Reverb Revelations Reprise

[FuzzFace]

When adding bass to accompany/round-out your guitar, do you typically add reverb or would the reverb on the bass clash with the reverb on the guitar?

[Blooby]

Some think that a slight amount of reverb to a bass adds some "glue" to the entire mix, but unless you're Roger Waters, they're usually recorded dry for the most part.

Blooby

[launched]

Reverb is the work of the devil. 

Mark

[guitarron]

Some think that a slight amount of reverb to a bass adds some "glue" to the entire mix, but unless you're Roger Waters, they're usually recorded dry for the most part.

Blooby

rule of thumb-no reverb on bass-muddys up the mix
but do the thumbs actually rule

[Greeny]

I have very few rules in music, but there's one that I like to stick to: bass is best without adding too much (if any) reverb. On the MBR, it automatically puts reverb at '15' when recording through the guitar input, and I always leave it at that. It's just enough to add warmth without turning the sound to sludge. I think bass cut-through is more about playing technique than effects etc. Reverb on the guitar is a totally different story. I have no limits there, depending on the sound I'm after.