I have been trying to find a way to add reverb and tremolo to my Hiwatt mini-stack. In the past, I've used my Vox Pathfinder in tandem, mic'ing both amps, so the sound guys at church can mix in both sounds, but then my overall volume is a bit much.
So, I've been researching and searching for units that I can use to put in the fx loop of the amp. Thought of putting a nanoverb in the loop and then to replace my chorus with a trem pedal.
Well, then I remembered I have an Alesis QuadraVerb GT sitting around that I toy with from time to time. But - I didn't want to use it 'cause I don't want to fart around with a MIDI pedal.
Anyway, I looked at the manual, and found that I could use the same momentary footswitches I used to control my drum machine's start/stop and A/B patterns to control the QVerb's bypass and program advance. Then, through readin' the freakin' manual, I found that I can limit the advance range to as few as 2 presets - so I did that, and set up a preset for reverb only and another for tremolo and reverb. Best of all, it sounds good, is very tweakable, and didn't cost me a dime that I hadn't already spent a long time ago!
Who knows, I might set up another pair of presets, with the same settings but perhaps set up to let a bit more signal through, so that I can have more volume on tap for my Strats and a bit less for my LP (to even out the levels). This is so cool!
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