In the reggae world, we frequently have a spring tank on the mixing board. By hand, we strum or hit the springs to create a crashing sound. If you ever wondered what that sound was, there you go.

As a surf player, there's one important correction I'd like to make: It's

Try connecting the imperials pan to the ana sounds.

Surf rock legend Dick Dale always ran his reverb in the front and his amps were cranked! The breakup and compression of the reverb-ed guitar signal is a fundamental part of surf rock, emphasizing the drip. Just watch out to keep the verb short, because OD and compression lengthen the tail!

Glad you experimented with reverb out front. The modern default of "time-based effects go in the loop" has pushed a lot of vintage sounds by the wayside. Delay into the front end is a glorious sound.

The secret to figuring out effects pedal placement can best be summed up with one quote from Josh from JHS Pedals: "Just try stuff." I know some guitarists whose tone I absolutely love, who put Reverb and Delay before their amps, and a lot of guitarists, who follow a more "conventional wisdom" kind of approach

Just about the same time that Fender added a reverb tank to it's amps, Ford Motor Company started offering reverb for car radios. At the time, if you wanted to listen to music on your car radio, you were stuck with a crappy AM radio played through a small cheap speaker in the dash. A Spring Reverb tank in your trunk improved the sound to bearable levels for younger drivers.

And once you start thinking about reverb as an effect instead as simulating a physical space, that can open up all kinds of possibilities. Like running the 100% wet reverb in parallel through effects different than your dry signal chain.

That's originally how outboard reverb units were meant to be used, they were built for amps that didn't have reverb built in, and when they were first designed, amps didn't even have effects loops. So an old Traynor reverb unit works wonders going into the front of my '76 Hiwatt.

Colin: Logically, reverb should come last

Reverb to distortion is great. It opens some new door when you think reverb as tail generator. This comes from a synth guy though, not sure how guitar will react.

Thanks for the video, Colin! As another spring reverb lover I truly appreciate it. With all the digital stuff and simulation they don't get the deserved attention these times anymore...

The fact that someone years ago thought about running your guitar through a spring and boom spring reverb happens blows my mind.

I love running delays and verbs into the front of the amp, even a dirty amp. It sounds just... chaotic and amazing, hahaha.

But what about Summer, Winter and Fall reverb ???? 🤷‍♂️

Do you also compulsively play Ritchie Blackmore riffs when holding a Strat? Because I feel like I could start a support group.

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This man needs to be protected at all costs 🎉

I LOOOVEEE that you chose @MALINDA s Spanish Cathedral video as example ❤

Here's a thing I recently figured out about Spring Reverb...