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Favoured Reverb Type for Guitar

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thegummythegummy Frets: 4389
Which type of reverb do you tend to use for guitars?

I don't mean specific pedals or brands etc., but things like spring, hall, room, plate etc.?

I've tended to go for spring more often just because that's the traditional one built in to amps. Is that a common choice or do you tend to use something else with a pedal or rack unit or software?
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  • skunkwerxskunkwerx Frets: 6838
    I almost always use hall or the equivalent! 
    I like the spaciousness of it.
    The only easy day, was yesterday...
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  • KoaKoa Frets: 120
    Drippy spring reverb is great but there are some wonderful recorded examples of room and chamber reverb which have a sound all of their own. Plate can be a bit sterile but willing to be proved wrong...
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  • DesVegasDesVegas Frets: 4510
    edited December 2020
    I like Hall best (and Oates)
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  • I have my Deluxe Reverb's (spring) reverb always on 2/3 but have a weirdo reverb to kick on if I want to (Supermoon, at the minute). 
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8590
    As a base level reverb to loosen up the sound I like a low level of small room. Reverb as a prominent effect depends on what you’re trying to achieve. For live use I like to add small hall reverb for those moments. 

    I grew up listening to those Big plate reverbs in recorded songs, and spring reverbs live. Nowadays I find plate reverb dated and distracting. Spring reverb I can still live with. Where spring reverb really comes into its own is when you need an explosion, which you can get by kicking the cabinet.
    Tree recycler, and guitarist with  https://www.undercoversband.com/.
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  • Roland said:
    As a base level reverb to loosen up the sound I like a low level of small room.
    Any small room pedals/models you've particularly liked? Like you I'm not keen on plate, and while I often like the sound of spring in other people's music, I tend to find it a bit overbearing when I'm the one playing.
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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 2178
    Plate for me.  
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 71950
    Spring and hall mostly, depending on whether I'm trying to make it sound like a guitar amp or like actual reverb. I don't really like plate or room unless you can get close to either of the other two types at extremes of the settings.

    "Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski

    "Just because I don't care, doesn't mean I don't understand." - Homer Simpson

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  • SassafrasSassafras Frets: 30273
    Spring, and just enough to liven up the sound. Not too keen on reverb drenched ambient stuff.
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  • KeefyKeefy Frets: 2272
    Playing live I almost always like to have some reverb on the amp. Exceptions would be (1) where the song says not eg 'Alright Now', (2) when using my 57 Deluxe copy* which sounds great without it (although I tend to use analog delay instead).

    For recording I have a choice of three outboard real spring reverbs:
    (1) Frontline desktop unit (80s vintage);
    (2) DIY Stage Center;
    (3) DIY 6G15.



    *I'm calling it a copy rather than a clone so as not to upset @ICBM.
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  • GuyBodenGuyBoden Frets: 733
    edited December 2020
    Lexicon, the affordable MPX1, obviously the PCM would have been better.

    The TC Electronic M350 is underrated. Nice Dynamic delay too.

    "Music makes the rules, music is not made from the rules."
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  • NPPNPP Frets: 236
    I play a lot through headphones / HX Stomp and always use a bit of room reverb to compensate for the isolation experienced under headphones. Usually I also have a spring reverb on my patches but only use it when I really want it as an effect. 

    More generally, I prefer a dry sound (with or without some drive) and only use effects such as spring reverb, trem, delay when I want them to stand out and be a prominent part of the sound. I'm not into ambient stuff and always-on effects. However no one should have to care what I'm up to in the privacy of my bedroom (study, actually) ...

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  • PhiltrePhiltre Frets: 4164
    A bit of Plate from the 70s setting of the Strymon Flint.
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  • Spring for me every time. That's the sound I want, that's the sound I grew up listening to.
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  • NorthernStompsNorthernStomps Frets: 398
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    Sprrrriiing for me

    although I do like a modulated hall also

    a sprinkle of shimmer in small doses occasionally 

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  • mixolydmixolyd Frets: 826
    For retro and vibey sounds plate is first choice, spring second.

    For precise rhythm riffs etc into a dirty amp a small room heightens the drama without getting in the way.  Anything else muddies the transients.
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  • RolandRoland Frets: 8590
    Jbarnstorm said:
    Roland said:
    As a base level reverb to loosen up the sound I like a low level of small room.
    Any small room pedals/models you've particularly liked ...
    Whatever the current device provides. My primary requirements are that I can stamp on a button on a dark stage a split second before the end of bar 52, and it won’t have a hiss fit about working. If I were recording for posterity then I’d pay more attention to reverb algorithms, and have different settings left and right to suit stereo placement. However most of my playing is live, mono, and fighting for space with other instruments, so I don’t want too much clutter.

    That’s been my approach through four generations of FX. My current device is an AxeFX. I haven’t looked at the settings in years, but expect they are early reflections at 40ms, main reverb from 110 or 120ms, and level below 10%.
    Tree recycler, and guitarist with  https://www.undercoversband.com/.
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  • crunchmancrunchman Frets: 11411
    Plate or hall on a pedal.

    A good valve driven spring reverb on an amp is good too.
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  • joetelejoetele Frets: 947
    For my ambient stuff I use the Special #2 setting on the Fender Marine Layer - which is a very long, spacey reverb with beautiful modulation. If I want to go back to something a bit less cavernous, I tend to flick the switch back to the Room setting. The Hall is a good middle ground.  

    It's either that or the sound of a Belton Brick style reverb on the edge of oscillation. 
    MUSIC: Pale Blurs
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