Best way to get reverb? (Page 1 of 2)

Boss Rev-5, T-Rex Roomate, Strymon Blue Sky, Electro Harmonix Cathedral or Holy Grail....tons of fine delay pedals out there!  The best non-Fender reverb I've ever heard was a tweed laquered Valve Train tube/spring reverb unit.  That thing was sick but so was the price ($600!!)

So you think that a pedal is the way to go? Don't bother with trying to get a reverb tank?

I know what Joe has said about the few Fender Reverb tanks he owns.

I have a Verbzilla and like it, but I use it more for the U2 shimmer effect.  I don't play surf (heresy in CA), so I only use a hint of reverb.

Honestly the best reverb is the boss rev -5. The tanks break down and If you walk by them they make a horrible noise.  GE Smith is the master along with Dick Dale and Neil Young.  For the rest of us the Boss is the most reliable. Through the loop is best but in front is cool too. The G Labs is also fantastic.
Joe B

I agree with Joe re the RV 5- In fact I have the RVV 10 1/2 rack version which is the same chip etc. I actually asked him his opinion on it in Belgium this yr and got the big JB thumbs up!

Re Neil Young- 'An original tube Echoplex, an MXR analog delay, a Boss flanger, and an old white Fender reverb unit with new springs that are separate. The springs are on a microphone stand that goes on the cement floor of the building. It extends up to the bottom of the stage, and the spring stands on top of the microphone stand and the wire comes through a hole in the stage completely separate. I can't use it if I don't do that, because if I jump onstage, the spring rattles. It has to be isolated from the surface of anything that's vibrating.'

http://thrasherswheat.org/sound.htm

I have to say if there's one LP I'd want to own it's Old Black.

What settings are you using? So far I've used the Holy Grail+ and I've just bought the RV-5 for the "Spring" Reverb but it makes that annyoing "boing" sound like in the old days when I accidentally hit my silverface Twin when playing. What is the point of that? Can that be eliminated by fine-tuning the setting?
Cheesed off so I haven't tried out the other settings yet.

That may be George Michael's favourite. Not my thing, though. Any tips on the settings for the RV-5 to eliminate that annoying boingy spring noise. Choosing another mode? I'll experiment a bit this weekend when I have more time. So any tips to cut corners are appreciated.

I'll go thru the list of what I've owned/liked:

Holy Grail Plus - quite good
EHX Cathedreal - not as good as HG+; sounded to digital to me in the trails
Digitech Digiverb - excellent sounds, but low headroom
Line 6 Verbzilla - good sounds, but too digital sounding all around
Marshall Reflector - not bad at all, probably prefer to Verbzilla

Neunaber WET Reverb - awesome. This thing is 2 knobs, and does everything from Sun Records "bathtub reverb" to a large hall. It's  not so much a "surf" reverb tho. If I needed to buy a reverb pedal again, I would get the WET or...

Strymon Blue Sky - this one does EVERYTHING, and it's expensive. But it sounds incredible. Strymon makes amazing stuff (I owned a Strymon Brigadier & currently own a Strymon El Capistan), and if you want the"end-all" reverb pedal, this is IT. If I needed to buy a reverb pedal again that could do it all, I'd buy the Strymon.

Interestingly, I never got the RV-5.  I think because most people I talked to said it was "good, solid, but..." as in, it is a good reverb, but there are now better ones out there, I guess.