Trying Hard to Like the HDRX20

[dilznik]

You don't like the Hall of Fame II?

A lot of greay guitarists use it.

Robben Ford for one.

I get it. It's an opinion thing. I just didn't like it. It was just so... I don't know... sterile and digital sounding, I guess. For me. I just thought it was funny that you said the amp needs a good pedalboard and then the reverb in question was one I had and really didn't like. It would be pretty funny if your chorus of choice was the Earthquaker Sea Machine because I really really really hated that one.

It wouldn't be fair to poo poo someone's reverb without throwing out there the overpriced crap reverbs I use other than amp spring reverb (which is what I usually use):

Gigging board:
Walrus Slo (for textures, the gigging amp has spring reverb)

Writing board:
Source Collider

Home Studio:
Deluxe Amplification 6g15 with tremolo

For the Moog:
Wampler Ethereal

Other ones laying around:
Red Panda Context
Surfybear Compact
BYOC Spring Reverb
EQD Dispatch Master
Keeley Hydra

I might actually have a reverb problem.

 

[László]

It quite put me off the idea of trying subsequent iterations too: I felt the original HOF had a particular voice in my rig - one that I couldn't work with happily; and given that I used to use a pair of M5000s (!) back in the day,

I had an M5000, too. The reverbs and delays were fantastic, crystal clear, though I used mine in the studio instead of in a guitar rack. It was one of my favorite, go-to pieces of gear. I should NEVER have sold it.

TC made some wonderful, high end gear back in the day.

 

[László]

I might actually have a reverb problem.

The only reverb problem is not having one.

 

[László]

I get it. It's an opinion thing. I just didn't like it. It was just so... I don't know... sterile and digital sounding, I guess. For me. I just thought it was funny that you said the amp needs a good pedalboard and then the reverb in question was one I had and really didn't like.

Personal taste being what it is, and the number of choices out there in guitar-land being so numerous, it's kind of unusual that any consensus can be reached regarding what sounds good and what doesn't!

The fact that all of us like PRS Guitars is a testament to their versatility!