The Steel Guitar Forum

A good pedal steel sound needs an exceptionally good reverb on it when called for, especially in the upper registers. I've tried a couple of Alesis digital versions and am underwhelmed. Anyone have recommendations on a good reverb, preferably with a pedal switch on it? I'm pretty new at this, so any advice is appreciated. Thanks!!

The Boss RV-5 is good and it has a paddle switch.

The Holy Grail sounds great and has one of the best sounding buffers I've used built in.

Doug Jernigan has been using the Digitech Hardwire RV-7, the last few years.I use amp reverb, Peavey Nashville 400 with Fox Intense Mod, which really helps the Peavey reverb.

I've always used the PEAVY in amp reverb and found it to be an excellent unit.

Likewise, the Holy Grail is a solid unit.

If you like the sound of a spring reverb, there's always this one in a stomp box:

The Boss RV-3 is a good starting point. Lloyd "Mr. Nashville Sound" Green used one for years (may still?), so that tells you a lot about them right there. It has a great reverb and the added bonus of a delay that can be mixed and matched with the reverb for plenty of great sound options. They're not in production any more but can be found on eBay all the time. Should be able to pick one up for less than $100.

I second the recommendation for the Holy Grail.
Best spring AND hall reverbs I've ever used.
Jb

The Benado reverb, available as a stand alone AddVerb, or in the Virgo or Steel Dream, just does it for me big time! Sage builds fantastic stuff!

Someone gave me a Hall Of Fame unit, and I can't get it dialed in to anything I like. The reverb in my NV400 died, so I'm having to use outboard reverb.

Holy Grail Nano pedal.......small, compact, great reverb unit.

As much as I have tried to get away from rack equipment, I continually return to the Lexicon MPX1 Hall setting. Transparent, yet ethereal.

After nearly 30 years of digital reverbs (Boss's, Lexicon MPX 500, Verbzilla, Alesis Quadraverbs), I switched to the "Room-mate" tube reverb pedal, by T-Rex, about 3 years ago. It's kind of picky, but lush and thick. Kind of reminds me of the higher caliber studio Lexicons.

The Room-mate has all your mix, decay, level and gain choices....but it also has a hi-cut knob to reduce the highs on the tail of the reverb, making a pretty smooth decay. A nice "Spring" setting, also.

I think I just talked myself into buying another one

People were pretty high on the Neunaber "Wet Reverb" pedal for a while. i've ever tried or heard one but have always been tempted. Any users?

I've been enjoying the Reverb settings on the Steel-Air amp by Quilter. Being able to set the Tone and the ample Dwell settings is something I've never been able to do before. Add a Holy Grail and you're in Vandura territory.

Wow this forum is SO great, thanks for the valuable input, guys! There aren't many steel players in Washington state so this forum is a lifesaver. Thanks a heap: I'll chase down all your suggestions.

Or you could just set your guitar up in a big restroom.
That's how they used to do it before electronics.

Erv Niehaus wrote:Or you could just set your guitar up in a big restroom.
That's how they used to do it before electronics.

I haul around a big bathroom with a shower, and play in the shower.

With the water on?

Tony Glassman wrote:People were pretty high on the Neunaber "Wet Reverb" pedal for a while. i've ever tried or heard one but have always been tempted. Any users?

A dedicated fan/user here. Mighty lush. I love it!

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Tony Glassman wrote:People were pretty high on the Neunaber "Wet Reverb" pedal for a while. i've ever tried or heard one but have always been tempted. Any users?

Neuaber is excellent, I have the stereo wet reverb and find it superb. It can also be programmed with download from Neuaber to perform delay and reverb, I've not tried this yet, should though...
Strymon Blue Sky is a great choice for stand alone reverb more options and controls, and $300, I use Strymon Brigadier Analog delay in conjunction with the wet reverb, very, very nice.
Simply put the electronics today are all good, I used the Peavey Profex for years, but in today's technology it was quite noisy.... To the original poster...you can try any of the suggestions mentioned and really threre are huge selections of electronics and the choices can be staggering, it will all come down to what you like and want to hear to please you.

I second Jack Stanton's choice.

I used the built in Peavey Reverbs for my first 100 years... in the 2nd 100 years I’ve used both the Profex ll and now have settled on the Lexicon MPX1 with the Buddy Castleberry presets added.... I’ve been using the John Hughey Parallel setting... 222 on mine, and can’t seem to get away from it, I love it... it has both Reverb and Delay in it.... Very Tasty

Erv Niehaus wrote:With the water on?

..Of course

Hello Claire! I have always thought of myself as somewhat of a "reverb connoisseur" as I have been hard to satisfy when it comes to "that sound". I have a Neunaber Stereo Wet Reverb which comes awfully close to the sound I have been looking for all my playing career. It's really great! In a rack mount I have a Lexicon MPX-1 with the John Hughey settings and there are some fine reverb sounds in that unit. I have just recently obtained a T C Electronics rack mount effects unit, a M-One XL, which is supposedly well known for its reverbs. I have yet to try it out, but will gladly let you know if it's a winner. I purchased a Digitech Hardwire RV-7 reverb pedal several years ago, which also contains some good Lexicon reverbs, but it doesn't quite come up to the Wet Reverb pedal. For dollar spent, I don't believe you can do any better than the Neunaber Wet Reverb, Mono or Stereo version. JMHO
Roger