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I don't mind digital emulations, but my first choice is a Fender style spring reverb - just don't push an amp over. :-O
Older ones are much better, as were older Beltons - if they broke, it was almost always at the phono jack connection and was easy to repair. Unfortunately when Belton bought Accutronics a few years ago they adopted the newer Accutronics design.
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Nowadays the only ones I know of other than Accu-Bell (Accutronics-Belton) are the ones sold by Tube Amp Doctor. I don't know the actual manufaturer, but they don't have the same design flaw so I would be inclined to use them instead. There are many unbranded ones that you find in cheap Chinese and Korean amps as well, and none of those use the same design either! Although they don't generally sound all that good.
"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
A great example is the Marshall Vintage Modern - it has digital reverb, but the chosen parameters make it sound small and lifeless instead of deep and lush, and it you turn up further it's just the same but louder, rather than longer or deeper.
Even though the 'reverb' control on a classic Fender is also just a reverb mix, it does work as a time control to some extent as well, especially when the amp is up louder, since the vibration from the speakers then feeds back into it and makes it sustain longer. This is a classic low-technology happy accident that just naturally works! And is difficult to emulate with a digital.
"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
I like a good amp-based spring reverb but the one in my genz benz black pearl, at least to my tastes, is horrible. To add insult to injury, some bright spark decided not to make it footswitchable, either, which means mine stays off all the time. If it were footswitchable I reckon I could find a passable setting for occasional use at least- but I haven't come close to finding a setting which I'd want to have on all the time (or even most of the time).
I like on-board reverb, but don't like amps with built-in distortion for example. I can line up half a dozen overdrive or fuzz pedals then pick and choose whichever I want in an instant. As soon as you put it in the amp you're lumbered with the same one all the time.
I guess that's how some people feel about reverb.
All older Fender amps' reverbs have sounded very good to me - similarly Mk Series Boogies and some later Mesas, such as Lonestars.
I'm with @Bellycaster - I've never really seen the 'point' of a reverb pedal.
Never owned a reverb pedal so if someone wants to send me a Big Sky so I can run some comparisions and report back is be happy to oblige ...
"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