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REVERB PEDALS

Fjord Fuzz Dovre Fuzz + Reverb

The Fjord Fuzz Dovre (a name inspired by a somewhat mythical Norwegian mountain) is a two-knob fuzz+spring reverb pedal that's as simple to operate as it is convenient. It can produce various fuzz sound and clean tones with the most classic of splashy reverb. The fuzz circuit, activated by the…... Click for more

Fjord Fuzz Dovre Fuzz + Reverb

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

The Chase Bliss Lossy is a collaboration with audio plugin builder Goodhertz, and could be described as a digital version of the company's Generation Loss, informed by Goodhertz's plugin of the same name. Where Generation Loss originated as an effect intent to recreate the sonic artifact of the analog VHS…... Click for more

Chase Bliss Lossy Digital LoFi

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Please note: this article is about a very specific niche of reverb pedals we refer to as "multi-reverb" or "multi-mode reverb". For a wider-angle article about reverbs, see our regularly updated Best Reverb Pedals article. [lwptoc depth="4" hierarchical="0" numeration="none" title="TABLE OF CONTENTS (click to jump to list)" toggle="1" titleFontSize="125%" titleFontWeight="semibold"…... Click for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Empress Effects Reverb

The Empress Effects Reverb is a multi-mode pedal stacked with tweakable features including some standard ones AND bizarre ones like “beer”, “sparkle”, and “ghost”. The combinations are nearly endless as there are four settings for the standard plate, room, hall, and spring reverb and then another 8 less conventional settings. The…... Click for more

Empress Effects Reverb

AC Noises Ricorda Granular Reverb

The AC Noises Ricorda (which means "remember" in Italian, but sounds a lot like "recording" in English) is a stereo digital pedal that extends the concept of granular synthesis popular in digital delay circuits to the realm of ambient reverb. Granular synthesis consists in a digital memory that reorganizes more…... Click for more

AC Noises Ricorda Granular 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 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 for more

Alabs Cetus Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb

New Pedal: Anasound + Third Man La Grotte Mechanical Reverb

Jack White of the Black Stripes' fame has regularly collaborated with several pedal companies to manufacture a variety of rigorously black and yellow stompboxes exclusively sold through his label Third Man's store. The latest collaboration is with French boutique brand Anasound, known for their beautiful wooden enclosures, and for a…... Click for more

New Pedal: Anasound + Third Man La Grotte Mechanical Reverb

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr.

A shrunken version of a 2019 pedal popular among shoegazers and any other guitarists inspired by the guitar tone of the '80s, the Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr. is a 3-in-one stompbox that (quite remarkably) combines delay, reverb and modulation into one compact enclosure. Loaded with 6 reverb modes, 3…... Click for more

Crazy Tube Circuits Sidekick Jr.

The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

This article focuses on clean "octavers" - ie, pedals that pitch shift your tone by one or more octaves, NOT octave-up-style fuzzes. If you are looking for the latter, please check out our Octavia, Super Fuzz and Foxx Tone Machine guides and the list of all the new releases in the blog's Octave Up Fuzz…... Click for more

The Best Octave Pedals in 2024 | A Buyer’s Guide

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