Long before digital simulations – including reverb pedals – became sophisticated enough to blur the lines between actual and artificial ambience, studio engineers and electric guitarists were obliged ...

In the historical timeline of guitar effects, long before pedals of any kind were commonplace, the effects that guitarists utilised were mainly built into their amplifiers, namely tremolo and reverb.

To get a feel for how to use reverb, try adding a reverb plugin to a track in a song that you’re working on. Any type of audio will do, drums, vocals, guitar, although bass can be tricky due to all of ...