Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

[Gearjoneser]

I'm sure some Plexi or Bassman owners already know this, but I'll share it anyway.....for those who want to hear a nice reverb on those amps.

Using an Electroharmonix Holy Grail pedal (or similar), use the pedal in between bridging your two channels. This will preserve your 'direct into amp' tone.

Simply plug your guitar into the 1st Bright input. Run a small patch cord from the 2nd bright input into the Holy Grail. Go out of the HG reverb back into the 1st normal input. Then set your 'bright' volume to the desired volume and use the 'normal' volume to mix in your reverb to taste. Very easy, and you'll have a very natural sounding reverb to your vintage 4 input amp!

 

[B2D]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Oh cool! I gotta try that sometime.

 

[kmcguitars]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Hmmm.I guess you could a delay pedal and tremelo to? Kinda like a Faux
FX loop? I'll have to try it with the JTM 45 I'm working on.

 

[rinse_master]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Kinda like a Faux FX loop?

Yeah, kinda, sounds interesting!...

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I was using my new Bassman LTD like this all day today......it works like a charm, since I like bridging the channels anyway. The point is to add warmth from the normal channel to the bright channel. Using it as a faux FX loop works great, because it mixes in the effect in a nice warm analog way. Try it!!

 

[Breogan]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Very usefull trick... Now I only need a Bassman!! :laugh2:

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Remember those old pictures of Blackmore or Yngwie with a wall of 4 input Marshalls all chained together? They were simply running the 2nd inputs of one amp into the next amp's 1st input....all the way down the line. That's how they were connected.

 

[TheArchitect]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Hmmm.I guess you could a delay pedal and tremelo to? Kinda like a Faux
FX loop? I'll have to try it with the JTM 45 I'm working on.

A delay would work but the tremolo not so much since the volume changes will be masked by the uneffected direct signal.

 

[Hoss]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

sounds good...i'll keep that in mind if i ever get an amp without built in verb!!!

thanks!

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Cool idea,but how does it sound? You're still putting your effect within the preamp and not in between the preamp and output section like in a loop?

 

[PUCKBOY99]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I would imagine it sounds pretty good.

If it didn't, what would be the point of posting a "neat trick"????

 

[Stringmachine]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I told my friend about this, and he tried it out. Says it works like a charm. Thanks for the tip. :arms:

 

[STRATDELUXER97]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I would imagine it sounds pretty good.

If it didn't, what would be the point of posting a "neat trick"????

:smack: Smart A$$ :laugh2: :wink:

 

[Quencho092]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

Cool idea,but how does it sound? You're still putting your effect within the preamp and not in between the preamp and output section like in a loop?

I do this alot too with that TS9 you souped up for me...

The handiest part about this is that you can mix how much clean volume you want and how much effects volume. You can also separately EQ your effects.

With your TS9 in the loop and my guitar clean into input 1 it's my favorite tone-Big and clean with an after touch of smooth gain. I keep the TS9 loop with the bass at around 2 o clock, treble at 4, bright switch on, the other channel it's bass 3, treble 6 bright on.

This doesnt work well with wahs though. The sound gets overpowered by the effectless channel. You can still add a very subtle wah shift to chords and notes though.

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I tried bridging the channels together one time on a blackface amp. The two channels are out of phase with each other! Oops! Sounded like crap.

But on tweeds, well, that's a different story. The Deluxe channels are very interactive anyway. No need to jumper them if you ask me. On the Tweed Pro, the jumper loop trick works pretty well. The thing is that most great tweeds have this hollow, woody, almost reverb like effect going on naturally.

I realize that probably doesn't make sense to most of you, but if you spend a lot of time with a cool Tweed original circuit running in a solild pine open back combo cab, you'll understand (I think).

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

out of curosity I just tried this with my old Pro Co Rat...KILLER it was like having to different amps going at the same time...very layered sounding.

Thanks GJ!

 

[Scott_F]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

out of curosity I just tried this with my old Pro Co Rat...KILLER it was like having to different amps going at the same time...very layered sounding.

Thanks GJ!

like a Voodoo Sparkle drive?

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

like a Voodoo Sparkle drive?

very much so! try it...maybe you'll like it!

 

[PUCKBOY99]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

:smack: Smart A$$ :laugh2: :wink:

Always one in the crowd!!!!hahahahaha

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Nice Trick for adding Reverb to Plexi or Bassman 4 input.

I think the reason it works as well as it does is because the 'mixed in' channel is riding below the primary channel, so it doesn't suffer from that digital ping sound you get when running a reverb pedal straight into the front. Usually, if you put a Holy Grail in front of the amp, it sounds OK, but when you smack the strings hard, the reverb gets splashy sounding. It's much nicer when it's blended in with a warmer channel, so it sounds subtle underneath the primary dry tone.