LSC
566 posts
Dec 31, 2013
5:01 PM
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When this unit first came out there was some interest and mention of purchasing by some forum members. I can't recall seeing anything after that and was wondering if anyone could offer their opinion after hopefully gigging with it for a while.
I use a Harp Delay sparingly but lately I've been thinking of something not quite so, uh, modern sounding for lack of a better phrase.
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LSC
Last Edited by LSC on Dec 31, 2013 5:04 PM
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Moon Cat
321 posts
Dec 31, 2013
6:03 PM
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This is quite an amazing pedal! I wish I had one to make a video and I'm sure soon I will. I demoed this pedal before it came out at the last Harmonica collective with the great RJ Mischo. We A n B'-ed it with an old Fender reverb tank and not only did the reverb sound great but the pedal had an almost identical "preamp" like side effect much like the vintage old reverb tank. i have always been a bigger fan of a great analog delay over reverb but I realize now they don't need to be in competition as they are indeed separate effects. Today I did a Skype lesson with a fella who wanted to go over amp, mic and pedal tweaking and we ended up turning his delay down quite a bit (reducing that "modern Sound") and adding a hair of the LW reverb pedal and it was quite a nice, subtle and organic thickening ambient addition. A little of both instead of a lot of one seemed great to the both of us. So they worked well together as well as separate. I have tried lots of other guitar reverbs in the past and this pedal really brings it for harp more than any other I have ever tried. It's simply a great (and physically attractive) pedal for our instrument. Randy Landry knocked the ball out of the park on this one! -Jason Ricci
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Jehosaphat
639 posts
Dec 31, 2013
7:01 PM
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I was fortunate enough to win a L/W reverb pedal a while back.Randy drew names out of a hat i think.
Because i already had a delay pedal and for some reason i thought that you couldn't run them together , I have hardly used it.
Anyway reading Mooncats post above i just tried them together set up like he suggests.
Awesome result,subtle sure but definitely very nice.
Like all of L/Ws pedals it is a very Harp friendly tool but I have found with all the ones i own(HB,Octave,Delay and Reverb),less is more.Especially into valve amps,SS PAs' can take a bit more juice imo.
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Chinaski
277 posts
Jan 01, 2014
1:03 AM
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I have the LW Reverb and gigged with it for a while - I found it to be a great sounding pedal. Very natural reverb, though I did prefer it set fairly low/dark. I would agree with the less is more approach. I found it particularly effective for slow blues, where it would make those long notes sing. It also lends itself nicely to chromatic, which I've been using it for more recently.
Currently, I'm using the LW Delay as my one main gigging pedal, but can certainly recommend the Reverb as a great pedal to have at your disposal.
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Kingley
3353 posts
Jan 01, 2014
1:26 AM
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I haven't used he Harp Reverb, but from my experience using some of their pedals a player can't go far wrong using the Lone Wolf stuff. The Harp Attack pedal they make is one of the best gear investments I've ever made.
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stokeblues
66 posts
Jan 01, 2014
2:21 AM
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It's a must!
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Pistolcat
564 posts
Jan 01, 2014
7:03 AM
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I don't own one but I have tried it out. Very nice sound! Here is world Champion Mikael Fall demonstrating it on a workshop. Using a Tunderbird low G! Kick your subwoofers up a notch.
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blueswannabe
394 posts
Jan 01, 2014
8:49 AM
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It's a great pedal and I like it better than using a delay. It gives the note depth and has great echo. On slow blues like little walter's sad hours and blue midnight, it sounds fantastic. In fact, it sounds so good I tend to leave it on most of the time during a gig.
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A440
119 posts
Jan 01, 2014
9:19 AM
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Nice video Pistolcat. Does anyone know the name of the software which is displaying the notes on the screen? This looks very useful....
Last Edited by A440 on Jan 01, 2014 9:19 AM
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blueswannabe
395 posts
Jan 01, 2014
6:34 PM
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Here is a quick video that I just made on the harp reverb pedal. I ran out of storage so the video ended sooner than I wanted. I think you will find the difference with and without obvious.
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barbequebob
2425 posts
Jan 02, 2014
10:00 AM
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If you've got any other questions about this pedal, let me know, because I was personally involved in it's design. The reverb is designed to emulate the old school spring reverb tanks. The ones on th eFender reissues tend to sound too bright to my ears compared to the original ones made in the 60's that used the Hammond two spring tanks.
It's designed for flexibility for those who want brighter or darker, and with high pitched harps you can darken it to dull the screechiness and if you used harps in low tunings like Low Eb's, you can brighten it if you want and also tune the reverb more to the acoustics of the room.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Moon Cat
326 posts
Jan 02, 2014
12:13 PM
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Figures Bob…I didn't know that but I'm not surprised your ear and chops helped make it happen. If you read my review it seems to my ear you pulled it off with flying colors.Thanks man for your music and contributions to all of us including me going on nearly 25 years since my first phone call to you now bro! You da man!-Jason
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LSC
567 posts
Jan 02, 2014
3:30 PM
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Thanks kindly to you all for taking the time to answer and particularly posting the videos.
I've had the LW Delay for three years or so. At first I of course went over the top with it but that didn't last long. These days, depending on which amp I'm using, I tend to add a touch to fatten the sound a bit and also it seems to help with feedback for some reason. On certain slow tunes, particularly in a minor key, I'll sometimes whack it up for effect but what I was after and not getting was something more akin to the mentioned "Sad Hours" sound. From what I can hear on the vids the LW Reverb seems to do a pretty good job of that. Jason's comments regarding using the delay and reverb together were interesting. I'm not a big fan of pedals but it is nice to be able to color things on occasion just to change things up a bit.
Thanks once again and y'all have a good year.
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LSC
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ReedSqueal
487 posts
Jan 02, 2014
6:49 PM
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@A440 - I'm going to take a guess that the software is "Bendometer" by HarpSoft. http://harpsoft.com/
I think harpninja was working on something similar? Well, at least maybe a feature in the program that he already has produced: http://harpninja.com/wp/
He is a member of this forum, although I am not sure of his handle. (I would say Harpninja but I think that is Mike Fugazzi here on the forum - not the producer of the harpninja program)
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"You hear that cat...On the Harmonica?....That's the Canned Heat!"
-John Lee Hooker, Boogie Chillen'
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barbequebob
2426 posts
Jan 04, 2014
9:09 AM
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@MoonCat -- Thanks, Jason!! Much appreciated.
The one thing that this also does that most reverb pedals including the ones simulating spring reverb is the feeling that when you turn the reverb up even slightly, the volume appears to be getting louder (which it really isn't, but is a trademark of the vintage reverb tanks, be outboard or the ones built into the old black/brown face Fenders or the early to mid 60's Ampegs). You can crank the reverb without feeding back because the dry signal is totally left alone and the reverb controls affects only the wet signal, wheras most spring reverb units affects both and the ones already in the amps, you can't turn it past 4 without feeding back because it affects both signals. However, if you do feedback, you're most likely set up far too loud to begin with.
I have used both reverb as well as delay on occasion on a slow blues, but reverbs work better when you don't play tons of notes, have good breath control, and also good sense of dynamics within the phrase, and I especially love it on a slow blues with a chromatic.
This pedal isn't quite there yet for getting the reverb sound from the 1952 LW session that had Blue Midnight/Sad Hours/Mean Old world/Boogie, but that's the next thing and that reverb was a studio reverb and at the time, there weren't any outboard reverbs available for use on a gig back then and the only reverb unit that can come close to that at the moment is the classic Premier 90, but that's the thing we're aiming for.
The only other pedal I know of where the dry signal isn't touched and the controls only work on the wet sound is the Wampler Faux Spring Reverb, but you cannot use batteries with it.
There are a few threads on this forum where more of this pedal is further explained.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Frank
3642 posts
Jan 04, 2014
9:48 AM
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I have a 4/10 with "built-in reverb tank" supplied to one of the speakers--the tank has its own tubes and its own volume from from 1 to 10 which when on 10 gives the appearence of louder because of the excess spring reverb being created - the addition of reverb adds a lot of weight to the amp but sounds pretty cool :)
Last Edited by Frank on Jan 04, 2014 10:03 AM
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jim
1485 posts
Jan 04, 2014
9:59 AM
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Get an EHX Holy Grail.
It will cover all your reverb needs.
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barbequebob
2428 posts
Jan 06, 2014
11:08 AM
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@Frank -- The LW reverb pedal does that exact same thing.
@jim -- I've never been keen on that, especially the earlier ones because of the noise problems.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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jim
1486 posts
Jan 06, 2014
11:23 AM
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Noise? How can a digital pedal add noise?
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HawkeyeKane
2243 posts
Jan 06, 2014
12:10 PM
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@jim
Digital pedals can most certainly add noise. One example is if the pedal is operating on battery power, and the battery wears down to a certain point, the signal can get mixed with a pitched tone when the effect is activated. Dano Corned Beefs are notorious for that. On the same token, if a battery powered effect pedal runs low on battery, the signal can be cut while the effect is not activated and the volume can diminish signifcantly.
That's why I like to use genuine springs whenever possible.
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jim
1487 posts
Jan 06, 2014
12:40 PM
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It has no battery!
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A440
120 posts
Jan 06, 2014
12:54 PM
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Thanks @Reedsqueal
I see that Bendometer is available as an iphone app. Anyone here have experience with it? Does it work well?
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HawkeyeKane
2244 posts
Jan 06, 2014
1:02 PM
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@jim
Okay, yes. The EHX doesn't, but many other digital pedals do. Boss, Dano, Behringer, etc. You asked how a digital pedal could create noise, that was just one example I gave. Not necessarily the EHX's case, just one that's common among digital pedals.
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