Plate Reverb

**artdecade** · 10-08-2016, 10:45 AM

Anyone have any suggestions for a nice digital plate reverb pedal? Although I am sure that something like the Eventide Space will be brilliant, I would prefer something smaller and with less knobby fuss. Also, I am not interested in spring reverb or emulations, because I already have a Gomez G-Spring for that type of effect.

**neatomic** · 10-08-2016, 11:24 AM

catailinbread talisman- its a dedicated plate reverb pedal...catailinbread is a great pedal effects company...top stuff

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cheers

**artdecade** · 10-08-2016, 11:31 AM

Have you had a chance to play with one? I don't have an effects loop, so I am hoping that it sounds good directly in front of the amp.

**MaxTwang** · 10-08-2016, 12:14 PM

The Catalinbread Talisman is currently on sale at Vintage King.

Era-defining plate reverb pedal with studio-style controls - Vintage King Audio

**feet** · 10-08-2016, 02:31 PM

$150 is not a bad price at all, and they do good stuff. i've had a few of their pedals and they are top notch, as stated. but if you want something much less involved, i love the dr scientist mini reverberator. lovely plates and its essentially a one knob pedal. run it in front of my amps and i love it dearly. the digitech polara and older hardwire rv7 are great cheaper options.

**artdecade** · 10-08-2016, 04:39 PM

Thanks! I'll take a look at those options.

**neatomic** · 10-08-2016, 05:18 PM

catailinbread talisman is really made for between guitar and amp...i played one in a store..i liked it..but i prefer spring verbs..they make the best spring reverb as well..the topanga

here's a good demo of the talisman features

vintage king sale price is a great deal!!..cheaper than used on reverb!

cheers

**sgosnell** · 10-08-2016, 07:57 PM

The TC Hall of Fame Mini has a decent plate reverb, and you can get hundreds of different ones off the internet and their website, and swap them out in seconds with a smartphone, or a computer. I prefer the standard dark hall reverb, but there are good reasons for the huge variety available. Not everyone likes the exact same tone.

**powerwagonjohn** · 10-08-2016, 08:45 PM

I like the idea of a clean boost also. I already have 1964 Reverb Unit so I have the spring reverb covered. This might be nice in front of my 1962 Fender Pro. I wanted a reverb and boost so I will look into one of these.
Thanks john

**Pale Rider** · 10-09-2016, 09:10 AM

The Strymon Flint is probably the finest-
you can choose from Spring, Plate , and I believe Hall -and it comes with a switchable Tremolo as well

**feet** · 10-10-2016, 11:03 PM

while i do like and still have a flint, i found it worked better more out there sounds than more natural sounds. but i never mess with the hidden secondary functions. so it can be a super involved pedal, but it doesn't have to be. i also thought it sounded better in front of an amp instead of in the loop. but that's me.

since it weirdly came up, the only feature the dr scientist has is, yup, a clean boost. its clean enough to serve as a defacto volume knob, powerful enough to overdrive a low watt amp and also serves as a defacto buffer if you put it toward the end of your chain to use that volume bump to compensate for signal loss.

the catalinbreads all have a sort of preamp thing going on that some folks love and other don't. be advised. they cannot be defeated, as i understand it.

**plectrum99x** · 10-11-2016, 03:59 PM

If cost is not an issue, the Strymon Blue Sky is fantastic. It will provide whatever reverb you desire. While my tube amp has its own spring reverb—not a fan of springs—I have a Blue Sky permanently attached to its input, as opposed to its effects circuit, and to my ears it is just perfect. I will admit that it is overkill for a jazz box, but its diverse options are there if you want to go crazy.

**powerwagonjohn** · 10-14-2016, 10:02 AM

I just wanted to thank those [neatomic] who suggested the Catlinbread Talisman for a good plate reverb. I received it in mail yesterday and it is perfect in front of my 1962 Fender Pro. It gives plenty adjustment to dial down the effect to add body and presence only to the amp with out altering it's tone. I have a 1964 Reverb Unit and as much as I like it, I don't always want that "spring" sound. The preamp is always on, even with the pedal off but can be dialed down to have no effect on amp level.
I am not much of a pedal guy as this my 3rd pedal in 30 years. But I am really enjoying this one. Thanks again guys, I am always learning something here. John

**BigMikeinNJ** · 10-14-2016, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by powerwagonjohn

I just wanted to thank those [neatomic] who suggested the Catlinbread Talisman for a good plate reverb. I received it in mail yesterday and it is perfect in front of my 1962 Fender Pro. It gives plenty adjustment to dial down the effect to add body and presence only to the amp with out altering it's tone. I have a 1964 Reverb Unit and as much as I like it, I don't always want that "spring" sound. The preamp is always on, even with the pedal off but can be dialed down to have no effect on amp level.
I am not much of a pedal guy as this my 3rd pedal in 30 years. But I am really enjoying this one. Thanks again guys, I am always learning something here. John

I ordered one also...

**powerwagonjohn** · 10-14-2016, 10:41 AM

I am looking forward to your opinion. As I said I am not a big pedal guy and when I do use my OCD or my Boss chorus they usually dialed to the lower end. In fact the OCD barely dials down far enough for me at most times.
Thanks John

**PB+J** · 12-18-2016, 07:30 AM

I've been using the Talisman pedal for a couple weeks now. Very impressed. it just sits better than other reverbs.

I've also got (yes, I'm bad) a TC Hall of Fame and a Strymon Flint and a Boss RV-5. The Talisman is better than any of them if what you want is a reverb that doesn't get in the way and shout "REVERB!!!" That is, of you want reverb as a barely there sweetener, rather than an obvious effect.

The keys to the thing are the hi-pass knob and the pre-delay knob.
The variable hi-pass...passes hi frequencies and rolls off lows. I set it at about 1-2 o'clock and then the "body" of the guitar tone is unaffected, while the reverb gives a sense of space and depth.

The pre-delay sets the time (milliseconds) before the reverb kicks in. Imagine you are in a big room three feet from the guitar. You hear the guitar, THEN the reverb, after the sound waves have left the guitar, hit the walls, and bounced back. Pre-delay controls for that effect. The result is a gain the body of your tone is more distinct.

If you've ever felt like reverb was masking your tone this might be the pedal for you.

On the downside, it has a discrete preamp which allows it to work as a boost as well as a reverb, and also allows for the reverb to tail off naturally if you switch it off while playing. This preamp slightly colors the tone, rolling off a little high end. I've found that I like it better running at 18 volts