Motown Attic Reverb

In addition to the echo chamber motown also had an emt 140 plate reverb and an echoplex tape delay unit they d use from time to time.

Motown attic reverb. Motown used the attic. Underneath the makers name plate the wood rim is st. Key to the sound of countless motown hits was the iconic reverb of hitsville s makeshift echo chamber located in the attic of the house. In our attempt at recreating the motown sound we used the audio ease altiverb reverb plugin universal audio s digital emulation of the emt 140 and a fulltone tube tape echo.

I am carious to know how reverb was added to 60 s and 70 s recordings. The top has plenty of play we. Like abigail washburns banjo. Early 1941 martin 00 18.

They d put a speaker and a mic in the chosen space to get the sound of the send bouncing around. This is one of mike s early banjos and was made in lebanon ohio. If you want to find. The back of headstock has some screw marks from an old screw on capo with no pad.

Very rare moon and star pattern. It also has a repaired side crack. It has a correct replaced bridge and saddle. The house they recorded in in motown had an attic room with sealed walls with a speaker at one end and a mic at the other.

Motown records hitsville usa complex is rumored to have used a hole in the ceiling as a jerry rigged echo chamber. What makes motown sound like motown. I am guessing that in the 60 s they just recorded the spring reverb that came straight from the amp but in the 70 s most records. Join millions of music makers all over the world on reverb.

This is a very early custom made 12 mike ramsey open back banjo. There is some touch up in that area. Find your next favorite new used or vintage instrument or sell one of your own. Good player grade martin with some repairs.

Gorgeous inlay and wonderful sounding instrument. Other famous reverb chambers. Will kurk and joe shadid take a trip to rax trax recording studios to explore the musical must haves of the beloved moto. Hitsville s attic chamber was crude and not at all designed with acoustical perfection in mind but its ambience had a certain character that came to shape the iconic motown sound.