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18 watt Stout with Reverb and Hotswitch
The Library Page has The Schematics, Layout diagrams and Sound clips for this project
  The 18 Watt stout project was such a great success that I decided to go ahead and design a Stout with reverb. The  amp sounds great and has reverb, how can you beat it? The reverb circuit is based on a Fender combo reverb circuit but the Stout does not have the deep Fender reverb that a Fender combo has. If you are expecting surf quality reverb, this circuit does not produce that type of reverb. The amp has an extra stage of gain and all that is needed is some ambience. This reverb circuit does that just fine. If you look at a Fender reverb schematic you will see that there are two stages of gain before the signal splits off and is sent to the reverb loop. The stout only has one stage of gain before being sent to the reverb circuit and so the reverb is toned down and not as dramatic as a Fender combo. It sounds just fine to me for an amp with higher gain. You cannot use a ton of reverb for higher gain amps, the reverb needs to be very slight and subtle in this type of amp.

  You can also build this project with the Hot switch mod on full time and no relay. Personally, I leave the Hot switch on full time. The project would be a bit easier without the relay power supply and relay. See the library page for the Schematics and Layout diagrams.

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