best spring DIY reverb pedal? Belton

[jtn191]

It'd be fun to make a real spring reverb

http://www.tapeop.com/tutorials/49/spring-reverb/

[culturejam]

It'd be fun to make a real spring reverb

http://www.tapeop.com/tutorials/49/spring-reverb/

I wanna make a "real" tape delay. That ought to be wicked complicated. 

I saw a few old units that used blank 8-track tapes as the recording/playback medium. Maybe an old but working 8-track machine might be a good starting point. Hmmmmm.....

[Parra]

"I wanna make a "real" tape delay. That ought to be wicked complicated.  "


This! i've got it in my mind since i started building pedals, if some day anyone wanna tackle this i would love to share the little knowledge i've got in the field. 

[lincolnic]

I wanna make a "real" tape delay. That ought to be wicked complicated. 

I saw a few old units that used blank 8-track tapes as the recording/playback medium. Maybe an old but working 8-track machine might be a good starting point. Hmmmmm.....

Potential derail: I can't remember which thread exactly, but somewhere on the BYOC forums I saw a project that lets you use a 3-head cassette deck as a tape delay, with a pedal to control the settings...I want to say it was a Craig Anderton project, but it's not in Electronics Projects for Musicians. I thought I had the info saved on my hard drive, but I can't find it now.

[juansolo]

You look a lot younger in the video man!

...a lot thinner also

Needless to say, that isn't me :p

[alanp]

... sorry, but I've got to know. Is your avatar picture you?

[juansolo]

Yup  

That used to be my driving hat...

[drezdn]

I wanna make a "real" tape delay. That ought to be wicked complicated. 

I saw a few old units that used blank 8-track tapes as the recording/playback medium. Maybe an old but working 8-track machine might be a good starting point. Hmmmmm.....

Potential derail: I can't remember which thread exactly, but somewhere on the BYOC forums I saw a project that lets you use a 3-head cassette deck as a tape delay, with a pedal to control the settings...I want to say it was a Craig Anderton project, but it's not in Electronics Projects for Musicians. I thought I had the info saved on my hard drive, but I can't find it now.

IIRC, it's in Anderton's "Guitar Player Presents Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists"

[Cortexturizer]

Yup  

That used to be my driving hat...

haha that's awesome
that made me wonder, is there a thread to show our faces, I'd like to know how you guys look

[spaceboss]

Yup 

haha that's awesome
that made me wonder, is there a thread to show our faces, I'd like to know how you guys look

I look just like my avatar. 

[alanp]

I am my avatar. (It was a fancy dress party, being a cheapskate I just put my cap on, bought some Space Man lollies, and pretended to be Andy Capp. It made for a great excuse to drink beer all night long.)

[lincolnic]

IIRC, it's in Anderton's "Guitar Player Presents Do-It-Yourself Projects for Guitarists"

That's very similar, but not the project I'm thinking of - this one was specifically designed for a three-head cassette deck, and I think there was an etchable PCB image. The pedal you built had all your normal delay controls on it, with what was basically an effects loop that the cassette deck was inserted into. When I get the chance I'll dig a bit deeper into this.

[Beedoola]

I did a few tweaks to a rub a dub and got it sounding pretty close to my V4s reverb, and its got a bit of a volume boost now too, maybe 10db.

could you share info on the mods? thank you.

[gordo]

Interestingly enough I don't show up on film...