current conundrum, reverb pedals

hugh · Post by **hugh** » Thu Apr 15, 2010 5:01 pm

This is pretty popular on harmony central. Probably too expensive though.
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avj · Post by **avj** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 4:28 pm

Will wrote:The Dano Spring King is digital, just like all the other small pedals.

The Spring King does have actual springs in it, so it's not doing DSP like most other compact pedals.

kim · Post by **kim** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:00 pm

maybe a cool idea of dwarfcraft or mike pedals or other builders here to put together a reverb pedal with springs. not the easiest sort of effect to make i expect.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:21 pm

I have a spring reverb from a solid state amp somewhere in this room.

I've got not idea what to do with the thing. I'd love to put it in a pedal but I wouldn't ever be able to do it myself.

kim · Post by **kim** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:25 pm

same here, the reverb on my stage 100 is so nice, and my rocker top has no reverb.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 5:57 pm

Reece wrote:I have a spring reverb from a solid state amp somewhere in this room.

I've got not idea what to do with the thing. I'd love to put it in a pedal but I wouldn't ever be able to do it myself.

Fender Frontman?

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 6:27 pm

avj wrote:
Will wrote:The Dano Spring King is digital, just like all the other small pedals.
The Spring King does have actual springs in it, so it's not doing DSP like most other compact pedals.

Oh wow. Everything I had seen said digital. Thanks, dude!

avj · Post by **avj** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:34 pm

Will wrote:
avj wrote:
Will wrote:The Dano Spring King is digital, just like all the other small pedals.
The Spring King does have actual springs in it, so it's not doing DSP like most other compact pedals.
Oh wow. Everything I had seen said digital. Thanks, dude!

For a long time I assumed it was also DSP-driven and wondered why it came in such a fucking ridiculous enclosure. I suspect there are a great many people that have no idea it's actually spring-driven, based on the amount of people in various reviews and comments all over the web that complain about the size.

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Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Apr 16, 2010 7:40 pm

It's especially weird because all the catalog copy uses those coded phrases like "analog-based sound" and "true spring-driven tone" that usually screams "SHITTY DSP!!!!". It's weird that they wouldn't market it as being a real spring unit.

avj · Post by **avj** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 12:38 am

Will wrote:It's especially weird because all the catalog copy uses those coded phrases like "analog-based sound" and "true spring-driven tone" that usually screams "SHITTY DSP!!!!". It's weird that they wouldn't market it as being a real spring unit.

Agreed. I'm as big a big Danelectro fan as you, but they really have a way with fucking up the legacy.

hugh · Post by **hugh** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:13 am

kim wrote:maybe a cool idea of dwarfcraft or mike pedals or other builders here to put together a reverb pedal with springs. not the easiest sort of effect to make i expect.

Some DIY reverb plans.
I posted this a while ago, been hoping to make it when I get some spare time. There's a whole bunch of different types of DIY plans out there. Also want to make a plate reverb, that seems like a much easier build too.

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 5:05 am

another DIY reverb, I read about this in the Yamaha Sound Reinforcement Handbook, you can use a garden hose or some other type of hose or tubing; attach a speaker to one end and a microphone to the other. there are actual commercial reverb units that were built using this method. it tends to create a sort of midrangey reverb (maybe due to the size speaker that's used?). you could probably EQ it a bit to give you some different sounds though.

kim · Post by **kim** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 9:37 am

yeah but you need the splashes, no reverb without the splashes, and you need springs for that, no ?

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 10:11 am

you mean that spring reverb popping sound? I guess it depends what kind of reverb you want. all these reverb methods using springs, plates, reverb chambers, the tubing method I just mentioned or DSP are all just different ways to imitate reverb that occurs in the real world, like something you would hear in a concert hall. you choose which one to use based on the particular sound you're after. none are more "real" than any other; they're all very fake. they're just effects and you pick the flavor you like based on your own personal taste.

the DSP ones are going to get the closest to the real thing if that's what you're after (which I'm guessing you're probably not). the extreme end being something like the lexicon $2-3000 rack mount units, as they've spent a lot of time and energy developing precise algorithms to emulate the reverb of specific real world spaces.

ultratwin · Post by **ultratwin** » Sat Apr 17, 2010 2:34 pm

While we're on the subject, anyone know what to make of this? Good ol' local copycat and pedal kit resource www.pedalparts.co.kr has a digital reverb thingy used for their kits, saying it's made for "single knob reverb pedals". A hunch is telling me something like it's the same used in the SPRING CHICKEN.

http://www.pedalparts.co.kr/shop/board/ ... ake&no=109

http://www.pedalparts.co.kr/shop/board/ ... ggu&no=104

EXTENDED LOLZ.