Tasty but classic reverb recommendations please!

Legionreturns

Having dropped a few pennies on the new Supro 

( see https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/165729/nad-supro-black-magick-combo-holy-moley-this-thing-is-beautiful#latest for details! )

...I'm after a faily simple but great sounding reverb pedal. 

I have all the complicated ambient and time based stuff covered in my HXFX but I'm not that keen on the standard reverbs. 

So what shoukd I be looking at for a standard footprint sized verb pedal that does a really good impression of a classic reverb tank, plate and spring?

Don't need lots of options, just a simple, great sounding stomp box. 

Given what I've paid for the amp, the price of the pedal isn't the biggest factor but obviously if I don't need to spend hundreds, I won't! 

markv

I'd have a look at the Source Audio True Spring - doesn't have plate (which is why I sold mine) but covers all types of spring reverbs superbly.

munckee

I have a holy grail nano which has hall, spring and flerb and sounds great.  I'm probably going to sell it shortly  because I acquired a boss fender deluxe pedal which covers reverb, tremolo and drive for space - I'm a real classic reverb fan and the nano is as good as the boss frv1 I had.

Doesn't do plate so if that's essential won't tickle your fancy but great pedal.

zepp76

I’ve got the Boss FRV-1 spring reverb which is fantastic but it’s spring only. I’d love to try the source audio true spring but again spring only. I can thoroughly recommend the Strymon Bluesky though I really like mine and can be had for less than two hundred sheets these days.

WiresDreamDisasters

Boss RV-5 tbh famalam.

daveyb27

Wampler Reflection - bought mine from Thomann much cheaper than uk sellers so be quick to beat Brexit!

menamestom

Flint.  I know the trem would be duplicated but the harmonic trem is great and could be used as a separate effect to the amp trem.

Sassafras

MXR M300.

Teyeplayer

Boss frv1 is the closest you will get to a spring reverb unit without having one in my experience, (have had both and a/b’d), it is 98% of the way there. 

The vanamps sole mate looks interesting and may be worth a look. Equally, there are a multitude of good useable pedals that will do the job from polara to flint. 

Bottom line: track down an frv1 if you are only interested in good spring reverb.

meltedbuzzbox

Eventide

Grunfeld

Legionreturns said:

So what shoukd I be looking at for a standard footprint sized verb pedal that does a really good impression of a classic reverb tank, plate and spring?

EHX:  neo; nano; Oceans 11

Boss do the plate really well and for live work I much prefer Boss pedals but I have to say the Oceans 11 (which I've also got) is the better spring by a country mile. 

equalsql

VanAmps Soul Mate.. Just THE best, but failing that the Boss FRV-1.

JD50

Hall of Fame?

david57strat

I'm a huge reverb fan.  I kind of went over to digital reverb, back in 1987 or so, and gave up on spring reverb. The Ventris and the Space (and even the M300) will do a very decent spring, if needed - but I'll probably not be likely to use them that way, since I"m more into the ambient types of trails found in digital reverbs.

Reading back on your desired form factor, the M300 (far left, in this picture) would probably be your best bet. It's a very capable pedal.

I had the Hall of Fame 2 for a while, but that, the Afterneath v2, and the Polara, all got bumped off, when I picked up the Ventris and the Space. The HOF2 was the first one to be sold off.  Not a slam against that pedal.  I just found that the other two did what I wold have wanted from the HOF, but better, and with programming control I didn't have previously. I'll have to pick up a MIDI switcher to take full advantage of what those two can do.

The Eventide and Source Audio offerings have so much flexibility, with plenty of intuitive control at your fingertips, they pretty much cover most bases you can think of.

The M300 has a glorious Pad setting that puts you in space land, with the ability to blend higher and lower octaves (and the expression pedal compatibility is a nice touch, for a pedal in that size and price range), while the Fathom has super slick modulated reverbs, and can dial in some in between settings that are beautiful, in a very simple, but surprisingly flexible control layout. Those four are keepers.

The Afterneath was first one I purchased, of the bunch.  It gave me some incredible out-of-this-world tones, but conventional (traditional) ones (like plate, hall, etc). were not possible.  It just wasn't designed for that)  I found myself more pleased with what I could dial in, using the Space, or the Ventris, and still retain my trails. 

Unfortunately, the v2 doesn't have that option (true bypass, and that's it); so disengaging the pedal is like hitting a brick wall. I wonder, to this day, why such an expensive pedal would not offer up that option, while the HOF2 and the Polara did - and in stereo.

The Polara gave me all of the traditional sounds, but again, the Ventris and the Space did those better.  Kind of apples to oranges, though - not a very fair comparison, given their different price points and form factors.

If you have not tried out these units, in stereo (well..the ones that are capable of it), you're in for a treat. 

david57strat

Sassafras said:

MXR M300.

+1 on the M300.  A very nice, compact pedal, indeed, for the money.  Does everything you would typically expect from a reverb pedal (and then some), and does it very nicely.

Check out the Pad setting, with a volume pedal, for epic orchestral/spacey chordal or single note volume swells).  Hook up an expression pedal to it, for even more control. and go to town with it :-).

Legionreturns

In a slight change of direction, I've been looking at the Turnip Greens from EHX. 

The possibility of putting the HXFX in the loop of the TG so I can have the drive in front and reverb after is quite appealing. 

Anyone used on and done something similar? 

soma1975

The SA True Spring is by a margin the best spring reverb pedal out there. The trem on it is phenomenal too. 

WiresDreamDisasters

david57strat said:

I'm a huge reverb fan.  I kind of went over to digital reverb, back in 1987 or so, and gave up on spring reverb. The Ventris and the Space (and even the M300) will do a very decent spring, if needed - but I'll probably not be likely to use them that way, since I"m more into the ambient types of trails found in digital reverbs.

Reading back on your desired form factor, the M300 (far left, in this picture) would probably be your best bet. It's a very capable pedal.

I had the Hall of Fame 2 for a while, but that, the Afterneath v2, and the Polara, all got bumped off, when I picked up the Ventris and the Space. The HOF2 was the first one to be sold off.  Not a slam against that pedal.  I just found that the other two did what I wold have wanted from the HOF, but better, and with programming control I didn't have previously. I'll have to pick up a MIDI switcher to take full advantage of what those two can do.

The Eventide and Source Audio offerings have so much flexibility, with plenty of intuitive control at your fingertips, they pretty much cover most bases you can think of.

The M300 has a glorious Pad setting that puts you in space land, with the ability to blend higher and lower octaves (and the expression pedal compatibility is a nice touch, for a pedal in that size and price range), while the Fathom has super slick modulated reverbs, and can dial in some in between settings that are beautiful, in a very simple, but surprisingly flexible control layout. Those four are keepers.

The Afterneath was first one I purchased, of the bunch.  It gave me some incredible out-of-this-world tones, but conventional (traditional) ones (like plate, hall, etc). were not possible.  It just wasn't designed for that)  I found myself more pleased with what I could dial in, using the Space, or the Ventris, and still retain my trails. 

Unfortunately, the v2 doesn't have that option (true bypass, and that's it); so disengaging the pedal is like hitting a brick wall. I wonder, to this day, why such an expensive pedal would not offer up that option, while the HOF2 and the Polara did - and in stereo.

The Polara gave me all of the traditional sounds, but again, the Ventris and the Space did those better.  Kind of apples to oranges, though - not a very fair comparison, given their different price points and form factors.

If you have not tried out these units, in stereo (well..the ones that are capable of it), you're in for a treat. 

Very nice collection!

david57strat

WiresDreamDisasters said:

david57strat said:

Very nice collection!

Thanks!  Much appreciated. 

Blackdream

I’ve a Hall of Fame you can try

lincolnblue

What about the Neunaber Wet?