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Topic: Wet Reverbs |
George Macdonald
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Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 7 Mar 2015 11:28 am |
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| I have an "older" two knob Wet reverb without the tone knob. Is there much advantage to getting a newer one with the tone knob? I'm only using one amp now so probably don't need the stereo version. I do know you can convert the stereo model into different pedals but I wouldn't be doing that. I think I have heard some say that they feel the "mono" version sounds a hair better then the stereo. What do you think? Thanks, George |
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Cartwright Thompson
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Posted 7 Mar 2015 5:35 pm
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| If you're not running two amps in stereo, I like the mono version better than the stereo. |
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Bill Moran
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Virginia, USA
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Posted 7 Mar 2015 6:03 pm
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I have the 2 button mono. I don't know how you could get better than that ! 
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Eric Philippsen
From:
Central Florida USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2015 5:24 am
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| I use the mono version. Speaking strictly for myself, I don't see that the addition of a tone knob would really offer that much of an improvement. |
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Tucker Jackson
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Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 8 Mar 2015 12:03 pm
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George, I would say the tone knob is somewhat useful -- just how useful might depend on what kind of sounds you're looking for.
I have a Wet Reverb with the tone knob and I do change the tone based on the musical situation.
When I bought it, I also got a Holy Grail with the intention of trying them both out and sending one back. I spent a long time doing A/B tests and that's when I learned the importance of to the tone knob on the Wet (which I ultimately decided to keep).
Basically, I figured out that it was the inherent brightness of the Holy Grail that made it so attractive (Lane Gray attributes this to the excellent buffer. It's not just the reverb itself -- the unit actually makes your entire tone brighter, and in a very pleasing way). So many reverb units are a little too dark for steel, IMHO, but the Holy Grail doesn't swallow up the steel when it's turned up a bit. Nice unit! Doing the A/B test, I then grabbed the tone knob on the Wet, turned it all the way up, and got it very close to the same level of brightness. And as you know, the reverb itself sounds amazing.
I think a brighter reverb sounds good with steel in certain musical situations like, say, classic 60's country. However, I play a lot of different styles and often want a darker, more ambient reverb. The Wet has the flexibility to get different sounds so that's the unit I settled on.
Long way around of saying you might want the tone-knob version of the Wet if you need to get that brighter type of sound (I assume the non-tone knob version has basically fixed the tone setting somewhere in the middle range). However, if you don't need that type of classic 60's sound, you can keep what you have. We're talking about noticeable, but still pretty subtle differences here... things you can definitely hear in the studio, but that become less important on stage.
Last edited by Tucker Jackson on 8 Mar 2015 12:19 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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George Macdonald
From:
Vancouver Island BC Canada
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Posted 8 Mar 2015 12:19 pm Wet Reverbs
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| Thanks everyone for the replys. That's the response I was looking for, and I guess it does seam to boil down to personal preference. As has been mentioned, the two knob version is probably set about mid point between dark and bright. For the type of playing I do, [mostly Gospel], it sounds pretty darn good, but if a good used 3 knob unit was available, I might go for it. Thanks again, George |
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