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Big wet and splashy. 60’s outboard spring reverb tank. Being an old school effect, tank reverb units were invented before effects loops etc. Had the Topanga been invented before the spring tank units, players would have put the pedal in front of their amplifiers and as close to the front of their pedal boards. You should look at your Topanga as a sort of ‘pre-reverb’ type pedal, putting only fuzz boxes in front of it allowing splash, crash, and drench everything downstream.
If you have any experience with original tank units, you won’t have any problems finding your way around the Topanga. If you do not have much experience and/or if you simply want to enrich your experience with your Topanga, please check out the manual!
Catalinbread Topanga Spring Reverb Effect Pedal Features
A reverb pedal that functions just like a real deal outboard spring reverb unit
The DWELL knob controls how much signal is going into and driving reverb springs. As on the original unit, cranking this knob up can cause clipping on the wet side due to the signal crashing the springs. Though it seems to imply reverb length (and sort of functions this way), this control is quite literally a volume knob for the springs
The TONE knob allows you to roll off just the right amount of high end from only your wet signal. Roll this knob back if you want the reverb to appear to more distant and out of the way of your dry sound
Catalinbread took liberties with the MIX knob extending beyond the original reverb tank units because they wanted you to be able to make the Topanga 100 percent wet. Otherwise it is much like the knob on the tanks, allows you to balance between your wet and dry signals
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. However, Catalinbread did just that! Besides giving you the classic three knob control compliment of the original, they’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.
Warranty: 7 Years to the original owner upon registration
Catalinbread Topanga Spring Reverb Effect Pedal
Item #:
CAT TOPANGA
Manufacturer Part Number:
Topanga
UPC:
853710004215
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Andrew J. 🇺🇸
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Great for surf and Ventures-style reverb
Cool pedal. Does a very nice Ventures-style reverb and much more.
Published date
11/06/23
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Michael R. 🇺🇸
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Better than my 65 DRRI reverb.
You can’t go wrong with this reverb if you like spring reverb. Can go from very subtle to drippy tank madness. I ended up going the mini HOF route just to save space. The Topanga is better without a doubt, but if you use reverb sparingly, like I do, you may want something a little more versatile.
Published date
11/05/22
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Josh B. 🇺🇸
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Actually sounds like the real thing
I have a real outboard tube unit, but wanted something more convenient to use. I have had many many other spring emulators. This is the only one that really feels authentic
Published date
07/28/21
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Chris L. 🇺🇸
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Classic spring reverb at its best!
Fantastic pedal! Love the way this pedal sounds for clean tone play or mixed with a distortion pedal for that real 80s rock sound. Pedal alone on top pick up on my strat, man!!! David Gilmore tone! Very versatile and did lots of research before purchasing for correct reverb and I made the correct ch...
Published date
01/20/21
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Michael 🇺🇸
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catlinbread topanga reverb
this pedal is amazing it goes from great spring into cool drip very adjustable sound surf music must have bought used but have not seen any differance as being new great deal from american musical supply
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