Orange Amps Forum

So my reverb wasn't working and now my amp is away for 4 weeks on repairs because it needs a new reverb tank.. I have an RV50 head. How much am I looking at for this replacement?

I also got him to retube/rebias the amp because I have lots of shows coming up and I don't want to be messing around later.

How did you manage to break the reverb tank?

no clue.. just turned the amp one day and it was working fine except 0 reverb..

There are two options - the tube powering the reverb gone bad, which will cost no more than the retube job you already asked for, or there is something wrong with the tank/the circuitry/... and you'll pay for the repair.
Those reverb tanks aren't that expensive (about 40 euro/50 dollar), but things can add up .

Oh thats not as bad as I thought it would be..

I was expecting hundreds.. It has already been with a tech for 2 weeks and he has determined that its the reverb tank, so he had to order parts and apparently thats going to take a while.. So hopefully he's right about the tank.

I don't really know what kind of tank Orange uses, but Fender amps got an accutronics which is connected to the amp with 2 cinch plugs (stereo for some reason). Hope he doesn't charge you with a couple of hours of labour (which is possible on the other hand to isolate the problem, but still...)

I'm thinking, do you know that the problem is the tank, 'cause that is the most unlikely problem when the reverb is dead?

Orphin wrote:I'm thinking, do you know that the problem is the tank, 'cause that is the most unlikely problem when the reverb is dead?

Not really. There are two very fine wires inside these tanks which are quite easily broken. (One not very heavy knock can often do it.) While it is often possible to repair the break it can sometimes be a real pain in the neck to do:
http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showth ... p?t=341063


Andy.

I'm just going by what the amp repairer said.

He told me I had to wait another 2 weeks because has to order a correct reverb tank as mine is gone. I have no clue when it comes to fixing amps, so I'm just going by what he says.