reverb tank or reverb pedal?

[johnny mullet]

Keen to know peoples thoughts on what's best. Installing a reverb tank in my amp or buying a reverb pedal?

[Jenesis]

A pedal will give you more variety and tweakability, a tank much less so. Depends if you want the tweakabilitiez.

[johnny mullet]

cheers. Are they all much of a muchness or are some way better? S'pose I was thinking Boss

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installing a reverb tank isn't a small job, you're better off buying a pedal as long as
a) you have an effects loop
or
b) you run the amp clean and hit it with pedals

I got a EHX Holy Grail Plus recently, does the job really well and has the room reverb on it which I prefer over spring and hall so it was pretty much a no brainer for me. Sounds great.

[Jenesis]

cheers. Are they all much of a muchness or are some way better? S'pose I was thinking Boss

Again, it depends on how much or many reverbs you want. You can start off with a Holy Grail (one switch and one knob), go through to a Boss/Digitech with more modes, or go crazy-ape-bonkers with a Nova or Verbzilla.

And of course then you have your "tone is in the ears" considerations...

[Miza]

I like the look of those Digitech Hardwire Series RV-7.
It's true bypass, and the reverbs are Lexicon (brand?) so are supposed to be studio quality.

Pretty pricey though.

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cheers. Are they all much of a muchness or are some way better? S'pose I was thinking Boss

Again it depends if you want it to be musical or not...

fixed

[bender]

I didn't like the Holy Grail Plus. The room setting was definitely better than the others but I preferred the Marshall Reflector. The plate and spring settings are really cool. I definitely prefer a real spring myself but adding one to an amp would be a serious undertaking. The Hardwire is definitely a good option if you can afford it.

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I didn't like the Holy Grail Plus. The room setting was definitely better than the others but I preferred the Marshall Reflector. The plate and spring settings are really cool. I definitely prefer a real spring myself but adding one to an amp would be a serious undertaking. The Hardwire is definitely a good option if you can afford it.

I only ever use the room so no problem there, it definitely sold me on it, I tried the normal grail and the nano, they weren't worth the extra cash over a behringer.

[bender]

I didn't like the Holy Grail Plus. The room setting was definitely better than the others but I preferred the Marshall Reflector. The plate and spring settings are really cool. I definitely prefer a real spring myself but adding one to an amp would be a serious undertaking. The Hardwire is definitely a good option if you can afford it.

I only ever use the room so no problem there, it definitely sold me on it, I tried the normal grail and the nano, they weren't worth the extra cash over a behringer.

I prefer a verb unit that growls at you when you kick it.

[Bg]

I have guitars that do that, I want a verb that hints at a bit of space and ambience - I'll leave the guitars to do the grunt.

oh and shit over the top Greeney verb as well, but even an empty bathtub connected to a battery can pull that off

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but this is the sound I've been chasing, not to everyones tastes but I love this tone.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_3k0l3j4I[/youtube]

[Vorbis]

but this is the sound I've been chasing, not to everyones tastes but I love this tone.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wi_3k0l3j4I[/youtube]

Sounds dryazabone?

So, you're saying you're chasing a tone that doesn't involve any reverb?

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room ambience, very short but yeah its there in spades - I'm just a subtle guy Been cranking that marshall

[Vorbis]

room ambience, very short but yeah its there in spades - I'm just a subtle guy Been cranking that marshall

When people talk about their ears 'ringing' I think I might have gone beyond that....I just get a high-pitched tone. Hearing damage much?

I thought the room ambience just sounded like an amp cranked up in a smallish room...au natural, but I guess he's using a pedal?