When Was Reverb Invented?

The first reverb effects, introduced in the 1930s, were created by playing recordings through loudspeakers in reverberating spaces and recording the sound. American Producer Bill Putnam is credited for the first artistic use of artificial reverb in music, on the 1947 song "Peg o' My Heart" by the Harmonicats.

When was the first reverb?

But it was UA's own Bill Putnam, Sr. who first used artificial reverb creatively on a pop recording in 1947, with the use of the first reverb chamber — the studio bathroom! The result was a huge hit by The Harmonicats called "Peg o' My Heart" on Putnam's own Universal label.

When was guitar reverb invented?

The first purpose-built artificial reverb effect pre-dates the genesis of the electric guitar and was created by Laurens Hammond (he of Hammond organ fame), who was granted a patent in 1939 for a spring-based mechanical reverberation system to enhance the sound of his organs for church environments.