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I've always been curious what a "traditional" surf sound must have
been like back in the day. 99% of the surf recordings from that era
were regrettably primitive and lo-fi by today's standards. Though the
Ventures had the bucks to get probably the highest quality recordings,
they weren't surf purists, and only gave a tip of the hat to the real
surf tone.
What I do like about using a real Fender outboard reverb is the
'spank'/'splash' effect it gives; I have yet to hear a digital reverb
recreate that, "Holy Grail" or whatnot. My brand spankin' new
Cyber-Twin SE has the most dead-on emulation of the various Fender
reverbs, from Princeton and Twin and even the Brown Tolex '63, but
none of them have the backsplash sproing that you get with a real
outboard tank. What is nice is the sheer versatility and
adjustability, and, well, consistency. I sure hope that my '63 RI
tank will eventually give me the timbre I'm wanting for surf!
--- In , "supertwangreverb"
<supertwangreverb@y...> wrote:
>
> > Much thanks to all who responded.
> >
> > I'm still curious what kind of gear everybody's running, i.e.
> guitars,
> > pickups, trems, amps, tubes, reverb units, & other outboard
> FX/mods!
>
>
> I'm using a CIJ Jag that I've upgraded with a mute, AV pickups, and
> CTS pots. My amp of choice right now is a '65 Bandmaster, and my
> tank is a '64. No outboard FX here, we are going for a more trad
> sound. For strings I use nickel Pyramid flats 13s or Gibson
> stainless flats.
>
> Here it is -
