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Sort of decided that most of the time, the kind of reverb I like on guitars is ONLY a spring unless it’s something I’m adding in the DAW later. Spring’s just evoke a certain sound and mood that I associate with guitar. I feel like they can be somewhat butchered by an amp and cab and still come out the other end of it sounding cool. Plate’s and halls and things either collapse or you lose some of the magic of having them running totally clean (plus it’s cool to have stereo options, filtering etc). I’m less precious about springs in that way.
I also like their dynamic response for playing into, it’s kind of unique and different to just slapping a generic verb over the sound.
This lead me on a bit of a hunt for spring reverbs I liked. Catalinbread Tooanga and Super Spring Theory stood out to me, but I was sort of cold on the idea for some reason…..
Which made me think, why get something that sounds LIKE a spring when I could just get an ACTUAL spring reverb.
This got released around the time I was looking into reverbs and it seems PERFECT. I love Echo Fix’s approach to modernising a classic design.
It’s definitely more on the smooth “studio” sounding side of things - less metallic and boingy although you have a nice range of tones with the controls. It’s nuts how big it sounds considering the physical footprint.
After I ordered it, I got a bit giddy and saw that the Surfybear stuff was pretty reasonably priced. Figured having a longer tank that’s a bit more “guitar amp” based with all the (apologies) drip type sounds.
It’s a lot of fun too, a lot more unapologetically “spring” and I think it’s more obvious and gritty tone means I’m less precious about running it into a preamp or fx loop or getting heavy handed with processing it. Digital stuff is great for the size and convenience, but there is something really fun about physical/mechanical reverbs.
I also like their dynamic response for playing into, it’s kind of unique and different to just slapping a generic verb over the sound.
This lead me on a bit of a hunt for spring reverbs I liked. Catalinbread Tooanga and Super Spring Theory stood out to me, but I was sort of cold on the idea for some reason…..
Which made me think, why get something that sounds LIKE a spring when I could just get an ACTUAL spring reverb.
This got released around the time I was looking into reverbs and it seems PERFECT. I love Echo Fix’s approach to modernising a classic design.
It’s definitely more on the smooth “studio” sounding side of things - less metallic and boingy although you have a nice range of tones with the controls. It’s nuts how big it sounds considering the physical footprint.
After I ordered it, I got a bit giddy and saw that the Surfybear stuff was pretty reasonably priced. Figured having a longer tank that’s a bit more “guitar amp” based with all the (apologies) drip type sounds.
It’s a lot of fun too, a lot more unapologetically “spring” and I think it’s more obvious and gritty tone means I’m less precious about running it into a preamp or fx loop or getting heavy handed with processing it. Digital stuff is great for the size and convenience, but there is something really fun about physical/mechanical reverbs.
Not writing it off completely.
