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    Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    Who has reverb pedals & what are they? Cool features? Problems? Recommendations?
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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I'm currently running a two-amp, wet/dry thing where the "wet" side was going through a delay (MXR Carbon Copy) and reverb (TC Hall of Fame). I was a big fan of the HOF pedal. I recently got a taste for flange though, and pulled the HOF off and replaced it with an MXR Micro-Flanger, using the reverb on the "wet" amp instead. If I had room on my board though, I'd put the HOF back on.

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    If I'm not effecting the guitar in post, or not using the Fuchs on board spring (which is spectacular, BTW), I really like having the wide choice of digital reverbs in my Line 6 M13.

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    When I'm not using the spring reverb in one of my amps, I'm using a Catlinbread Topanga. It's pretty cool though I'm not sure if I'm in love with it yet. It's a little more of a hard core simulation of an outboard reverb tank than I need. I just need a bit of reverb most of the time.
    I used a Malekko Spring before the Topanga and felt that it sounded more like a slapback echo. Nice sounding, just not very reverb-like.
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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I've heard good things about the HOF.
    DANG the Topanga is pricey! ~$200, looks like

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogs View Post
    I've heard good things about the HOF.
    DANG the Topanga is pricey! ~$200, looks like
    I bought my Topanga used for about half that.

    I've considered the HOF. Sounds like a good pedal.

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    one of the guys I play with uses a Mr. Springy - it sounds great. I can't tell you much beyond that though.
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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    Quote Originally Posted by Don View Post
    I bought my Topanga used for about half that.

    I've considered the HOF. Sounds like a good pedal.
    I'm going to look into both of these

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    This was a very satisfying purchase:





    "...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field;
    that, of course, they are many in number; or that, after all, they are other than the little,
    shriveled, meagre, hopping, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour."

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    lol! My youngest son just came home w/a brand-new FRV-1 last night! What a GREAT sounding pedal. Not many options or features, but heck, when you've got good Fender-style reverb, who needs much else? I'm really tempted to snag one but I'd like to see what settings/sounds are available from the Topanga & the HOF

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I have a Fender Mustang II v.2 amp, which has among its models a Fender '65 Twin Reverb. I have the DLY/RVB dial set to "C1," which effectively turns it into a '65 Spring Reverb.

    Does that count?

    (Ducking and running -- Happy New Year, folks!)

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I own two HOFs. One on my main pedal board and one on my acoustic board. Simple to use and sounds really good.
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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I really only use reverb for Surf stuff anymore, and if I do I use my Fender spring unit. My general rule is: one guitar, use reverb. More than that, don't use it.

    When I play out now doing classic rock I generally rely on delay. I find it cuts through the mix better than 'verb, and I have two settings - one to wet the signal for reverb and another to add tails for solos. Helps with the stage volume immensely, whereas I find reverb can be a "volume escalation enabler." The tails add the "huge" to the sound at audience friendly volume. It sounds a little whacky by itself but in the context of a mix it's really luscious.

    Reverb, OTOH, tends to muddy up the waters and make it hard for the guitar to cut through the mix.

    So for playing rock, between a chorus and delay I have all I need and a reverb is superfluous.

    YMMV,

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    Quote Originally Posted by Cogs View Post
    lol! My youngest son just came home w/a brand-new FRV-1 last night! What a GREAT sounding pedal. Not many options or features, but heck, when you've got good Fender-style reverb, who needs much else? I'm really tempted to snag one but I'd like to see what settings/sounds are available from the Topanga & the HOF
    Right! The FRV-1 is the perfect complement to the tweeds. Straight and to the point for me.
    "...pray do not imagine that those who make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field;
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    -Edmund Burke

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    I have a couple of amps with reverb, a few without.

    I'm of the personal opinion Tweed Fenders and Marshalls do not need light reverb.

    For bigger reverbs, I have an Eventide Space on my pedalboard. I really like their Hall setting and when I think "big" reverb I'm thinking Leixcon PCM units.

    Only drawback for me is that it's not precisely a straightforward pedal to use. I have a Strymon Timeline and almost wish I had gotten a Big Sky instead, as Strymon is much easier to get worked out. I do think the Eventide reverb sounds better though. At least it's easy to adjust the pre-delay; this is the one setting I will never again buy a reverb unit without. It's super critical to me as I had a different reverb before that sounded awesome but just got out of control at any higher settings. Being able to dial back the predelay and up the mix a bit is a lot more convenient to me.

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    Re: Tell me about your reverb pedal:

    Yeah, for me if using reverb I need to be able to control the wet/dry mix. Most amps are way to wet to be useful.
    "No harmonic knowledge, no sense of time, a ghastly tone, unskilled vibrato, and so on. Chuck is one of the worst guitar players I know" -Gravity Jim

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