Best fender style reverb pedal

lustycourtier

im after a decent fender amp style reverb which is simple to use too. I've tried the biyang tri, smimverb, HOF mini, but they just sound digital. I just want the sound of a decent natural reverb. 
 Is the fender reverb one good? What about the ehx holy grail? 

 

Jonathanthomas83

It's expensive but the Strymon Flint is absolutely one of the best, IMO.

lustycourtier

The Flint is an option actually, as it has a really good trem too. Expensive though. I don't Mind £150 or under

Lew

Looked at the Catalinbread Topanga? Meant to be very very good.

hugbot

Fender Boss reverb is good. Malekko spring chicken is also good. I like the holy grail but it doesent really sound like spring to me, just a pleasant sparkly reverb.

bbill335

I love the Boss/Fender FRV1. Run it into dirt!

thecolourbox

I've always fancied one of these:
http://www.vhtamp.com/products/vht-accessories/melo-verb-pedal

Anybody know if they're any good for this?

Grunfeld

lustycourtier said:

The Flint is an option actually, as it has a really good trem too. Expensive though. I don't Mind £150 or under

Flint.  Don't reckon you'd regret it but you'd be lucky to get one for £150.  And the trem will make it worth it.

JezWynd

The Boss Fender 63 reverb is excellent. Sounds completely natural with all dials under 12 o'clockish. The Biyang Triverb was similar, doesn't sound good unless the controls are all dialled well back.

lustycourtier

JezWynd said:

The Boss Fender 63 reverb is excellent. Sounds completely natural with all dials under 12 o'clockish. The Biyang Triverb was similar, doesn't sound good unless the controls are all dialled well back.

That's what I was hoping to hear. I'm thinking the boss is the way to go 

strat84

Ehx holy grail nano for me.. I use it with an old bassman head and it sounds very close to my other Fender amps with reverb ;-)

dogload

Another vote for the Boss FRV. Brilliant spring reverb emulation. 

ThePrettyDamned

The boss one is very very accurate. Spookily so. 

It's not my favourite reverb in the world, but I don't like spring reverb much apparently (heard a Carr reverb the other week and thought that wasn't as nice as a decent digital plate emulation!). Though I suppose spring reverb is the ticket for dick dale impressions. 

dogload

Yes, the Boss certainly does that very wet drippy surf-verb.

ICBM

Yes, another Boss FRV-1 vote here. I've got one, which I've compared to a genuine original '64 Fender Reverb unit - it's pretty close at most settings. The big difference is that it's quieter - which is good, but also slightly takes away some of the warmth of the original - and that it doesn't sound quite right when the Dwell is up full - the real reverb tank overdrives the send valve when you do this and sounds fat and splashy… the Boss sounds a bit zingy and metallic (the difference between analogue and digital overdrive, really). And of course the Boss doesn't crash when you kick it .

If you do want the everything-up-full Dick Dale surf-rock craziness, that's where the Boss is least accurate - although it's still fine really, with amp overdrive after it. For 'Fender amp reverb' - Dwell low, Tone high, Mixer below half - it's superb and really close to the real thing. At less than a tenth of the size and price... 

solar

Carl Martin Headroom. You can't kick any of the digital ones

Richardj

I have an FRV-1 and it is pretty good.  I would also seriously recommend the Hardwire Supernatural.  I directly A/B'd the spring setting on that with my DRRi and genuinely couldn't tell any difference.

andyoz

Wambler Faux Spring Reverb?

EricTheWeary

I know I've related the story before but I did a couple of gigs with someone who used one of these for Peter Green type stuff and if sounded brilliant.

 solar said:

Carl Martin Headroom. You can't kick any of the digital ones

EricTheWeary

As an occasional visitor to surf guitar 101 the Boss is the bog standard  although if you browse through the forum archives every type of faux and real spring reverb gets pulled apart at some point. The current favourite there is the Surfy Bear fet reverb. You buy the circuit board ( about £80 from Sweden I think)  and mount it yourself, although these seem to be in various small cabinets rather than pedal form. 
The Danelectro Spring King still gets some love,  partly for the kick plate,  but they also fall apart (and aren't made anymore). 
I've not long acquired a Malekko Spring Chicken. I'm not best placed to make any claims for it's authenticity but it's fun for some Dick Dale type nonsense.