This is easy to answer:talbany wrote:
Can you elaborate a bit more on the sonic qualities and which you prefer of the different reverb topology's (Before and after OD) within the different generation ODR's..
Tony
1. All players I know, who don't play (or not only play) slide and had the opportunity to play both, always liked the post-OD reverb better than the pre-OD reverb.
2. Lowell George obviously got a great slide tone with his second generation ODR.
3. Rick Vito got a great slide tone with his 3rd generation ODR.
4. As 2nd and 3rd generation ODR use the same number of tubes and the same kind of chassis, it would perhaps not be that difficult, to built and compare the pre- and post-OD reverb and decide in accord to personal taste?
5. If you want to built a 3rd generation ODR: Take a very close look to the front and back of Santana's ODRs and what kind of "additional" pots you'll find there.
Have fun
Max