Vermona VSR 3.2

Esta reverb de la marca Vermona es una unidad que viene en formato de rack de 14", y por tanto su uso más común será el de un estudio (casero o profesional) aunque por supuesto puede utilizarse en directo si nuestro amplificador no tiene reverb incorporada y queremos añadirle una de calidad.

Es una reverb de muelles - Accutronics, según dice Vermona - construida alrededor de un circuito de transistores. El hecho de no utilizar válvulas para una reverb de este tipo para mí al menos no representa una diferencia sustancial en cuanto al sonido resultante. De todas maneras Vermona fabrica un modelo a válvulas, pero el precio es bastante superior (sobre los 1000 Euros).

He utilizado esta reverb VSR-3 en el bucle de efectos de mi amplificador (un VHT Special 6 Ultra) y estoy muy satisfecho con ella. "Suena" a reverb de muelles, tiene control de tono por si queremos modificar ligeramente el carácter de la reverberación, y también tiene controles de ganancia y volumen de salida. En resumen, si no tenemos un amplificador con reverb incorporado creo que esta unidad Vermona es una de las mejores opciones que existen ahora mismo.

Very nice. I’ve used this now with a JC22 and a AC15C1X (vox really could have done better with the reverb on that one.

The reverb itself sound very good with both amps. With the box I split the guitar signal and go into the map channel I am not using, and it improve on the amps reverb night and day. ,

A very nice thing about this unit are the connection options, which allow it to sit in a amplifier loop, connect it a mixing desk, or even in the front of the amp and plug the guitar into it thanks to the high impedance input, which is conveniently Located on the front.

The reverb has a dark tone to it that I quite like. I guess describing it as warm wouldn’t be faroff. There is also a tone knob which cuts or boosts the highs, which provides some extra tone variation. Sounds fine to me at zero anyway.

Well done Vermona. If you do need a flexible spring reverb I’m not sue you can do better at anything near this price.

OK, so it's a on trick pony, but it does it better than a Bricasti M7, whose rubber feet cost more than this unit. Lovely, organic, natural, musical reverb, absolutely fantastic on vocals, also or a snare drum especially if gated.
If I were to nit-pic I would like a bit lower noise level and a balanced in & out connections, but hey, it's a spring reverb, it's supposed to be a bit noisy, it's all part of the charm. You owe it to yourself to try it in your studio.

We needed a rackmounted spring reverb for our studio as I am a vocalist and fussy about the type of reverb used on my vocal. I do not enjoy the sound of digital reverbs as I find them artificial and wanted a simple spring reverb to give my voice some space around it.

I intitialy reviewed this several months ago and awarded 3 stars for the features as they are limited but I have subsequently decided to return and award 5 stars. I will still qualify this by saying that whilst its true it doesnt provide many features, thats not what it is designed for and there are other models in the range that have more features if thats what you need.

The reason Im awarding it 5 stars is that this item delivers exactly what it sets out to do. It is a beautiful reverb sound, particularly for people who prefer the warm vintage tone of an analogue reverb as opposed to digital.