junk’ . boxes and cabinets and suitcases full of all sorts of crap. in the house  – under the house – behind the house. bits and pieces of mechanisms from houses – appliances – cars – bikes  –  wheelchairs – furniture –  kitchen sinks  –  radio –…

going down the reverb road

igor and i have been souping up my old home made plate reverb. getting it working again now that it’s  plywood home slash export crate is finished .  checking the plate tension. and refitting the pickup and driver units. my hotted up general radio amp serves as the new low distortion driver stage.  Ive piggybacked…

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