Yamaha Rev7 Big Stereo Demo

Here's the glorious Yamaha Rev 7 in majestic stereo sound.

[@renebecker7424]

These SPRING sounds are beyond the moon! Very good

[@cliftonwright7081]

Yeah, what a surprise! I haven’t seen a spring setting in a rack unit before. At least not one I liked

[@BasVogelpoel]

Great demo! Good playing, a decent representation of the unit and a fun video overall!

[@RobertWrightOneManCovers]

Damn, son! How you play like that and ain't famous? Love all the chordal stuff! Great review, you got a new subscriber here.

[@RickMichaelis63]

Wait a minute did you say awesomeness?Dammit Cliff, you resemble that remark! Cool video bro! 😎🎶✌️❤️

[@dylanparker7837]

Great demo man! I just ordered one of these. Can't wait to put it to work!

[@cliftonwright7081]

Awesome, congrats! This one and the Rev5 are great, been using them a lot on mixes this past year

[@peterjepps1229]

Cool bit of kit, thanks for the demo

[@cliftonwright7081]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@d.a.t.4699]

soundin great man...lovin those mystery.riffs!!!

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha thanks for checking it out. THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE

[@ian1eh944]

Wow, that sounds great!!

[@narvul]

Great...! I remember when the REV7 came in the studio's around here.

[@DragonBiscuit]

Best T-shirt ever… great advice 😌

[@cliftonwright7081]

Hahaha my wife gave it to me so I’m sure she thinks so too!

[@Rahn1975]

Well, now I went and bought one. Thanks.

[@hummer222]

Sounds very close to my SPX1000 which in turn sounds very much like the SPX90, but improved. Some ART reviews would be cool. Great playing sir!

[@kensmechanicalaffair]

Skills to pay the bills.

[@EgoShredder]

Incredible just how good this sounds, considering digital reverb technology was barely off the ground at this point in 1985.

[@cliftonwright7081]

Yeah isn’t that wild? I wonder about that often. Maybe people just had more more time and imagination to create more interesting tools back then?

[@EgoShredder]

@@cliftonwright7081 That's kinda true yeah, research and production schedules are much tighter these days. Faster turnaround etc. It's why things are not made to last anymore. Yamaha gear was made like a tank in the 80s and 90s.

[@carlossalazar4508]

Michael sent me lol!!

[@cliftonwright7081]

Michael is a really good dude!

[@89ji76]

“The first sound we’re gonna check out is large hall”. Did they use this unit on Every Breath You Take? 🤔

[@cliftonwright7081]

Haha I dunno! Maybe, it did find its way onto a lot of records back then, usually drums though

[@jfredricks2394]

so is that your thing in the military, electronics work?

[@nazimshah6582]

sounds magic…..any chance to demo a ensoniq dp4 if u have one? been looking some demos of it on guitar but can’t find one…

[@cliftonwright7081]

Just looked that up. It looks awesome! Most of my collection is old Yamaha, Roland and Lexicon.

[@nazimshah6582]

@@cliftonwright7081 any sde330? was lookin for that too.... there is one selling in my country....not sure whether to get that.....but i'm bored right now....so i need new toys and pull some knobs for exploration and fun...hahha

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@nazimshah6582 haha I can relate to that feeling! I find all my stuff in Japanese thrift stores so it’s mostly luck of the draw when I end up with something. But I’ll definitely snag one if I see it!

[@nazimshah6582]

@@cliftonwright7081 cool !!! Yeah...i read somewhere, you're in Japan..great man to be there filled with all the hidden gems

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@nazimshah6582 that’s right, it’s great, I love it here. I’m moving next year, sadly.

[@LoveGuitar63277]

Any experience with the REV100? How different are they?

[@cliftonwright7081]

I would say they aren't comparable. The REV100 is more consumer grade and and the Rev7 and Rev5 are professional studio units. That doesn't mean you wouldn't be able to get a REV100 to produce a close or convincing sound in something like a guitar rig though. They're a lot less expensive and still sound pretty good, which is cool.

[@3riccarlson]

If I were to buy a used one would it not sound as good because of the upgrades you did? Or did those upgrades just avoid future repairs?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Sorry I missed your question bro! Yeah I’m mostly future proofing it though one could argue the better caps might improve the noise floor which is already pretty low. The most noticeable/ useful sound improvements would come from upgrading the Analog to Digital section and some of the smaller value caps in that area of the main board. Improved A/D will smooth out/warm up verbs and remove high frequency artifacts

[@sexyguitarboy69]

How come that your display shines in bright blue? Normally it's green and unfortunately very dim, too. Ok, at 2:43 I see an upgrade information. But this doesn't explain the blue color, only the yummy brightness. Did you replace the whole display?

[@cliftonwright7081]

Negative, I found an lcd backlight strip for the display on the internet that I spliced into the 5V rail that feeds the control panel assembly. It was a very easy mod and I think a lot of that light up material can be cut to size without it getting messed up

[@ChristmasJ1]

What model Suhr is that?

[@cliftonwright7081]

It was a custom order from Guitar Sanctuary in Texas. Got it years ago.

[@stevebeck3164]

@@cliftonwright7081 What pu's are in it?

[@cliftonwright7081]

@@stevebeck3164 I think it’s a Thornbucker + and a pair of VP70s

[@lukather1]

Is it worth buying ? 🤔

[@cliftonwright7081]

If you’re nostalgic about the rack rigs and sounds of the 80s/90s then this is an excellent sounding unit that’s really easy to use. It is freakin huge though lol