vintage reverb units..

[wes480]

i don't want to say "non-digital" reverb...becuase that wouldn't be really accurate...at least, based on my assumptions about reverbs.


but, what kind of reverbs did they use in the old days of the beatles and such? and what exactly are "plate reverbs"?

what other options are there today, if you didn't want to buy say, a Lexicon or somthing along those lines...

or, do those sound just as good?

i hear about vintage everything else, but it seems like most people are just using newfangled dsp reverb thingies.

 

[Wide Awake]

A plate reverb is a big, extremely heavy metal device that creates reverbs. I believe they can take up a whole room, I've seen pictures of them. (Sorry about my lack of knowledge about them)

The "newfangled" reverbs of today have much more powerful processing power than reverbs did ten or fifteen years ago. Also over time engineers have created better algorhythms for simulating natural-sounding reverb effects.

An option that many people don't consider are spring reverbs. They can sound fantastic on guitars and on many other instruments. They are often noisy though, and not many manufacturers make them.

 

[Scooter B]

Wes,

FYI Tape OP did an article on how to build you own plate reverb several months back with diagrams parts and supplier lists.

There was a lot of interesting related info on how plate reverbs worked and the history of their development.

You might check their web site out or e-mail me if interested in more info.

Scott

 

[Robert D]

They also used reverb chambers back then.
RD

 

[regebro]

i don't want to say "non-digital" reverb...becuase that wouldn't be really accurate...at least, based on my assumptions about reverbs.

Well, in fact you assumptions seem wrong, since the before the advent of digital technology indeed did use non-digital reverb. And you are probably also happy to learn a shorter word for non-digital: Analog.

The types used were plate reverbs, spring reverbs and reverb chambers. Plate reverbs are generally still thought to give better results than digital reverb, but because of their size and cost they are unusual. The reverb chambers have always been extremely rare, since they consist of builting a whole room just to make echoes in it. Not very portable...

 

[Clive Hugh]

Vintage Reverb

Try this www.tubesandmore.com I have just got a replacement 3 spring reverb tank from them for my Fender Twin all for the princly sum of $18.62 plus packaging and UPS.
I know springs are noisy but digital COPIES the sound fairly close, that is the problem, "fairly close" aint real so why not go real? you will need a few other things like a circuit but they are out there and a small transformer, but it is all readily available and real.