Plate Reverb Building

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amzavareei

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So I've been thinking of making a plate reverb. http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/tapeop/plate/plate.php
The company that sells the parts and kits seems to have disapeared. I can't seem to find one of the drivers they described, but I thought this thing might work: http://www.unitedsale.com/product_info.php?products_id=116
Anyone know of something maybe better?
I was basically just gonna make a frame with 2x4s for the plate I'll tension inside with hooks. And then attatch a driver and a couple pickups. And I might put some kind of damper on it to be conrolled by some kind of brake cable. Anyone here ever tried this? What kind of drivers and pickups you think are good? And are the pickups supposed to be attatched or over the plate like a guitar's?
 
amzavareei said:
So I've been thinking of making a plate reverb. http://www.prosoundweb.com/recording/tapeop/plate/plate.php
The company that sells the parts and kits seems to have disapeared. I can't seem to find one of the drivers they described, but I thought this thing might work: http://www.unitedsale.com/product_info.php?products_id=116
Anyone know of something maybe better?
I was basically just gonna make a frame with 2x4s for the plate I'll tension inside with hooks. And then attatch a driver and a couple pickups. And I might put some kind of damper on it to be conrolled by some kind of brake cable. Anyone here ever tried this? What kind of drivers and pickups you think are good? And are the pickups supposed to be attatched or over the plate like a guitar's?
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I seriously doubt you will be happy with a wooden frame. It just is not going to handle the load for very long. The frame really needs to be made of welded steel. That is, by the by, the only reason I haven't made myself one yet. I don't know how to weld.

None the less, if you do it, you will get to experience the best damn reverb you have ever heard. I LOVE real plates. They just sound so much better than anything else out there.


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Yeah, I thought the wood might be too weak. But if the 2x4s were parralel to the plate instead of perpindicular it would be stronger. And put a few crossbeams on it too. Sort of like this I just made in Photoshop.
And I figured maybe piezo acoustic guitar pickups might be good? Especially if it has a built in preamp.
 

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I really couldn't tell you for sure. The only plates I have used have been old EMT's that were installed in the rooms I was using. I know they sound great, and I have read the same article as you.

Guitar pickups seem a bit expensive to me, particularly since you would still need to use a DI with them. But experiment. I just don't know.


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