Spring
into
Action
Reverb Tanks You Have
to Try Right Now
words by Sam Hill
I love reverb. It’s one of
my favorite effects, and I,
like you, have been fixated
on the many great and
wonderful digital reverbs
that have emerged over
the past few years. Some
of the reverb pedals of
yesteryear sound so cheesy
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and obtrusive, so it’s hard
to believe how far some
of the current stuff has
come. That being said,
spring reverb, the original
gangsta of reverb—in
amp form anyway—is still
going strong. With all of
the newfangled devices out
there, it’s easy to forget just
how smooth and beautiful a
nice spring reverb can be. I
thought it’d be fun to take
a look some modern spring
reverb tanks, powered with
tubes, just the way guitar
players like them.
Spring Into Action: Reverb Tanks You Have to Try Right Now