Recommend me a reverb.

chillidoggy

My Cornford Roadhouse 30 has no built-in reverb. I've been using a Behringer unit, but it's pretty crappy, noisy, and I really could do with a better quality one. I don't want to pay silly money as I rarely gig these days, so what would you recommend?

Heartfeltdawn

What reverb do you want? The TC Hall of Fame is one I've always liked. It's simple, you can tweak it if you really want, and it sounds good. 

simonk

The HOF’s work well. I also liked the Digitech Polara... can be had pretty cheap secondhand.

57Deluxe

My Cornford Roadhouse is partial to either my Rowin Tape Echo or my Mosky Sprrig Reverb - -my Tweed Deluxe even moreso!

english_bob

Does it have an effects loop? If you're using any decent amount of preamp gain a reverb pedal in front of the amp is going to sound... different. 

It's fast becoming my reflex answer to questions like this, but a Line 6 M5 will set you back about  £60 used and does pretty good reverbs, delays and modulations. Shouldn't be too difficult to move on if it doesn't work out either.

Lebarque

Someone's got a Dr Scientist mini verb in the classifieds. They've got a very good reputation 

Lebarque

Catalinbread Talisman for me

VJIves

Yeah, I've got the mini reverberator for sale. It's great, lots of options. Kind of like a more advanced version of the Polara in a way.

Zoolooter

+1 for the Talisman, it's the only reverb I've use for years. This demo might make your mind up.

Teyeplayer

Zoolooter said:

+1 for the Talisman, it's the only reverb I've use for years. This demo might make your mind up.

Thanks for sharing these, I was really quite happy with my frv-1, now I want one of these as well!

Fortheloveofguitar

Digitech Polara all the way. My Cornfords love it

thomasw88

Ive got a polara i can sell for £80 delivered.  Sure i have the box as well.

JezWynd

Biyang Tri-Verb. You'll find one on eBay for £40 approx new. Excellent quality build and sounds.

Jimbro66

+1 for the Polara. Great unit for the price. Beats my previous HOF which anyway died just outside the warranty period

Wazmeister

I reckon Ive tried em all, at the very least most of the ‘players’...

The 3 best, in price order, are imho;

1.  Big Sky - does everything well

2.  Talisman - warm and musical, works v well with overdrives

3.  Polara - stupid cheap, and sounds very much like the Big Sky

I currently own the Big Sky and Talisman

chillidoggy

english_bob said:

Does it have an effects loop? If you're using any decent amount of preamp gain a reverb pedal in front of the amp is going to sound... different. 

It's fast becoming my reflex answer to questions like this, but a Line 6 M5 will set you back about  £60 used and does pretty good reverbs, delays and modulations. Shouldn't be too difficult to move on if it doesn't work out either.

I do use a fair bit of gain, so I get what you're saying. I did check out the Polara, but felt queasy just looking at it!

@thomasw88, I have to check out the amp's effects loop first, but I may get back to you on that one.

builttospill

Neunaber Wet two knob version... best reverb I’ve owned... piece of pee to dial in 

TheMarlin

HOF 2 is decent and flexible Reverb. Mesh works well too. The models have been tweaked since the original HOF, so sounds better, plus more Toneprints. 

My favourite is the MXR M300, it’s a fantastic Reverb. I much preceded it to the Polara, which did nothing for me. 

Marlin

BluesyDave

Polara incredible value for money.  Strymon Flint is amazing all be it pricey but you do get bloody good tremolo's thrown in.

Zoolooter

If they changed the Polara graphics.......