8 Tips: How to Choose the Best Reverb Pedal (For You!)

Choosing the best reverb pedal for your guitar needs can be a daunting task given the dizzying array of choices. Bill provides 8 tips and considerations to help you narrow the field and choose the best reverb pedal for your needs.

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[ducas]

Tip #1 - Name must be cool
Tip #2 - Look for nice graphics and colors
Tip #3 - Look for small reverb pedals, you need pedalboard real estate to fit those 3 overdrives, 2 distortions and 6 fuzzes

[kokomumu]

I’m saying it again,
This guy is soooo CHILL

[dattoboy]

Clicked on the thumbnail because I thought this demo was hosted by Ser Davos

[brianb]

This is the Bob Ross of reverb/ambient music. I feel like I can do reverb/ambient music too. Thanks Bob, err, Bill.

[SiliconPrairie]

You remind me of a loving uncle that gave all the kids distortion pedals for Christmas even though none of us even owned guitars, but we loved them anyways because you were so nice.

[jawgenBeats]

Man I really love watching your videos, your voice is so relaxing

[snavenai]

I really enjoy the calmness and wisdom. I can feel myself letting go of stress, watching this

[phunkyjunkee]

I am upgrading from the Caline Snake Bite to the TC Hall of Fame 2 for my worship rig. I run an old Alexis Microverb rack reverb on my other board.

[EdBMetal]

The Bigsky got all my bases covered. Glad i got one when the budget still allowed it 😎

[stevengarvey]

Lucid, cogent, and very useful for those on the hunt for the "just right" reverb pedal.

[JorgeLFajardoG]

You’re the best men !!! Thanks for your videos !! 🎸

[micktaylor]

Just bought the NU-X, ATLANTIC. Very nice.

[edgarparada]

I have seen a few months ago a video of you playing with the Boss RV6, great sound I must say, so I bought it some time after that. In my case, I like the shimmer FX, the hall FX, and modulated FX, so that´s why I choosed the Boss RV6, cause it fits to most of types of music I like to play and it fits to my budget too. This pedal also has a maximum reverb time more than 10 seconds, I am not sure, but it is more than enough to make a great ambience sound, very cool.
My gears are old, cheap with low quality, I have an old and cheap amplifier and an old and cheap guitar. The papers say it´s made in Brazil (I bought all my gears in Brazil), but we all know most of guitars for sale on music shops made after the year 2000 are made in China. That's why good pedals can make your precarious sound to sound less precarious, sophisticated or almost almost....
Very useful informations in this video!
Sorry for grammar mistakes!

[combatcodenl]

Didn't knew Davos Seaworth was a reverb expert

[Mindartcreativity]

I‘m soon going to buy my third reverb pedal. I first bought the T-Rex Creamer, cheapest at my local shop. Sounds good if it didnt boost the amp a tiny bit. I replaced it with an Hall of Fame 2. Great pedal. I‘ve also dived into the Toneprint feature but it‘s a lot of work to really make it sound like you want. Over the years I‘ve strived for simplicity in my tone search. Plug in, twist some knobs and find my sound. I just don‘t want to sit hours and hours playing/looping one riff only to get a setting right. The HOF2 also sounds too harsh for me. Toneprint may help but I‘m lazy. Now my third one will be the Boss RV-6. Sounds a bit darker than HoF2 and the modulated reverb is just tasty.
As you can see a reverb pedal is quite important even if it is only use subtle, it can make or break your sound.

Advise for new buyers of reverb pedals:
1. don‘t go for the cheapest reverb, save up until you can afford the pedal you really want and need! Buying cheap means buying twice or thrice even. The Boss RV-6 will not only cost me its own price but also the money spend on the failed purchases.
2. dont buy blind on the internet based off of reviews. Go to a shop, ask for a few different pedals, you can make your selection based off of reviews, but try them out in person or ask a friend to lend you a pedal but try it out first. You‘ll regret it later if you realise that you didnt like the pedal you bought blind.

[FreeSmileysHere]

Thank you very much, Bill. I enjoyed your video, and found it helpful.

[doctorchalupa]

These videos are EXCELLENT. I can play you at double speed and you sound perfectly understandable.

[willem]

Bought the Boss rv 500 but sold it after 3 weeks because i thought it sounded too digital, and also because it was too in depth for my purpose (home use only) Then bought a second hand Hall of Fame for 60 euro's and am quite happy with it.
P.s. Love your channel, thank you for your work.

[MuzeTitaN]

i wanted to get the blue sky but i settled for the mxr reverb its a great pedal!

[Smurf]

I settled on some "junk" pedals by most folks standards, a Behringer RV600 Reverb Machine & a Berry EM600 Echo Machine. These 2 pedals are great Ambient pedals to work with, have a lot of the "big boy" features, and sound great.

Tho I would like some more modern pedals (the Mooer Ocean Machine, Big Sky) these Berry pedals have worked great for the last few years!