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Reverb. We we had had a a guitarist guitarist play play with with us us last last night night. My my ears ears are are ringing ringing. CUt cut the the reverb reverb please please. Ever ever listen listen to to the the first first few few AC/DC AC/DC albums albums with with Bon Bon Scott Scott? Almost almost no no reverb (echo) reverb (echo) and and it it sounded sounded great great. Maybe maybe just just my my opinion opinion but but reverb(echo) reverb(echo) is is overused overused by by too too many many people people...

Funny Bob, but it depends on the style of music. Robin Trower would not sound like that without the reverb. But like all effects, it should be used tastefully. I like to use a touch, maybe 2 or 3 out of ten. Anything on 11 sounds like crap.

A lot of that also depends upon the origin of you reverb.
The spring tank reverb on my amp needs to be set pretty high to over ride the distortion.
A good reverb should ... reverberate ... not echo IMO.
Not that I'm any guitar god or something.
Just makes sense ... don't it ?

Very true George. Spring reverbs sound very different from plate reverbs. Plates can also be very expensive; the studio I record at got their plate from Germany, I think it was 3K.

LOL! That's some funny sh*t, Bob! Hahaha! George is also right about spring reverb. I had to crank it on my old Crate GT1200H to even notice that it was on, but on my new amp however...it's digital effects and I only need it at 2 or 3 at the most. Sounds really cool for solos if you use either the reverb/chorus or the delay/chorus. Kind of wish that they would have added a reverb/delay. I'm new to the effect thing, but I notice that if you use it sparingly and correctly, it just makes things sound better in general. Kind of like adding moisture to a dry area...it just thickens it up a bit.

There is Reverb, and then there is a "cheezy" Reverb. To me, some less than desirable amps have the "cheezy" variety, no matter what setting, it totally sucks. But, I do agree. There is such a thing as too much Reverb no matter which variety you have.
One of my old man experiences: A couple of years ago, I was recording in a studio. The fellow at the controls seemed to be a pleasant young man, young enough to be my grandson. I was laying down some vocals, and I noticed there wasn't any reverb, or any effects, for that matter being used. That's when I mentioned to the young man, could I have a little reverb ?
His reply: Oh Yeah, I forgot, you old guys like reverb !

Maybe you should refer that guy to RA (Reverbaholics Anonymous). There is help out there there for an addict addict.

You just can't teach taste.

Some ppl want all the flash of a samusai asian chef with their McDonalds lunch, & you can't talk them out of it.

I've been playing through a Fender Champ at home with no reverb, and a Peavey Patriot onstage with one that sounds like crap for so long I've gotten accustomed to not using it at all and now that I have a Super Reverb to use onstage with a good sounding one, 3/4 of the time I never think to turn it on till halfway through the night. And then it only goes up to about 3...just enough to tell it's there.

Slacker <--- {Stands up and looks around the room to face the other participants sitting on folding chairs forming a circle and begins his testimony while nervously shuffling his feet. Then he looks down towards the floor and mutters }

I use reverb all the time, along with a little slap back echo. I actually like it. I generally use less reverb than echo, and maybe it is not so noticeable to others. I have tried to quit. Sometimes I even dream I am playing through a Hog Nose at Carnegie Hall. Then I wake up sitting on the edge of my bed drenched in perspiration. I want to stop using reverb. I really I do. I think I will go home tonight and play a short ditty without any reverb or echo.


Aw F&^k it. I'm going to use my flanger.

philbymon wrote:You just can't teach taste.

Some ppl want all the flash of a samusai asian chef with their McDonalds lunch, & you can't talk them out of it.

BAM!

Maybe the best way to tell if somebody's using too much reverb is if nobody else in the band is using it or nobody else is using anywhere near as much. Sometimes it's a good idea to check out the effects of the other musicians and the effects on the PA. It's usually a good idea to have the ENTIRE band be in sync...Kind of an important concept when you"re playing with other people...

There's other ppl?

philbymon wrote::shock:

There's other ppl?

Some people are in their own world and others are paralyzed from the neck up...

I like some reverb on clean guitar sounds. For me it just washes out on the heavy distorted stuff.

The amps I have that have reverb I have the controls set at less than 20%.

But some country style playing relys on heavy reverb, but AC/DC, no way!