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Music Man RD50 dead reverb tank

My reverb tank does not work in my RD50. I am curious in replacing it, does anyone know what reverb tank is in the amp head and what's a great tank to put into the head? I just bought it this week.

Full Name
Lars Verholt
Music Man Equipment
HD-130 head, 210X cab, 210RH cab, RD-50 110 combo, Sixty-Five 112 combo, RP65-112

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10 years 9 months

lmv Sun, 09/20/2015 - 17:40

Hello,

if you look in the schematic, it tells you what the reverb tank is. It's type 8BB2A1B . You can either get a replacement Accutronics part or find the MOD equivalent which is a bit more expensive but also a bit higher build quality (in my opinion).

If you take the tank out of the bag and remove the cardboard cover you may be able to repair the tank - quite often the small wires connecting the transducers to the rca sockets break off and in some cases they can be soldered back on.

It's worth a look-see anyway.

Sincerely,
Lars Verholt

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Joshua Ballard
Music Man Equipment
Music Man RD 50 head

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9 years 4 months

BallaJay Tue, 11/17/2015 - 17:38

In reply to by lmv

Fixed it!

Full Name
Sean
Music Man Equipment
1979 212 Sixty-Five, 1981 212 Seventy-Five
Numerous other amps and several guitars...

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10 years 9 months

codamedia Wed, 09/23/2015 - 05:36

I'm with LMV on this one.... check the tank. I've had to re-solder those little wires in both of my Musicman amps.