Can you get more air in your sound? Here’s a good place to start.
Although tremolo was the first guitar effect, reverb was right on its heels, and ever since we’ve all been tweaking our amps and effects to achieve just the right amount. Here are a handful of stomps that give modern players the kind of control over reverberation that we crave.
Meris MercuryX Modular Reverb System Pedal
MERIS
MercuryX
A modular reverb system with pro-audio and studio-rack heritage, advanced processing, and a high-performance signal path.
Boss RV-200 Reverb Pedal
BOSS
RV-200
The RV-200 delivers inspiring reverbs and premium sound in a streamlined design. Twelve versatile reverb types provide everything from subtle spatial color to complex, dreamy textures for ambient explorations.
Universal Audio UAFX Evermore Studio Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal
Universal Audio
Evermore Studio Reverb
This pedal gives you the grainy ambient trails and mesmerizing modulations of iconic late-'70s-vintage digital hardware, in a compact, elegantly crafted stompbox.
LR Baggs Align Reverb Acoustic Reverb Pedal
L.R. Baggs
Align Series Reverb
Built from the ground up to complement the natural body dynamics and warmth of acoustic instruments, this circuit seamlessly integrates the wet and dry signals with the effect in side chain, so it never overwhelms the original signal. The result is an organic reverb that maintains the audiophile purity of the original signal with the controls set in any position.
Fishman AFX AcoustiVerb Mini Reverb Pedal
Fishman
AFX AcoustiVerb Mini Reverb
This multi-reverb pedal for acoustic guitar offers Fishman’s unique blending and voicing architecture. Three quality reverbs—hall, plate, and spring—blend in parallel with your direct sound while preserving your tone.
Gamechanger Audio Light Pedal Optical Spring Reverb Pedal
Gamechanger Audio
Light Pedal
The Light Pedal combines the best features of a classic spring reverb with an innovative infrared optical sensor system and a unique effects section.
These six dirt-blasters are cooked up to satisfy all tastes.
Whether you've got a refined, selective palette or you're a "more is better" type, these tasty fuzzes will tickle your ear's tastebuds.
DOD Carcosa Fuzz
Open up a doorway into an alternate fuzz universe with a wide range of usable tones, boosted midrange and treble characters, two bias settings, demi/hali modes, and a true bypass switch.
$149 street
digitech.com
Dophix Medici More Fuzz
This modern fuzz stomp has fuzz and “more fuzz” stages, with master and “more level” controls, plus a mixer that you can activate independently.
$420 street
dophix.it
McGregor Pedals Classic Fuzz
Beautifully capturing the sound, feel, and organic responsiveness of classic 1960s 2-transistor fuzzes, this “Classic” is rich, moody, highly interactive … and more than a little wild. And it’s hand-soldered in Canada.
$185 street
mcgregorpedals.com
Electro-Harmonix Lizard King
This gnarly octave fuzz pedal is optimized for bass with extended low-end and enhanced controls that rip equally as hard on guitars.
$129 street
ehx.com
SoloDallas Orbiter Fuzz
This fuzz stands as a testament to the expertise and perfectionism that has made SoloDallas a mainstay for over 50 major artists. The unique combination of carbon zinc power emulation, internal impedance control, and external fuzz, gain, and bias produces authentic tones ranging from Hendrix psychedelia to singing “American Woman” fuzz.
$249 street
solodallas.com
Warm Audio Warm Bender
Featuring dedicated selectable circuits for delivering two of the most iconic Tone Bender fuzz tones plus a bonus modern tone, this is a flexible fuzz stomp.
$199 street
warmaudio.com
Whether you’re tired of slinging combos and bigger into your car’s trunk or looking for reliable backup and backline power, these pedal-sized options have plenty to offer.
Here’s a rundown of six amps in a stompbox format. Carry soft, play loud!
Blackstar Amplification AMPED 2
A portable 100-watt pedal amp with onboard effects that’s perfect for the guitar player that wants an all-in-one watt-cranker and an effects processor
blackstaramps.com
NUX Amp Academy (NGS-6)
This compact workhorse offers 18 amp models, seven signal blocks, independent outputs, and a robust IR loader—plus, it functions as a USB audio interface.
nuxaudio.com
MayFly Audio Sunrise Amp Simulator
The MayFly emulates the classic sound of black-panel amps, including their preamp, power amp, speaker cabinet, and spring reverb. It's intended to plug directly into a PA or DAW, and includes a stereo headphone output jack.
mayflyaudio.com
Friedman IR-D
The IR-D dual-channel tube preamp is an entire Friedman rig, inspired by the JTM45, in a compact pedalboard-friendly package.
friedmanamplification.com
Strymon Iridium Amp and IR Cab Pedal
The Iridium offers three iconic tube amplifier models and nine super-high-resolution, 500 ms impulse response speaker cabinets, along with size-adjustable IR-based room ambience.
strymon.net
Revv Anniversary Series G3
The new Anniversary Edition Revv G series pedals feature new aesthetics and even more amp-like feel and tone—modeled after Revv amps’ purple channel.
revvamps.com