Very impressive effect. I love the range of your gear you've used for the demonstrations. This makes me want to make one of these. (I once had a guitar amp with a spring reverb. All I remember about it was the clanking it made when you moved it about).
Thanks for checking it out. I love that effect when you move an old tube amp while it's powered on. That's so great. This box definitely does that too.
Great video. This is great inspiration for all us CBG builders. I know it is on my must build list. The staining and wood burning on the box really looks awesome. I might even distress my build a little. Thanks!
Thanks for tuning in. I really appreciate the support. This project came out better than I had hoped but I think there's still room for improvement. It's taken a lot of prototyping but I sure hope it's helpful to someone.
Have you tried extending and contracting the spring to get different levels of reverb (not sure the term to use here)? If it dos affect the wetness, you can ad a mechanic pedal to make it more interesting I guess..
Thank you so very much for taking this journey and thank you for sharing this journey with us. I very much want to build a very nice Apprehension Engine (a horror sound instrument). And by nice I mean both aesthetically pleasing and acoustically pleasing. I will incorporate everything I have learned from you here into that project.
Thanks for checking it out. I make these videos hoping someone learns something or gets inspired so it is great to read things like this. Best of luck with the build.
The synth was very gentle and pleasant where reverb could of made that sound like garbage , I know the word is played out but it seems like is might be making the sound more “warm” it is definitely a beautiful spring reverb. I do hope you kept it how it is.
What a cool project! I really like the sounds you are getting from the Box-O-Verb! I wonder if a similar design using a magnetic pickup under the spring would work for a different sound?
That's an excellent idea Drew. As long as the spring is magnetic, a standard guitar pickup should be able to create a signal based on the vibrations. Maybe that's a future modification.
This is awesome! Would it be possible to add a True Bypass footswitch to activate/deactivate the reverb? Edit: I know you can just turn down the wet signal to 0, but that's not easy to do while both hands are busy playing the guitar...
Thanks for checking it out. You certainly could add a footswitch but that little mod makes every simple circuit a lot more complicated. Remember, true bypass switch is actually a network of 3 switches (one for power, one for clean tone, and one for effected tone). In the "on" position the power and effected signals are connected and in the "off" position only the clean connection is made. All of that said, you could definitely do it if you wanted.
Impressed that you got videos 2 and 3 out so quickly. A lot of youtubers often don't have part two in 12 months time. So my question is this....... what made you decide to do one spring instead of the standard two? I'm sure you could connect a second one with the space you have. My guess is it would result in more vibration and a deeper reverb.
Thanks for checking out the videos and for the suggestion. I mentioned in the beginning... the design came from one of those toy echo mics, so that's why I used the single spring. I was basically trying to turn one of those into an effect. Ironically, I thought of the same thing you did after the fact. You could easily use 2 or even 4 springs based on the size of the transducer plate. You'd have to come up with some sort of mounting plate for the stationary side but that shouldn't be too difficult. It's a idea for a possible second try.
@@musicalmiscellany Yeah seemed like it was a "lets see if this works" type of project in the beginning that all of a sudden was "oh hell this actually works!" sort of thing. I've had quite a few projects thta kind of evolved in that way too....but of course those that evolved into nothing as well. Great job on keeping up with the videos!
Thanks for checking out the video. I'd imagine different transducers would have a slight effect on the sound but I'm not sure which type would sound best because this is the only one I've tried.
Thanks for checking it out. The synth I used in the vid is the Noisebox 2 from Synthcone (Etsy Seller). It's basically a slightly modded version of the MFOS Noise Toaster.
Very impressive effect. I love the range of your gear you've used for the demonstrations. This makes me want to make one of these. (I once had a guitar amp with a spring reverb. All I remember about it was the clanking it made when you moved it about).
Thanks for checking it out. I love that effect when you move an old tube amp while it's powered on. That's so great. This box definitely does that too.
Sounds great and you solved the issues!
Thanks man. As long as it works... I can't complain too much. BTW, I'll have the BrandNewNoise video up in the next day or two.
Great video. This is great inspiration for all us CBG builders. I know it is on my must build list. The staining and wood burning on the box really looks awesome. I might even distress my build a little. Thanks!
Thanks for tuning in. I really appreciate the support. This project came out better than I had hoped but I think there's still room for improvement. It's taken a lot of prototyping but I sure hope it's helpful to someone.
Nice mods, great video & project. It sounds great, have to add this to my must build list. Thanks for the inspiration!
I always make these videos hoping to inspire someone or at least plant a seed so thanks for that feedback. It really came out well.
Hi Kale,this was a good video, i too will have to add this to the mist build list and the make time list😅
Thanks Gary. For just being a random idea... I'm pretty pleased with how it came out.
It came out great! Thanks for sharing the diagram of your build as well!
Thanks for checking out the video. I'm pretty pleased with the way it came out.
Have you tried extending and contracting the spring to get different levels of reverb (not sure the term to use here)? If it dos affect the wetness, you can ad a mechanic pedal to make it more interesting I guess..
That's a really good idea. A small lever to add/remove tension on the spring would be brilliant. I like how your brain works.
Dude! Dope! 😀
Thanks for checking out the video. I'm pretty pleased with how it came out.
Thank you so very much for taking this journey and thank you for sharing this journey with us.
I very much want to build a very nice Apprehension Engine (a horror sound instrument). And by nice I mean both aesthetically pleasing and acoustically pleasing.
I will incorporate everything I have learned from you here into that project.
Thanks for checking it out. I make these videos hoping someone learns something or gets inspired so it is great to read things like this. Best of luck with the build.
The synth was very gentle and pleasant where reverb could of made that sound like garbage , I know the word is played out but it seems like is might be making the sound more “warm” it is definitely a beautiful spring reverb. I do hope you kept it how it is.
Thank you for sharing this!
@@_c_y_p_3 thanks for checking out the video. I’m pretty pleased with it.
What a cool project! I really like the sounds you are getting from the Box-O-Verb! I wonder if a similar design using a magnetic pickup under the spring would work for a different sound?
That's an excellent idea Drew. As long as the spring is magnetic, a standard guitar pickup should be able to create a signal based on the vibrations. Maybe that's a future modification.
Very cool!
Thanks Steve.
This is awesome! Would it be possible to add a True Bypass footswitch to activate/deactivate the reverb?
Edit: I know you can just turn down the wet signal to 0, but that's not easy to do while both hands are busy playing the guitar...
Thanks for checking it out. You certainly could add a footswitch but that little mod makes every simple circuit a lot more complicated. Remember, true bypass switch is actually a network of 3 switches (one for power, one for clean tone, and one for effected tone). In the "on" position the power and effected signals are connected and in the "off" position only the clean connection is made. All of that said, you could definitely do it if you wanted.
@@musicalmiscellany That's more complex than I thought! Thanks for explaining.
Impressed that you got videos 2 and 3 out so quickly. A lot of youtubers often don't have part two in 12 months time. So my question is this....... what made you decide to do one spring instead of the standard two? I'm sure you could connect a second one with the space you have. My guess is it would result in more vibration and a deeper reverb.
Thanks for checking out the videos and for the suggestion. I mentioned in the beginning... the design came from one of those toy echo mics, so that's why I used the single spring. I was basically trying to turn one of those into an effect. Ironically, I thought of the same thing you did after the fact. You could easily use 2 or even 4 springs based on the size of the transducer plate. You'd have to come up with some sort of mounting plate for the stationary side but that shouldn't be too difficult. It's a idea for a possible second try.
@@musicalmiscellany Yeah seemed like it was a "lets see if this works" type of project in the beginning that all of a sudden was "oh hell this actually works!" sort of thing. I've had quite a few projects thta kind of evolved in that way too....but of course those that evolved into nothing as well. Great job on keeping up with the videos!
@@TheSickNeeds And likewise... thanks for tuning in. Again... thanks for the suggestion.
Ok so what would happen I you use a 4 ohm 25watt transducer?
Thanks for checking out the video. I'd imagine different transducers would have a slight effect on the sound but I'm not sure which type would sound best because this is the only one I've tried.
Woah! Good job man! Sounds awesome! Also,
What synth is that? Did you make it?
Thanks for checking it out. The synth I used in the vid is the Noisebox 2 from Synthcone (Etsy Seller). It's basically a slightly modded version of the MFOS Noise Toaster.
That t-shirt lol.
I'm glad somebody caught that. It's a pretty obscure reference.
Nice lol
Thanks for checking it out. There's a Part III as well.