hydro said:
It seems like the reverb decay on my Express 5:50+ is awfully long.
The reverb pot just adjusts the mix level of the verb, but you still get this long trailing reverb sound just at a lower level. I know this is a spring reverb - is there any way to adjust the reverb decay, or is it just the way it sounds?
I have a Princeton reverb and - when the reverb works - man that thing sounds killer.
Thinking about this reverb tail thing more seriously what you've described never happened on my 5:50 - with stock Mesa tubes or after I retubed it with Dougs tube mix.
Yes the reverb pot adjusts mix level from zero to strong.
So when the pot is down low the reverb effect is barely audible so the decay tail is very short on my amp - always has been.
It has to be a short tail cos the effect mix is low so it must become inaudible faster - so therefore it must be a shorter length when the mix is low.
Turn it up and the effect is stronger - so the effect lasts longer cos its audible longer.
Isn't that just a normal human ear response.
So how would changing tubes effect the effect tail length.
Please explain.
A different tube can reduce the reverb effect strength overall so it becomes inaudible faster.
But the only thing the new tube has changed is to reduce strength of the reverb effect > leading to a faster decay as it becomes inaudible faster.
And you can achieve the same result by just turning back the pot dial !!
The same thing occurs with delay pedals.
Reduce the mix level and you get a shorter decay tail
