The science of reverb springs

[Ethan Duni]

>Um... not quite right.  
>
>It's not a "microphonic element", it's more like a guitar pickup; a
>magnet and a coil of wire sense the movement of the end of the spring.
>
>The pickup will produce an output signal voltage even when it's not
>loaded, and if you use a sufficiently high impedance amp stage, you'll
>have no energy lost.  (Or so little that you'd need some mighty
>expensive equipment to detect it.)

-exactly; it's VERY POOR at transmitting energy, but you have to transmit
SOME energy or you aren't going to get anything out... i just figured it
should be mentioned in a thread with a title "The science of reverb
springs".. :]

Ethan