A good bit of experimentation is in order from the sound of it.
Hall reverb is always a good place to start as it has a bigger "Tail" than some shorter reverbs. I really dig a good ROOM reverb. It does give things a retro 80's vibe as folks used to stick their big marshall stack in the main drum room (the biggest recording room in a studio typically) and record guitars there. This gives a very short delay type of effect than makes the leads stick out in a mix. You gotta be careful though or it's easy to overdue it. In the end it comes down to your ears. Try each type of reverb available to you and then start tweaking the parameters one by one from zero to max. Once you are done, you will have a good idea of what sorts of sounds match well with your playing
Todd
QUOTE (yoncopin @ Aug 16 2016, 08:25 AM)
These are good tips, thanks guys. I had settled on using mostly hall reverbs. Funny enough I inferred that they were a good starting point because I discovered that's what is built into most amps. I figured they would give you the most "vanilla" sound baked in. I'll have to pay more attention to the bright/dark balance next. I usually only fiddle with the Mix parameter, because I didn't know some of the guidelines for the other knobs. I sometimes wonder if I use too little reverb/delay, a lot of default patches are usually soaked in those effects.
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