Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:39 pm

What's the consensus on using a digital reverb. In the loop or between the guitar and amp?

higainer · Post by **higainer** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:45 pm

crowbgood1 · Post by **crowbgood1** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:47 pm

Loop

sent from my spaceship

jeremyb · Post by **jeremyb** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:54 pm

I don't have a loop and mine sounds awesome in front of the amp, try see what works best for you

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 5:56 pm

in front (in a wet/dry rig)

Miza · Post by **Miza** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 6:49 pm

Probably depends on how much you're using your amp's preamp for gain.

If it's predominantly a clean platform with pedals for OD, then in front of the amp would be fine. (That's how I've always done it and it worked fine for me.)

If you're getting a lot of juice out of the preamp, then in the loop would probably sound cleaner.

Would that not be the general rule?

willow13 · Post by **willow13** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 7:11 pm

Miza wrote: Would that not be the general rule?

would all depend on how "good" the loop is

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:28 pm

It's a Splawn so you'd hope it was pretty good.

Thanks for the replies.

Conway · Post by **Conway** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:30 am

Molly wrote:What's the consensus on using a digital reverb. In the loop or between the guitar and amp?

The consensus is there is no consensus. Try both, go with the one you like the sound of.

Scooter13 · Post by **Scooter13** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:37 am

Reverb, Echo, Delay, the inherent meaning of these words suggest thatthe sound is bouncing around inside a room/hall/cave/canyon after it has been produced by your amp, so loop makes this the most natural place for them, but there's no rules

rickenbackerkid · Post by **rickenbackerkid** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 11:42 am

It’s OK in front of the amp if you stay fairly clean. Otherwise the loop is better. The best of all, IMO, is to add the reverb after the mic.
Digital reverb being fed through the poor fidelity of a guitar amp means that the reverb can’t met it’s potential.

Of course their are exceptions, I.E. warm drippy spring reverb from a tube driven tank and effecty reverbs.

Molly · Post by **Molly** » Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:21 pm

Cheers chaps.

NZGuitars.com : Filling you with GAS since 2003

Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?

Re: Digital Reverb. In the loop or before the preamp?