The Geoff Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I bagged an Award-Session Sessionette Bass 100 4x10 at the beginning of the week. It was in the local Cash Converters about 2 months ago at £80.00. I pondered it for 2 weeks, and when I finally decided to have it and went in....it was gone. I went in again last Friday and lo and behold, it was back. Seemingly it had been off to the repairers to have 'something in the pre-amp fixed'. They had it at £100.00. They remembered I'd been in to try & buy it, so I offered them the original price - £80.00 assuming it was OK. They bit - I tried it - there was a slight buzz, but nothing awful, and I took it home with a 2 month guarantee. Next day I gave it the twice over & found the bottom left speaker was blown, so I whipped it out & took it back - it was replaced within two days - excellent service!!! Anyway - this makes a real mean guitar amp as well as a decent small gig bass amp!! In fact I'm thinking of using it as my main gigging guitar amp (which is currently a Fender Studio 85 [65watt 1x12]), but I immediately missed the reverb!!! I've always had an amp with reverb and I found I really missed it. I've got round this temporarily by putting an Alesis Guitar FX multiFX pedal in the FX loop - it works pretty well and also boosts the overall volume. Does anyone else find they just *need* that bit of reverb? Geoff "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the World will know Peace": Jimi Hendrix http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=738517&content=music The Geoff - blame Caevan!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I dearly love playing with 'verb and/or echo/delay of all types, but sometimes it's refreshing to go 'Malcolm-Commando' dry, as I like to put it. (I believe that Mr. Young has had a variety of ambient and dry treatments to his recordied riddum-guits over the years, but when I get a crisp, immediate, in-yer-face sort of overdrive with little or no reverb, his classic signature-sound is one of the first to come to my mind.) Sometimes it's nice to just hear the actual room-acoustics, though I'm most often just playing by myself through headphones lately! Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruupi Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I pretty much have reverb all the time. My soundclick site: http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=397188 My YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/gruupi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklava Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I had a pignose 40watt tube amp with no verb so I would use my boss delay pedal dial in a little slapbackish type of reverb sound worked ok.But yes I like reverb The story of life is quicker then the blink of an eye, the story of love is hello, goodbye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitar55 Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I always like to have reverb as well. In the past it may have been a bit of a crutch (it's more difficult to play dry, I believe), but now I just enjoy hearing that depth of sound. I'm looking forward to my new Mesa Lonestar Classic with two type of reverb and individual controls for each channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caevan O’Shite Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 Veering a little to one side but not entirely off-topic, all of yez really owe it to yourselves to play through a Fender Vibro King 3x10 sometime, even if it's just to try one out in a store; wonderful lush reverb, beautiful output-tube tremolo... very much like a built-in Fender tube/spring Reverb unit before the input of the preamp, with "Tone", "Mix", and "Dwell" (length of reverb sustain/decay time) controls for just the reverb. If you like reverb, you'll love a Vibro King! Tone King amps by Mark Bartel have a similar scheme in their latest incarnations, the Meteor II line, but I haven't gotten my mitts on one... yet. (My overall favorite Fender-y dream amp!) Ask yourself- What Would Ren and Stimpy Do? ~ Caevan James-Michael Miller-O'Shite ~ _ ___ _ Leprechaun, Esquire _ ___ _ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GtrWiz Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I almost never use verb for rhythm. Occasionally I'll use delay in a U2ish way. I do like a little delay for solo's, but again not much for verb. Lately I've been GASsing for a TC G-System, but I'm a little worried that I'll lose control and end up sounding too "LA"... www.myspace.com/christondre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pollock Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I always prefer to have just a tad of reverb when playing rhythm or lead. Usually only on 1 or 2, for certain songs thought it could move up or down. I never like a lot of it, seems unnatural. my band: http://www.blujavu.com www.myspace.com/blujavu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluesape Posted November 16, 2005 Share Posted November 16, 2005 I like a mild setting most of the time. My main amp doesn't have reverb, so I dial in a bit with my fx unit. A lot of high-end boutique amps don't have it, likely because they emulate designs that precede reverb. Never a DUH! moment! Well, almost never. OK, OK! Sometimes never! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guitarzan Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 i hardly touch my reverb for rythym. maybe some delay for lead. our other guitarist likes to swim in it. i like somethings like U2ish delay riffs. http://www.soundclick.com/bands/pagemusic.cfm?bandID=193274 rock it, i will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comacoda Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 I love verb. I recently paid way too much for a digitech rp400 reverberator that lets me have full wet to bone dry controlability with an expression pedal.....Very cool! I like it for recording but it's only somewhat useful to me in my current setup. It seems I forgot I'm playing single channel class A amps without fx loops. Ooops! Live long and prosper unless it is a good day to die. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Ellwood Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 I can say this... the more I play through the newely restored Fender Pro Amp with out reverb the more I realize is was using way too much in the mix. I have the new Klon Centuar clean boost in the line with it now and GEZZZ it right over the top on tone!! http://www.thestringnetwork.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillWelcome Home Studios Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Usually? Off. Bill "I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot." Steve Martin Show business: we're all here because we're not all there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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