2021 UPDATE: Best Reverb Pedals, a Buyer’s Guide by Type

Dec 6, 2021

Best-Reverb-Pedals

Reverb pedals never seem to go out of fashion, maybe because reverb is something that's part of our daily lives and each one of us can relate to it.

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Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It

The Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It is a stompbox hand-made in Astoria, OR, for those who appreciate simplicity in a gnarly sauce. With its lone knob, this is a pedal that won't cause any paralysis due to an overload of options. However, it still provides two voicing through a toggle…Click on the title for more

Weird Noise Pedals Fuzz It

Win an IK Multimedia X-Gear Pedal of Your Choice!

Just in time for the "X-Mas" festivities, we have a colorful and awesome "X-Gear" giveaway for you, faithful readers! THREE winners will be able to choose one pedal from IK Multimedia's new line of multi-mode effect workstations. Three out of four pedals in this line are stereo (the only one…Click on the title for more

Win an IK Multimedia X-Gear Pedal of Your Choice!

Kasleder FX Dirty Little Thing

Kasleder FX may not be a company known to the masses, but the German builder has been building high-end stompboxes for over 15 year, and that, alone, makes them a veteran of the pedal scene. The Dirty Little Thing is their take on the Tube Screamer, and it's celebrating its…Click on the title for more

Kasleder FX Dirty Little Thing

Best New Pedals of 2021 | November Edition

It's time for our monthly recap of the best new pedals released last month (i.e. November 2021)! Previous monthly editions can be found here. In November 2021 a lot of new pedals saw the light of day. Curiously, there was a remarkable number of fuzz releases, which is why in…Click on the title for more

Best New Pedals of 2021 | November Edition

New Pedal: Wilson Effects Fuzz MKIII

Indiana's Wilson Effects have been revamping their pedal line in 2021, and the Fuzz Mk III is their improved version of the classic Tone Bender evolution. The most noteworthy feature of this NOS Germanium fuzz is its 6 position rotary switch (Squish) that activates different capacitors to give the fuzz…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wilson Effects Fuzz MKIII

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Sericon K-Style Overdrive

The Sericon, by Mojo Hand FX, is a device that inserts itself in the Klone saga with a very peculiar story. This pedal's circuit is identical to the very well-regarded ProAnalog Devices Manticore V2. The company commissioned Cusack Music (who owns Mojo Hand FX) to produce it but then went…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Mojo Hand FX Sericon K-Style Overdrive

Hungry Robot Borderland Modulated Reverb

The Hungry Robot Borderland is a complex, creative reverb pedal with a modulation section controllable via Tap Tempo and a resonant low pass filter. The modulation has 6 LFO shapes and features modes including vibrato/chorus, tremolo, three-octave tremolo, and a mode that crossfades between a processed signal an octave up…Click on the title for more

Hungry Robot Borderland Modulated Reverb

Now Shipping: Horrothia Berkeley Uni-Vibe

After dropping pictures and videos of it in advance, British pedal builder Horrothia is finally shipping their Uni-Vibe clone, the Berkeley. This is a classic, 3-knob take on the beloved effect found in many immortal records from the '60s, with a signal path almost identical to the original; Carbon film…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Horrothia Berkeley Uni-Vibe

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Nano Q-Tron Envelope Filter

NYC's Electro-Harmonix continues the process of miniaturization of its classic pedals with the Nano Q-Tron, a compact version of the Micro version, which was already considerably smaller than the "Mini" one, not to mention the original, a larger than life beast. For the unaware, Q-Tron is the company's flagship envelope…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Nano Q-Tron Envelope Filter

The 8 Best Reverb Pedals for Surf Rock Delivering Drippy Magic in 2021

"THE DRIP" IN SURF GUITAR Surf guitarists belong to a rather small niche of musicians that cares (a lot) about "the drip," a word that might sound foreign to their non-surfing colleagues. This word is used to define a very specific character of the kind of reverb Surf music (apparently)…Click on the title for more

The 8 Best Reverb Pedals for Surf Rock Delivering Drippy Magic in 2021

Upcoming Pedal: Adventure Audio Occlusions Tremolo + Reverb Pedal

The tremolo/reverb pedals in most cases features a spring-style reverb, to simulate the effect produced by some tube amps of the '60s, but the Adventure Audio Occlusions takes a more ambient approach to this combo. The reverb here can get really long and caverous, while the tremolo features controls for…Click on the title for more

Upcoming Pedal: Adventure Audio Occlusions Tremolo + Reverb Pedal

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