How It Was Recorded

Gear · reverb

Unidentified Plate/spring reverb tank (model not stated)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Rebel Yell

    Billy Idol · Album, 1984

    • Steve Stevens guitar · Mix effectsVerifiedStevens insisted on the studio's own reverb tank for his guitars rather than any digital reverb.

Sources for each use are on the record’s own page.

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Waves Magma Springs

reverb

A general spring reverb, not a model of this unit.

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