From vibroma–(at)–eleport.com Fri Sep 6 10:34:30 CDT 1996
Article: 22142 of alt.guitar.amps
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From: “Zack aka vibroman”
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.amps
Subject: Re: Reverb Units
Date: 6 Sep 1996 05:41:39 GMT
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Dr Distortion wrote:
>
> Interestingly, I measured the primary impedance of the reverb driver
> transformer in this unit at about 13kOhms. This is a bit high for a
> 6V6GT (as supplied by Fender with the unit), but just about right for
> a 6K6GT. It’s almost as if Fender anticipated their customers replacing
> the driver tube with a 6K6. (Or else they simply slavishly copied the
> original unit, then some bean counter made a last-minute decision to use
> the 6V6GT instead since it’s cheaper and easier to get).

You sir are correct. I call my friend at Fender and that exactly the way it
came down.
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