Cheap Reverb Pedal Opinion

[Rickco]

Asking for any experience or suggestions right now between NuX damp rev and Joyo jf-20 moist. Let me start off by saying I started playing in the early '60s. Ive never used any pedal or effect (ever) just the reverb in my twin and deluxe at about 2+- . Now Im an old stay at home archtop player attempting chord melody. To that end I put myself together a nice little (simple) archtop rig which sounds perfect for my needs but I would just like that light kiss of verb. To that end Im looking for the simplest no frills just to add that little "verb" sound a tiny bit. I turn it up till I can notice it then back it off slightly usually works good for me. As I have no experience the 2 units I mention seem to fit the bill perfectly from their controls, size etc. I listened to what samples I could find and they both sounded like they would be acceptable for what I was after. The bonus is they can be found cheap.
Any intel appreciated

[garybaldy]

Asking for any experience or suggestions right now between NuX damp rev and Joyo jf-20 moist. Let me start off by saying I started playing in the early '60s. Ive never used any pedal or effect (ever) just the reverb in my twin and deluxe at about 2+- . Now Im an old stay at home archtop player attempting chord melody. To that end I put myself together a nice little (simple) archtop rig which sounds perfect for my needs but I would just like that light kiss of verb. To that end Im looking for the simplest no frills just to add that little "verb" sound a tiny bit. I turn it up till I can notice it then back it off slightly usually works good for me. As I have no experience the 2 units I mention seem to fit the bill perfectly from their controls, size etc. I listened to what samples I could find and they both sounded like they would be acceptable for what I was after. The bonus is they can be found cheap.
Any intel appreciated

I use one of these. It's simple, cheap and sounds great.

[enalnitram]

My use of effect(s) is identical to yours. I use the electro harmonix holy grail neo.

The 3 settings: spring, hall and plate are all distinctly different and i find myself using each of them depending upon mood and room. Love it.

New, these are 150 ish but i found mine not too long ago (used) for 50.

The knob is ultra intense…I never move mine far from “zero” (7 oclock).

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

TC Electronics Hall of Fame 2 is great for $100 list. I’m buying one to go with the BAM200 I recently bought as a backup head.

I’ve only bought one delay / reverb effect in my life - an Alesis Picoverb that’s still great after many years of use. But I’ve always used bass amps for solo jazz gigs, and I wanted just a hint of reverb. I used a Danelectro spring reverb unit from the time I got my B15N in 1964 until it pretty much fell apart many years later. When the Picoverb came out, I tried and liked it. But it’s an effect box that’s not a pedal and requires an external PS. I want the convenience of a self-powered pedal, and the TC looks & sounds great to me.

For those who have never seen a stand-alone spring reverb before, this is the Dano. It was big enough to be a pain to drag around (long enough to hold a standard spring pan). The Picoverb was convenient compared to this

[Heybopper]

Alesis nano verb its a bit big and it needs its own supply but Jonathan Kreisberg recommends it and I have one. I got it for £40 (about $70)

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Alesis nano verb its a bit big and it needs its own supply but Jonathan Kreisberg recommends it and I have one. I got it for £40 (about $70)

EDIT: After reading this post, I plugged my Picoverb into the BAM200 and it sounds great. Since I'm only using this amp for backup and some solo restaurant gigs on a Toob Metro, the Pico is fine and I don't really need a TC pedal.



The Picoverb sounds better than the Nano, with many reviews from back when they were new saying that it's smoother and more natural. This is probably because the Nano is 18 bit and the Picoverb is 24, IIRC. The Nanoverb is a bit bigger because it has more controls, and it has a bypass footswitch jack. Although I wouldn't mind having the option of a footswitch, I've never missed having an output gain pot and the input overload light is superfluous. If it's set too hot, you'll hear it. The "adjust" knob on the Nano is an early version of a "soft" control - it affects different parameters in different patches, e.g. delay, dwell, effect speed etc. This is a useful control that would be nice on the Pico, but I don't think it's worth the tradeoff in sound quality to use a Nano just to have it.

The Pico is so small that it goes in a gig bag pocket (even with the power supply in all but the smallest bags). You can get a good used Picoverb for as little as $75, and I think they're well worth that. If you need a footswitch, go for a Nanoverb. The Microverbs were the original models in this series of Alesis delay effects and don't sound as good, in large part (at least IMO) because they were 12 bit. The later Nano and Pico 'verbs sound really good.

As you can see, these are more than reverbs. They have a decent rotary effect, although no one will think you're playing through a Leslie. The flange and chorus are also pretty good overall and amazing for the $. The Nano's chorus and flanger are stereo effects, and the Pico adds both slapback ("delay 1") and stereo reverb ("delay 2"). They're also very quiet. If anyone's interested, read the Sound on Sound reviews of these. Here's a link to the 2003 Pico review, and here's the 1996 SOS review of the Nano.

[nyc chaz]

For reverb it doesn't get more cost effective than the Behringer DR600 Access to this page has been denied .It is a clone of a Boss reverb but at less than half the price.All the Behringer pedals are Boss clones but in a plastic housing instead of metal.