Reverb pedal recommendations

[MiG50]

I use a Line 6 Verbzilla, and it covers all the bases for me. Sure, there are better reverb units on the market, but without a solid reason to upgrade, it's stayed on my board. They've been discontinued, but they can be found used for about $90-110.

[Song]

[buzzardwhiskey]

Whoa! Stop the presses. An old dog CAN learn new tricks. I had been frustrated and upset by a... uh... "challenging" user interface in the Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal. But a half hour after writing the company asking for help I got an email (good tech department) that pointed out a couple missing pieces in my mind and it all kinda jelled.

I'm now happily editing and storing cool reverbs. The word "reverb" barely does some of these sounds justice. It's kinda crazy.

Anyway... quiet pedal, buffered and unbuffered stereo and mono output, great sounds, not the easiest on the market to learn.

[Song]

Originally Posted by JeffreyAK

I was thinking the same thing the other day, the built-in digital reverb on my Marshall leaves a great deal to be desired ("digital" sounding, and clips harshly when I combine it with another digital pedal, especially in the effects loop) and I miss the simple old 3-spring reverb tank my ancient Gibson amp had. Is there a totally analog spring reverb (or something similar, but not digital) available as a pedal?

https://reverb.com/news/best-spring-reverb-pedals

[BoneDigger]

I like the Hall of Fame.

[JeffreyAK]

Originally Posted by Song

https://reverb.com/news/best-spring-reverb-pedals

Nice, I see a new pedal in my future! I love the sounds I can get from the JVM210, it kicks righteous arse **except** for the crude reverb. Disappointing, since I nearly always play with some reverb.

[KevWind]

Originally Posted by buzzardwhiskey

Whoa! Stop the presses. An old dog CAN learn new tricks. I had been frustrated and upset by a... uh... "challenging" user interface in the Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal. But a half hour after writing the company asking for help I got an email (good tech department) that pointed out a couple missing pieces in my mind and it all kinda jelled.

I'm now happily editing and storing cool reverbs. The word "reverb" barely does some of these sounds justice. It's kinda crazy.

Anyway... quiet pedal, buffered and unbuffered stereo and mono output, great sounds, not the easiest on the market to learn.

Hey good for you, I was hoping to possibly get it at a fire sale price

But I'm guessing you will find it a useful tool with a massive amount of possibilities from ambient barely noticable to total immersive atmosphere

[Hotspur]

Originally Posted by buzzardwhiskey

Whoa! Stop the presses. An old dog CAN learn new tricks. I had been frustrated and upset by a... uh... "challenging" user interface in the Strymon Big Sky reverb pedal. But a half hour after writing the company asking for help I got an email (good tech department) that pointed out a couple missing pieces in my mind and it all kinda jelled.

Whoa. Just exploring the sound samples of their web page. That's some crazy cool stuff.

Not sure I'd use it, but it's super cool.

[JeffreyAK]

Originally Posted by Song

https://reverb.com/news/best-spring-reverb-pedals

I ordered the Demeter reverb yesterday, will post my impressions later. I'm a reverb snob, and that one seems to have all the bells and whistles and great reviews, so we'll see if it meets or exceeds my expectations based on my old early 1970's Gibson G-115 transistor amp!

[muscmp]

Originally Posted by buzzardwhiskey

I would "like" to recommend the Strymon Big Sky, but it's too crazy. I've played with it for weeks now and can barely make heads or tails of how to configure it and neither the online manual or the any of the YouTube videos has helped.

i have the big sky and it is the best reverb going.

you just have to follow the manual and tweak the knobs. you may be making too much of it--make it fun and interesting. did i say to tweak the knobs?

play music!

[Doug Young]

I've been playing around with the reverb pedals I have quite a bit lately, running them from a looper so I can just listen while I tweak.

The Big Sky is certainly incredible, tho I don't have much use for all the crazy sounds. The basic reverbs are excellent, but sometimes seem a little "ringy" to me in use, once I don't have the reverb cranked to audition it.

I've come to appreciate the Hall of Fame more after digging into the TonePrint software. The TC isn't as transparent, maybe, but the sounds blend well. With Toneprint you have access to many of the same controls as you have on a fancier reverb, including the big sky. it's pretty clever how they let one knob control multiple attributes, so if you want a reverb that gets darker as it gets longer, for example, you can do that. Each knob can control up to 3 parameters, and you can draw a graph of the shape of how the control affects the param anyway you like. I also like that you can program a useful range into the knobs for the toneprint settings. So the reverb delay may go from 0 to 20 seconds, but I'm not likely to use all that, and it makes it hard to dial in a finer-grained selection. But with Toneprint, I can set the Delay knob to range from 1 second to 3, or whatever, making it easier to know what a knob setting corresponds to (straight up is 2 seconds, etc), and giving finer control. And the Mash control is kind of fun, too.

The Neunabar also allows you to tweak with their software, and it just sounds good off the bat, but it doesn't have that same level of detailed control over the params as the Toneprint/TC.

[rockabilly69]

For the last two months I've been using a Keeley Delay Workstation that is both Reverb and Delay in one pedal. And it really sounds good! I only use the delay for a few songs, but the reverb is on for the whole gig. There are 6 types of reverb and 2 delays which are adjusted with the reverb controls on top, and 8 types of delays for the delay controls on the bottom. I have mine setup for a Hall Reverb that is very adjustable, and a Tape Delay which is very organic sounding. The tempo of the Delays are controlled by a tap tempo button. and you can tap in the tempo before you turn on the delay!

This is a very easy pedal to dial a good sound with.

https://robertkeeley.com/product/delay-workstation/

[M Sarad]

https://www.boss.info/us/products/frv-1/

I compared the Boss ‘63 Reverb pedal to a vintage Fender Reverb in my local shop. I found it identical. I run mine into a ‘58 Tweed Deluxe. If you want a Fender sound without bells, whistles, cats, trains, drifting upwards or downwards, this is the way to go.

For oddball weirdness, I got one of these:

http://www.tcelectronic.com/t2-reverb/

[rrgguitarman]

EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master V2 - At $200 is bordering on "breaking the bank' territory, but will blow any other reverb pedal (and about all on-board reverbs) clean out of the water. Also has a wonderful delay. EQD pretty much rules.

I own this pedal and the HOF. Different animals. The Earthquaker with the delay built into is just great. Sweet!

The HOF is really growing on me, so many flavors to play with. I bought mine new on ebay for 95 bucks shipped. (open box)
Both are keepers.

[Bunchgrass]

Might check out a small producer (AJ Peat) who has a "satisfaction guaranteed" policy. Money back and he'll cover the shipping. No risk.

https://ajpeat.com/


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