I jumped in an ordered a BAM.
It came yesterday and I’m totally sold. It is a beautiful reverb with useful and playable controls. The freeze is great!
Totally hooked.
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BAM FAM getting even bigger – I reordered mine after selling my first one and living every day in a vacuum of regret. I want my regret to reverberate with vintage algorithms!
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emenel
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It’s my favourite as well, it’s on everything I record and always in my live setup. Makes me really want a BIM, but probably already have too many delays.
I’ve been craving a Bam lately. I have a Space but I find it too convoluted and a bit much most of the time. I really should just sell the thing and order a Bam.
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@jacon I really like the Mantic FX Proverb and the price is right. I had never heard of it before, but now it is on my radar. I love the Afterneath - it is one of the coolest pedals out there, not sure if I want it as my main verb though. The Meris sounds amazing, but has too many hidden functions for my taste.
@equipoise The Space and H9 are both really nice, but are a little too spendy for me right now and I would prefer something a little more straightforward. I do imagine either could keep me entertained with reverb forever.
I would love to join the BAM fam, but also a little spendy right now. Amazing reverb though, one of faves out there.
Ithacus
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The ‘amazing stereo spring’ preset with the ableton convolution reverb is really nice. Well worth checking out 
You cant beat real spring reverb. I’ve been hooked ever since I got my first ‘proper’ guitar amp.
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Jonny
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The Blue Sky is solid. I used one for a while. Recently sold it in an effort to stop using reverb as a crutch in my music, but slightly regretting it. I did find that the modulation and shimmer settings could be slightly cheesy. The shimmer can be tamed by rolling off the highs - the low/high adjustment is great on the pedal. That’s one of the nice things about it, the fact that all the controls are accessible.
@marcus_fischer and @dani_derks may push me over the edge to seek out a BAM… Been wanting one for a long time.
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stripes
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haven’t tried that but i will now! thanks! i know what you mean about the guitar amp spring. i’m in love with the sound of my princeton reverb.
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I stumbled on this video detailing an Ableton technique for using 2 send/return tracks feeding back into each other to create a shimmer reverb effect. Uses stock Ableton reverb and grain delay. It’s become my default setup when I start a project. Good straightforward signal flow explained here even if not using Ableton.
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Yeah, I think that is one of my hesitations with this pedal. I imagine it is really easy to get sucked into the epic, blissful 'verbs.
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Have you tried the UAD AKG spring plugin? I’m quite impressed.
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I didn’t even watch the video, but that inspired me to set up a really fun drone feedback loop:
limiter -> dynamic EQ -> reverb -> Red Panda Tensor
I happen to be using ToneBoosters Barricade, ToneBoosters EQ 4, and Valhalla Plate with it right now, Any pitch shifter would do but Tensor’s got other fun features that can come into play.
You can “play” the EQ, you can shift way up to create infinite crash cymbals, you can shift way down but roll off the lows so the limiter boosts the highs and keeps it going, etc.
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stripes
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i haven’t but i’ve been tempted for a while. $199 for one plugin is a hard pill to swallow for me, but hopefully i can catch a good sale one day… the demos sound great.
baleen
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i got the PSP Spring plugin on sale for like $20 a few months back and am pretty happy with it
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abalone
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pelang
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same here, i do like it a lot
never have been a reverb type. Always thought that’s for make up a boring sound.
BAM changed that idea dramatically
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I’ve never bought a UAD plugin more than half price. Definitely keep your eyes out, especially around November and December.
I’m thinking of picking up a Hamptone kit that’s ~$100/channel. It’s a bit pricey, but I’ve seen lots of people make really cool stuff with an exposed spring tank. I have to buy a tank too, but then I can stick my fingers in it, sing/hum, mic it, etc.
If you have a subscription (which is free!), here’s the tape op article for how to DIY one all by your lonesome.
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Ithacus
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If you are into DIY spring reverb, checkout the Surfy bear Spring Reverb DIY kit (it’s a JFET/MOSFET adaptation of the old Fender Spring Reverb units).
It looks pretty neat (especially for guitar). It’s on my (never ending) list of DIY projects I want to complete:
https://www.surfyindustries.com/
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wselman
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Haha. You did it. I knew you’d love it.
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