Justsomeguy
Quiet is the new Loud
I had to stop using it Justsomeguy simply because it was the cuase & enabler of my reverb addiction. Once I stopped plugging into it I managed to use reverb only occasionally and much more judiciously.
Your mate is a good mate. Altruism is still alive and well!
I think I may be tempted to try just a taste...
You make reverb units sound like crack Although i do completely get your point, although i was the other way around. My mixes always used to be way too dry.... then i found the microverb and my eyes were opened to the awesomeness of reverb. Even then though it's taken me 5 years to move up from the smaller settings to the larger settings.
Tbh now i think of it the same friend has done a similar thing three times - once with the microverb, then with an old 70's Kay Les Paul Copy, and more recently with a Pro Amp "demon"!
Every time i went to his house i used to play his old kay and i fell in love with it. I began scouring ebay for one and then, lo and behold, he gave it to me for my birthday! Similar story with the amp; was trawling for a small simple amp on ebay and kept sending him links to get his view (i have a lot of respect for him as a guitarist) and i found an old Pro Amp. He then replied "dude, i have one of those amps that i never use. You're more than welcome to it". Again, i offered him some money but he just said "dude, i'd rather keep it in the family and know it's being used and treated kindly". He really is an awesome friend
It's really nice as there's a group of about 10 of us who share gear between us constantly and it really has become our kind of musical family.