Nod to The Legend · The inventions · 1939–1960s
Spring Reverb
Hammond and Fender
Hammond put springs in its organs to fake a big hall, and Fender put them in guitar amps in the early 1960s. Kick the amp and it crashes, which dub engineers loved.
Still heard: Surf guitar, dub and lo-fi all splash in springs.
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