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Reverb with Modulation

New Pedal: Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe

The Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe expands on the popular non-deluxe version of the pedal by adding delay and distortion to the modulated reverb + shimmer algorithms offered by the original version based on a recreation of a patch found on the Yamaha FX500, a digital rack effect of the late…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe

Strymon BigSky MX Reverb Workstation

Strymon just announced the successor of their super popular reverb workstation BigSky: it's the Strymon BigSky MX. Among the new features, there's Impulse Response technology and dual reverb patches, allowing the layering of two different effects on top of each other. The IR/Convolution Reverb addition allows for editing of parameters…Click on the title for more

Strymon BigSky MX Reverb Workstation

New Pedal: Wampler Catacombs Stereo Delay/Reverb

The Wampler Catacombs is the Martinsville, Indiana company's take on the multi-algorithm stereo Delay+Reverb combo, popular among ambient and shoegaze guitarists - something also evident by the name chosen for this device. As is often the case with this brand, the pedal's user interface is rather straightforward, and the emphasis…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Wampler Catacombs Stereo Delay/Reverb

Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb

The Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb is the first stompbox by the renowned Californian builder with an almost compact case. Presented as a pedal "unlike anything you’ve ever heard or played before," the Cloudburst is a reverb effect with a particular effect that goes beyond modulation, referred to as an "Ensemble…Click on the title for more

Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb

Vongon Ultrasheer Stereo Reverb + Vibrato

Oakland's one-man pedal builder Vongon hand-builds elegant-looking guitar pedals with a creative angle. Inspired by the early digital studio effects units of the late 1970’s, the Ultrasheer is a stereo reverb and pitch vibrato with trails and separate footswitches for each effect. Two toggle switches trigger random LFO for the…Click on the title for more

Vongon Ultrasheer Stereo Reverb + Vibrato

Champion Leccy Skitzy Dual Modulated Reverb

Wolly of Pensyllvenya-based Champions Leccy has slowly morphed a very peculiar and creative identity for his company: creative and quirky, his devices feature quirky illustrations reminiscent of indie comic books, and the brand new Skitzy, a Dual Modulated Reverb, is no exception. Blending the circuits (and the names) of two…Click on the title for more

Champion Leccy Skitzy Dual Modulated Reverb

Blackskycraft Unusual EAS Creative Ambient Reverb

Those of you enamored with creative sonic soundscapes may have found a new friend: the Blackskycraft Unusual EAS is an uber-tweakable, modulated ambient reverb with added filter and bitcrusher. Made in NYC by a small builder without a website, the Unusual EAS is unusual indeed, providing a thick and lush…Click on the title for more

Blackskycraft Unusual EAS Creative Ambient Reverb

Alabs Cetus Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

Alabs is a relatively new, Singapore-based pedal company focusing on building affordable but not necessarily streamlined, multi-algorithm, full stereo, compact effects. The Alabs Cetus is their take on reverb. It packs 9 high-quality effects running on a 32-Bit DSP, including Hall, Room, Church, Spring, Plate, Swell, Shimmer, Cloudy, and Wave,…Click on the title for more

Alabs Cetus Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

Now Shipping: Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

If one thing can be said about the folks at Gamechanger Audio is that they don't do normal, and their recently unveiled new products confirm that habit: a stereo, semi-modular pedal series called Auto (originally promoted with the "Mod" name) with a dynamic angle. The Latvian company unveiled three pedals…Click on the title for more

Now Shipping: Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Chinese builder Joyo has been making pedals for a very long time but their super-affordable devices were somewhat frowned upon by stompbox connoisseurs, until Mr. JHS posted, in May 2020, this video declaring their 2018 Revolution Series "the perfect budget pedals." Selling well under $100, the Atmosphere Reverb is -…Click on the title for more

Joyo Atmosphere Multi-Mode Reverb

Frost GIant Electronics Eidolon Delay

A Boost + Delay + Modulated reverb (in that order), the Frost Giant Electronics Eidolon is a circuit that Dave Davidson of metal band Revocation had already released with Dunable (and in collaboration with Electronic Audio Experiments) back in 2020. It's essentially a 3-in-1 pedal for guitar solos. The Boost,…Click on the title for more

Frost GIant Electronics Eidolon Delay

Keeley Parallax Spacial Generator

The Keeley Parallax Spacial Generator is bound to become one of the favorite new pedals of shoegaze and ambient guitarists. The reason behind it is very simple: it expands the reverb section of a circuit that's already a favorite among that niche of musicians (the Keeley Caverns modulated delay +…Click on the title for more

Keeley Parallax Spacial Generator