I play clean humbuckers through big clean amps to stay clean. I know from clean, if I may say. I use reverb. I don't like spring reverb.
May I point you toward the T Rex Room Mate pedal?
Natural sounding warm spring, room and hall sounds.
www.t-rex-effects.com
I have acquired
three of them over the years. It's
that good. The tube is actually in the circuit, not just cosmetic. Warm, lush reverb - and I've tried all the others. The Plate mode is stunning - it's simply the always-on reverb for me.
Here's where things get very interesting with the Room Mate. Yes, it's a digital chip, warmed up by running it through the tube at high voltage. But a buddy who's a TI chip engineer did some poking around.
The Room Mate uses just 4 of the available 16 effects options on the Sharq chip, he told me. I then sent one of the Room Mates to a pedal guy who modded it. He installed a tiny knob and dial and I now get the other 12 effects - delay, slapback, chorus, combos of same, and several more reverbs. It's the best money I ever spent.
=K