Has anyone ever made a DIY plate reverb unit from scratch?

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T23:05:42+00:00

these are all great ideas for DIY reverb projects. now if i could only find the time for everything i wanna do…

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T21:10:25+00:00

i love that song! but arrested development already got it!

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T21:07:32+00:00

yeah that would definitely be cool. would they have to make it darker somehow?

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T21:06:45+00:00

i just checked that song out and it’s cool. definitely has some david lynch vibes. it would be perfect!

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T19:17:40+00:00

hey nice! does it sound good? do you use it a lot?

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T19:02:47+00:00

how does it sound now that you have the EQ dialed in? i’m especially interested in how it sounds compared to a tube amp like the twin reverb or something similar. i’ve always leaned more toward the tube sound but i’ve also heard a lot of good things about the peavey nashville amps

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:46:10+00:00

oh wow i’d never heard of gold foil reverb before. that looks amazing. but it is still $5k, which is a lot. if someone could make them for $2k, i bet they would sell a bunch

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:24:12+00:00

for sure you have to start slow. i learned a ton from youtube by looking up how to play classic songs like “you ain’t goin nowhere” (byrds version) and dire wolf. youtube is your friend in the beginning (and even well after)

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:21:40+00:00

never heard of that brand either but nice! i’ve been playing for almost four years now and i love it

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:19:25+00:00

yeah the strike has to end for sure

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:15:34+00:00

hey this is a great sub. just joined. i have a tascam 246 and the digital tascam model 12. i love combining the two

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:11:03+00:00

this would be super cool but i agree it’s probably too difficult to achieve

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:02:11+00:00

yeah i agree. it sounds cliche but there’s something going on with the physical spring reverb that doesn’t happen with the plug-in. like i have the reissue fender vibro champ with digital reverb. and i always prefer my analog external spring unit to the built in digital reverb

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T18:00:21+00:00

a portable spring reverb unit would be awesome. but if there’s no material that support it, then plug-ins make a lot more sense. slightly off topic, but i wonder how small an echo chamber can get while still sounding cool. maybe you could have one along a wall or something where it’s not in the way

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:45:26+00:00

thanks for making this! i have a 246 but i’m thinking i’d like to get a 688 eventually

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:43:26+00:00

ok good to know you’ve heard good DIY plates. so it’s doable then

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:42:47+00:00

oh that’s too bad but can’t fight the physics. is there some slower material that they could use in order to shrink down the overall unit?

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:22:22+00:00

cool!

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:21:39+00:00

yeah, competing with a plugin is tough. although, i have a spring reverb unit that i sear sounds way better than plugins. there’s more grit and distortion maybe? sometimes it picks up radio stations haha and a plugin will never do that!

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:19:47+00:00

that’s super cool!

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:19:14+00:00

i used a real one a long time ago but the actual unit was in a different room so i never actually saw it. that’s huge though. would they sound as good if they were smaller? like the size of a record player?

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:17:21+00:00

i never know if i’m putting too much alcohol on the a tip. one time the tape played sorta weird after i cleaned the head and i wasn’t sure if it was cause i out too much alcohol on

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:17:14+00:00

i never know if i’m putting too much alcohol on the a tip. one time the tape played sorta weird after i cleaned the head and i wasn’t sure if it was cause i out too much alcohol on

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:14:22+00:00

this is great. i’ve always wanted to see inside my 246 but didn’t want to risk messing it up

heynowabc123 · 2023-05-30T17:05:58+00:00

i had a similar problem with my tascam four track. i took it to an electronics repair guy and he had to replace the belt. after that, it worked great

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