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Shimmer etc does nothing for me. I actually think it sounds stupid when I use it, but I've heard a lot of people make it sound great. Plate reverb is just boring. Room setting... boring.
From what I understand, verb pedals are generally expensive because of the processors they use. If my amp didn't have reverb, I'd personally look into something like the Demeter pedal, or if I was loaded, a standalone Fender tank. I could handle just having a really great spring verb.
Not so good ones make you go "Eh?"
(but you only get an "Oo" with Typhoo!)
My Catalinbread Talisman makes me go "Aaaaaaahh"
Realistic and lush sounds with plenty of control. Shame I don't have much use for it most of the time since I generally need a dry sound, or delay, but they sound excellent.
To me it should be easy to get a smooth diffusion that doesn't sound like lots of short harsh sounding delays
As for the others, there's two camps, the ones you can load patches from you computer too, and those that are a traditional effects pedal with either a single or a few knobs on them. The latter tend to be brick based and are variations on a theme and can sound very good. The former are things like the TC stuff, which do something different, but equally pretty good. I suppose the third option is the high-end stuff like Eventide and the like which is more like having a rack effect in a stomp box.
Which you prefer is entirely down to what you want to get out of it.
Apart from great Fender Reverbs in my Fender amps and a great selection in my BOSS ME-5, I have two cheapos that are even better! Total price paid for these two was only £37 new...
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After all that I prefer the RV-5 though, because the FRV-1 does just that one thing, no matter how good it is. The Spring setting isn't too far off - it still does that 'drip' effect when you turn it up all the way - and the Modulate is fantastic.
"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
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
There's a YouTube video of a Talisman into the front of an overdriven Marshall which really helped my purchase decision too.
- The ability to stay clear in the mix
- lack of metallic splash (the Talisman excels at this)