It's been a very long while since I have used reverb. My amp reverb is awful and I prefer delay anyway, but I am looking for a simple pedal that I can find a useful reverb setting and forget it.
I don't need presets, just looking for perhaps a few decent settings that I can alternate between. Spring/Room/Plate would be enough. I also don't want to go exotic, just something I can pick up easily because it might end up not being used!
Thanks for your help.
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Inexpensive, quite a few modes, sounds really good.
I'd probably look at Boss RV series for what you want. If you can pick up a RV-6 for around £85 I'd get it. You'll sell it quickly if you decide to move it on. Really good reverb pedal.
I think the Flint is perhaps more than I need and I don't want to spend that much really. Lot's of different ones, I thought there might be a strong consensus on one pedal which would make it easier!
The Boss seems to be in the ballpark and is easy to pickup, even from my local shop. The studio/room where I play is quite dead sounding so when I turn delay off it sounds flat. Just need a bit of sparkle adding.
1.) Talisman
2.) Big Sky
3.) Polara
It will mainly be used clean anyway.
Anything by DigiTech is good but never actually tried the Polara.
Been dun up like a kipper thanks to FB!
Never heard of a Talisman but a few of you recommended it so I thought I had better check it out.
Didn't have to go far, one reviewer said it was a great pedal for Albatross. Decision made instantly. I have to tell you that apart from Peter Green nobody plays Albatross better than me!!
And then serendipity happens, truly amazing, right out of the blue, and a FB seller sends me a message saying he just happens to have one for sale.....Hmmm....he must have a lot of mates in this thread!
So it is winging its way to me as we speak.
Cheers guys.
I'll let you know how I get on!
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/115029/catalinbread-talisman#latest
Thank you so much for that. I don't want a pre-amp on or any gain. I just want ONE good reverb sound and that's it.
cheers mate.
TBH I like that it only has one reverb function because I will find a sound and forget it. Saves option paralysis.
It is noisy when it is engaged. I flipped the switch to true by-pass but no different. It's not intrusive because you can't hear it when you play but it is there in the background when you stop playing. My delay pedals are all silent in the G2 loops.
My Polytune 2 is MUCH nosier than the reverb pedal when you select the tuner out to tune.
Love the sound! Takes a few minutes to twig what's going on with the controls but it does sound very natural and not like something sitting on top of the sound. It becomes part of the sound.
When I added delay it was like, oh I'm going to have a lot of fun here!
Thanks for the advice guys.
I have a Hardwire RV-7 which has served me well but, since I pretty much exclusively use the plate setting, I'm thinking I'd maybe like to try a Talisman too.
I lose no high end with or without it on either in buffered or true bypass mode.
It is in a isolated loop of it's own with no other pedal being able to effect it in any way. It is powered by an isolated GigRig power supply and the distributor that feeds it is also isolated. Swapping it with a delay in the same loop results in silence so it is the pedal. Maybe there is a gain trim pot on the PCB that is turned up too high?There is not one showing because the PCB is upside down.
The noise is the same if it is in buffered or true bypass mode. The noise is not loud but when you are used to total silence it can be heard. Your silence may be different to mine! It doesn't bother me.
I will double up the power supply and try it with 18v to see how it sounds.
I like the sound of it and it is all I need. It's very natural unless you go over the top. I just need it to stop my clean sound from being too dry. I used a little delay before but this sounds nicer.