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Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5499] Mon, 21 February 2005 14:33 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member I'm back! Just picked up a dead mint----Kustom Commander! It is awesome! The reverb is sick though....while I am checking that out--can anyone tell me what tank goes in here as a replacement?? THX Kustom gang!! Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5506 is a reply to message #5499] Tue, 22 February 2005 12:57   stevem Messages: 4736 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member What you need is a Accutronics model 4FB3D1B that can be had on the AMPWARES site. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5507 is a reply to message #5506] Tue, 22 February 2005 13:17 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member THX!!!!! Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5509 is a reply to message #5507] Tue, 22 February 2005 22:09 QModer Messages: 413 Registered: June 2003 Senior Member Will this tank fit my K200? If so can I wire it permamently on? I bought this amp brand new but never got a footswitch. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5510 is a reply to message #5499] Wed, 23 February 2005 08:17   stevem Messages: 4736 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member Yes, this tank will work in all vintage plexi and metal face Kustoms that I have seen so far. All you have to do is jump across the proper terminals of the jack to get the reverb or the tremlo or both on all the time. It will be better to jump across a 1/4" guitar plug than to slide the amp out of the cab to jump the jack.In trouble shooting the input side of a reverb pan,you can hook up the RCA jack that went into the input of the pan to a volt meter set for the lowest A/C volt scale and then play thru the amp, you should see the voltage go up and down as you play, and inturn confirm that the reverb drive amp is OK. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5519 is a reply to message #5499] Wed, 23 February 2005 20:17 QModer Messages: 413 Registered: June 2003 Senior Member Oh so it could be something else in the amp not working properly that is causing the reverb not to work? It does'nt make any noise at all not even the rattle of thunder you ususally hear when the amp is bumped. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5529 is a reply to message #5499] Fri, 25 February 2005 13:16   stevem Messages: 4736 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member No rattle means either the output side of the pan is bad, or the RCA cord on the output side is bad, or the amp stage on the output side is bad. you can check to see if the the amp is ok by putting the tip of a small screwdriver in the female RCA jack the the pan output went into, and with the reverb turned up you should hear a buzz jst like having one end of a guitar cord pluged into the amp as normal. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #5532 is a reply to message #5529] Sat, 26 February 2005 01:08 QModer Messages: 413 Registered: June 2003 Senior Member Thanks Steve, I'll print this off and check it out. Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6963 is a reply to message #5506] Wed, 10 May 2006 11:13   cjstanonis Messages: 2 Registered: May 2006 Junior Member Howdy. I'm trying to get my Commander's reverb to work properly.I replaced the tank with one from AMPWARES (4FB3D1B) and it still isn't working the way I feel it should. In short, I have input and output....it's just REAL boomy and slightly distorted. Actually it has a slight square-wave fuzz sound. The cables to and fro were replaced and they're OK, I cleaned the jacks with contact cleaner.....any suggestions? Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6964 is a reply to message #6963] Wed, 10 May 2006 11:46 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member Well, on mine, it was a simple as pushing in the reverb jack into the back of the amp very tightly.....it for mine, needed to be in there tight to make a good connection to the amp....worked beautiful after that! Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6965 is a reply to message #5499] Wed, 10 May 2006 13:10   stevem Messages: 4736 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member You need to check the pans input and output signal on a scope to see where and if its clipping and that I guess this is a different problem with the reverb than you has before? Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6967 is a reply to message #6965] Wed, 10 May 2006 19:30   cjstanonis Messages: 2 Registered: May 2006 Junior Member Hey Ya'll, I took the advice of Woody96 (thank-you very kindly, by the way!!!) and no luck. But, check this out....I opened up the amp and thought how wierd it was that the company would use RCA plugs to connect to the board from the outer jacks (making sense?) So, I unplugged these and replaced them with modern RCA plugs and wired the end to the jacks on the chasis and BAM!!!! No problem....reverb heaven!!! I used gold-plated RCA's (all I had on-hand), but I suppose any would do. Thanks a bunch, you guys, you really helped me narrow it down!! Have a great day! Chris Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6968 is a reply to message #6967] Wed, 10 May 2006 20:51 woody96 Messages: 107 Registered: May 2001 Senior Member Man I am happy for ya and that is awesome!! Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6969 is a reply to message #5499] Thu, 11 May 2006 07:10   stevem Messages: 4736 Registered: June 2004 Location: NY Senior Member Sometimes murphys law fails and its a simple fix, and no I do not belive in luck, but I have had times when someone had to be smiling down from above! Report message to a moderator

Re: Reverb tank replacement for a Kustom Commander? [message #6974 is a reply to message #5499] Fri, 12 May 2006 03:06 QModer Messages: 413 Registered: June 2003 Senior Member I have never had the time to try and fix my tank yet either. Only one me and so many tasks to do. Report message to a moderator

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