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My reverb was noisy but upgrading the cable made a big difference to that too.
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What cable are you referring to Andy...?
There will be a twin cable going from the chassis to the reverb tank. That one!
I had a couple of nice RCA cables from my hifi stuff and used them and the hiss all but disappeared.
"Yes, chaps, we have a great little model here, this will sell like hotcakes!"
"But... what about that terrible hiss on the reverb? Shall we spend an extra dollar and upgrade the cable?"
.... a moment's silence while they scratch their heads and think about this...
"Na... nobody will notice, let's leave it like that..."
Getting back to reality...sorry for sounding so stupid but, how do you know if a cable is better quality? I mean, where would I find one and how would I know before buying that it would be better than the one already installed? Is there a make and type of cable that would be suitable, and if so, any idea where I can purchase it?
I think it was mainly the earlier ones that had that issue with reverb hiss on extreme setting, but a lot of amps have that.
I found some thread about the reverb hiss while trawling the internet and someone said they'd changed the cable and it made a difference.
If I remember rightly it's a standard white/Red RCA cable, but as I said I didn't go out to buy any specifically, I just had some that were given to me by my father in law. He's really into his hifi stuff and I know this set weren't cheap, probably double the cost of the amp!
A lot of people will say it's snake oil and is a load of tosh, expensive cables, but I can only tell you what I found; it did make a difference for me.
https://www.futureshop.co.uk/analogue/rca-audio-cables/all-rca-interconnects#page=1
I replaced the reverb cable in my Matchless with a QED one that was about £20.
If you get chance definitely try it through a more efficient speaker, the difference was amazing. Especially the tone when you roll down the guitar volume with the vaporizer switch in.
If you've got a mate who has any spare interconnects it might be worth trying them instead of shelling out first in case it makes no difference.
If you ask them on that site chances are they won't have a clue about using a cable in a guitar amp.