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Reverb with Modulation

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 for more

Alabs Cetus Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

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 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 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 for more

Keeley Parallax Spacial Generator

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

Ohio's EarthQuaker Devices is one of the pedal companies that pioneered the "creative" stompbox trend that has taken over the field in the last decade. In the last few years, they have been focused on more traditional "tone" pedals (like their incredibly successful Tube Screamer-style overdrive Plums or the Metal-inclined…... Click for more

EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny Octave Reverb

NativeAudio Ghost Ridge Reverb V1.5

Red House Electronics recently changed their name to NativeAudio, here are a few demos of their Ghost Ridge, a multi-function digital reverb. It's a two knob/two footswitch multi-function reverb (Hall, Spring, Plate, and Room) with modulation and preset capabilities in a compact case. Check out the videos below and the notes…... Click for more

NativeAudio Ghost Ridge Reverb V1.5

NUX Verb Core Deluxe Stereo Multi-Reverb

The new frontier of multi-algorithms pedals is managing to fit a full stereo signal inside a compact pedal, and the NUX Verb Core Deluxe does just that - for $99! Although not a small feat engineering-wise, that's not that surprising from a company that was able to create a line…... Click for more

NUX Verb Core Deluxe Stereo Multi-Reverb

Milkman Sound F-Stop Tremolo + Reverb

The Milkman Sound F-Stop brings the spring reverb and tremolo from the company's the Amp into a standalone small footprint 9VDC pedal. The reverb drips, and the VCA tremolo is pure creamy goodness, offering an increeased headroom thanks to its 18v design and separate footswitches to trigger the effects. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEak-ZfoO6g…... Click for more

Milkman Sound F-Stop Tremolo + Reverb

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

The Catalinbread Sinkhole is another take of the Portland-based company at the ethereal, modulated reverb sought by ambient and shoegaze guitarists, after the very successful release of the Soft Focus. But while the latter was inspired by a preset of an old digital rack unit from the '90s, the Sinkhole…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Sinkhole Ethereal Reverb

Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos Delay + Reverb

Hailing from California, the Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos is a creative take on ambient reverb + delay. The pedal's circuit splits the signal and remixes it a few times between the input and the output jacks, sending it through several effects including echo, modulation, filtering, and a reverb with a…... Click for more

Wonderful Audio Ancient Echos Delay + Reverb

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

The Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater is the 2023 addition to the company's quirky BL Series, a line of pedals sharing a diagonal fader control named "Clock." Not your regular phaser, the BL-52 is actually a repeater of phase, an effect OBNE claims is unique to this pedal,…... Click for more

Old Blood Noise Endeavors BL-52 Phase Repeater

BIG EAR Albie Modulated Reverb

We are happy to see our old Brooklyn friends, now Nashville-based, BIG EAR Pedals release a new pedal, and a really intriguing one for that matter: the two-knob modulated reverb called ALBIE. This stompbox delivers a "less is more" approach to reverb by limiting the control knobs to one (Blend)…... Click for more

BIG EAR Albie Modulated Reverb