Spring reverb recommendation
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Spring reverb recommendation
Hello, this is my first post after discovering the message board. I am a longtime "free" subscriber.
As I have no experience with electronics and cannot build my own, I am looking to purchase a spring reverb unit. Though I am very interested in a '63 Fender RI unit, the Vermona Retubeverb, and the Demeter Real Reverb, they are out of my range (under 300 USD) as a student.
Any [analogue] recommendations?
As I have no experience with electronics and cannot build my own, I am looking to purchase a spring reverb unit. Though I am very interested in a '63 Fender RI unit, the Vermona Retubeverb, and the Demeter Real Reverb, they are out of my range (under 300 USD) as a student.
Any [analogue] recommendations?
The PAIA hot springs reverb is nice:
http://www.paia.com/hotsprgs.htm
It is a kit, but maybe you could find a pre-built one on ebay, or pay somebody to build it for you (it's a pretty simple circuit).
http://www.paia.com/hotsprgs.htm
It is a kit, but maybe you could find a pre-built one on ebay, or pay somebody to build it for you (it's a pretty simple circuit).
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the 63 fender is cool but I dont like it that much..I'm sure its $$$ too..I have a pioneer sr-101 tube spring (1960's i think) that I got from someone on here for $30 that I love..both that and the roland re-201 space echo beat the fender for guitar reverb sound for my last record..the re-201 you might be able to get for a little more than 300$..and I swear it will make you so happy to have one..its got to be my favorite thing ever invented..
the 101's go for about 100-150$ on ebay..I dont think you will be unhappy if you pick one up because its a great vintage sounding mechanical device..its a one trick pony but its a quality trick..actually you can use it with no verb to add "insert geigh phat toob adjective here" to your signal..I've done it..no verb on a line level guitar signal = awesome for making guitar float in a mix..
I'd giver a look to see if it floats your guitar boat..
n.b. they are old so buyer beware of lemons..
the 101's go for about 100-150$ on ebay..I dont think you will be unhappy if you pick one up because its a great vintage sounding mechanical device..its a one trick pony but its a quality trick..actually you can use it with no verb to add "insert geigh phat toob adjective here" to your signal..I've done it..no verb on a line level guitar signal = awesome for making guitar float in a mix..
I'd giver a look to see if it floats your guitar boat..
n.b. they are old so buyer beware of lemons..
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Boy, I love my RE-201 spring reverb. Probably not the quality spring reverb that you are looking for, but a damn nice effect. I thought that the reverb was inherently weak in these units until I was doing some maintenance on it and I opened the reverb tank to find that the spring was disconnected at one end. Went ahead and connected her on up, and oh what joy did I find in the unexpected effect that was quickly added to that box. Sorry for the tangent here.
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dont forget the "great british spring".
man, i sold one of those pioneer tube jobbies for $20 on this board.. can't believe they are worth $100 now.
http://www.musicgoround.com/gear/invent ... ?id=426063
that looks kinda neat too.
man, i sold one of those pioneer tube jobbies for $20 on this board.. can't believe they are worth $100 now.
http://www.musicgoround.com/gear/invent ... ?id=426063
that looks kinda neat too.
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Hi all.
Those pioneer sr-101's look cool! I love this sort of stuff, much more fun than a plugin, bet it'd work great with my little PT rig for a bit more color.Don't suppose anybody knows if you can switch them to run on uk mains voltage (220v/240v)? The great british spring is quite hard to find over here, they go for a bit more money than they are really worth I reckon. And to think I passed one up for ?120 three years ago because I was broke! Dammit.
What are the connectors on the pioneer unit? I presume it is intended for some sort of line in/line out operation on an aux, or similar.
Anybody got one they wanna sell me? ;-p
Cheers yallz,
Paul
Those pioneer sr-101's look cool! I love this sort of stuff, much more fun than a plugin, bet it'd work great with my little PT rig for a bit more color.Don't suppose anybody knows if you can switch them to run on uk mains voltage (220v/240v)? The great british spring is quite hard to find over here, they go for a bit more money than they are really worth I reckon. And to think I passed one up for ?120 three years ago because I was broke! Dammit.
What are the connectors on the pioneer unit? I presume it is intended for some sort of line in/line out operation on an aux, or similar.
Anybody got one they wanna sell me? ;-p
Cheers yallz,
Paul
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The intersound springs are pretty great, and they have weird parametric EQ's on them. I use mine all the time. It is mono. For a stereo spring verb, The AKG BX5 is a cool rack mounted unit. Of course, the BX10 and 20 are beautiful as well.
For a flavorful choice, the intersound is really, really cool. The fact that it has a HPF and two channels of parametric EQ is pretty neat... Totally weird, but can sound really great, especially with some pre-delay from a tape echo unit..
The Korg stage echo is another one i use all the time, and it s tape echo and spring verb in one box... Pretty handy.
For a flavorful choice, the intersound is really, really cool. The fact that it has a HPF and two channels of parametric EQ is pretty neat... Totally weird, but can sound really great, especially with some pre-delay from a tape echo unit..
The Korg stage echo is another one i use all the time, and it s tape echo and spring verb in one box... Pretty handy.
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