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*RARE* 1970's Quad Eight RV-10 Spring Reverb*
£1,221
GoodReverb8d agoLocal pickup available
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Altered Instruments
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- First Seen
- 2 November 2026
- Last Seen
- 2 November 2026
- Times Seen
- 1
About this listing
*RARE* 1970's Quad Eight RV-10 Spring Reverb* is a used item in good condition, listed on Reverb. The asking price is £1,221. It is offered by Altered Instruments through Reverb. Local pickup is available. It is in our Outboard Effects category. Used Gear Hunter first saw this listing on 2 November 2026. It has been seen 1 time in our scans. Prices are converted from the seller's currency when we scan the listing, so the amount you pay may differ slightly. The seller sets shipping, and import duty or VAT may apply, so check the final cost and the item's details on Reverb before buying.
From the seller
My favorite spring reverb is up for sale. I’ll miss this one and it is the last and best sounding of my spring reverbs. With AM-4 amplifiers, of course!
Working great and has the following convenience and safety modifications:
220V wiring brought up to modern specifications. This thing had some pretty dangerous and non-code-compliant power wiring when it was produced. All of this has been sorted out and made much safer and more reliable. See the photos where I’m pointing to the insulation and modifications.
XLR and 1/4” input and output jacks added. The terminal strip is still active if you wish to use that.
Tired capacitors replaced (note the blue ones that I’m pointing to in the photos)
It's a variable decay, single channel spring reverb in a rack unit, dating from around 1972. Quad Eight described it as a new and patented approach to mechanical reverberation, with a clean, transparent sound that compares favorably with other types of reverb.
The novelty is in how the springs are used. There are four separate transmission lines, each giving a different initial delay. The full delay pattern is built up after 55 milliseconds, and the reverb then runs in four continuous trains of multiples of those delay times. That's different from a typical two-spring tank.