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New Pedal: Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

Part of a series of pedals we previewed at NAMM 2025 (see bottom video), the Klowra Limbo Reverb is a studio-grade stereo reverb pedal featuring nine high-quality algorithms, from realistic rooms and classic plates/springs to ethereal, otherworldly textures. Designed for versatility, it combines deep parameter control with dynamic expression options,…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Klowra Limbo Stereo Reverb

Old Blood Noise Dark Light Stereo Reverb

Enclosed in a beautiful case featuring an illustration by Jon Carling, the Old Blood Noise Dark Light is a versatile reverb pedal that combines the unique features of the company's Dark Star and Sunlight. Offering various routing options like separate stereo, parallel mono, and series mono, Dark Light merges Dark…Click on the title for more

Old Blood Noise Dark Light Stereo Reverb

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

The Lichtlaerm As Above So Below is a monumental reverb pedal that transcends traditional effects, offering vast, immersive soundscapes with celestial and subterranean dimensions, as you would expect from a metal-inspired Berlin-based builder! Built on a rich, sculptable reverb core, it features a dual-octave architecture organized in 3 modes: Above…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Lichtlaerm As Above So Below Shimmer Reverb

New Pedal: Glowfly Pyroglyphs Reverb

Hand-built in the Lancashire, UK, the Glowfly Pyroglyphs is a haunting reverb pedal blending shimmering octave-up effects, glitchy delays, and a unique “wave burning” tremolo for an atmospheric and experimental soundscape. This is how it works: The ‘verb’ knob adjusts reverb size, from subtle ambience to massive, immersive echoes. The…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Glowfly Pyroglyphs Reverb

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Ocean Abyss Reverb

The Electro-Harmonix Ocean Abyss is the NYC-based venerable pedal brand's next-generation DUAL reverb and multi-effects workstation designed for immersive sound design. Building on EHX’s legacy of innovative reverb algorithms, it features dual independently programmable engines with 10 stereo reverb effects such as Hall, Spring, and Shimmer. Beyond reverb, it includes…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Electro-Harmonix Ocean Abyss Reverb

BOSS RV-200 Reverb

BOSS's 200 series pedals are smaller but not necessarily less powerful versions of the Japanese company's flagship, multi-algorithm, stereo 500 series. The BOSS RV-200 (also a stereo device) is the much-anticipated shrunken version of the RV-500. Considering that its delay sibling, the DD-200, was released four years earlier, one may…Click on the title for more

BOSS RV-200 Reverb

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

Flamma is a new Chinese builder of affordable stompboxes (we blogged about their FS02 Stereo Reverb a few weeks ago). The FS22 Ekoverb is their multi-mode delay/reverb pedal. In this stompbox, the two effect run in parallel, i.e., they don't feed each other but work as separate effects. Through the…Click on the title for more

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

New Pedal: Matthew Effects The Technician

Described by some as a (Chase Bliss) MOOD "killer," the Matthews Effect The Technician is a rather complex but intuitive dual channel stereo delay+reverb with added modulation effects, and looper functionality. Aka - as per the subtitle - an "Auditory Manipulator." The pedal was released without fanfare at the end…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Matthew Effects The Technician

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

Catalinbread Soft Focus Deluxe

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

Wampler Catacombs Stereo Delay/Reverb

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

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