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The Adverb Reverb was first introduced as a
stand alone pedal. It is an analog sound spring
style reverb and more. Working closely with
Paul Franklin, we took the original Adverb and
tweaked it to work for steel players.
Here are a few settings:
First, lets set your unity level. Set Depth (16)
Input Gain (15), Level (12) and toggle switch
(14) to off position. Tone (13) to 12 o'clock.
Make sure the effect is off and now play and get
your desired volume from the amp. Now that
your amp volume is set, kick in the Adverb and
listen to see if there was any dropped in
volume. If so, start turning the Level knob (12)
while constantly clicking the effect on and off to
match unity volume. (Normally its between off -
9 o'clock position for unity level).
Now, you can start rolling the Depth (16) for
desired Reverb sound. More of the Depth (16)
more of Decay (Reverb). For a warmer
sounding Reverb keep the Tone (13) at 12
o'clock position or turn it down as desired.
For a brighter sound turn Tone (13) up until
satisfied. The Input Gain (15) control the
amount of level coming in to the chip so more of
the the Input Gain (15) the more of the "springs"
effect you'll hear. You can can adjust the Input
Gain (15) and Depth (16) for different Verb
soundings. You can find different settings down
below on settings and illustrations.
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The Toggle switch (14) was added as bonus
feature last minute. On the original Adverb
there is a feature called Shimmer that gives
you the option of a Chorus type effect. Paul
Franklin and myself decided to tweak that
option to work smoothly for Pedal Steel.
When you find the settings you like now set
the Toggle switch (14) to the gain position.
You will notice almost an increase of volume
but also you notice that your tone is warmer
and there is a slight Shimmer (chorus) type
of effect. The more you increase the Input
Gain (15) the more of the shimmer effect
you'll get.
NOTE: if you set the Input Gain (15) to the
max and turn the Toggle switch (14) to
gain there is a possibility of some "dirt"
distorted tone coming out. This is due to
the nature of the chip and the fact that we
are pushing it to the max.
