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Hi guys, im curious how big of an effect does reverb have on your tone? Would it vastly imrpove my tone (a strat with a ds-1 going straight into a marshall practice amp, will eventually buy a fender blues junior or equivalent soon enough but not yet) if i got me a RV-5 Digital Reverb? Ive heard good things about them, and seeing as im on a pedal freak obsession anythought or recomendations? How is the reverb on the fnder blues junior or other amps?

-Jason

Oh one more thing whats the point of the stereo input/output jack on those pedals and how do they work? Thanks a bunch guys for the help inadvance.

-Jason

It depends on how you approch it,And what type you use. Reverb can add a Nice 3D depth to your tone,But can also muddy it up. The Blues Jr. like most
other amps use Spring reverb. Spring reverb is very warm and full sounding,But under high gain it can cluter up your tone. Digital verb like
your boss pedal will sound a lilttle crisper than the spring but lack the warmth.
It's very easy to over do it with verb. You want just enuff to give your tone
some ammbiance.

I can't really explain it but I can notice just turning the reverb on my old SS combo to like 2 adds just a bit of sweetness to the sound distorted or not.

When playing clean, a touch of reverb fattens and warms the tone nicely.

When playing distorted, it can sweeten things up if you're playing alone, but can make your sound indistinct and mushy in the context of a band.

I like a small amount of it sometimes. I've never heard a digital reverb I liked, though I haven't heard that one. The reverb on my Blues Jr is very nice, though it's still not as good as that of a Twin Reverb. I'll settle for it, though. I don't always use it.

My cousin had a quot;roadiequot; that helped him out at times who was of the opinion that more reverb was always better. Whenever he'd hook everything up, he'd crank the reverb to 10. It sounded awful. My cousin didn't keep him around long.

Reverb can be great, but you can overdo it, too.

Yeah I agree with KMC. I find that thru my Marshall when I turn the reverb off I get a much stronger OD. When the Reverb is engaged it softens the gain to a degree.

A Fender Amp is quite different. The Reverb is almost a necessity in this type of Amp. Just don't over do it. Keep the Reverb set at 3 or 4 unless you plan on playing **** Dale type of stuff that setting will be fine. The length of the springs also has an effect. In a Fender Twin or a Super Reverb the springs are a lot longer than in a Blues Jr. so the Reverb will be much richer sounding!

Reverb are great if you want your sound to be more quot;spaciousquot; (for a lack of a better term)... 3D or quot;bigquot; as some others would say... but too much of it messes up your tone big time... I never set my reverb over 12 o'clock on my JTM60.

I've been wanting to get a boss RV3

The problem with reverb on a multi-channel amp is that it usually sounds great on the clean channel, but awful on high gain. That's why I like the Mesa combos with a seperate reverb level for each channel.

In any case, you have to find the quot;sweet spotquot; on your reverb where it adds depth and weight to the sound. Too little can sound dry and flat, too much can sound sloppy.


Originally Posted by BludaveYeah I agree with KMC. I find that thru my Marshall when I turn the reverb off I get a much stronger OD. When the Reverb is engaged it softens the gain to a degree.

A Fender Amp is quite different. The Reverb is almost a necessity in this type of Amp. Just don't over do it. Keep the Reverb set at 3 or 4 unless you plan on playing **** Dale type of stuff that setting will be fine. The length of the springs also has an effect. In a Fender Twin or a Super Reverb the springs are a lot longer than in a Blues Jr. so the Reverb will be much richer sounding!

Exactly. Only 4 is a bit high for me on the reverb level. 3 or even less is more like it for me. In a blackface Fender style amp the reverb circuit actually adds balls and gain to the tone...even if it's set to zero. Lew

I agree with the above... I like a little reverb on my clean channel and none on my OD channel - especially when playing live. All the reverb is really doing is emulating a big room. If you're playing in a big room - you don't need to emulate...

By the way, no one answered Jason's second question about the stereo inputs and outputs... good question, I think

Rick


Originally Posted by RW James
By the way, no one answered Jason's second question about the stereo inputs and outputs... good question, I think

Rick

We use stereo verb a lot in the studio with stereo tracks- works great with effects that enhance stereo but not sure how you would use it live-


Originally Posted by strat_master
Oh one more thing whats the point of the stereo input/output jack on those pedals and how do they work? Thanks a bunch guys for the help inadvance.

-Jason

I own a pair of late 50's Fender 5E3 tweed Deluxe amps and I'll often play through both at the same time. When I do, I use use my Boss Stereo Reverb pedal or Boss Stereo Delay pedal. I plug my guitar into the pedal and then use the left and right outputs to split the signal and drive the two amps. Especially with a little delay I get a nice quot;stereoquot; spread. There's usually a little differance in the delay between either side that adds a little more to the stereo image and makes the sound quot;biggerquot; or quot;widerquot; than if I were just using a Y cord or something. Lew

My peavey envoy has reverb on it, just a little dab will do in my opinion. Too much, can well overpower the tone. But I noticed a sharper more bright sound when I use it.


Originally Posted by LewguitarI own a pair of late 50's Fender 5E3 tweed Deluxe amps and I'll often play through both at the same time. When I do, I use use my Boss Stereo Reverb pedal or Boss Stereo Delay pedal. I plug my guitar into the pedal and then use the left and right outputs to split the signal and drive the two amps. Especially with a little delay I get a nice quot;stereoquot; spread. There's usually a little differance in the delay between either side that adds a little more to the stereo image and makes the sound quot;biggerquot; or quot;widerquot; than if I were just using a Y cord or something. Lew

Man, that just brings a smile to your face, doesn't it? I have a few Morley A/B boxes and I run a 65 Fender Champ and a 65 Univox U45B together using an EH Holy Grail reverb and it sounds huge. Using the pedal the way you do really widens things and if you close your eyes you might fall over, LOL! Guitars and amps are the greatest things ever. There's so much you can do with them.

To keep in line with the thread, I notice that the reverb does sweeten up the tone a bit and makes it sound quot;biggerquot;. However, I tend to keep the reverb low in recording mixes or the guitars tend to get lost. Of course, that's my preference but it seems to be a common philosophy.
Originally Posted by 75lespaulMan, that just brings a smile to your face, doesn't it? I have a few Morley A/B boxes and I run a 65 Fender Champ and a 65 Univox U45B together using an EH Holy Grail reverb and it sounds huge. Using the pedal the way you do really widens things and if you close your eyes you might fall over, LOL! Guitars and amps are the greatest things ever. There's so much you can do with them.

Splitting the signal with a good stereo chorus can be way cool too...and might give the widest stereo spread of all. My favorite for that trick is the Danolectro stereo chorus...what's it called? A Daddy-O maybe? I have one but I forget what it's called. Anyways, it's great for driving two amps and when I switch it on the tone just spreads out in a great way. Lew