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Reverb stomp box

Ok. I realise this has probably been asked a million times before but can infer some advice on the best available reverbs?
I have seen cheap behringher boss and other, there's the hall of fame and a few on the bay at aroun £50 new. I'm after one that doesn't affect my tone so either true bypass or great buffer but obviously a great reverb with loads of options. Please.
 
Valerus said:
Are you restricted to using eBay only? This pedal is worth buying.

No . I can look around at new prices but eBay usually has second hand. Hotrox is
My nearest comprehensive shop for testing out kit but I couldn't see any on
Their site. The one
That comes up first is the hall of
Fame which reminds me
Of the look of mxr pedals. I'm up for
Looking
Anywhere if the price is good/ok :)
 
you will want to buy the nimbus.... i spent about 300-500 buying different reverb pedals and none of them were ever quite right until i got my nimbus... its like $205 but well worth it for what it will save in the long run...
 
I've been using the EHX Holy Grail Nano for a while now, and find it to be a great pedal if all you're looking for is a splash of reverb to add some ambience. It does that job wonderfully, and for pretty cheap. If you're looking for big spacey effects, it can do them, but I don't find that it does them particularly well.
 
Bezbass, out of curiosity, which ones did you already find to be true bypass (or a good buffer) from just searches?

Listing those will help people avoid duplicating the research you've already done, and will give us an idea of what clips you've already listened to as well.

This is assuming you did at least minimal research on your own question, looking for things like "reverb pedal true-bypass" in a search engine, and then looking at results.
 
Explorer said:
Bezbass, out of curiosity, which ones did you already find to be true bypass (or a good buffer) from just searches?

Listing those will help people avoid duplicating the research you've already done, and will give us an idea of what clips you've already listened to as well.

This is assuming you did at least minimal research on your own question, looking for things like "reverb pedal true-bypass" in a search engine, and then looking at results.

I popped into Hotrox in Nottingham on Friday , had a bit of a quiz. They have the largest selection of pedals in the uk!! I only had about twenty minutes as I had to get off to a soundcheck. The guy told me about a couple but I have about twenty dates this month in Nottingham so will go earlier one day next week.

Short version without having actually tried any was that for the price the hall of fame is true bypass and sounds great . He had many pedals he could have pushed me towards that were more expensive include a few ehx but hall of fame apparently stands its ground when being used outside o the bedroom. That said he did show me one that costs about 400 and said it is simply the best thing in his store. Can't remember what it was called but will do a test and report back ASAP .
I shall also be trying out some phasers , Flanders and a couple of moogerfoogers if anyone wants my opinion on them.

Upon the above statement, I myself have not yet tried or heard them and sadly not everyone is either a good player or would attack a pedal in the same way as another person even on the same settings. I can't help with the second part but I like to think I can play a little. Will leave feedback soon

. The pedal that costs around 400 is more than reverb. It is according to sales rep "capable of incredibly far out sounds, great for square pusher and the likes as well as all the usual .
 
bezbass said:
I popped into Hotrox in Nottingham on Friday , had a bit of a quiz. They have the largest selection of pedals in the uk!! I only had about twenty minutes as I had to get off to a soundcheck. The guy told me about a couple but I have about twenty dates this month in Nottingham so will go earlier one day next week.

Short version without having actually tried any was that for the price the hall of fame is true bypass and sounds great . He had many pedals he could have pushed me towards that were more expensive include a few ehx but hall of fame apparently stands its ground when being used outside o the bedroom. That said he did show me one that costs about 400 and said it is simply the best thing in his store. Can't remember what it was called but will do a test and report back ASAP .
I shall also be trying out some phasers , Flanders and a couple of moogerfoogers if anyone wants my opinion on them.

Upon the above statement, I myself have not yet tried or heard them and sadly not everyone is either a good player or would attack a pedal in the same way as another person even on the same settings. I can't help with the second part but I like to think I can play a little. Will leave feedback soon

. The pedal that costs around 400 is more than reverb. It is according to sales rep "capable of incredibly far out sounds, great for square pusher and the likes as well as all the usual .

Should be checking it out on Friday ..hopefully
 
Tried the hall of fame. It's ok and does have the sound of a spring reverb down pretty well but for
Me there weren't many stick out must buy points . It's good but a rack mount in a flight case strapped to your amp may be more desirable. I would need to play with it more. Some of the nobs seemed to do little or nothing at times. The question is what type of reverb people want an whether I would get a good reverb as cheap. The spring was a good sound though. I didn't get to try out the eventide.

Verdict is that I may buy it but it is not a priority pedal. A backseater for once my board has everything needed.

As for the eventide, sadly I
Didn't get to try it