I have both Vermona VSR 3:2 and Retroverb Lancet. VSR is the better reverb, Retroverb is a pretty deep multi effect. Super cool but the reverb is more like an added feature.
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Yep ! Im not sure about the small thank though. I would like something that “clang” and drip a little bit. There is also the Moisturizer but as a spring reverb im not convinced by the demos.
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Add this to the list.
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I like this little piece on the Danelectro reverb; it evidently employs an analog delay to artificially extend the decay of the extremely short springs
https://mirosol.kapsi.fi/2014/03/danelectro-dsr-1-spring-king/
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Here is my experience.
Carl Martin Headroom: my synths had it saturating, not in a good way.
Van Amps sole mate series: cool with guitar, less cool with synths. The input easily saturated too.
Vermona Retroverb Lancet: very cool multi-effect. The reverb only parameter besides the volume is a tone. This reverb is less wild than the Van Amps, and cleaner too.
Boss RX100 / Roland RV100: no parameter besides the volume an input gain. This one is very clean for a spring reverb. It has something more HiFi than guitarish. Very cool for vocals.
On the “simulation” side,
Boss RE20’s dirty, simple, lovely reverb. Love or hate it, it gives a real character to whatver you feed it with.
EHX Cathedral: a wide array of reverbs in this one, including two spring simulations. Rather on the middy/guitarish side, don’t look for Eventide or Strymon sound here. For simpler alternatives, look at the “grail” series.
Finally, for a very LoFi reverb sound, using a BBD delay with a short time and a finely tuned feddback will result in a roomy reverb kind of reminiscent of the sound of old reverb units, without being a proper spring one.
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I have a €20 Mosky spring pedal and it sounds absolutely wicked, I prefer it to the spring models in the Empress Reverb.
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There’s also the Dust Collector which is in my eyes a quasi-modular take on the format of the Vermona Retroverb.
The big bonus is that it’s designed to allow access to the spring directly, among some other funky tricks
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miniKORG 700FS Spring Reverb is awesome.
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Yes it is !
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How does it compare to the GrandMother’s?
So, how’s the miniKORG doing for you?
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I’m loving it despite all its flaws… It’s a fairly “basic” synth, in the sense that you cannot go crazy in the programming, and lots of parameters have a poor or inexistent range of setting (“sustain”, “expand”, “bright”. A few settings, like "sustain"are almost useless. The enveloppe section is awkward and not practical. And the “legato” enveloppe triggering bugs me out.
But it sounds so nice ! I’ve already recorded it a lot. For example, it’s been incredibly easy to use on a recent project where I had to quickly create “vintage” sounds, like theremin like, or brassy sounds, etc.
Definitely a great synth.
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At some point, I was interested.
Then I remembered I had tried a 700 once… I’m not sure I would click with these commands names. I’ve become a little lazy when it comes to learning new electronic instruments: I need something I can understand quick and be kind of instinctive on. Let’s say I know myslef better with the years 
That being said, I must say this 700 sounds great.
Actually… you (you = I) don’t have to play all parameters all the time. You can also program the synth to have a particular sound and play the synth like this. We often want instruments with many capabilities and we often want to explore them all, but at the end of the day, having 3-6 typical sounds can give a certain character to a track list.
Just thinking about that from time to time.
AudioScape XL-305R
This is a premium spring reverb, with twelve equal temperament tuned springs which helps balance the spectral response. It includes EQ and drive controls.
They also make a software plug-in version of this.
ADDED : I see they’ll be at Superbooth ( thread ) this year.
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I went to Synthfest last year and spent a healthy amount of time playing with the original model Soundgas had on their stand. I get that it’s limited and awkward in lots of ways but as soon as I started making noises with it I didn’t care. I love that thing!
Picked up one of these recently. Bloody lovely, it is! The filter section is pretty genius and allows you to go nicely into King Tubby terrain
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I’m more of a summer reverb kind of guy.
That sounds great!
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It’s an absolute joy isn’t it? It’s the same company that made the Great British Spring (the iconic one that was mounted inside a length of drain pipe)
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