Before I begin I just wanna say I love this thing ever since I got it a few years ago. When it’s plugged directly into my recorder it sounds how it should. Nothing but drip… But every amp I plug it into it sounds very washy and it’s almost like the drip is being covered up. No matter how many hours I spent dialing in the tone… Unless I have my ear right next to it, it just sounds like a washy reverb. At first it was going into a very low-brow behringer until I got my tweed blues Jr with a Jensen. The FBJR was way too bright and boxy I’m not surprised the surfybear didn’t come out clear but now with my TRRI, it drips more than it did but it’s still covered up and not really dripping as much as it should. Is there any trick to making this sound more prominent? I watch Ryan from 60 cycle hum go through his Princeton and it sounds phenomenal so I feel like it should be just the same if not better with my TRRI(?) do I need compression?

derekirving wrote:

I've found in my experience that I didn't care for the SurfyBear Metal, it seemed a bit darker with more cavernous (washy) reverb. I'm using a Surfybear Compact and it's less like that, and the Classic may be less to. Now it's possible that the pan in the metal is causing this. You may want to try reducing the amp "bass" to brighen up the signal a bit, make sure your amp reverb is off and even see if adding a touch of delay will help punch out the drips. Experiment with a buffer pedal in front (e.g. Boss Tu2 tuner). Others will respond with better info, but this is what I've found works. Regardless of all the claims, it still doesn't drip the reverb like a great Fender 6G15, however I'm extremally happy with the Surfy Bear Compact.

Thanks brother I appreciate the feedback, the compact is definitely more ideal and has better functionality especially with 2 mixes. I have a tc flashback delay that I play with the Metal, it might help a little bit but for the most part it’s about the same. I’m worried to drop money on the compact just for it to do the same thing when I already have the big brother ya know? Maybe one day

Redfeather wrote:

Find an old vintage spring pan for it. Modern ones just aren't the same. Even the special one Surfy Bear commissioned. The decay is too long.

I had an extra surfy pan laying around that I was going to put into the twin to see if the amp itself would have more drip but it wasn’t compatible, however I found out the pan in the twin was a made in USA accutronics that I wonder if it could work in the surfybear. Could make it worse I don’t know but it’s an idea, if it’s even compatible with the surfy bear

Are you turning off the reverb on the amps you are using?

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I mean, when you are using the SurfyBear Metal as an external reverb unit, the reverb on the amp is turned down/off, correct?
I am trying to figure out this sentence that you typed When it’s plugged directly into my recorder it sounds how it should. Nothing but drip… But every amp I plug it into it sounds very washy and it’s almost like the drip is being covered up. No matter how many hours I spent dialing in the tone… Unless I have my ear right next to it, it just sounds like a washy reverb.
I can assure you that when Ryan did hos video demo with the Princeton that he was not using any compression or anything extra with the SurfyBear. The fact that it sounds right straight into your recorder means that there has got to be something up with your amp settings or something else.

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AndrewTesta wrote:

spskins wrote:

I mean, when you are using the SurfyBear Metal as an external reverb unit, the reverb on the amp is turned down/off, correct?
I am trying to figure out this sentence that you typed When it’s plugged directly into my recorder it sounds how it should. Nothing but drip… But every amp I plug it into it sounds very washy and it’s almost like the drip is being covered up. No matter how many hours I spent dialing in the tone… Unless I have my ear right next to it, it just sounds like a washy reverb.
I can assure you that when Ryan did hos video demo with the Princeton that he was not using any compression or anything extra with the SurfyBear. The fact that it sounds right straight into your recorder means that there has got to be something up with your amp settings or something else.

Sorry for the confusion, all onboard reverb is turned off besides the Surfybear. I’m wondering if it’s just my hearing, or the acoustics in the room. Because if I sit ground level with the amplifier it does drip fairly well but if I’m standing up walking around plucking it’s just washy reverb (if that makes sense) do I need to constantly keep it tilted on its legs so it’s going through the air more instead of my floor? Is it bad to keep the twin tilted on its legs for long periods of time?

You won’t hurt anything by tilting your Twin. I assure you, it doesn’t care, one little bit.

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