Jack White’s Third Man Hardware has teamed up with Anasound for the brand new, analog spring reverb La Grotte pedal.
The La Grotte is a mechanical reverb with an integrated three-spring tank, a warm preamp based on Tampco’s Tone Oven, and an ultra-effective two-band EQ which only affects the reverb itself. The La Grotte offers separate volume controls for direct sound and reverb sound, as well as a fade in/fade out mix technique to avoid any splash should you accidentally kick the pedal on stage. Since y’know, there’s a spring in there.
“It’s been a lifetime of searching for a small real spring reverb effect unit that could be used as a stompbox on stage or in the studio,” said White. “The hang up is that you normally have to use really long springs to get good sound, making the unit too large.
“With the La Grotte pedal, it was the addition of the third spring that really brought this sounds alive and gave us the ability to have that long decay from a real spring in a small box. In addition the built in drive/boost features you get is very impressive in how it elevates the signal you are sending to the springs.”
