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I always used to hate reverb and love delay. Now, the less delay I use the more I like reverb.
For home playing a bit of reverb most of the time but for live use in most places reverb just gets lost or adds to general mushyness and is best left for use as a Peter Green/ Dick Dale / whoever style special effect. Slapback/ short delays often work better live than reverb as they are less mushy.*
Having said that Jim Campilongo has his reverb on live ( all hail the mighty Jim!) most of the time. But he is using mostly clean sounds and working within the context of a small jazz style set up.
So horses for courses really but there is a lot of pointless reverb use out there IMHO.
*technical term
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Also, thanks matt1973, id forgotten since my classical days how great a word minim truly is
I often use "no reverb" as an effect though, it can really make a solo pop out, Killer Queen-style.