How many play without reverb?
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petebradt
Former Member
I do
At least, live I do. Most rooms are hard enough that I get plenty of reverb from the room itself.
Recording, I usually use a little slapback.
At least, live I do. Most rooms are hard enough that I get plenty of reverb from the room itself.
Recording, I usually use a little slapback.
trag-o-caster
R.I.P.
Some of my amps have reverb, and some don't. I have a delay pedal for the ones that don't, but I really don't like to use it. I'm on the look out right now for a decent sounding reverb pedal.
The only time that I REALLY miss the reverb is when I'm doing volume swells. Reverb really seems to contribute so much to the effect. Other than that, it's take or leave, and I only use a tiny pinch.
The only time that I REALLY miss the reverb is when I'm doing volume swells. Reverb really seems to contribute so much to the effect. Other than that, it's take or leave, and I only use a tiny pinch.
JoeNeri
Friend of Leo's
No Reverb
Playing live, the only one that can hear any amp reverb is the guitar player standing right in front of his own amp. No one else can.
In studio is a different matter, but any desired reverb can be added to the mix from the console.
Playing live, the only one that can hear any amp reverb is the guitar player standing right in front of his own amp. No one else can.
In studio is a different matter, but any desired reverb can be added to the mix from the console.
i dont use any reverb for my lie sound. I like a little at home practicing because it emulates the naturl reverb a club will get. but i play pretty crunchy music. crunch dont need 'verb.
NOW this is not 100% true:
If you ever catch BIG LAZY live. You'll witness a guy who uses his reverb and vibrato footswitch so well it will astound you. he'll kick in a thick reverb on his big old BFSR for a lick or 2 then kick it off and play a few licks dry. it's really cool. he does it with his vibrato as well. something you just gotta see. Gotta love his Gretsch -> BFSR tone. i think he also uses a Klon and a DD3 .
NOW this is not 100% true:
If you ever catch BIG LAZY live. You'll witness a guy who uses his reverb and vibrato footswitch so well it will astound you. he'll kick in a thick reverb on his big old BFSR for a lick or 2 then kick it off and play a few licks dry. it's really cool. he does it with his vibrato as well. something you just gotta see. Gotta love his Gretsch -> BFSR tone. i think he also uses a Klon and a DD3 .
bo
Poster Extraordinaire
Neither of my amps have reverb and I got tired of hauling my RI Fender tank to gigs. Funny thing is I was gonna trade the tank in last weekend. I plugged it in to be sure everything worked and....well, I'm now back to using reverb (at least at home). 
No 'verb for me right now, I've gone back to playing the half-stack, and it doesn't have any reverb, so dry I am.
I kinda like it, it's a nice a change, and it makes me play differently.
Jake
I kinda like it, it's a nice a change, and it makes me play differently.
Jake
UncleJarmo
Tele-Meister
I've never been a huge reverb user but I always used a little. Once the reveb was gone from my Mesa Maverick and I didn't notice it until someone else played through the amp and pointed out that the 'verb wasn't working. I always felt that I needed a little reverb though.
Once I got my Top Hat Club Deluxe, which isn't available with reverb, not only do I not miss reverb, I don't even like it when it's there. It seems so much easier to hear on stage without reverb filling up all the empty spaces. This is partly because I used to play in a band where the other guitar played had a really serious reverb fetish. Besides, the Top Hat sounds so damn good, it doesn't need it.
I think reverb is a useful effect and a little sounds good but I've just gotten to where I enjoy playing without it more and more.
Once I got my Top Hat Club Deluxe, which isn't available with reverb, not only do I not miss reverb, I don't even like it when it's there. It seems so much easier to hear on stage without reverb filling up all the empty spaces. This is partly because I used to play in a band where the other guitar played had a really serious reverb fetish. Besides, the Top Hat sounds so damn good, it doesn't need it.
I think reverb is a useful effect and a little sounds good but I've just gotten to where I enjoy playing without it more and more.
stantheman
Doctor of Teleocity
For a long time I went without Reverb and then for a while I used it and now I'm going Dry again. I've got
a lot of options for Reverb some of my Amps have it,
some don't, for the dry amps I've got an old White Knob
Fender Reverb and a NanoVerb that I actually like more than the Grail because it nails the 3 Knob Reverb Tone.
I like to be dry in big halls - always - for some reason I
can deal with a Delay in a big room but not a reverb.
a lot of options for Reverb some of my Amps have it,
some don't, for the dry amps I've got an old White Knob
Fender Reverb and a NanoVerb that I actually like more than the Grail because it nails the 3 Knob Reverb Tone.
I like to be dry in big halls - always - for some reason I
can deal with a Delay in a big room but not a reverb.
detuned
Tele-Holic
Not as a general rule. Maybe a little here & there as an efffect, but by & large I play dry.
Back in the day, when we were all (mostly) using multi fx, I used to have a splash of reverb & a touch of delay on everything (n' maybe a little chorus), until my Alesis Quadraverb literally spilled it's guts all over the floor one rehearsal. While I was waiting for it to come back from Alesis, I made the unhappy discovery that... I sucked, once all the "flavor" was removed from my sound.
Getting used to playing dry was a painful process, but it improved my playing quite a bit.
Back in the day, when we were all (mostly) using multi fx, I used to have a splash of reverb & a touch of delay on everything (n' maybe a little chorus), until my Alesis Quadraverb literally spilled it's guts all over the floor one rehearsal. While I was waiting for it to come back from Alesis, I made the unhappy discovery that... I sucked, once all the "flavor" was removed from my sound.
Getting used to playing dry was a painful process, but it improved my playing quite a bit.
gtrjones
Tele-Holic
Neither of my main 2 gigging amps have reverb... and I don't have any time-based effects on the board... just an a/b box, a boost (sparkle drive) and the tuner...
I used to religiously turn the reverb up to 2.5 on my SF Princeton and BF Pro, just to flesh out the sound a little bit. Now I use a Dan Echo set for a similarly subtle effect and like it much better.
Geo
Poster Extraordinaire
Sometimes yes and sometimes no. Just depends
on what I need or want sound wise.
Sometimes I switch it on for a solo or vise versa.
When used it is usually just a little though, either whats
in the amp (3-4) or a little old Alesis unit.
I use the gain on the Alesis for a little added drive
sometimes.
Two of my amps don't have reverb so sometimes
use that Alesis. It's also good to connect to two amps,
one dry and one with a very slight delay.
That gets a bigger/fuller sound without using
a lot of volume.
on what I need or want sound wise.
Sometimes I switch it on for a solo or vise versa.
When used it is usually just a little though, either whats
in the amp (3-4) or a little old Alesis unit.
I use the gain on the Alesis for a little added drive
sometimes.
Two of my amps don't have reverb so sometimes
use that Alesis. It's also good to connect to two amps,
one dry and one with a very slight delay.
That gets a bigger/fuller sound without using
a lot of volume.
Johnny Isaacs
Tele-Afflicted
Nope...but....
Sometimes - I *may* put the Reverb on 1 or 2 on my Pro Reverb or my Dual Showman. My main amps (Pro Junior and '65 Bassman) don't have reverb.
Johnny Isaacs
Sometimes - I *may* put the Reverb on 1 or 2 on my Pro Reverb or my Dual Showman. My main amps (Pro Junior and '65 Bassman) don't have reverb.
Johnny Isaacs
telel6s
Friend of Leo's
less & less
I used to keep my Super Reverb's reverb around 3-4 (that's a lot on that amp). But recently I've been keeping it down around 1 or 2. I will still crank it up as an effect here and there but it's not so much an all-the-time thing.
On a related note, I played at a party at a marina this past Sunday where the band set up in the open door of a huge warehouse (facing outside). I'm guessing 4000 sq ft with 30 foot ceiling. The floor was concrete, the walls were steel and the pitched ceiling was wood. There were also 5 or 6 boats behind us.
Now THAT was beautiful reverb.
I used to keep my Super Reverb's reverb around 3-4 (that's a lot on that amp). But recently I've been keeping it down around 1 or 2. I will still crank it up as an effect here and there but it's not so much an all-the-time thing.
On a related note, I played at a party at a marina this past Sunday where the band set up in the open door of a huge warehouse (facing outside). I'm guessing 4000 sq ft with 30 foot ceiling. The floor was concrete, the walls were steel and the pitched ceiling was wood. There were also 5 or 6 boats behind us.
Now THAT was beautiful reverb.
Lately I've come to hear reverb as a way of washing out the sounding, making it sound like it's there but not there all at the same time. The delay has a way of beefing up the sound (when used subtly), the reverb makes it sound thinner to me.
I do but not because I want to.
The reverb of my Fender FM 212R died on me.
:evil:
The reverb of my Fender FM 212R died on me.
:evil:
0le FUZZY
Former Member
Never knott on
<li>Alwayz set betwixt 7 and 8 on my Twins.
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<li>Alwayz set betwixt 7 and 8 on my Twins.
<li>I haff alwayz loved reverb !
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