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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 on the title for more

2024 UPDATE: Best Multi Reverb Pedals | Stereo and Mono

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

Vongon is a rather new pedal (and now also synth) brand based in Oakland that manufactures very intriguing and creative stompboxes. The Paragraph II is the updated 2024 version of their very first product: an analog four-pole resonant low-pass filter with stereo modulation (the previous version was mono). A comparison…Click on the title for more

Updated Pedal: Vongon Paragraphs II Resonant Filter

The 3 Best Chorus Pedals By Type in 2024 (Stereo+Mono)

See also our article on the Best Multi-Modulation Pedals. Looking for the best chorus pedals on the market? You've come to the right place! Whether you are a casual stompbox user or a true and tried pedal expert, in this article you'll find what you need, from bread-and-butter affordable mono…Click on the title for more

The 3 Best Chorus Pedals By Type in 2024 (Stereo+Mono)

Supro Chorus (Analog, Stereo)

The Supro Chorus is a quality, all-analog and full-stereo chorus-vibrato, delivers a luscious, tri-dimensional effect with plenty of headroom. Its controls are your usual Speed, Time and Depth, with the exception of the innovative Dimension knob, which mixes the two channels of the Chorus into one another, creating an intermingling of…Click on the title for more

Supro Chorus (Analog, Stereo)

Jam Pedals Waterfall Chorus

Used by a number of professional guitar heroes, the Jam Pedals Waterfall is a distinctly analog circuit based on the MN3207 bucket brigade chip. It can do chorus and vibrato equally well. It’s based on a simple design with depth and speed knobs and two switches: one selects between chorus…Click on the title for more

Jam Pedals Waterfall Chorus

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II continues on the mission of the Texan company to bring guitar players authentic and affordabole clones of legendary discontinued pedals - in this case, the Mu-Tron Phasor II, now selling for over $500 on the used market. Built with premium components that faithfully match the…Click on the title for more

Warm Audio Mutation Phasor II

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

From a veteran boutique pedal manufacturer that built its name on tweakability comes one of the most feature-rich and unique fuzz pedals on the market: the Subdecay Noise Theory. Presented as a "Parallel Waveshaper Fuzz," the noise theory combines an analog and a digital fuzz circuit placed in parallel, and…Click on the title for more

New Pedal: Subdecay Noise Theory Fuzz

BOSS DM-101 Delay

Leveraging eight analog but digitally controlled 2048-stage BBD chips, the BOSS DM-101 is a modern delay pedal that confirms a few new trends in the "big-name" stompbox industry, such as the takeover of stereo and presets, but also a more granular approach to multi-mode devices: where the pedals of yesteryear…Click on the title for more

BOSS DM-101 Delay

DSM Humboldt Simplifier X

The brainchild of Manuel Jano Acevedo of Humboldt Electronics and Daniel Schwartz of DSM Noisemaker, the DSM Humboldt Simplifier X is the newest member of the very successful family of Simplifier amp and cab simulators, and also the most beastly, as it appears obvious from the borderline insane number of…Click on the title for more

DSM Humboldt Simplifier X

Flowers Pedals Dahila Dual/Stereo Analog Delay

It may looking rather unassuming, but the Flowers Pedals Dahila is an extremely powerful dual BBD-based modulated delay delivering up to 820ms of (digitally controlled) analog delay per channel. The amount of functionality is truly impressive, and, as far as we know, this is the first analog stereo delay pedal…Click on the title for more

Flowers Pedals Dahila Dual/Stereo Analog Delay

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

Boston's pedal builder Source Audio in the last few years has seemed intent in focusing on products that take the most purely "tonal" effects to the next level. After the EQ2, a programmable equalizer, comes Zio, a multi-voice analog preamp/boost designed in collaboration with Christopher Venter, the owner and sole…Click on the title for more

Source Audio ZIO Analog Preamp/Boost

MXR Wylde Audio Chorus

Released by the Californian builder together with an overdrive and a phaser, the MXR Wylde Audio Chorus is an analog pedal that commemorates the two-decade partnership between Dunlop and Zakk Wylde, guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society. Zakk uses the chorus to enhance his distorted tones and introduce…Click on the title for more

MXR Wylde Audio Chorus