Spring Reverb, Slinky Style

Though I’m a bit too young to experience a true spring reverb pedal, I’m well aware they reign king over today’s digital alternatives. This DIY project from the Electronic Peasant has brought in a Slinky to really make things ridiculous. He’s used the stair-crawling toy to emulate a 1976 spring reverb unit. How does it work? Glad you asked: There are a number of different ways to send vibrations travelling down a spring, but most spring reverbs use torsional (rotational) motion, which is l