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RE: tube reverb driver in Guitar amp - impedance matching question

Posted by Chip647 (A) on March 3, 2015 at 13:40:44

In Reply to: tube reverb driver in Guitar amp - impedance matching question posted by bdgregory on March 3, 2015 at 08:56:50:

More impedance is not going to run anything too hard, what you would get is less output. With an output transformer, you would use a tank with a similar impedance as a speaker, like 8 ohms. The higher impedance tanks are used with transformers with less step down. The only damage will happen when you overly load down the tube.

That being said, if you want the reverb to function like it was designed, you have to either get the original transformer to go with the tanks higher impedance or get a lower impedance tank. An 8 ohm tank will set you back $20.

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