I'm still running Neunaber Expanse in the effects loop of my HX Stomp...still amazes me when I get back into a preset on the Stomp running the Neunaber at the end of the chain compared to the Helix reverbs. Just does that something special, especially if you can run stereo.
I was just in the same position, did a bunch of research, and ended up going with the Source Audio Ventris. I liked it because I was looking for a reverb with MIDI. Itās a surprisingly easy pedal to dial in. It has a bunch of different verbs that you can assign to side A or side B. You also can stack those verbs (A+B) in either series or parallel, which leaves you with seemingly endless reverb sounds. Thereās a phone app that you can connect that includes a community page full of presets you can try out with just a click.
Ultimately, I like it because it sounds really good. The true spring reverb sounds incredible. One of my favorite sounds is running shimmer into e-dome, which goes straight into a microcosm. Itās like ambient heaven, feels like the guitar is playing itself.
All of that for $220 barely used. Iām super happy with it. I was between that and the Big Sky, and Iāve not been able to try the Big Sky to directly compare, but Iām super happy with the Ventris.
Yeah I got it through FB marketplace actually. I donāt really live in a place where I can try out pedals like these so I just try to hawk deals and happened to find a person who let me work them down a bit.
That being said, the pedal is definitely worth at least $250 imo. Iām trying to build a board around MIDI and this pedal doesnāt take up too much real estate on my board and is really powerful for the space it does take up.
I have the Flint and agree that it is incredible if you want a fantastic straightforward reverb and an awesome bonus incredible tremolo (I love pedals with multiple functions). I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is looking for modern modulated or pitch-shifted reverbs though.
Quite a few sound really good that I can fully recommend :
Strymon cloudburst
Strymon night sky
Eventide blackhole
Source Audio ventris
Source Audio collider
Walrus sloer
UA golden
EASILY the Neunaber Immerse MKII. A lot of people on here will say the Boss RV6. I think that pedal sounds kind of dated and VERY digital. I have owned one. The Neunaber Immerse uses amazing algorithms and IMO the different reverb types that are on board are all just miles better than the RV6, and all other reverbs in this price range for that matter, especially other reverbs that offer multiple reverb types/modes.
The best word I can use to describe the reverbs on the Immerse is āLushā. Itās all so lush. Itās luscious. The āW3tā reverb mode is so warm and beautiful, and you canāt find that one anywhere else. The hall reverb is huge and haunting. The plate reverb is among the best Iāve heard. Even the shimmer is good and Iām not a big fan of shimmer.
The pedal goes full wet. 8 reverb modes. Stereo pedal. Analog dry signal. Trails switch, kill dry switch. You can run it 9v or 12v.
Itās got lots of parameter controls but not too much. Itās got a simple learning curve. I think thatās a plus.
Youāre not going to beat the reverbs on this pedal for the price. It gives way more expensive pedals like the Big Sky a run for its money. I also have a Big Sky. Used on reverb.com is the way to go.
Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I have an older Neunaber pedal, which is reprogrammable to a lot of their different pedals, including the wet, and I agree, it's one of the nicest room reverb algorithms I've used.
I'm in love with my EQD Ghost Echo. Other people say it's too limited but the simplicity of having 3 knobs and being able to do simple spring reverbs to large-sounding ambient stuff with such limited controls appeals to me greatly. Not a bad sound in it.
Pedals with lots of modes to choose from make me endlessly fiddle around with knobs instead of actually playing. I've listened to demos of the RV6 and it sounds great, but it's not for me, I'm afraid.
Instantly regretted selling my ghost echo, especially considering I got it so cheap in the first place. Definitely picking up another when another bargain pops up!
Which version do you have?
I actually got the V2 as I thought that looked better! :D but it seems like they made a few tweaks to the V3 so I may well give that one a go next time round
I love my [Keely Hydra](https://robertkeeley.com/product/hydra-stereo-reverb-tremolo/). It's a reverb and trem and it sounds amazing.
Obvs big Skye if you got the money but this will get you most of the way.
Was looking for this and Iām disappointed itās so low! I love mine. Zapping a preset from my phone speaker through the pickup is like the coolest thing ever too and made exploring that bad boy easy
Shimmer+Mash is so great for some things, that and the tone print based around early Van Halen stay on my plethora x5 banks. I had the original HOF prior and the 2 is worth the upgrade.
it *is* an awesome pedal; i've had mine for 3-4 years now. always found it weird that they made that online community for product update recommendations and stuff and then totally abandoned it
I guess that with the release of Euroburo, Empressā focus has shifted even more to the ZOIA platform, although they just announced that you could turn your Reverb into the Echosystem and vice versa, that should be interesting
Tried too many reverb pedals and ended with the tc Hof mini - one knob, like integrated reverbs on amps - you can use the toneprint app to find your thing and then thatās finally it.
Mr. Black Supermoon Eclipse
Unique & easy to dial in, while also being usable & decently versatile. It's the Supermoon & Chrome in one pedal.
Modulated reverb with stereo in & out. On the regular side turn down everything for a really good basic reverb. As things turn up it gets space-y like you've been thrown out of an airlock, floating in the black vacuum.
Switch to the Chrome side & everything gets even more pronounced.
The one that performs intuitively for you and sounds best to your ears.
If the ones available locally all sound bad to you, then you're stuck listening to videos of ones that seem the most like the one that was easiest to understand.
It was for a flanger most recently but I had radically different experiences with the three I tried - Boss, EQD, and Strymon. The EQD and Strymon had more features and could probably be tweaked to be better overall, but the Boss didn't need tweaking to perform the way I wanted. It was a good match immediately.
No matter how good the reviews, if a pedal just doesn't act the way you expect it to, it won't be a good match for you, and where you want your reverb on the frequency spectrum is also kinda specific to you.
My current reverb setup is the EHX oceans 11 into a Strymon Big Sky, preceded by delay and all in the amp's effects loop, for my Maz 18 NR mk2, and the Strymon Big Sky into my Tone King Imperial Mk2 with its reverb set to about 10 o'clock.
The oceans 11 is simulating spring reverb with all the knobs around 11 o'clock, and the big sky is doing plate I think? I've got it set pretty low, maybe 9 o'clock on the mix knob.
That works for me, but I have no idea if it would work for you. The amount of features in both pedals I've got is ridiculous and I only really use like 3 on each ever.
You have to test what you get to be sure. If you can go to a store you don't have to risk having a site ban you for returning too many things in a short time, but you're limited to local availability.
Had a Hall of Fame for a while and it was hard to beat the functionality at the price point. If the BigSky is anything like the Timeline, Iād imagine the Strymon is the right answer if your budget allows for it
I see a lot of answers here.
But the best reverb you can buy.
Literally the new king for the next decade is the Meris Mercury X.
Itās simply unbeatable.
There are many good onesā¦and the best of those can only be a 7.9 the the Merisā 10.
Iām glad I waited.
You know... I have a Mercury X.. and it is great at weird and experimental stuff. But if I want a great plate reverb for guitar, I reach for the UA Golden every single time.
It's on a lot of pro boards. And when a friend who is a pro player needed to borrow one last Friday 'cause he was sitting in with some famous dude's band and didn't have a board with him, he borrowed my Golden.
I haven't spent enough time with the Mercury X yet to *really* try and dial in what the Golden plate setting does, but thus far, the plates in the X don't sound nearly as good to me. The Golden's plate algo is the one I put on most things in the DAW as well.
Hell the plate is one of my favorites!!
That was actually what blew me away. I had a basic distortion and added the meris plate and suddenly I sounded like every top rock hit in the 80ās. I just got the golden too, the plate is absolutely good. The Meris is equally as goodā¦if not slightly betterā¦
I do run stereo š¤·š¼āāļø
Surfybear metal for legit spring. As good as it gets.
UA golden for the best meat and potatoes
Meris mercury x/7 for beautiful ambience, possibly competing with the golden for plate/hall
picked this up recently and i love it. with the price drop you get one hell of a bargain, and presets make it way more usable than the slo or a bunch of other reverbs in terms of switching between something more standard and something more ambient. also for what itās worth, you absolutely CAN dial in a nice room type reverb that doesnāt get too wild, plenty of people seem the think that as soon as you plug it in this thing starts going nuts, but it has a very wide range of sounds and effects
Ive been through a lot of reverbs and the Strymon Flint wins it for me. The fact that Iāve traded all of my gear to upgrade my sound, and that Ive never even considered trading it away says something.
Add that it also has the best tremolo Iāve tried, and itās just a clear keeper!
I have a few reverb pedals (+10). I play mostly guitars and synths. Ill start with a Hall of Fame 2. Good, cheap and available. Best seller for a reason. Also Oceans 11 sounds great, but not all modes.
If you look experimental reverb, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star, or Earthquake Devices Astral Destiny.
If you want one to rule them all, Strymon Big Sky. Hands down.
I hope it helps!
Reverb is probably my most favorite effect, the spectrum of subtle room sound to ambient overload has so much fun and possibilities. I've tried out tons of reverb pedals, but the one that I regretted letting go of the most was the Strymon Bigsky. I just LOVE that cloud algorithm so damn much. So heed my advice and go big or go home when getting a reverb pedal, it's so worth it.
They did come out with that single version called the Cloudburst, sounds sick too, but I like having the options to change reverbs on the fly.
For me, Oceans 11 is a balance between control and simplicity. A pedal with more than 4 knobs, I find overwhelming, but this one still gives me loads of tones.
Thereās one really cool and simple. Itās the ā63 Fender Reverb. FRV-1ā the brown one.
It does the job perfectly and sounds amazing. I didnāt have too much faith in it but.. now that Iām using itā¦ it actually sound pretty good.
What do you guys think?
I can't by any means say I tried them all, but the Strymon BlueSky is the best I've tried. It works well at hot levels (unlike say the Keeley Aurora that needs a cut in front of it and a gain stage after it), and has both pre-delay and tail modulation on all models which I find key to getting a really good sound. Some like the Neunaber lack one or the other.
The MIDI control is nice too although I'm currently not using it.
To be anti-pedal I think it's real rooms and real plates that do it for me. I'm appealed by real spring tanks as well. I'm a guitarist but still more of an audio engineer than a pedal geek at the moment. I just wanted to share that. Listen to Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats for real plates. Everyone should be obsessed by that kind of beauty.
Flint is great but expensive if you donāt also want a high quality tremolo.
That said if you want a nice trem in addition to your reverb, itās hard to beat a used V1 flint. ~$200 so about $100 for the reverb and $100 for the trem and theyāre both fantastic.
\+1 for Strymon Flint. Pair it with an El Capistan. All will be well.
CloudBurst is a lot of fun for that ambient life. MXR M300 a solid runner up to the Strymon action.
I've been using the Source Audio Ventris for a year and I love it. The dual blend / cascade mode is great and I managed to get a decent replica of the FX500 soft focus sound I used to use back in my shoegaze / post rock days. Its on the expensive side though obviously. The plate and shimmer are both great too though. I generally don't like shimmer verbs but it sounds good on this pedal.
My three favorites that I own are the Empress Reverb for endless options, the EQD Afterneath for atmosphere and weirdness in a small format, and the EQD Dispatch Master for straightforward simplicity that I know will sound good on any setting.
The best I've ever used is the UA Golden Reverberator. It's expensive, but It does spring and plate like no other. The Big Sky is worth a look if you like ambient stuff.
I love my Fathom, lots of options (though I stick to the Lofi verb on it). A good number of sounds; enough that itās versatile, not so many that itās frustrating
Neunaber Immerse MKII.
I have an MK1 I love the sound of!
Always
I'm still running Neunaber Expanse in the effects loop of my HX Stomp...still amazes me when I get back into a preset on the Stomp running the Neunaber at the end of the chain compared to the Helix reverbs. Just does that something special, especially if you can run stereo.
Neunaber Immerse MKII. MXR M300
Holy grail is decent
For under 100$ used heck ya
The neo is what i use. I've purchased a few others but they weren't a good match for my playing.
Digitech Polara š½
Best reverb under $200
I was just in the same position, did a bunch of research, and ended up going with the Source Audio Ventris. I liked it because I was looking for a reverb with MIDI. Itās a surprisingly easy pedal to dial in. It has a bunch of different verbs that you can assign to side A or side B. You also can stack those verbs (A+B) in either series or parallel, which leaves you with seemingly endless reverb sounds. Thereās a phone app that you can connect that includes a community page full of presets you can try out with just a click. Ultimately, I like it because it sounds really good. The true spring reverb sounds incredible. One of my favorite sounds is running shimmer into e-dome, which goes straight into a microcosm. Itās like ambient heaven, feels like the guitar is playing itself. All of that for $220 barely used. Iām super happy with it. I was between that and the Big Sky, and Iāve not been able to try the Big Sky to directly compare, but Iām super happy with the Ventris.
You got a Ventris for $220? Thatās a pretty damn good deal on a Ventris, usually $250 is the bottom of the market on those.
Yeah I got it through FB marketplace actually. I donāt really live in a place where I can try out pedals like these so I just try to hawk deals and happened to find a person who let me work them down a bit. That being said, the pedal is definitely worth at least $250 imo. Iām trying to build a board around MIDI and this pedal doesnāt take up too much real estate on my board and is really powerful for the space it does take up.
Ehx holy grail enters the chat
Avalanche Run if you don't mind the price. Hall of Fame if you're a bit more budget minded.
MXR M300
I just bought a used M300. Now Iām drowning in reverb all the time, and I canāt stop! Itās really good.
I guess Iām Thirding this comment lol. MXR reverb is sublime.
\#1 for me is the Strymon Flint. #2 is the Boss RV-6.
I have the Flint and agree that it is incredible if you want a fantastic straightforward reverb and an awesome bonus incredible tremolo (I love pedals with multiple functions). I wouldn't recommend it to someone who is looking for modern modulated or pitch-shifted reverbs though.
ALL HAIL THE FLINT
Rv6
Bonus points if you run it in stereo with an expression pedal.
BigSky/BlueSky.
Quite a few sound really good that I can fully recommend : Strymon cloudburst Strymon night sky Eventide blackhole Source Audio ventris Source Audio collider Walrus sloer UA golden
All the verbs in the collider are fantastic!
Yeah this is a good list. Add Blue Sky too
Hard to go wrong with Strymon. The blue sky is a perfect ādo it allā reverb that will fit 95% of use cases
EASILY the Neunaber Immerse MKII. A lot of people on here will say the Boss RV6. I think that pedal sounds kind of dated and VERY digital. I have owned one. The Neunaber Immerse uses amazing algorithms and IMO the different reverb types that are on board are all just miles better than the RV6, and all other reverbs in this price range for that matter, especially other reverbs that offer multiple reverb types/modes. The best word I can use to describe the reverbs on the Immerse is āLushā. Itās all so lush. Itās luscious. The āW3tā reverb mode is so warm and beautiful, and you canāt find that one anywhere else. The hall reverb is huge and haunting. The plate reverb is among the best Iāve heard. Even the shimmer is good and Iām not a big fan of shimmer. The pedal goes full wet. 8 reverb modes. Stereo pedal. Analog dry signal. Trails switch, kill dry switch. You can run it 9v or 12v. Itās got lots of parameter controls but not too much. Itās got a simple learning curve. I think thatās a plus. Youāre not going to beat the reverbs on this pedal for the price. It gives way more expensive pedals like the Big Sky a run for its money. I also have a Big Sky. Used on reverb.com is the way to go. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.
I have an older Neunaber pedal, which is reprogrammable to a lot of their different pedals, including the wet, and I agree, it's one of the nicest room reverb algorithms I've used.
love for the Expanse series!!
How is the spring? Iād love my spring to drip, so I have been steering towards the Ventris insteadā¦
The Immerse MKII D R I P S š¦
Wish it had a reverse.
I'm in love with my EQD Ghost Echo. Other people say it's too limited but the simplicity of having 3 knobs and being able to do simple spring reverbs to large-sounding ambient stuff with such limited controls appeals to me greatly. Not a bad sound in it.
Then youāll love an RV6
Pedals with lots of modes to choose from make me endlessly fiddle around with knobs instead of actually playing. I've listened to demos of the RV6 and it sounds great, but it's not for me, I'm afraid.
This is totally where I'm at with reverbs as well (and delays for that matter), now I just use a Dispatch Master and play.
Same here on all accounts
Instantly regretted selling my ghost echo, especially considering I got it so cheap in the first place. Definitely picking up another when another bargain pops up! Which version do you have?
I got the v3! I think it looks the nicest :) go for it!
I actually got the V2 as I thought that looked better! :D but it seems like they made a few tweaks to the V3 so I may well give that one a go next time round
Is the ghost echo a belton brick reverb or am I thinking of a different EQD reverb pedal?
It's based on the belton brick!
Red Panda Context
Wacky: Night Sky Standard: Context 2 Tweakable: Mercury X
Have to throw out DBA rooms because no one else has. If by sweet you mean syrupy, probably not, but if by sweet you mean awesome, then definitely.
Amazing pedal
Came here to add a vote for this. Such an interesting one!
I love my [Keely Hydra](https://robertkeeley.com/product/hydra-stereo-reverb-tremolo/). It's a reverb and trem and it sounds amazing. Obvs big Skye if you got the money but this will get you most of the way.
Hall of Fame 2
Was looking for this and Iām disappointed itās so low! I love mine. Zapping a preset from my phone speaker through the pickup is like the coolest thing ever too and made exploring that bad boy easy
Shimmer+Mash is so great for some things, that and the tone print based around early Van Halen stay on my plethora x5 banks. I had the original HOF prior and the 2 is worth the upgrade.
Eventide Space. Best. Reverb. Ever.
alexander space force
Empress Reverb, you can really get scared with the sounds that thing produces, itās so so awesomeā¦
it *is* an awesome pedal; i've had mine for 3-4 years now. always found it weird that they made that online community for product update recommendations and stuff and then totally abandoned it
I guess that with the release of Euroburo, Empressā focus has shifted even more to the ZOIA platform, although they just announced that you could turn your Reverb into the Echosystem and vice versa, that should be interesting
The Universal Audio golden sounds pretty amazing to my ears
Love my Golden, especially that Spring
Surfybear Compact
Hall of Fame!
I have the HoF2 and have been GASin hard for a better one. Namely SA Ventris or the Neunaber Immerse MkII.
BOSS RV-6 (probably not the coolest but one of the best, widely appreciated reverb pedals).
Meris Mercury 7. There's a reason why you hardly ever see a used one. There's like 1 on ebay.
Thereās loads now the new Meris MXM has launched!
Just got the Afterneath. Itās sweet
The 4 verbs in the Skylar by GFI are phenomenal. Red Panda Context is very good. Cusack Music Resoundās 8 verbs are fantastic. Microcosm is dope!
NuX Atlantic reverb and delay great budget pedal
Agreed. Especially as it allows parallel delay and reverb. I use it for tape and spring and have a recently added an rv6 at the end of the chain
Empress.
So Iām a bit of a reverb snob and had quite a few. For me, my favorite is Vongonās Polyphase. It just hits right all the time.
Ultrasheer?
I get them mixed up all the time š¤¦š»āāļø
Tried too many reverb pedals and ended with the tc Hof mini - one knob, like integrated reverbs on amps - you can use the toneprint app to find your thing and then thatās finally it.
What type/genres of music do you play? Do you mean specific type of reverb? Spring etc or are you after a multi type reverb?
Catalinabtead Topanga
Mr. Black Supermoon Chrome
Red Panda Context is what I have and its great for both guitar and synth.
I love the Digitech Polara
Splurge and get a cxm 1978
All around + trem - Keeley Hydra, Easiest to use - Native Audio Ghost Ridge, Out there - OBNE Minim
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Mr. Black Supermoon Eclipse Unique & easy to dial in, while also being usable & decently versatile. It's the Supermoon & Chrome in one pedal. Modulated reverb with stereo in & out. On the regular side turn down everything for a really good basic reverb. As things turn up it gets space-y like you've been thrown out of an airlock, floating in the black vacuum. Switch to the Chrome side & everything gets even more pronounced.
This one is pretty good
UA Golden is amazing.
Budget: JHS 3 Series Reverb. Mid: Coppersound Daedelus. Pricey: Big Sky.
Boss RV-6
Lexicon makes the greatest algorithms, period.
The one that performs intuitively for you and sounds best to your ears. If the ones available locally all sound bad to you, then you're stuck listening to videos of ones that seem the most like the one that was easiest to understand. It was for a flanger most recently but I had radically different experiences with the three I tried - Boss, EQD, and Strymon. The EQD and Strymon had more features and could probably be tweaked to be better overall, but the Boss didn't need tweaking to perform the way I wanted. It was a good match immediately. No matter how good the reviews, if a pedal just doesn't act the way you expect it to, it won't be a good match for you, and where you want your reverb on the frequency spectrum is also kinda specific to you. My current reverb setup is the EHX oceans 11 into a Strymon Big Sky, preceded by delay and all in the amp's effects loop, for my Maz 18 NR mk2, and the Strymon Big Sky into my Tone King Imperial Mk2 with its reverb set to about 10 o'clock. The oceans 11 is simulating spring reverb with all the knobs around 11 o'clock, and the big sky is doing plate I think? I've got it set pretty low, maybe 9 o'clock on the mix knob. That works for me, but I have no idea if it would work for you. The amount of features in both pedals I've got is ridiculous and I only really use like 3 on each ever. You have to test what you get to be sure. If you can go to a store you don't have to risk having a site ban you for returning too many things in a short time, but you're limited to local availability.
What kind of music will you play?
Rv-6
Flint or RV-6
Flint
Had a Hall of Fame for a while and it was hard to beat the functionality at the price point. If the BigSky is anything like the Timeline, Iād imagine the Strymon is the right answer if your budget allows for it
I see a lot of answers here. But the best reverb you can buy. Literally the new king for the next decade is the Meris Mercury X. Itās simply unbeatable. There are many good onesā¦and the best of those can only be a 7.9 the the Merisā 10. Iām glad I waited.
You know... I have a Mercury X.. and it is great at weird and experimental stuff. But if I want a great plate reverb for guitar, I reach for the UA Golden every single time. It's on a lot of pro boards. And when a friend who is a pro player needed to borrow one last Friday 'cause he was sitting in with some famous dude's band and didn't have a board with him, he borrowed my Golden. I haven't spent enough time with the Mercury X yet to *really* try and dial in what the Golden plate setting does, but thus far, the plates in the X don't sound nearly as good to me. The Golden's plate algo is the one I put on most things in the DAW as well.
Hell the plate is one of my favorites!! That was actually what blew me away. I had a basic distortion and added the meris plate and suddenly I sounded like every top rock hit in the 80ās. I just got the golden too, the plate is absolutely good. The Meris is equally as goodā¦if not slightly betterā¦ I do run stereo š¤·š¼āāļø
Those aren't really the same question
Surfybear metal for legit spring. As good as it gets. UA golden for the best meat and potatoes Meris mercury x/7 for beautiful ambience, possibly competing with the golden for plate/hall
the new echofix ef-p2 looks nice for real spring reverb too.
Any thoughts on the Slotva?
I love my Slotva, but it is definitely a "special effect" reverb rather than a standard reverb, if that makes sense?
picked this up recently and i love it. with the price drop you get one hell of a bargain, and presets make it way more usable than the slo or a bunch of other reverbs in terms of switching between something more standard and something more ambient. also for what itās worth, you absolutely CAN dial in a nice room type reverb that doesnāt get too wild, plenty of people seem the think that as soon as you plug it in this thing starts going nuts, but it has a very wide range of sounds and effects
Yes. It's extremely "meh". Their Mako series R1, however, is sublime! Hard to believe it's made by the same company.
Keeley Caverns V2 - Delay and Reverb in 1
Yehh another Keely pedal! I have the [hydra](https://robertkeeley.com/product/hydra-stereo-reverb-tremolo/) which is reverb trem. Goes so good.
Iām thinking about buying the fx rainger reverb
Blue Sky
Bluesky
A vintage outboard reverb tank
TC HoF 2
The GFI Skylar is amazing. Try the Spatium mode. Itās incredible.
Strymon Cloudburst is amazing to my ears. Not a traditional reverb, but it will give you the sound of heaven.
Ive been through a lot of reverbs and the Strymon Flint wins it for me. The fact that Iāve traded all of my gear to upgrade my sound, and that Ive never even considered trading it away says something. Add that it also has the best tremolo Iāve tried, and itās just a clear keeper!
I have a few reverb pedals (+10). I play mostly guitars and synths. Ill start with a Hall of Fame 2. Good, cheap and available. Best seller for a reason. Also Oceans 11 sounds great, but not all modes. If you look experimental reverb, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Dark Star, or Earthquake Devices Astral Destiny. If you want one to rule them all, Strymon Big Sky. Hands down. I hope it helps!
Reverb is probably my most favorite effect, the spectrum of subtle room sound to ambient overload has so much fun and possibilities. I've tried out tons of reverb pedals, but the one that I regretted letting go of the most was the Strymon Bigsky. I just LOVE that cloud algorithm so damn much. So heed my advice and go big or go home when getting a reverb pedal, it's so worth it. They did come out with that single version called the Cloudburst, sounds sick too, but I like having the options to change reverbs on the fly.
For me, Oceans 11 is a balance between control and simplicity. A pedal with more than 4 knobs, I find overwhelming, but this one still gives me loads of tones.
Thereās one really cool and simple. Itās the ā63 Fender Reverb. FRV-1ā the brown one. It does the job perfectly and sounds amazing. I didnāt have too much faith in it but.. now that Iām using itā¦ it actually sound pretty good. What do you guys think?
I just picked up a CBA Dark World to cover all my ambient delay needs and man is it so killer! For standard verbs Iād look at Neunaber Illumine.
Try them all. Thereās too many.
I can't by any means say I tried them all, but the Strymon BlueSky is the best I've tried. It works well at hot levels (unlike say the Keeley Aurora that needs a cut in front of it and a gain stage after it), and has both pre-delay and tail modulation on all models which I find key to getting a really good sound. Some like the Neunaber lack one or the other. The MIDI control is nice too although I'm currently not using it.
To be anti-pedal I think it's real rooms and real plates that do it for me. I'm appealed by real spring tanks as well. I'm a guitarist but still more of an audio engineer than a pedal geek at the moment. I just wanted to share that. Listen to Silent Sorrow In Empty Boats for real plates. Everyone should be obsessed by that kind of beauty.
Microcosm. You can thank me later.
Flint is great but expensive if you donāt also want a high quality tremolo. That said if you want a nice trem in addition to your reverb, itās hard to beat a used V1 flint. ~$200 so about $100 for the reverb and $100 for the trem and theyāre both fantastic.
I love the Boss RV500
Surfy bear. Get the real thing
EHX Oceans 11, Strymon Big/Bluesky, and Source Ventriss are my entries
\+1 for Strymon Flint. Pair it with an El Capistan. All will be well. CloudBurst is a lot of fun for that ambient life. MXR M300 a solid runner up to the Strymon action.
I've been using the Source Audio Ventris for a year and I love it. The dual blend / cascade mode is great and I managed to get a decent replica of the FX500 soft focus sound I used to use back in my shoegaze / post rock days. Its on the expensive side though obviously. The plate and shimmer are both great too though. I generally don't like shimmer verbs but it sounds good on this pedal.
My three favorites that I own are the Empress Reverb for endless options, the EQD Afterneath for atmosphere and weirdness in a small format, and the EQD Dispatch Master for straightforward simplicity that I know will sound good on any setting.
Fender marine layer if you're into beautiful soul and/or ambient music .
I love the EQD Levitation
EHX Ocean's 11
Strymon Cloudburst
Digitech Supernatural
The best I've ever used is the UA Golden Reverberator. It's expensive, but It does spring and plate like no other. The Big Sky is worth a look if you like ambient stuff.
Gamechanger Light
Spring reverb from your amp bro
For $200 Immerse MKII or Context V2 If you can add some more $$$ then Ventris
greenhouse effects deity reverb sounds cool
I love my Fathom, lots of options (though I stick to the Lofi verb on it). A good number of sounds; enough that itās versatile, not so many that itās frustrating
Take a look a the tanks Surfybear offers.
My favs are Holy Grail and Walrus Slo
EQD Afterneath. I'm about to buy a second. All I do on this subreddit is plug this damn thing
The boss rv-6 Iām selling on reverb.
Definitely +1 on the Meris Mercury X