Hot Springs Reverb

Here is a spring reverb I built ,for a sound engineer friend of mine.He was frustrated by the constant break downs ,of the Tube based reverbs,he was touring with,& wanted a more reliable solid state spring verb.
I chose the Hot Springs Reverb;a circuit designed by the legendary Craig Anderton,& sold as a kit ,by Paia. I wanted to build the thing into an old radio,but had some bad luck in acquiring one,as one was completely destroyed ,in shipping ,& others ,I was outbid on. So I decided to construct my own retro radio looking case.The front input is an amp simulator by Runoff groove. It is designed to plug a guitar right into the front.The signal is processed through the amp simulator ,then the spring reverb,& finally the reverb is processed through a Phaser,which can be mixed in or out ,as prefferd .

This is the rough sketch that started the whole project.

Here is the solid oak peice that will serve as the front of the enclosure A hole is added ,that will later accommodate a mini Plasma ball. display.

Here is a better front view,Next ,I will add a walnut detail ,to the center,before building the rest of the wooden enclosure.

Here is the metal pan that houses the various circuits that make up this device .The two reverb tanks reside on top...

And a bottom view...The power supply is built in & all the outputs are buffered.

With the Plasma ball installed & a view of the back end...It has both balenced & unbalenced ,wet & dry outputs.

Here it is after staining & countless coats of shellac.

Closer view of front panel.The amp simulator is a clone of the Fender Tweed circuit.Clean to dirty blues/rock tones can be had,The Fazer section can add sutle color to the reverb sound or outlandish swooshing sounds.