Reverb pedals... what do you folks like

[modrover]

Forgive if this has been beaten to death, but... that old horse is still breathing!

I'm after a reverb pedal. I do dearly love the those real spring reverb units, but I'm not a complete died in the wool purist either (plus, they're bloody massive for my space). Without getting into a bunch of requirements, I'd like to just narrow them down to a list of what I'm seriously looking at. Here's the list:

*Neunaber WET reverb

*TC Electronics Hall of Fame reverb

*Van Amps Sole-Mate / Reverbamate reverb (these actually are real spring units, but I've heard they're pretty delicate)

*Digitech Hardwire RV-7

*Strymon BlueSky

I'm not much of an Electro Harmonics fan so I'm leaving them out of my options. Just personal experience on that.

So, I'd love to hear from those that actually own or have spent time with these units. Ideally, how they've held up and if there's been any issues with them. I'm not really into a certain verb sound/type and actually... the more simple, with gorgeous reverb mind you, the better.

I'm leaning towards the WET at this time, but I'm still open to others. Cost is a factor, but ultimately I'm after a great reverb pedal (I own a '73 Silverface Champ and a '65 Gibson Hawk all tube amps for reference). Oh... and yes... I own Fender Tele (and a few others as well)

[pjholland]

I've had the Wet effects reverb for some time now (2 years?). I haven't let it go yet so that is saying something. I pretty much set it and leave it on all the time with or without other effects. It just gives a very pleasing airiness to my sound. It can also give you long decay sounds or a slapback type effect. I guess you know which one I would recommend! I owned the digitech pedal for a couple weeks, I found that I like very simple pedals with straight forward controls. It didn't sound very natural to me either. Good luck!

[hou35male]

BOSS FRV-1. Last reverb I'll ever buy.

[rcole_sooner]

Boss RV-5 has a lot of sounds, is 9v, and under 100mA. Oh, and a small footprint.

[hotraman]

Just received my Hall of Fame from PGS today.
Sounds great with all of my guitars... I like the features.

[Easyrom]

I would add Hermida Reverb and Lee Jackson Mr Springgy to you short list.
I own the second (picked between the two by pure opportunity) and love it (I really like one pot effects).

[spankdplank]

BYOC has a great reverb kit. It is based on the "Belton Brick", which is the same module used in the Neunaber WET and the Hermida. IMO, any reverb that uses the Belton Brick is going to sound great. The kit is not that tough to build and the spring reverb sound is outstanding. I play in a surf band and a good spring reverb sound is very important. The BYOC sounds as good as the reverb in my 70 Twin Reverb.

[waters]

WET is amazing! From very subtle to nearly infinite with two knobs.

[Chiogtr4x]

Originally Posted by hou35male

BOSS FRV-1. Last reverb I'll ever buy.

How does this pedal sound with an OD pedal or distorted amp?

Someone on this forum states it sounded great with a clean signal, but weird (or something to that effect) with dirt...I like the idea of this pedal, and have heard great demos. My Fender amps have Reverb so I don't need a reverb pedal now, but this seems like the one I would want if I ever did want one; always wanted to try the Fender (outboard) tube Reverb out on my amps as I know it would be deeper than the amp's reverb (for surf, old R&R and blues) This pedal seems like an affordable alternative!

[octatonic]

Has to be the Strymon.

[ASC67]

I was impressed by this one.

demo by our member Studio1087

[vintage52]

Originally Posted by Chiogtr4x

How does this pedal sound with an OD pedal or distorted amp?

Not to hijack but yeah - I thought it sounded weird with an overdriven amp.

Subtle OD - no issue sounded pretty good.

Start raising the gain and it started o sound really tinny.

As for being in front of a clean amp - awesome!

I've since moved it on and use an EH Nano.

[SolidbdyJazzfan]

Originally Posted by hou35male

BOSS FRV-1. Last reverb I'll ever buy.

+1. Great. I use it with clean tones from my old hi-fi amp without reverb, so I can't address how it sounds with dirt.

[Chiogtr4x]

Originally Posted by vintage52

Not to hijack but yeah - I thought it sounded weird with an overdriven amp.

Subtle OD - no issue sounded pretty good.

Start raising the gain and it started o sound really tinny.

As for being in front of a clean amp - awesome!

I've since moved it on and use an EH Nano.

Thanks!

[RobPvd]

Originally Posted by hou35male

BOSS FRV-1. Last reverb I'll ever buy.

Had mine for a couple of weeks, sounds great. A little harsh if you turn it up too much, but that may be the way the tanks were originally, I don't know.

[CaptainVirk]

Originally Posted by spankdplank

BYOC has a great reverb kit. It is based on the "Belton Brick", which is the same module used in the Neunaber WET and the Hermida. IMO, any reverb that uses the Belton Brick is going to sound great. The kit is not that tough to build and the spring reverb sound is outstanding. I play in a surf band and a good spring reverb sound is very important. The BYOC sounds as good as the reverb in my 70 Twin Reverb.

I ordered some DIY reverb kits which are based on the "Belton Brick," as well, but they have not yet arrived.

The pedal that seems to sound the best to me (based on video demos, not personal experience), definitely has to be the SolidGold FX Surf Rider.

[Adrod]

i heart my holy grail

[Suicideking]

I have heard in a couple reviews that the Frv-1 doesnt sound that good with dirt, but I have heard that the Biyang sounds good both clean and dirty...

[Radspin]

+1 for the Hermida. It sounds great and I like the fact that it only has one knob - no fussing, no tweaking, just set the amount of reverb you want to mix with the dry signal and you're done. Works great with my ZT Lunchbox and Bandmaster.

[wakd]

I have a WET and absolutely love it - you rarely hear anything bad about it). My only other experience is with amp reverbs (never tried any other pedals), but the WET kills them. Having said that, if you are after a spring reverb sound it may not be the best choice. If you want anything from room through to cavern, it's awesome.
Just a note - Neunaber invented the Belton Brick module, but the WET does not use it, he built the WET algorithm from the ground up.