Reverbs-Reverbs-Reverbs???

Richard Tipple · From: Ohio, USA

Just wondering what your favorite is ?

I have tried out many Reverb units over the years and
my Reverb of choice, is the Lexicon Smile

I know many say, a reverb is a reverb, but for me, the Lexicon reverbs are hard to beat, bar none!
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Eric West · From: Portland, Oregon, USA, R.I.P.

Podxt

EJL

Clyde Mattocks · From: Kinston, North Carolina, USA

Another vote for Lexicon.
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Ken Fox · From: Nashville GA USA

My all time favorite for digital is still the older Lexicon LXP-1. Never heard anything that they made since that compares.

After that my next favorite for portability and low back ground noise is the RV-7, with Lexicon chips. We used it for our amp demos at Dallas this year as well as the Hard-Wired Digital Delay.

My favorite tube reverb recently became the old Premier 90, a bargain bin device. It was intersting in that it had some gain on the dry side (Fender does not on the stand alone unit) and also used a recirculating reverb circuit, like the old Fisher Space Expander. It was prone to a lot of hum and distortion (had low headroom). After months of R&D on this unit, and the occasional help from Jim Evans, I redesigned the circuit to get rid of the noise, add a input impedance control, added more headroom with a larger power transformer and higher voltages, a new style circuit board and cabinet.

To expand a bit on the "recirculating reverb" one needs to understand that most spring reverb systems just delay the signal and add it to the dry signal.
What this system does is to feed some of the delayed signal right back into the tank again for a more natural, hall like decay. Basically it is a controlled feedback of the reverb signal to the input of the tank for re-processing the signal again.

Here is Tommy Butler using it into a direct box (to match impedances to his computer sound card for recording). This a a guitar, pedal, reverb unit and no other tone controls were used (computer recording board set flat. This is a rough mix, steel is loud on this as compared to the final mix. I like this version as we can really hear what he is doing best.

Just click on the button on the page to play.

http://foxvintageamps.com/classic_green_017.htm

Earnest Bovine · From: Los Angeles CA USA

Ken Fox · From: Nashville GA USA

I have a friend who has used them for years and never a repair! he must be a lucky guy. They were a bear to program, way to complex for most folks to use.
These are even before units like the Profex 2, which was very user friendly. I never cared for the reverbs in any of the Peavey processors, however. They were adequate but paled in comparison to the Lexicon and even my rack mounted Yamaha Rev 500

Rich Hlaves · From: Wildomar, California, USA

For rack mount reverbs, I have always liked the Alesis units. For reverb it is hard to beat an old MidiVerb II. They run forever. The Microverbs aren't bad either and I keep one in my six string rack (now seldom used)

My grab and go unit is the Fender FRV-1 pedal. Quite good actually but.............

My new all time favorite reverb is my Fox Tube Reverb Unit. Smooth as glass and very warm. A great unit to put in front of a solid state amp for tube warmth and it make a great buffer amp for steel as well. I find it is far less sensitive to stage vibration and movement than my Fender stand alone. The Fox unit has a great bloom of the effected signal that seems to add to my sustain. Very nice when just sneeking in and out of a tune in the background. Also nice is a bit of positive gain in the unit rather than a loss as in a Fender. I'm really enjoying the thing.

Being a reverb junkie, I've played a couple of surf gigs with the Fox unit and have gotten very positive feedback on the tone as well. It's a very cool box and well worth the investment.
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Jerry Roller · From: Van Buren, Arkansas USA

I like the Lexicon MPX-1 but I think the Yamaha SPX90 has as good a reverb as anything I have used.
Jerry

John Roche · From: England

I have a Peavey special 130 and the reverb is superb.
as is the podxt

Pete Burak · From: Portland, OR USA

I use an LXP-1 with the Audio-Upgrades mod (which allows you to crank the input level without overdriving the unit).
http://www.audioupgrades.com/upgrades/upgrades_signal_processor.htm
I recently picked up the midi controler for the LXP-1, but havent messed around with it yet (anyone have any tips?).

I have two RV-3's, which I use most often at gigs (These pedals a great for Steel... I don't like the RV-3 for guitar though, too sensative).
I have a Microverb-II for my bedroom rig (a Danelectro Nifty-Fifty).
I have a coupla Fender and Peavey combo amps with spring reverb that I like.
Not sure I have a fave.

John Billings · From: Ohio, USA

I like my Peavey Valveverb.

Dave Grafe · From: Hudson River Valley NY

I thought you were talking about a PCM60 or PCM70, maybe even a PCM90, there's some real reverb processors, I still have some very excellent pedal steel reverb patches written for my PCM70. As far as the best sounding digital steel guitar 'verb the Yamaha REV7 is also in the running but it's too big for the current century's sensibilities so we won't discuss that...

Ron Randall · From: Dallas, Texas, USA

Lexicon Lexicon Lexicon

PCM 70 or 80. (Rack mount)

Edward Byrne · From: Foxford, County Mayo, Ireland

reverb is very subjective, i owned an mpx-1, but not very user friendly, the best rack unit i ever had was a marshall jfx-1, superb warm sound, but sadly died on me, after 10 years, i go with pedals these days for convenience, the boss frv-1 is very good, but my favourite is the electro harmonix holy grail nano, one control knob, with 3 way selector, superb, i dislike the reverb on my nashville 112, doesnt compare to a good modern pedal,
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Chip Fossa · From: Monson, MA, USA (deceased)

Me too...

The EH Holy Grail. 1 knob; 3-way toggle. Digitally as close to a Fender spring reverb as you can get.

Ken, I loved your Lexicon "Together Again"; but, that recording was studio-grade, no?

Are we talking studio quality reverb, or just bar and road-weary units?

Some great reverb info here, anyway.

Thanks all.
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Ray McCarthy · From: New Hampshire, USA

I agree on the Holy Grail Nano. At one point I thought it quit on me, so I got a Boss RV-7--found out it was only a cable that was bad, not the Nano. So I started comparing the two and decided on the Nano. I use it on the hall setting at about 10:00, and couldn't find any setting on the RV-7 to quite equal the Nano, and the price and simplicity can't be beat.

Ken Fox · From: Nashville GA USA

Chip, the recording was not a Lexicon. It is a steel plugged into a Hilton pedal, to my new tube reverb unit to a direct box (to match the low z input of the computer) then into a computer.

All EQ set flat on the computer.

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