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Hi, looks like I might be starting/getting in a surf band (even though I haven't listened to to much surf music in the last 40 years, I'm an old dude!)Anyway from watching Youtubes and reading on the forum I came to the conclusion my reverb in my amp doesn't get drippy (still not 100% sure what that means) so I picked up a Surfybear Compact. Well to my untrained non surfer ears its pretty over the top, so I keep adjusting it down (more like my amp reverb)which I'm sure is wrong if I'm going to be in a surf band. So I need to retrain my brain on what sounds good. Obviously we are going to just start with the classics (Mr Moto, Penetration, Pipeline, Surf Rider ect ect ect) Anybody have some good starter setting for a Surfybear Compact until I get me ears trained! Thanks ed

Play to a drum track, you might be surprised how much gets tamed with a bit of rhythmic context. I don't have a Surfybear myself, so I can't recommend any settings for it, but every single band has their own sound, and quite often reverb levels can change from song to song.

At the end of the day, you're the one playing the songs and it has to sound good both to you and to the rest of the band. Takeshi Terauchi barely used any reverb and his recordings still have a surf attitude in them. (You will want it cranked for Pipeline, though!)

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Been using SFC almost for a year and i love it. I can tell you, i can go to classic to modern just in a sec with a knob turn. Give your ears a listen to old and new surf music, then try to replicate on the surfy bear compact until you get the sound you like and its done!

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I agree that experimentation is the only way to find what works for you, and there're many sounds to go for, not just one drippy surf sound. I'll say that a traditional place to start is D6 M6 T6. Other settings that i like on my home-made SB are D7.5 M4 T7, and of course D10 M10 T10. All those settings I just mentioned are pretty heavy on the reverb, but your own settings will depend on the gear and other settings in your signal chain, how you play, and what you're going for. I hope that helps.

Like nosprings said, there's a lot of variation, and levels change from song to song. The key is to experiment. There are many threads in this forum all about how to achieve the coveted "Drip". One of the drippiest bands is the Astronauts, do check them out if you haven't already, specifically their instrumental tunes, like "Baja" and Movin'".

Have fun.

Thanks for the help and the recommendations. I have an other guitarist/keyboardest coming over today for the first time. Will see if I can pull this off and sound OK!

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