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The Universal Audio Del-Verb: What You Need to Know

The Universal Audio Del-Verb: What You Need to Know

Mark Marshall
Pedals, Gear, Reviews

Let's explore the Universal Audio Delverb pedal. I was drawn to this pedal due to its combination of reverb and delay in a compact design compared to my other, usually independent, reverb and delay pedals. When I need both effects for a gig with a minimal pedal board, the Delverb is a solution.

Fitting a larger-sized delay and reverb, an overdrive, and a tuner, among other pedals, is challenging. The Delverb seemed to address this issue. While there have been other solutions, I wasn't satisfied with their sound; many delays and reverbs sounded thin to me, except for the Strymon El Capistan, which I like.

The El Capistan, while a great-sounding pedal, posed challenges as the reverb was not easily adjustable in my version. Even the newer version with adjustable reverb had the drawback that turning off the delay also turned off the reverb. I needed independent control over both effects.

Surfybear Metal

Surfybear Metal

Mark Marshall
Gear, Pedals, Reviews

For how seemingly simple surf guitar tone appears, it's pretty elusive. Like with cooking, the fewer ingredients you have, the better quality they need to be. There is no disguise or distractions.

Surf guitar is generally a guitar, reverb, and amp. Sometimes an early fuzz like the Maestro FZ-1A was involved. But primarily guitar to the reverb to the amp.

Each of these three ingredients needs to be correct to truly capture the classic surf guitar tone of artists like Dick Dale and the Ventures.

Performative Reverb Using the Chase Bliss CXM 1978

Performative Reverb Using the Chase Bliss CXM 1978

Mark Marshall
Pedals, Reviews, Gear

Plenty of people have a set it and forget it mentality when it comes to reverb, and that's fine and dandy. But there is a whole world of exploration there that can happen in real-time. Sometimes while recording, I venture into the sound design world. Meaning it's as much about the sound and feeling as it evolves as much as the part-writing. Which reverb I choose and the settings become an essential factor.

In this article, I will discuss sculpting tone with reverb, where the tweakability of a reverb is just as important as the guitar or amp you choose.

Anasounds Element Spring Reverb

Anasounds Element Spring Reverb

Mark Marshall
Pedals, Reviews, Gear

I’m a sucker for drippy spring reverb. I listen to a lot of surf and psychobilly music. You will find records from The Ventures and The Cramps in our vinyl collection.

Spring reverb isn’t just “reverb” to me. It’s an extremely specific flavor. One that just can’t be recreated digitally. Digital technology has come far, but I don’t feel there is a digital equivalent of spring reverb yet.