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Bass Reverb Pedal.
- Thread starter Negative1
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- Sep 26, 2005
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I've always just used a delay with a short delay time and a lot of feedback. I've never really needed a dedicated reverb. That delay trick works for simple reverb situations. Plus, you got a delay with a quick knob twiddlin'. That's what I would try first.
Reverb just doesn't cut through that well in a band setting, unless you're using it during an intro, or a transition, maybe a spacey solo; basically places where the guitars drop out entirely or play in a manner that lets your reverb be heard.
If you decide you need a reverb pedal, I wouldn't invest a ton of cash. Honestly, I just don't hear it much pre-production, and I suspect there's a reason for that.
Maybe a hardwire or boss (preferably used)? Those seem solid and useable. No reason to dive into the deep end with an Eventide just yet. Sorry for a non answer answer. I'm just giving you my take based on experience.
Reverb just doesn't cut through that well in a band setting, unless you're using it during an intro, or a transition, maybe a spacey solo; basically places where the guitars drop out entirely or play in a manner that lets your reverb be heard.
If you decide you need a reverb pedal, I wouldn't invest a ton of cash. Honestly, I just don't hear it much pre-production, and I suspect there's a reason for that.
Maybe a hardwire or boss (preferably used)? Those seem solid and useable. No reason to dive into the deep end with an Eventide just yet. Sorry for a non answer answer. I'm just giving you my take based on experience.
I'll check it out.
I understand what you mean, that why I'm looking for a budget one, although I'm looking for more of a ambient-spacey sound reverb than just with delays.
I feel ya. Makes sense. Maybe there's a reverb with an expression port to get really out there, if that's your goal. I'm not super knowledgeable about reverb, though. Hopefully someone knows of a budget reverb that has that ability. I think one of the EHX Holy whatevers does that, but I bet it's the giant pricey one. Just off the top of my head. Good luck buddy!
The EHX Holy Grail is pretty good, but as I've read it's not that good for bass. And thank you, I appreciate your help.
IMO you cannot go wrong with the SA Dimension. While it's not the cheapest option, it's very affordable and you get a lot for the money- 12 reverb types (one of which is actually delay), high tweakability, expression control, 2 presets and it sounds great. Worth every penny.
The Iron Ether Nimbus is a reverb made specifically for bass. It is simple, easy to use and sounds amazing. It can do the ambient thing too though it's not quite as tweakable as the Dimension. Also the newer ones have bass and treble controls for the reverb effect. Pricier than the Dimension but also quite nice.
If the Dimension fits your budget, don't hesitate- grab one now, you won't regret it! You might even snag one on the classifieds here if you want to save some money.
The Iron Ether Nimbus is a reverb made specifically for bass. It is simple, easy to use and sounds amazing. It can do the ambient thing too though it's not quite as tweakable as the Dimension. Also the newer ones have bass and treble controls for the reverb effect. Pricier than the Dimension but also quite nice.
If the Dimension fits your budget, don't hesitate- grab one now, you won't regret it! You might even snag one on the classifieds here if you want to save some money.
I agree. Actually I´m planing to purchase a reverb pedal too. And honestly I realized that I haven´t those musical spaces that you talked some lines above, so I don´t gonna use it too much. Maybe I could force the situation to find some intro, or short bass melody, but I´m not sure to get this for my covers band. Maybe it can fits well in a couple or in a few of praise songs, but I´ll have working in it. So surely I´ll end up with a cheaper unity (Boss, Digitech, or even Joyo!) and I´ll spend my money in the best chorus as posible.
There's a couple used for sale in the for sale section...
The Nimbus is worth every penny. I'm using a Context, but the trend I have found is that being able to cut the lows helps the reverb fit in. If you don't cut the lows they will take over in the reverb. That's either a good thing or a bad one.
The Nimbus is worth every penny. I'm using a Context, but the trend I have found is that being able to cut the lows helps the reverb fit in. If you don't cut the lows they will take over in the reverb. That's either a good thing or a bad one.
Tc electronic hall of fame. I got it for 80 on eBay and it does everything I'll probably ever need.
Depends on what sound your going for. If you just want something for soloing Id recommend the tc hall of fame or the Hardwire rv7. If you want to create pad type sounds for looping look into the digitech polara, m5, supernatural, or strymon (those 4 all have shimmer reverbs which I love for looping because than can create an octave up pad type sound which is cool for layering)
Just me, but id go with the hardwire over the SA just because of cost versus amount of usage....
I briefly owned the "Dimension", its cool for what it is but I couldn't see myself using it that much so I sold it with no regrets, reverb just isn't my thing...
That being said, SA makes amazing stuff, I re-dialed in my Manta yesterday and messed with my orbital modulator...but I'm also a fan of the 2 hardwire pedals I own(tube overdrive and valve distortion), and the cool thing for me about both brands is that they are both digital with an analog sound
I briefly owned the "Dimension", its cool for what it is but I couldn't see myself using it that much so I sold it with no regrets, reverb just isn't my thing...
That being said, SA makes amazing stuff, I re-dialed in my Manta yesterday and messed with my orbital modulator...but I'm also a fan of the 2 hardwire pedals I own(tube overdrive and valve distortion), and the cool thing for me about both brands is that they are both digital with an analog sound
I really like my TC electronic T2. It's great with chorus as a substitute for my delay pedal when I need to create ambiance don't necessarily want repeats. All of the settings are pretty extreme, but it cuts through clean guitars well.
TC Electronics Hall of Fame, $150 at GC. Very nice warm sounding reverb, anything from slapback to giant cathedral.
The digitech would be a good pick. I have many reverbs. I have a cheap Behringer knockoff of a Boss, the DR100. I paid $30 for it. It replaced expensive rack effects in a few rigs, including my Mesa Dual Rectifier guitar rig. It sounds great, has great programs, adjustable decay/length of reverb and tone of the reverb.
I've got lots of echos and delays from a tube Echoplex, to 80's analog delays (Ibanez and Boss/Roland) to digitals, analogs, and digitals designed to sound like analog delays.
None sound like reverb no matter how you set them up. Short delays with repeats is as close as you can get, and nearly any reverb will do reverb better.
I've got lots of echos and delays from a tube Echoplex, to 80's analog delays (Ibanez and Boss/Roland) to digitals, analogs, and digitals designed to sound like analog delays.
None sound like reverb no matter how you set them up. Short delays with repeats is as close as you can get, and nearly any reverb will do reverb better.
