Best Way to Increase Reverb Strength in MK IV?

[skoora]

I was hoping a hot preamp tube might do the trick but saw in the manual that the reverb send and return are on different pre-tubes sharing duties with lead gain. Is it a matter of a different tank perhaps or are you looking at changing component values to get more signal to the tank?

 

[gts]

Not sure about the MkIV but the reverb sucked in MKIII's and Mesa (Mike B) had a mod to offer some increased reverb.
Maybe there's a similar mod that can be done for the MkIV.
Call Mesa and see what they say.

 

[sduck]

The reverb in my mark IV at best is very "subtle" - and that's not what you always want. But I think that's just the nature of these things. You might be best served by using an outboard reverb device of some kind in the loop. I have an Eventide Space that does some amazing sounds, in addition to doing spot-on spring reverb sounds.

 

[skoora]

I'm looking at a used head and was hoping to cop some Fender surf tones out of it but the reverb is so anemic. I guess they tailored the reverb to lead guitar playing and not big and bold, clean craziness.

 

[DW54]

Try Rhy 1 as follows: Gain on 7-10. Rhy 1 master on 0 (minimum)! output level on 10. More reverb than you'll ever need.