Drippy Surfy Springy Reverb ULTIMATE SHOOTOUT! - The FINAL reverb shootout - 15 Spring Reverbs

This is it, the video I've been working up to for years. Every single drippy, surfy, springy reverb ive collected over the history of having a guitar channel. Please use my affiliate links down bellow if you plan on shopping for any of these.
TIME STAMPS:
1:55 - Dry loop
2:36 - Fender Unit
3:19 - Spring King
4:02 - Oceans 11
4:45 - Boss FRV-1
5:27 - Mosky Spring Reverb
6:09 - Topanga
6:52 - Super Swell
7:34 - TC Drip
8:16 - F-Stop
8:59 - Tre-Verb
9:41 - ZOOM MS-50g
10:24 - True Spring
11:06 - Anasounds Element
11:48 - Surfy Bear Compact
12:31 - Surfy Bear Metal
And the overview starts at 13:14
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best reverb for surf guitar

[@SurfyIndustries]

Thanks for being such a reverb fan, Ryan! We love that you love our SurfyBears!

[@dinofond]

God I love my Surfybear

[@mfurtaw]

I just ordered the Surfybear Metal. I can't wait for it to arrive!

[@MakoGo]

🤙🤙

[@yourguitarpal]

I love it too! You can listen to it in action here on the first song of the video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hl7GfHyhg7iirrM it starts at 00:13 seconds

[@equaleyez]

@@yakshrajsingh8121 Choke on your hate :)

[@SwirlyWhirlyXYZ]

There will never be a final reverb shootout. There will always be another

[@BoltRM]

There cannot only be one!

[@mournblade1066]

FINALLY someone puts out a decent video of all the spring emulators out there, and does it from a surf guitar perspective, instead of some boring country/blues variation. Thanks, man! Spring reverb was MADE for surf, I tells ya! Now if someone would just do a similar thing with phasers and flangers with synthesizers instead of freaking guitars.

[@jnagarya519]

The only thing interesting about "surf" music is the reverb. Without that it's exposed as really basic beginning stuff.

[@mournblade1066]

@@jnagarya519 For much of it, I would agree. I mean, not every surf guitarist is Steve Freaking Vai.

[@MakoGo]

@@jnagarya519 It is beginner stuff, but that's why it's great and more people should play it, at least on occasion. It's medicine. We often feel a connection and comfort in accessible art, and it can be a beautiful mutual encounter to share that feeling with people, rather than bashing them over the head with shred skills (not that it's always a bad thing though). 🤙

[@michaelcraig9449]

@@jnagarya519 Not true.. Not everything has to be complex or super fast to have tons of feeling and emotion.. Surf has tons of nostalgic summer romance emotion.. reminds you of picking up chicks at the beach..

[@michaelcraig9449]

@@MakoGo This surf music has way more feeling and emotion than shred..

[@Bohab13]

WOW! That was awesome, Ryan. Thanks for all of your hard work in putting this together.

[@CradleRawk]

Ryan, love your old spring 'verb shootouts are what made me a fan of your content. Keep up the great work

[@josephhynes5874]

Phenomenal Demo Video. So helpful and informative. Thanks for this!

[@antiocovaldez]

Thanks a lot for the review!!! I never thought someone could give such a review of the Fender Unit, sounded pretty honest to me.

[@toddthomas4761]

Your reviews are some of the best around. Always love the videos!

[@Danielss-zi5te]

Well done. Lots of useable info. Appreciate the effort.

[@leomartinez3209]

You did put a lot of work on this one. Unique. Thanks.

[@drakejdf]

Fantastic explanation.i have played guitar for 35 years and I had a severe left hand injury and lost my forefinger etc I thought I would never play guitar again and started getting into the surf music because it’s not as complicated to learn and I love it and was born in California 😎 thanks for this video.and was looking for a reverb pedal and now I don’t need to look any further.

[@fredfriends2460]

I love the final thoughts. Its like the Jerry Springer of spring reverbs

[@MattHeatonMusicForKids]

Surfybear: It Does The Thing.

[@buddyrolf1065]

What a great video! Thanks for this, was insanely helpful

[@BB-pi2wd]

WOW… You just sold me on the Surfybear Metal. Ordering one immediately! I’ve been waiting for something like this for years.

[@ikesours6558]

Glad you cut to the chase for the Surfybear units. They are peak real drip for sure.

[@dk2428]

Never thought there'd be such a massive difference. The SurfyBears sounds waaaaaay better than all other pedals, with the topanga and the true spring on a shared second place.

[@blackedelweiss601]

Yeah I think I'm going with topanga.

[@markferguson3745]

Exactly,- my 3 long time choices.The Strymon isn't bad, but it has that specific digital /Strymon quality.The pre amp on the Topanga is worth the price alone.

[@fjk1138]

Thank you for doing this! The top 5 here, to me, are Fender Tank, Surfy Bear Metal, Spring King, Zoom, and Oceans 11.

[@michaelbaker5547]

Fantastic video. Thank you so much for your dedication to being a top-tier journalist of the “drip” offerings on the market. Based on your past videos, I decided to buy a Source Audio True Spring a couple years ago, and I am very happy with the purchase. Thank you for your expertise, dedication, and sense of distinguishing taste that you bring to your videos.

[@shawnadams1693]

This was awesome! Thanks, Ryan.

[@shawnadams1693]

Also, that Fender guitar is 100% you and your style. I would seriously ditch the majority of your collection and just play this one guitar.

[@jazzybeeff]

Fender unit is the champ far! Thank you for this amazing content🙏🏻

[@SAXIABEBI]

Excellent way to compare equipment! Thanks. Saxi🎷

[@christopherguzzi1316]

Great comparison!!! To my ear, they all sound great, but you have definitely educated me on the true DRIP sound vs an echo/delay/simple reverb sound.

[@followthebeat66]

My Fender unit is serving as an outboard reverb for my console now. Killer! On so many different instruments... It's bulky, hungry for power and just lovely.

[@ibroketheserver]

Best vid ever. I remember the Mermen using a whole rack of effects to get it just right, otherwise I would have said no substitute for springs.

[@danielvidal962]

Thanks for your work man!! really good! I have Danelectro one...some day i hope buy and reverb tank!!

[@lesterksi4521]

I'm considering that Surfy stuff. Thanks for the review!

[@BandofGamerz]

Glad to see you still have high opinions of the source audio pedal. Currently selling off a couple of pedals to get a ventris as I need some reverb other than spring, and happy to see it still holds up

[@60CycleHumcast]

The ventris is a reverb super computer, I sold mine just because it was kind of overpowered for my uses, lol

[@devinmoreno9823]

I’ve previous owned the Fender Boss 63 reverb pedal and I can attest that it does have the digital sound. The same can be said about the JHS Alpine. This video has been super helpful.

[@Ghostt2109]

great idea with looping, haven`t heard about it before. simply put genius.

[@Splandrocity]

Topanga, TC Drip and True Spring were my favorite pedals to my ear here. (with the small pedal footprint).

[@J4060]

Reverb + Fuzz + Tremolo = Winner. The original Fender spring reverb unit is the way to go, no doubt.

[@ArnyRaedts]

Wow thanx for this very Entertaining little hour! As an owner of a couple of these (Surfy Bear big metal version, Topanga, Fender reverb pedal) I can truly get behind you when you say that the Surfy Bear is the best. But I miss one pedal I own in this test and that is the Strymon Flint. Of all the reverb pedals I own, it still is on my board, with the Surfy Bear. OK, it doesn't has the big drip, but it can surf and it has a better tremolo than the Fender version. But the Flint and the Surfy Bear together.... Man, you can make a closet sound like an enormous Dick Dale church! Thanx again!

[@ishancooper]

Killer demo Ryan!! Went shopping for a new reverb today. No SurfyBears in stock but snapped up the True Spring and it’s stunning!

[@tracielindquist605]

True Spring is on my list, and the Oceans 11. Since they're similar price points, I'm having a lot of trouble deciding which one to try first.

[@ajaxlepinski3285]

LOVE THIS VID!!!!! 60 Cycle Hum ROCKS!!!!

[@Nckfallin]

I just bought the milkman based on your review, can’t wait to try it.

[@guitfidle]

I got my Oceans 11 for $100 used and couldn't be happier. To me it pretty much nails the spring sound I wanted plus a LOT more.

[@stratowhore9051]

I'm all gears! Please continue!

[@ciddax754]

With the NeuroDesktop softwarse you can make magic things with the SA spring reverb. Even configure it into a different kind of verb.

[@reijerlincoln]

Thank you, great video. Hadn't heard about surfybear before.

[@saddestchord7622]

The big Surfy Bear was the best, but I also really liked the Source Audio.

[@ishancooper]

Snapped up the SA True Spring today. It’s even better in person. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

[@jmacc9876]

Oceans 11 is has surprisingly good spring reverb for a more inexpensive compact pedal with lots of other verb and verby effects options.

[@Jefferson-ly5qe]

Only heard good things about that pedal

[@mfurtaw]

You talked me into buying the Surfybear Metal! I'm still waiting for it to arrive. I had the Oceans 11, which was the best of the digital emulators, but still just not the same as real thing.

[@cjburian1]

Loved this ultimate shootout, thanks!!! Surfybear the best, just perfect. Topanga really sounds awesome, it's warm as if it EQs the hollowed out tone a spring can cause. I like the True-Spring for the same reason, drippy but warm. The Zoom, I called it surprising before I heard you call it that, too, and it kills because it's a bunch of pedals, not just spring reverb. Fender Tre-Verb is not quite, it's subtle, like "my brain knows that's not real", and then after I typed this you said you're probably going to sell it. I really like the Danelectro, all it needs are knobs that go up to you know what--sounds great already but just barely makes it.

[@onedingiraldo5641]

Thank you for doing this, helped me with my decision! The Topanga is the way I went, small and compact and (at least to me), right there with what I am looking for for a stand alone reverb unit/pedal.

[@bonsummers2657]

How's the drippy effect on the Topanga.

[@jeremykopatz4760]

Thank you for doing this! Really helpful for my voyage into finding that perfect surf spring sound. I expected the Topanga to be more drippy based on a lot of hype online and was really disappointed when I got it. Traded it for the True Spring which was a big step in the right direction...one day I want that surfy bear compact.

[@markferguson3745]

Much depends on the specific sound you want, and chain placement.I liked the Topanga pre drives, and had the True Spring on the end, for two diff purposes. Can't compete with the real thing.

[@jeremykopatz4760]

@@markferguson3745 last year I ended up getting the Surfy Bear lol not even the compact one…it’s big but has that sound lol

[@enricodecolle]

Great Video man!!!

[@charlie-obrien]

Very thorough reviews and advice. I've been using my cheap Behringer reverb and I have a lot of fun with it. It can't really drip though, so I think I'll try the Ocean's 11 or the Spring King because they are fairly affordable and have good reputations. I'll keep an eye out to see if you post either. I would love to go all in on a Surfy Bear (tolex version) but they are a bit pricey for somebody just noodling around.

[@hearpalhere]

This is an awesome comparison - I think it's great that you used a looper to ensure the part being played is exactly the same and the time stamps really make it easy to compare the sounds. Nice going Ryan! For what it's worth, I thought the TC Drip was the least good of the bunch. The Surfy Bear Metal was awesome. I've got a soft spot in my heart for Danelectro :-)

[@billnelson9413]

Swapping tubes in the reissue Fender outboard unit with higher or lower gain will change how it hits the input of the amp if you want to adjust the volume drop or jump.

[@bonsummers2657]

Much thanks for doing this!!!!!!

[@ShlomirBareket]

Ya sold me with the SurfyBear. Gonna use it to get those churchy holy tones!

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

dude the Mosky Spring Reverb is awesome. i bought it on your recomendation

[@newrevolution9993]

i agree!

[@lennylove6532]

Is that good or bad?

[@BasementGuitarSuperstar]

@@lennylove6532 lol, thats good

[@jhspedals]

Spring Tank bro!

[@Palf]

We had a good time with it BTW in our sooner spring tank comparison ;)

[@seank.2589]

@Gupster 23 Make it the Cheese Ball Fuzz

[@yashirhenriquez4843]

Spring tank sucks. Hard

[@patroniconadon3777]

Spank Tank.

[@ChrisJimenez2010]

KING

[@PooNinja]

🎶When a spring king comes along You must kick it .... (Ana Sounds FTW!!! It’s also kickable within reason.) Before the spring sets out to long you must kick it.🎶

[@shawnhelsel923]

This man just has the touch. He makes them all sound good. I’ve bought a few of these and I’ve been disappointed.

[@60CycleHumcast]

Sorry to hear that, I feel like I’m pretty descriptive with the strengths and weaknesses with each unit.

[@shawnhelsel923]

@@60CycleHumcast I sincerely meant it as a compliment to you, and probably an admittance of my own shortcomings! Apologies my initial comment didn’t convey that well enough. Cheers bro, your videos are great.

[@RobUttley]

Never even considered this kind of sound before, am now off to see how usable the fender reverb 63 thing is on my Zoom G1xon. Who knows where this might lead 🤣?? Great video, always really enjoy your videos and the looper comparison thing was truly great.

[@nicksomma]

This is the best video ever dude I love you

[@neenerheaddj]

Papa Bear and True Spring kill everything else.

[@bruceman9581]

thank you for talking about the mosky spring reverb. it is incredible for it's price. i didn't bother to use a more expensive reverb

[@AndreaAustoni]

Fuzz and drip is all we need.

[@60CycleHumcast]

amen

[@miblish5168]

Great video! The Dan Electro reminds me of non-Fender spring reverbs of the same era, like SIlvertone. Pretty nasty.

[@broda769]

Minus the surfy bear, new band. The true spring and tc drip sounded really good to me.

[@bryantwalley]

No notification at all today. See this on the homepage 3 hours late. That Danelectro Spring King does a great job getting that 1950's tv sound.

[@60CycleHumcast]

:-( youtube is ruining everything. what good are premiers if they dont get served to people who want to watch them?

[@bryantwalley]

@@60CycleHumcast The ultimate irony is that they did send me an email telling me you replied to the comment. I think they are having some software issues or something. Its one thing to be 12 minutes late on random days but I still have not got the notification for this one or the one from Dylan Talks Tone and his was almost 2 hours ago.

[@NutsTesticles]

Honestly that spring king sounds freakin beautiful

[@slavepit1819]

I have it and it is indeed amazing, I recommend it

[@slopcrusher3482]

It’s 100% the next pedal I’m buying. I’ve got an amp with a spring reverb but it’s no where near loud enough

[@megasuperlexa2]

but.. does it drip?

[@conradswartz]

Zoom reverb tone is beautifully intensified and thickened by adding its built-in "Tube Delay" in the effects chain after "Springs 63" with delay time 65-70 msec. Adding compression after these intensifies drip further. Few if any of the other pedals reviewed include tube delay or compression effects, so it is fair to include these in a comparison.

[@mooseyard]

I have the Zoom MS70-CDR, which also has “Spring 63". I couldn’t find a “Tube Delay” on it, but it has a “Drive Delay” which it says is modeled on the LINE6 M9 TubeEcho, so I’m guessing it’s just a name change. Adding that delay after the reverb, with drive turned up, does make it sound better. Thanks for the tip!

[@royceinthehouse842]

Thanks mucho for this brother!!!

[@riphopfer5816]

Thing I dig about the Topanga is it’s responsiveness to pick attack. The Boss FRV would sound great with an EQ after it to cut the objectionably spiky 3.5kHz-6kHz.

[@SS-gx7tg]

Topanga is awesome. Then I had a chance encounter with one of the best luthiers in the Portland area (his wait list is almost out to 2030, not joking!) he's too pricey for me but he is so friendly, helpful and super knowledgeable about seemingly EVERYTHING. When I was introduced to him I mentioned I was a big fan of the Topanga for spring reverb (CB are based here in Portland) and he told me to try powering it at 18v and also suggested I open the back of the pedal and calibrate the Topanga's 18v tone to the gain trimpot inside. Holy moly! I emailed him to tell him how much of a drastic improvement his advice helped with, to which he responded "Glad I could help. Now unplug the power, set the Tone knob to zero then plug the power back in, enjoy your new reverb." I had no idea if he was mixing my email up with someone else's? I didn't understand what the point of turning the Tone down and unplugging it but I tried it anyway and goooood loorrrrdy I had to pick my jaw up off the floor after the shock wore off. All these years I'd been utilizing not even 50% of the magic of the Topanga. I think about that exchange all the time, I'm not embarrassed to admit I'm straight up jealous of the the people who have this guy as their luthier... I'd probably learn more about my own gear in 5 min talking to him than I've learned on my own in 20 years of playing guitar!

[@markusdavis8890]

Such an awesome pedal

[@projectz975]

The Poly Digit actually has a pretty nice drippy reverb in it, its been the main send fx processor for my mixer since i got it

[@MAX96MENDES]

Great review. Thank you. I personally would choose Electro-Harmonix - Oceans 11. Its got so much more inside that little box. Kawabanga Surf´s up !

[@Paul_Lenard_Ewing]

Cool idea ... done by the world's leading expert

[@jazzblasterrr]

Digitech made a digi-verb which I loved for spring reverb. There was even a sample of a drip sound when you played hard. Loved that into a silver panel Fender Champ.

[@johnnyrosenberg9522]

Nice test, and I'm surprised that so many of the digital ones that sound so poorly. I'd have thought that this would be a piece of cake in 2020. Obviously it's not.

[@BarbesDub]

nice & top video !! i look for replace my old spring Accessit UK ( short reverb) for a more dubby spring reverb ( use on a mixing table ) i hesitate between the Ocean 11, the True Spring and the magic Surfybear metal ...

[@Puisheen]

There is nothing like a good Fender tank, but I was really impressed with a bunch of these, but the Fender/Boss '63 pedal, the Tre-Verb, and the Element were my least favorite of them all. Every reverb pedal should have a kick pad though, that's essential equipment in my book. People always tell me the BlueSky doesn't drip well, but mine is great for this sound!

[@Puisheen]

God the Surfy Bear DOES sound good

[@60CycleHumcast]

it's so legit. And it really shows that the circuit design is a huge part of the surf reverb sound. Springs are important and tubes are nice, but the circuit makes the real difference. The compact is a little darker but the size difference is well worth the compromise, and it works well as an all around reverb too.

[@AbeldeBetancourt]

True Spring all day every day, baby!

[@didifischervideo]

Yes, it's adding something to you as player - even if the digital stuff comes close. Any experiences anasounds, or whitwhale, or martin headroom on your pedalboard? I go live directly in to the mixing desk...

[@nicknickson3650]

That Tre-Verb sounds really nice. It doesn't cut low end like a lot of spring reverb pedals tend to do. Might buy one of those

[@joelshollenberger7457]

that Jazzmaster is gorgeous

[@J.Dove3D]

The Super Swell pedal sounds great. For a stompbox sized, springless reverb, it's as "surf" as you need. Great shootout.

[@soakywetsurfexperience632]

I had a 6g15 , a oceans 11 and a true spring. I decide the true spring. The oceans 11 is to treblely and the tank to dark and a huge volume drop. Absolutely true spring

[@fernandog9684]

That Pedal Show was gonna do a similar show but they may as well take the day off! Haha this was great. I suppose they could still do a show and have some drive sounds to go with the drip

[@60CycleHumcast]

Do dan and mick ever play in a surf style? I thought they were blues boys

[@josephstreppone9814]

Ryan just got a call from Robbie the robot told me to tell you, Stop Warning Danger! DO NOT SELL, Fender Reverb unit! Stop Warning Danger! DO NOT SELL, Fender Reverb unit! Thanks for the Demo much appreciated, probably going to be the large SURFYBEAR for me!

[@charlie-obrien]

Ryan's is in beautiful shape. More of a collectors item now, than just a Reverb tank.

[@fausten3]

Thanks Bro, that was awwwesome, I cant get to the Store right now (C19), so this was real cool. Question: What would you recommend for a Hank Marvin, Shadows type of sound. Thanks in adv., for the advice.

[@joshfeatherstone8546]

Surf Rider iii Deluxe!

[@nationalduo4945]

I have a Danelectro 1965 9100 unit that sounds and looks incredible!

[@vincentribeil3832]

Beginning in reverb, I'll Keep my Mosky… sounds awesome to me!

[@shaft9000]

This video by itself is a subscription-add worthy one...bravo. Took the damned internet long enough, heh :D

[@MondoJim]

Ryan, thanks again for covering the most important issues in guitar today (at least from my narrow perspective!) in such a detailed and exhaustive manner. Much appreciated. And as former Fender tank user, I wholly concur with your compliments and complaints. back in my day (the 90's) your only choice was an original or reissue 6G15 for the most part. I got sick of dealing with the unintentional splashes (putting the unit offstage, or hanging it up was a pain at shows) and the general hassle, as well as the volume sucking issue. Luckily, my reissue Vibroverb apparently had the normal and bright channels in phase, so I ran the output of the onboard tank into a volume pedal and then into the normal channel. It got so close to the 6G15 sound on stage I ditched the outboard unit the next week. Too bad that trick didn't work on the Vibrasonic (channels out of phase or some other issue, it sounded weird and unusable). Anyhow, so glad there are so many choices now for every budget and configuration. Again, nice job.

[@MrTomScott95]

Ryan, I'm curious. Have you ever seen/played one of the Fender FR1000 solid state reverb units from the late-60s/70s? If so, how does that stack up against the tube unit?

[@derekirving]

The clarity and openness of the Fender Reissue just seems better then all the rest here. Those subtleties get lost in a band situation, but the Fender is still the king :) Some of the pedals sound real good (i've had some of these including surfybear) but they are darker (and I'm all about the dark, expect for 6G15) but to me, the pedals just don't have quite the same character.

[@tolvajakos]

oh man that surfy bear compact is the best deal.

[@DanielRiera]

Man I was hoping to like the Anasounds one more. I already have loads of spring tanks that could be put to use. Seems like it could be a matter of gain staging? Hitting the spring with more gain to make it "drip"? On my rack mount unit the gain staging before and after the tank makes a huge difference.

[@wardackerman]

Which spring verb would you recommend in 2021 for surf drip? Anything youve come to fancy since this video?

[@MuscleDad420]

Saw your posts on OSG. Glad you aren't offended by the forum riff raff.

[@MuscleDad420]

Alas, no Strymon Flint!?

[@riphopfer5816]

If it weren’t for the drop in signal strength, I would be unable to distinguish between the Fender tank and the Surfybear. In a mix, they would be ABSOLUTELY indistinguishable. She’s a beauty-kudos to @Surfy Industries.

[@60CycleHumcast]

I eventually retubed the fender and the volume drop went away.

[@FwTheDude]

Amazing, mate! You should also get a Crazy Tube Circuits “white whale” - it’s an amazing pedal with real springs in it and great tremolo tones ✌🏻

[@BoltRM]

I liked the Catlinbread Topanga 👍

[@doctorskull8197]

Thank you for producing the most outstanding music gear video I’ve ever watched on KZbin. Love the blue Jazzmaster! Will the Surfy Bear “crash” when you tap it ?

[@davidkastin4240]

Yes it will

[@Steven_SK]

I very new to the surfy world and thanks Ryan for the introduction. Loads of fun I see and lots to choose from in the reverb world. But what is the best entry level surfy guitar?

[@60CycleHumcast]

Anything with single coils and some kind of vibrato will get you there.

[@alexdawson7851]

@60 Cycle Hum, if you had to choose one of the digital pedals, what would it be?