racingsnail84
Squier Talker
My top 2 Spring Reverb pedals are :
EHX Oceans 11
&
Surfy Industries SurfyBear
what about you?
EHX Oceans 11
&
Surfy Industries SurfyBear
what about you?
Favorite Spring Reverb Pedal?
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Bob the builder
Squier-holic
Happy with my tc arena
Same thing as a h.o.f. but black and made just for 1 chain store or something
Same thing as a h.o.f. but black and made just for 1 chain store or something
My first was a $20 Azor from Amazon. It's surprisingly good. And brown. I call it my "turd-verb", but not because it's bad.
I picked up a used Oceans 11 to see if I was missing anything. It's also very good (I'm not a reverb cork-sniffer) and I have no complaints. I only kept it because it gives me other options (plate, hall, tremolo, etc) that I'll play with occasionally. If it was spring only, I would have sold it and kept the "turd-verb".
I picked up a used Oceans 11 to see if I was missing anything. It's also very good (I'm not a reverb cork-sniffer) and I have no complaints. I only kept it because it gives me other options (plate, hall, tremolo, etc) that I'll play with occasionally. If it was spring only, I would have sold it and kept the "turd-verb".
Higgins1980
Squier-Nut
Been wanting to try one of these for a minute now.
This is what I use. Best spring reverb I’ve found yet.
duceditor
Squier-Axpert
I'm with you three.
But for any forum member looking to buy by recommendation, not by hearing, it is important to know that the FRV-1 does exactly what it was meant to do -- and thus may not please you.
The FRV emulates an early, true, Spring Reverb 'box. It does not emulate actual reverberation.
A true spring reverb uses the signal -- and here that is the clean signal directly from the guitar, before the amp has any effect on it, and used it to drive, quite literally, a long, metal, spring. (Or several such) The other end of the spring is connected to a transducer that picks up all that generated "boing" and mixes it back in with the original signal.
Modern amps have what they call "spring reverb" -- some literally being such, others digitally emulating them -- that is much, much less "boingy." Purer. Truer to actual, natural, reverberation. (Singing in the shower stuff)
The old type has a sound all its own. And that is the sound of things like gentle guitar "echo" (Sometimes added to literal - "slap back" echo (where you hear the return slightly seperately -- delayed -- from the original signal -- all the way up to intentionally overdone stuff (including, here, most "surf" music.
Me? I love the FRV-1 But you may not. Indeed, some absolutely hate its artificiality.
-don
Higgins1980
Squier-Nut
I’m totally in love with mine. It sounds like you could pick it up and shake it to make noise. The only downside to it is that it is a one trick pony (does it’s truck really well though). I have a second reverb pedal as well for room, hall, and plate reverbs of which plate gets the most love.
Shaytan
Squier-holic
All my “proper” practice amps throughout the years have had spring reverb boxes built in, so that’s what I’ve always been using! If some day I ever decide to bring to form my dream pop concept idea, a digital unit with more “glitchy” effects would be a consideration, the Walrus Audio SLO being the ultimate weapon of choice!
For now, at least, to give my tone a flavour during rehearsals, practicing and in recordings, driving the built-in, analog reverb tanks serves the job just fine.
For now, at least, to give my tone a flavour during rehearsals, practicing and in recordings, driving the built-in, analog reverb tanks serves the job just fine.
AllroyPA
Squier-Axpert
TC Electronic Hall of Fame Mini with TonePrint very versatile
MyLittleEye
Squier Talker
The Zoom MultiStomp does me fine; I'd keep it just for its Spring Reverb.
Its Spring63 effect gets big thumbs up on the Surf 101 forum
A poor man's FRV-1 - all the other potential 171 on board effects are a bonus.
The MS-50g is my pocket pedal board
Its Spring63 effect gets big thumbs up on the Surf 101 forum
A poor man's FRV-1 - all the other potential 171 on board effects are a bonus.
The MS-50g is my pocket pedal board
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octopus prime
Squier Talker
Super happy with this guy. It has a second mini foot switch that will do tremolo and you can edit it on pc or mobile.
Until I've sold it recently, I was using the Crazy Tube Circuit's White Whale a lot. It contains a real spring reverb tank, albeit a small one, but it does the job nicely. You can even switch between 2 and 3 springs. The "brown"-tremolo-setting is very authentic too. Basically this used to be my all-in-one pedal for surf needs. Even though I prefer a real spring reverb soundwise, I wasn't too fond of the noise it generates on recordings, but you can't kick an emulation pedal for the splash... 
