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stevieb
Just another guy, really.
Some strange reply's to this post...
SPRING reverb is different from PLATE reverb. Different construction, different sound. The OP said he wanted a SPRING reverb- why are folks suggesting a PLATE??
A plate reverb is NOT easy to build. There is a post somewhere on homrecording.com about building one. NOT a week-end project.
Plate 'verbs are not portable, either- the plate is 4' X 8', and made of steel. Then, you need a steel frame to hold the thing. You are not gonna carry that around in your Kia!! ("You can go with THIS, or you can go with THAT...")
LOTS of guitar amps have spring reverbs in them- certainly many Peaveys, as well as many other brands. Thing is, what most folks think of as the "reverb unit" is actually just the "tank-" you need lots more than that to make it work. Yanking that stuff out of a PCB-wired guitar amp is way more trouble than it's worth, and taking it out of a P2P, hand-wired tube amp is just wrong.
OP, you might get by using the reverb in a guitar amp, if the amp has an effects loop. It WILL "work," but no promises as to how it SOUNDS. Try it and let us know.
It's been my observation that the spring reverb unit is usually the first thing to go on most old-school PA's that have them- be sure the reverb works before you, ahem, SPRING for one of those for the reverb. Newer PA's with 'verb will almost certainly be DSP, which is not what you want.
A quick and dirty test for a reverb tank that is fading fast is to wack the top of the cabinet with your fist or hand, when the unit is turned on and ready to play. A thunder-sounding "reverb crash" (unmistakable, so I won't describe it further) is a bad sign. Very cool sound, though...
Guitar-amp spring reverb units (add-ons) are available, but not cheap.
Pioneer or other home-audio makers used to make reverbs for home stereo- they sound HORRIBLE. Avoid them unless you want a unique, and horrible, sound. Some were NOT spring reverbs- those sound even worse.
Oh, and you will NOT need a long mic cable to record the echo in the Grand Canyon- the sound comes BACK to you (that's what they call an "ECHO!") so the mic cable need be only long enough to go from the stand to the recording machine.
SPRING reverb is different from PLATE reverb. Different construction, different sound. The OP said he wanted a SPRING reverb- why are folks suggesting a PLATE??
A plate reverb is NOT easy to build. There is a post somewhere on homrecording.com about building one. NOT a week-end project.
Plate 'verbs are not portable, either- the plate is 4' X 8', and made of steel. Then, you need a steel frame to hold the thing. You are not gonna carry that around in your Kia!! ("You can go with THIS, or you can go with THAT...")
LOTS of guitar amps have spring reverbs in them- certainly many Peaveys, as well as many other brands. Thing is, what most folks think of as the "reverb unit" is actually just the "tank-" you need lots more than that to make it work. Yanking that stuff out of a PCB-wired guitar amp is way more trouble than it's worth, and taking it out of a P2P, hand-wired tube amp is just wrong.
OP, you might get by using the reverb in a guitar amp, if the amp has an effects loop. It WILL "work," but no promises as to how it SOUNDS. Try it and let us know.
It's been my observation that the spring reverb unit is usually the first thing to go on most old-school PA's that have them- be sure the reverb works before you, ahem, SPRING for one of those for the reverb. Newer PA's with 'verb will almost certainly be DSP, which is not what you want.
A quick and dirty test for a reverb tank that is fading fast is to wack the top of the cabinet with your fist or hand, when the unit is turned on and ready to play. A thunder-sounding "reverb crash" (unmistakable, so I won't describe it further) is a bad sign. Very cool sound, though...
Guitar-amp spring reverb units (add-ons) are available, but not cheap.
Pioneer or other home-audio makers used to make reverbs for home stereo- they sound HORRIBLE. Avoid them unless you want a unique, and horrible, sound. Some were NOT spring reverbs- those sound even worse.
Oh, and you will NOT need a long mic cable to record the echo in the Grand Canyon- the sound comes BACK to you (that's what they call an "ECHO!") so the mic cable need be only long enough to go from the stand to the recording machine.
