What is Reverb & How it Works: Acoustic Amplifiers

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Summary: Learn some great tips on reverb, how it works and is used in this free video clip on amplification and amplifiers.

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Jim Dufresne Jim Dufresne taught 20 years in Community College and currently teaches at S.W. Academy and gives private lessons. He performs at the Maybery Ranch western s... read more

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What is Reverb & How it Works: Acoustic Amplifiers

On behalf of Expert Village, my name is Jim Dufresne and I'm here to talk about amplifiers. Let's talk about another effect we could use on our guitar, is we could add a little bit of reverb. We haven't talked about reverb as an effect yet. That sounds pretty good. For an acoustic guitar, you don't want to use too many effects. Once in a while you can probably use Chorus, an outboard equalizer is okay to help you solve any kind of equalization problems, you might have feedback or room acoustics, or certain guitar acoustics. You can use the equalizer as an effect itself. It gives you that nice John Lennon sound. John Lennon used to use a mid-range peak a lot, to give him that telephone sound, like someone's talking on the telephone. Let's see what this thing sounds like with just a real high EQ on it. Okay, no bottom, but that's not too bad. Remember, PA systems and bass amps and acoustic guitar amps are made to be high fidelity systems, that are made to reproduce sounds faithfully. Guitar amplifiers are an instrument to themselves. They color the sound greatly.