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TOTAL GUITAR MAY 2020
N
o matter what type of
guitar player you are,
there will most likely
come a point where
you’ll require some ambient
eff ects in the form of reverb,
delay or both. While years ago,
delay types came in a limited
choice with analogue or digital
being your main options, today
delay pedals are often fully-
loaded with multiple delay
types, from simple analogue
echoes through to ethereal,
pitch-shifted and fi ltered
repeats, taking in all kinds of
vintage emulations along the
way. It’s the same story for
reverb - gone is the sparse
selection of spring, hall and
studio, replaced by long, icy
‘verbs that allow you to create
huge soundscapes. Here, we
have four pedals that will
off er you ambience in spades.
AMBIENT EFFECTS ROUND-UP
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F
ancy, long-tail ambience is all good,
but what if you want simplicity? Well,
Fender’s Tre-Verb takes a diff erent
approach by basing its architecture around
vintage amp reverb and tremolo. You get
three types for each eff ect: Opto, Bias
(valve-style) and harmonic vibrato and
three reverbs: ’63 (Fender reverb tank),
’65 (Blackface amp spring reverb) and Plate
(based on vintage studio-style plate reverbs).
There’s a load of control to hand, with the
usual rate/depth/level controls for the trem,
and blend/tone/dwell controls for the reverb.
It’s full of lush-sounding dreamy reverbs,
and with both eff ects applied and some
experimentation, it covers a lot of ground.
T
he Hall Of Fame off ers the same
infrastructure as its delay counterpart
- toneprints, utilitarian controls
and a MASH footswitch for additional
expression. On this pedal, the three controls
are in charge of decay time, tone and reverb
mix, with the MASH button assignable in the
same way as with the Flashback. As with the
delay, TC has made use of new pitch-shifting
algorithms to add pitch eff ects to the reverb,
in this case, the new Shimmer setting. It’s
a divisive sound, but one loved by many, and
TC has nailed it here with a spooky glassiness.
Sonically, it’s a no-brainer.
Fender Tre-Verb
TRES COOL
TC Electronic Hall of
Fame II Mini
HALL ABOARD!
£95
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