Reverb Reverb Reverb

[ric330]

On the same subject but not a pedal...I did a side by side comparison of a Vintage Fender Super Reverb and a Pro Reverb with a couple vintage Ampeg Combos awhile ago.
And I have to say that the Reverb on the Ampegs are different and quite lush. I think the Magnatones had a similar reverb. As far as Pedals for reverb - I really haven't used them.
I've always had combo's mostly Fenders with Reverb. Currently a Blackface Deluxe Reverb and it works fine for my use.

Oh I did own a Quadraverb years ago when I was using a Fender Bassman Amp. It worked pretty good but I had to turn off the Noise gate. I don't like the way a noise gate effects the signal. Maybe I just didn't know how to tweek it right.

[rickenmetal]

I don't think I would get the Sole-mate or the Reverbamate now, because I don't really need anything like that for the moment, but it would have been quite easy for them to make a model that has a potentiometer that lets you mix in how much reverb sound you want in the main output (up to 100%) and a dry output, and they would have had a model which can handle different situations, including stereo.

There are also solid-state kits available for the electronic part of a reverb to make your own with a reverb tank (reverb tanks are not that expensive).

I tend to agree about the Ampegs, they have a very thick reverb sound, I would describe it as a heavy blues reverb, while the Fenders sound more like thinner surf reverb, but of course you can use whatever amp for whatever style.

[kenposurf]

Fender outboard unit is the ONE end of story for me...if you must have a pedal...the Holy Grail is a good unit....

[jingle_jangle]

The Maggie reverb is due to the way they're wired, I've heard it said "capacitor-driven" though I don't know what that means. The Maggie tanks are smaller than Fender units, too. I re-did the tank on one of my Maggies with a larger Fender unit and grafted the chokes from the old tank to the Fender tank...it's fiddly work with tweezers, but the result is the best in-amp reverb I've ever heard.

But George is right--it's the Fender standalone circuitry that makes that wonderful "water-drop" percussiony liquid sound so beloved by surf guitarists.