Just built myself a Spring Reverb and Tremolo unit from the lovely chaps at
Surfy Industries. The kits are supplied as built circuit boards with pots and input/output jacks, so you just have to wire up the pots and jacks and put them into an enclosure.
I bought both the Reverb and Tremolo kit and the Spring Pan from
Surfy, then bought a toolbox to mount it in plus knobs an extra switch, phono's, on off switch, 12v powersupply and kettle lead outlet. Altogether it came to under £200.
Here's the finished unit:
And here's a little demo:
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The graphics were pretty simple really, just printed onto A4 white sticker paper, waited a minute for it to dry fully, then stuck a layer of clear sticker paper over the top to protect it. I printed it with crosses for where the holes needed to go, so I could stick it on and then drill the holes out with a stepped bit. It was easier for me to do this than try to stick it down after the holes had been drilled.
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Edit: yes they are, reverb coming out soon. No price yet. They already do a brownface-blackface trem pedal.
And that demo video puts most of the professional ones to shame - excellent work.
Thanks for all the kind words. I can't take credit for the idea of the Toolbox, that I got from the Surfguitar forum, and what a great idea it is. Toolbox's come in a variety of sizes, so can accommodate many different pan sizes and the lid offers ample room for all the wiring and also acts as a heatsink for the PCB's.
And yes, as well as the self build Reverb and Tremolo they do sell ready made versions, but if you don't mind using a soldering iron its a fun project to build!
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+wis good stuff.
Years ago I built a rack mounted spring reverb from a gutted old amp. Worked fine but I eventually chucked it when I moved (it was bulky). I think I need to build another one...
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