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Keeley + Pedal Partners Realizer Reverb

For those into the musical genre known as Shoegazer, "heavenly" pink is not a color like any other. It's the color of My Bloody Valentine's masterpiece shoegazer record, Loveless, a gritty yet mind-altering. avant-dream-pop experiment that took years in the making and pretty much invented a new genre - incidentally,…Click on the title for more

Keeley + Pedal Partners Realizer Reverb

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

Strymon surprised everyone on the evening of September 17 by leaking news of a new pedal to be released... a few hours later during a Facebook Live video! The device in question is the Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator, which looks like a major creative release for the Californian company that…Click on the title for more

Strymon Nightsky Time Warped Reverberator

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

With a $79 USD price tag, the NuX Damp is the first stereo reverb pedal hosted in a mini case - thanks to its two TRS jacks that accept both mono and stereo signals. It offers 3 modes (Plate, Spring, and Hall) inspired by specific circuits: the EMT 140 plate…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: NuX Damp Stereo Mini Reverb

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion in 2023

Go Back to List of Categories Strymon Cloudburst An ambient reverb effect followed by a particular effect that goes beyond modulation (referred to as an "Ensemble engine") that continuously analyzes different frequency bands of your signal, generating upper harmonic partials of what it finds in each frequency band. A 3-way…Click on the title for more

The Best Reverb Pedals with Modulation or Fuzz/Distortion in 2023

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

Strymon have updated their iconic blueSky reverb to a v2 edition, with some quality of life improvements and new features. The biggest change is the implementation of a dedicated shimmer knob. The modulation is now on a three way selector for off, light, and deep. In addition, the pedal now…Click on the title for more

Strymon blueSky v2 Reverb

12 Reverb Types, Explained – using 6 of the Best Modern Reverb Pedals

There are several types of reverb that are commonly used in music production and audio engineering, and all of them made their way into the pedal format, in one device or another. Although guitarists have traditionally adopted spring reverb first and digital reverb after over other types like plate and…Click on the title for more

12 Reverb Types, Explained – using 6 of the Best Modern Reverb Pedals

JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb

The JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb is the Kansas City-based pedal builder's $99 take on the so-called "Shimmer" effect, a circuit that marries a long ambient reverb with an octave effect placed in the reverb's decay. Appeared on the scene in 1984 when Brian Eno came up with it while…Click on the title for more

JHS 3 Series Octave Reverb

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

Croatian pedal builder Polarbear Effects sure likes to mix things up a little. The two stompboxes on the company's roster are very creative devices wisely blending several circuits, with the goal of creating very musical and unique effects. Enter the new Drowner, a fuzz/bitcrusher/shimmery reverb. The circuit starts with a…Click on the title for more

Polarbear Effects Drowner Fuzz/Bitcrusher/Reverb

SolidGoldFX Ether Modulated Reverb

Modulation is an effect that is often found in delay pedals, but in the last few years, some of the most creative builders have been releasing reverb circuits followed by modulation, opening up a new, well-received niche with ambient leanings. The SolidGoldFx Ether is the Montreal company's take on that…Click on the title for more

SolidGoldFX Ether Modulated Reverb

Dreadbox Darkness Stereo Granular Reverb

Greek manufacturer Dreadbox is one of the pioneers of what one day may be remembered as some sort of "Greek Pedal Invasion" of the early 21st century, and even though its most celebrated releases lately have been synths, three new stereo stompboxes have surfaced in 2021. The Dreadbox Darkness, a…Click on the title for more

Dreadbox Darkness Stereo Granular Reverb

BOSS RV-6 Stereo Reverb

The BOSS RV-6 is a stereo in/out compact digital reverb pedal that offers eight separate modes including shimmer, dynamic and reverb+delay, and three simple knobs to control them all. It features input for expression pedal. Here's the list of the modes: •+DELAY—This is reverb combined with delay. The synergistic effect…Click on the title for more

BOSS RV-6 Stereo Reverb

Catalinbread Cloak Reverb + Shimmer

"Shimmer" is an effect that came in vogue in the early '10s, and sounds like an angelic choral effect obtained by mixing a long reverb with harmonized pitch shifted trails of that same reverbered signal. The Catalinbread Cloak is the Portland-based company's take on that effect. This is a rather…Click on the title for more

Catalinbread Cloak Reverb + Shimmer