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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 for more

BOSS RV-200 Reverb

Bleak District Electric Wondertow

The Bleak District Electric Wondertow is a creative multi-effects pedal combining reverb, overdrive, and tremolo in a single compact unit designed for creating unconventional, textured, and often chaotic sounds. The reverb section uses a Belton Brick circuit—a cascaded PT2399 chip configuration—producing a unique, modulated ambience that falls between spring-like textures…... Click for more

Bleak District Electric Wondertow

Death By Audio Rooms Reverberator

Presented at NAMM 2020, the Death By Audio Rooms is a stereo multi-function digital reverb that treads new sonic ground. Long trails, gong tones, gated reverbs, and mangled long trails are just some of the stereo effects you can add to your sound. From the one-of-a-kind scientists at DBA.. Here's…... Click for more

Death By Audio Rooms Reverberator

Upcoming Reissues: Dr. Scientist Reverberator Multi-Mode Reverb

Released in 2014 by an imaginative boutique Canadian builder, the Dr. Scientist Reverberator was one of the first compact digital reverb pedals offering a variety of algorithms. Discontinued a few years later due to a chip shortage, the pedal will soon be reissued, after the company unexpectedly stumbled upon a…... Click for more

Upcoming Reissues: Dr. Scientist Reverberator Multi-Mode Reverb

Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

Looking at a picture of the Danelectro Spring King Junior can be misleading. Without a spatial contest, it may look like a mini pedal, but the size of the footswitch is an obvious clue that this is no small stompbox, and for a straightforward reason: it's a real spring reverb…... Click for more

Danelectro Spring King Junior Reverb

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb

The Spring Break by Syracuse's Summer School Electronics takes the simplicity of a one-knob reverb and elevates it with a hidden twist—a delay circuit that only affects the reverb tails. In its standard mode (delay off), the silver knob adds spring-style reverb to any signal, making it intuitive and versatile for…... Click for more

New Pedal: Summer School Spring Break Reverb

New Pedal: Catalinbread Talisman Ghost Plate Reverb

The Catalinbread Talisman Ghost is a new version of the popular Catalinbread Talisman reverb pedal, a plate reverb emulation inspired by the lush, ambient sounds of vintage plate reverb units like the EMT 140. The Talisman Ghost retains the same core functionality but features a unique aesthetic design, featuring two…... Click for more

New Pedal: Catalinbread Talisman Ghost Plate Reverb

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

The Walrus Audio Qi is a stereo multi-effects pedal designed for immersive atmospheric soundscapes, created in collaboration with the truly amazing guitarist/influencer Yvette Young. It's a creative stompbox that offers creative flexibility and inspiration through an organic blend of effects including Chorus, Delay, Granular effects, and Reverb. Powered by the…... Click for more

Walrus Audio Qi Etherealizer

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 for more

Gamechanger Audio Auto Series

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 for more

Flamma Ekoverb FS22

New Pedal: Surfy Industries Surfybear Compact Deluxe

Swedish pedal brand Surfy Industry has quickly gained a status as one of the if not the best manufacturer of real spring reverb pedals, in considerable part also because of their more affordable and portable spring reverb, the Surfybear Compact. The company is now introducing an evolution of that pedal, featuring…... Click for more

New Pedal: Surfy Industries Surfybear Compact Deluxe

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb

At NAMM 2021 Chase Bliss Audio and Meris unveiled the prototype of a pedal adaption of the venerable Lexicon 224 studio reverb, built on the moving-fader format of Chase Bliss Audio's Automatone series and featuring three algorithms (Hall, Room, Plate). The pedal was named CXM 1978 after the year of…... Click for more

Chase Bliss & Meris CXM 1978 Reverb