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Was just curious to see if anyone played straight with no reverb or other effects.
I see that there are plenty of vintage amps that don't have reverb or anything else, so I guess back in the day they did before pedals.Last edited by DMgolf66; 01-24-2023 at 05:49 PM.
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01-24-2023 05:18 PM
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I play completely dry. I follow what Johnny Smith did and that was holding down a note while changing chords.
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I did for about 10 yrs when I was using my old 1950's Gibson GA-50 but I wouldn't anymore
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Depends on the room and the tune.
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I do. If I find a nice room with wooden walls, I'm in heaven.
Let me qualify, that a looper is a part of my toolset and sometimes a plus pedal (single note sustain) and I have things I use when/if I'm playing prepared guitar.
But I consider them dry effects.Last edited by Jimmy blue note; 01-24-2023 at 06:54 PM.
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I do - just me, the guitar, and an amp. No amount of technology or gadetry will make me sound better if I don't know what I am doing to begin with. Years ago, a fellow guitarist tried to convince me to try one his boards, thinking that I could get used to it. Never happened. It is just not my style.
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Dry here too. Live the room provides the verb and if I add it it gets too muddy and looses cut and punch.
And even if it’s just me at home, I like to use amps that are very rich sounding and don’t really need reverb. I like amps that sound 3d on their own.
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Occasionally I will have a sip of whiskey and a beer after getting set up but more often I wait to drink until after the first set so I guess I would say 75% dry.
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Always some reverb. Not dripping wet.
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So, no dry January?
Originally Posted by DawgBone
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funny, when i read the title of this thread, i thought you meant pure acoustic...as Steve Greene calls it, the 'dry box'...
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Always dry. I really like the normal channel on a blackface. My Trinity tweed deluxe has no reverb anyway and I never use the reverb on my Bud either.
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I have a silverface champ that I've played out at a jam completely dry with my L-7. Had it cranked to 8 to keep up with the rest of the band and it sounded perfect, just on the edge of break up. Got told a couple times that the tone was very Wes like so
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I use a Kemper.
Completely dry - no effects whatsoever, not even reverb - is one of many sounds I use. A completely dry sound can be especially effective - and quite dramatic - when it's surrounded by highly effected sounds in other parts of a song.
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All my amps have reverb. I never use it with my big band; in other situations it's depended on the room--most have enough ambient reverb that they don't need help from the amp. At home with my jazz setup I have a very small amount dialed in, with my modeler setup most of the presets I use have some degree of it, but I do have a couple of jazz presets that are nothing but an amp and cab block.
Danny W.
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Lashings of reverb: the Princeton Reverb II has an Accutronics spring reverb that, when turned up to 10, sounds like the Hammer House of Horror. Maximum hauntology.
I own only a looper pedal but, of late, I have been borrowing pedals from the Music and Electronics Library at the Audio Foundation in Auckland. I can borrow three pedals for a month, from a collection that includes commercial and hand-made devices. I prefer psychedelic sounds: flangers, delays and echoes and so on.
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Just my 3 knob MBIII which has no reverb.
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Especially live i don't use much reverb, cause always the room has some. I have a couple of Tweed amps that don't have reverb, and i usually don't carry pedals at gigs with them, just the amp.
I like practicing without reverb because it's harder and it helps with your technique. If you can carry a ballad with dry sound, you 're doing something right! But then of course, a good accutronics tube reverb is enjoyable to play with also, and quite necessary for some type of jazz sounds.
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You make me very curious about your music. Originally Posted by Litterick
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Mostly dry, sometimes just a touch of reverb. If I can actually hear the reverb, it's too much. I have a TC HOF Mini, and generally use the Ambience toneprint if I connect it. I've never heard an amp reverb that I really like, including my Vibrolux Reverb.
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I always use a bit of reverb. I use a pedal when playing with vintage no-verb amps. I like the idea of playing dry but the reality is that an electric guitar signal is already much drier than an acoustic instrument. I wouldn’t want reverb on a sax but just a plain electric guitar with no verb is too direct a sound for me.
My settings are usually the same. I don’t want to use reverb as an effect. I usually keep the mix very low with a long tail. I adjust the brightness of the room with respect to the guitar. Some guitars are able to cut through better with a bright reverb.
I wouldn’t pass on the reverb just to be traditional. Even Matt Munisteri gigs with a Princeton reverb and uses the verb.
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Usually I'm not even plugged in so yeah. Dry.
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Always dry.
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dry, unless my amp has a spring reverb in which case it's on about 1 or 2.
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Played unplugged, flat tops and arch tops have a natural reverb to the players ear. Pickups and amps don't re-create this without extra electronics or a lot of help from the space.
To my ears, the lack of reverb sounds two dimensional in a normal size living room when it's just me and guitar and amp. As that defines 99% of my playing time, I use reverb.
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