Catalinbread Topanga Classic Spring Reverb Effects Pedal

The outboard Fender 6G15 spring reverb unit is the sound of Surf guitar, Spaghetti Western and many other great guitar sounds from the sixties. Part of its magic, and how it differs from the internal spring reverb found in most Fender-style amps, is that it is run *in front* of the amp, causing the reverb signal to distort and sound more intense. Because there were additional knobs on the outboard units, you also have more control over the reverb qualities. The Dwell knob controlled how hard the springs were getting hit by the guitar signal. The Tone knob allowed the treble to be dialed back to just the right degree of brightness. It was also essentially a tube preamp, so it would color the sound going into the amp. All this added up to a very distinctive reverb sound with a lot of attitude and complex non-linearities that are hard to replicate. But we here at Catalinbread did just that! Besides giving you the classic three knob control compliment of the original, we’ve also added a great discrete preamp that you can control via the Volume knob for a healthy amount of great clean boost when you want it

Key Features

• DWELL: The original Fender reverb unit’s Dwell control was basically the volume control for its tube preamp (which is very similar to the preamp in all Fender amps)
• TONE: Essentially, this control is a low-pass filter for the reverb signal coming out of the spring tank. We’ve duplicated this architecture in the Topanga to give you the authentic sound
• MIX: Full counter-clockwise is dry-signal only and full clockwise is reverb signal only. Just set to the amount of reverb you want
• VOLUME: The Volume knob controls both your dry signal’s volume as well as the reverb and affects the output gain of the discrete preamp