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ToneCandy Spring Fever Reverb
Summary: Just about the sweetest spring reverb pedal I’ve ever heard, plus the pedal sports a nice, transparent clean booster that you can even use on its own! Pros: I’ve heard simulated spring reverbs before, and they’ve been nice, but not THIS nice! Supposedly modeled after the original BOSS spring reverb sound, but takes it way ahead! Cons: Very very pricey for a just a reverb with boost. Also, doesn’t run on batteries Features:
Price: $275 Street Tone Bone Score: 4.5 ~ I was completely blown away by the sound of this pedal, but the price completely scared me away. If cost isn’t an in issue for you, you’ll find none better than this! |
Being friends with guys at a music shop can be incredibly useful, since they’ll show off their new stock; plus, knowing that I may buy it if they show it to me, they don’t hesitate to show it off. š Luckily, I usually have enough self-control to not buy most of the stuff they demonstrate.
I have to admit, though, that I was VERY tempted to get this pedal because I haven’t heard one like it – ever! It can slather on the ‘verb quite nicely and note clarity is retained at any setting along the reverb knob sweep. Obviously ToneCandy figured out some great values for pre-delay and trail. I just couldn’t get over how great it sounded with chord progressions and single note picking!
In fact, A/B’ing it with a Fender Deluxe Reverb Reissue just blew me away! It sounded even better than an actual spring reverb! Fender spring reverb, at least to me, is the gold standard in spring reverb, and for a pedal to sound even better than that, well, needless to say, that made a compelling case to get this reverb pedal. Add to that a completely transparent boost, and you’ve got a great pedal that you can put at the end of your signal chain and get all sorts of usage out of it! I could feel the GAS really starting to build up.
Then I asked the price, and my eyes bulged! At $275 for the pedal, that made my GAS go away pretty quickly. If price wasn’t an issue for me, I’d totally go for this pedal, but unfortunately, at that price, I started thinking, “I could get a couple of decent pedals, or even a nice Squier for close to that price.”
Needless to say, I didn’t get the pedal, though I do have to applaud ToneCandy for coming up with a fantastic spring reverb tone. Maybe if I can find one used in the future for a lower price I’ll get it. But for now, I’ll just gaze at it in the glass case when I go to the shop…
Here’s a sound sample:
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I’ve never tried that particular pedal, but I’m not a big fan of spring reverb. I’m surprised there’s a pedal completely dedicated to just spring reverb.
It’s actually pretty new – the newest of the ToneCandy pedals, apparently.
If spring reverb is your thing, then this is an incredible pedal. But I actually like having a number of reverb types available to me, and though they don’t match the quality of this particular spring reverb, they certainly do the job well enough.
I actually dig spring reverb for when I’m playing electric guitar, but prefer plate for acoustic. Even the Boss does a great job at this.
I wonder how it stacks up against the T Rex Room Mate…
I’ve got one you can try if you want to compare them although it costs $90 more
than the Spring Fever.
I’ll Definately try this one out if I get the chance….