DigiTech Digiverb

I bought the Digiverb in order to have the option of supplying my own reverb rather than relying on the sound guy. I normally use a hall reverb program. With the Digiverb I'll sometimes use the church program when I want a bit more space.

I play a pair of Koll DL Thinline guitars (one with humbuckers and a hard tail, the other with P-90s and a Bigsby). I play through a DI straight to a venue's PA, or through my AER Compact 60 amp. Normally I play clean with minimal effects - normally just reverb.

The Digiverb's programs are very good, especially considering that this is a $99 stompbox.

I've only had the Digiverb for a few weeks. No issues so far.

I have no expectation of needing support from Digitech.

I play whatever comes to mind. No specific genre or artists. It's pretty much all improvisation. I use a lot of fingerpicking and voice leading.

I started playing many years ago, quit for about twenty years, and have been playing "seriously" for almost eight years since I started again.

I played a number of other reverb pedals while considering the Digiverb. I prefer the Digiverb to the Boss RV series (I tried the latest model as well as a couple of older versions), the Line6 Verbzilla, all of the Electro-Harmonix Holy (-er, -est) Grail pedals, and one or two others that didn't leave much of an impression.

A hefty metal chassis carries four rotary control knobs, one input jack, two output jacks, a 9v power input socket and a stomp-plate switch activator.

The manual was OK as far as it went but as with most FX pedals it's your ears that determine what's actually happening. The Digiverb is pretty intuitive to use and the reverb mode descriptions alert you to sonic ballpark you're entering.

Beware - this pedal eats batteries at an alaming rate. Mine is mounted on a pedalboard with a stabilised 1.5 amp 9v supply so no problems. I would be very wary indeed about using this pedal in live situations if it relied purely on battery power for operation.

The room type reverbs are quite natural sounding, although I do tend to avoid the larger more 'cavernous' options. Plate setting is OK but I don't care for the spring reverb mode with its tizzy artificial spring aftertones. I think the attempt to fully recreate a spring reverb has spoiled a potentially useful option.

I do not find this pedal particularly noisy in use and it appears to cause little degradation of sound quality in bypass mode.

For what I want the Digiverb does a good job, although I would never be tempted to use more extreme settings anyway. It adds the richness and lustre that I want from my sound especially when using my Hiwatt top.

I haven't used the speaker emulation option so cannot comment on it. It seems like a good idea but unless it delivers what it promises what is the point apart from being another marketing ploy?

The chassis seems solidly built but unfortunately the control knobs feel a bit flimsy. Certainly not as solid as ProCo or Boss. I find it takes a solid whack with the foot to engage the pedal as the stomp-plate spring is unnecessarily over-tensioned. It could just be I am over-familiar with Boss pressure plates but it still feels like taking a sledgehammer-to-a-walnut to me...

No problems with the DigiVerb so far. But there again I do use it mains powered, so no danger of PP3s dying mid-gig. I do not have the same blind faith in this pedal's reliability as I do in, say, ProCo or Boss units. It's irrational I know, but it is too easy to overlook the significance of instinct in these matters.

UK customer support is better than OK. I found them helpful and quick to respond to queries.

Play bluesy rock, with bits of jazz, pop and soul thrown in, so I need a pretty versatile set-up. The DigiVerb has really improved my sound from my Hiwatt which has no integral reverb.

Pedalboard comprises Boss TU-2 >> Guyatone ST-2 compressor >> Morley PWO >> Keeley SD-1 >> Highly modified ProCo You Dirty Rat >> Digiverb. All pedals are powered by 1.5 amp stabilised 9v power supply.

Amps are Hiwatt DR103, Lab Series L7 and Marshall MG30. Guitars 2 x Les Paul, 2 x Hamer double cuts and a WD Music HSS component Strat.

I won this pedal as a prize so I can't say I chose it. That said it did make a significant improvement to my sound. However I prefer the Boss RV-5 which just seems to be a tad sweeter and more natural sounding. If the DigiVerb was lost or failed I would not replace it with another.

Seeing as the Digiverb effectively cost me nothing I have to give it full value marks. HAD I actually bought it.0.. well that's a totally different story....

It is EZ to get a horrible sound.

This pedal is unusable. There is either to much reverb or none at all. It takes me about 8 min EVERY soundcheck to get something that I can kind of use. I am not a tone snob. The level knob is at 3 and I have to spend time micro tweaking it. If you power down you have to start all over. This happens everytime we play. I lose my will to live tweaking this pedal.

Never had a problem getting a bad sound out of it.

Never tried.

Why can't a company make a reverb pedal that has ONE good sound?? Why do I need 8 bad sounds? Put the R&D into coming up with one good sound.

Quite easy to use - turn some knobs and you will get a great tone soon!

Wooooooooooooo(...)w! Turn it up to mode 4 and you will get blast by this reverb!
It's way better than the RV-5 from Boss, even better than the overrated Holy Grail (all forms, from standard to Holiest Grail). You can geat VERY HEAVY reverb out of it - and for those of us, who like to shred in big rooms - the new Gate Mode is perfect for you!
Very real sounding Spring Mode! Another toy is the reverse mode - check it out, i can't explain it...

Step on it how often you want to...

3 Years guarrantie

I play mostly Modern Victory Rock (a music style with a lot of delay, reverb and distortion, so the reverb is very important to me) and Funkrock, also Blues and Hard Rock.
If it were stolen i would run amok...

It has 4 knobs a monkey could use it!

Lets start with i love reverb! but not this reverb, i like it warm and lush this is anything but. Ifound this unit to be very sterile and just plain old not fun, if your looking for that van halen first album big sound FORGET IT!! Im looking into the marshall reflector or line 6 verbzilla both of which you can check out sound clips at musicians friend. I tryed this with my live rig which consists of an 83 strat, modified peavey windsor, bbe sonic stomp and a ns 2 noise supressor ran this through the fx loop and in front of the amp with the pre amp gain very low and it sucked my tone dry.

Seems to be built pretty good its as beefy as a boss pedal, my concern over time would be the on-off switch it seems kinda flimsy and you have to remove it to access the battery compartment.If they correct this it would be as durable as a boss or any other, no i wouldn't gig without a backup.

I've been playing over 25 years and i've played my share of road shows and i've gone through alot of gear, this is one of those bone headed choices that we all make sometimes. bottom line? look else where.

Your a retard if you can't use this thing.

I use this to add a soft touch to my Taylor. My iem's sounded dry and this can really add a natural feel to it. Chain: TU-2 -> Boss CH-1 -> DigiVerb -> House.

Respect the equipment and it will hold up. Beat up your pedals by tossing them around, stomping on them hard, take em off your pedal board after gigs, loan them out to friends and guess what, they'll go to sh*t! I take care of my gear and don't expect it to take a tornado hit. By the way, I know where all my TV remotes are.

Haven't dealt with them.

I have been playing guitar for over 8 years now and have been playing professionally for about 4 years and in a short time have been able to use a lot of gear and hear a lot of rigs/setups. I am really tired of the bullsh*t about digital equipment not being as good as analog. Quite frankly, the tone similarities are so close that most pro's can't even tell unless they are being played simultaneously. Their are some exceptions and some junk out there, but this pedal is a good one. This pedal does what it is supposed to do. Buy this pedal confidently knowing it will do it's job.

It takes a little fiddling to get the tone you'll be looking for, whatever that may be. But it's surprisingly fun to mess around with the settings on the pedal. It has seven different types of reverb, which seems daunting at first, but you'll quickly figure out which settings work best for your preferred songs/style.

It sounds pretty damn good. It sounds like digital reverb, but I'm not an analog-snob. You can get some kickin' reverb from this pedal, and, should you so desire, it certainly gets cavernous enough.
It's not a noisy pedal, in fact, the effects are remarkably pristine in their lack of noise. When the pedal is switched off in my effects lineup, it does nothing to decrease the tone or signal of my guitar.

I've only had it for a few weeks, but I bought it used, and it shows no signs of slowing down. It's not quite as tough as a Boss, but it's made of solid metal, so I've got no complaints.

I haven't needed any customer support yet.

Analog reverb obviously has certain advantages to digital reverb, but if an analog reverb unit is a little out of your price range (as it certainly is for me) then this pedal is a damn good deal. It has a wealth of settings, and any type or level of reverb is attainable with this pedal. And that's really everything you can ask for from a reverb pedal. Highly recommended.

Straight out of the box, the DigiTech Digiverb is pretty easy to use...BUT - if you read the manual, and play with the settings some, you can produce a surprising variety of reverberation sounds from subtle to almost nauseating....in a good way.

I don't know anything about editing patches or firmware revision numbers....

Bought mine from an eBayer - near new, and with an AC adapter ("wall wart"). Works fine.

I like the hall and church reverb emulations best, they're as organic as you're gonna get from a digital box; the gated and reverse I haven't figured out a use for. Gimmicky.

My standard of comparison is this: In 1967 I heard Jorma Kaukonen play his song Embryonic Journey on a Gibson (?) acoustic guitar w/DeArmond soundhold pickup into a Deluxe Reverb (? - it's 40 years ago!)onstage, and I was LOST forever. A lusher, dreamier, more psychedelic sound was never played with such taste and emotion.
I learned to play the song myself, and the Digiverb's "church" setting, with a fairly long decay, is just the ticket. Maybe not quite as ORGANIC as the Deluxe Reverb, but just as lush.

I play my Digiverb into one of three amps: a Crate Blue Voodoo 50 with a vintage, secret-weapon, heavy 15 inch AlNiCo speaker. A 1972 Peavey VT series Classic 50 (SS preamp; two 6L6GC output tubes) with two heavy Wharfedale 12 inch ferrites. Last, a Bogen CHB35 tube PA amp into a pair of vintage Rola 12 inch AlNiCos. The Crate has the best internal reverb of all - I replaced the short 3-spring reverb it came with by an Accutronics Type 9 (long tank; 6 counter-wound springs). The Digiverb makes the Accutronics sound subtle by comparison.

For some reason, on the Crate, it introduces a very slight solid-state-sounding hiss into the sound mix when the amp is switched to the overdrive channel, but otherwise, there is no audible extraneous noise.

No doubt recording studios have effects that would kill the Digiverb, but for my $65, this is pretty good.

I've had it a month, so I wouldn't venture an opinion here.

Have never had reason to talk to DigiTech about their pedal, or any other, for that matter. I don't use pedals, as a rule (rule proven by the fact that I now use one......moral slippage everywhere).

I play mostly fingerstyle folk to electric blues, with fingerpicks. If you're a geezer like me whose life was ruined by "Embryonic Journey", this pedal will do it in style. Lots of choices of reverb types, strengths, decays, etc. I'd say this pedal is the next best thing to playing your guitar though a good tube amp in a 16th century stone cathedral.

Been playing since I was 17.....I'm 57 now. If I weren't so senile, I'd tell you how many years that is. Own some tube amps, a rosewood Larrivee acoustic six-string; a rosewood ply Taylor Big Baby; a good cheap workmanlike Telecaster copy by Johnson; a Peavy Reactor AX Tele with blades (GREAT NECK); and my current delight: an Ibanez Talman 50 (shallow acoustic; single stacked humbucker at the neck).

If the Digiverb were lost/stolen, I'd just get another. It's become my current guitar addiction....I wish it were built into the amplifier, so people would think I had this awesome gear and godlike talent, instead of a piece of mass-produced digital schlock that anyone can buy and use.....no offense meant, DigiTech.

I have nothing else to compare it to, except the factory spring reverbs that came in my amplifiers.....the Digiverb is far more powerful......like comparing a small glass of wine to 500 micrograms of Owseley's best Orange Sunshine, if you know what I mean.

This is the main reason I love this pedal. Think about it. If you read the manual you will find that cabinet emulation can be enable on the pedal. I've used this same emulator on my Digitech Grunge for Live and recording. Its great because you can emulate any preamp signal. So Cabinet Emulation plus Reverb in a pedal, what do get? A bad ass studio guitar DI. In Stereo! A recording plus!!! Check it out!!!

Easy enough to get a good sound out of this thing. Just turn the knobs and experiment. If you're looking for traditional reverb sounds, that's easy enough. That's not where this thing truly shines though, in my opinon.

Sounds great. Hands down, the best reverb pedal unit I've ever heard. Certainly better than the EHX Holy Grail, which sounds a little thin to my ears (and has an annoying pop due to it's non-fet switching). This is the best pedal I've found for washed out reverbs, with the exception of the PodXT's "cavernous" setting which isn't a dedicated reverb unit. Sounds great clean, dirty, or totally blown out, although it can get indistinguishable at times. I use it with a JCM 800 and a V4, both cranked...it sounds like a huge, chilly wave of steam washing over drums and bass.

I usually mess with the hall setting. I've been so happy with that particular section of the pedal that I haven't needed to really use the others for any of my own applications and it would be impractical to try to use multiple settings live anyway. The church sounds like a smaller version of the hall to me, or a more muddy version I guess. The room would be really useful for doubling or thickening things up, but I prefer a short delay running to one side only instead. The reverse could be useful, and the gated is good when you want to sound big in a mix with another guitarist but you don't want your trails to fade off when everything is supposed to go quiet. It's also useful for some Swans-like percussive sounds to give a song an eerie vibe. Very useful, especially for the price and small package.

I've gone through two of these and one Holy Grail, but I decided to use these instead of the Grail immediately after trying it. Since this is a pretty heavily used utility pedal, you should try to be nice to it. They don't hold up too well over time, much like the XP series pedals (which had a problem with rockers breaking over time.) I've been having problems with mine lately, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Just take good care of them and buy a backup if you can afford it.

For anybody looking for shoegaze, psychedelic, or ambient reverb that can envelop your sound and make it murky and mysterious, this will get the job done better than a Boss RV-3 or a Holy(er, ist) Grail for a lot less. It's also great for anybody looking for a good plate reverb sound. I didn't mention that above, but that setting sounded good...I don't have anything to compare it to. The spring lacks the warmth of a good spring reverb to my fingers and ears, but most people won't complain. I think this pedal is best suited toward folks that want to get a huge, massive, long sustaining and washy reverb. That's what it does best, and it's exactly what I needed.

not to hard to figure out. there is the mode switch and the other knobs are simply more/less... i guess the holy grail is easier...

It is a warm sounding reverb, but keep the tone knob below 12, or it will get harsh... the best reverbs are church (HUGE), gated (Cool for mbv-style smooth guitar) and reverse (with the level fully clockwise you'll get some great sounds by just doing weird stuff, not even playing...) All these settings have a digital graininess to them, but if you run them in front of a compressing (or old-school single volume amp set loud enough to distort) tube amp it warms up more and sounds pretty organic. got to have the level between 50% and 90% wet. subtle reverb is not on the menu.

the hall and plate settings sound very digital and constricted. I have a BOSS RV-2 from the late 80's that has a WAY more organic sounding plate setting, but it's really noisy, maybe that's why it sounds more "analog"

The spring setting has a nice warbly modulation to it, but is over-splashy which renders it useless for guitar. got a good sound out of it with an old russian organ-synth, though.

The room setting is good for completely removing the attack of the guitar with LEVEL to 100% wet, DECAY to shortest and EQ to taste, but not higher than 11 o'clock. this gives your guitar a nice smooth sound with no attack, but it doesn't swell in like the reverse or gated settings. it's (almost) right on the beat. with a compressor/overdrive/distortion AFTER it you can get some pretty cool organ sounds.

And there's the point of this pedal. it doesn't do what it's intended to do very well, but if you experiment with it and use it as a dominant effect rather than for ambience, you can do a lot of cool stuff with it.

Rating:
Intended - 3
Freak out mayhem - 8

It kinda looks like a BOSS, doesn't it? It's not. Remember those crappy DOD switches? Same company... the actual switch is a small piece of sh*t that is soldered on the board, and when you stomp the lid, it holds a piece of rubber that presses that little switch. not a very reliable solution. the switch on mine stopped working, so i replaced it with an industrial type with spring damper. had to drill a hole in it and can't use a battery anymore, but it's better now. And anyway, draws about 40mA, so you're batteries will last for about a half hour on or maybe two hours bypassed... get an adapter, crazy that it doesn't come with one...

the pot's don't seem as reliable as on the BOSS pedals either.

A backup would probably be a good idea. Behringer makes some cheap BOSS knock-offs that'll probably get you through the gig. the exact same crappy switching patent, though. You should probably keep a BOSS RV-3 handy, even though it won't do the same sounds (it sounds like poo) it won't break down on you.

I play in two bands, but i only use it in one. actually we're three guitarists, a keyboard (old-style) player and a violin player, and we all use it for our reverbs with the levels set between 3 o'clock and max. its pretty noisy in-yr-face pop music.

My setup changes somewhat but has for some time now included the digiverb as the FIRST pedal after the guitar and then into an EHX Mini Q-Tron. This is then completed with a fuzz/distortion which I'm still trying to find. been using a BOSS MT-2 for a while now. it sounds like turd, but cuts through... this goes through a splitter into two amps. One clean, one crunchy (no MV!!!)

Settings are:
MODE - Church
DECAY - 1 o'clock
EQ - 11 o'clock
LEVEL - 4 o'clock

what i play with the pedal engaged is mostly strings-like dynamic melodies/harmonies or even chords or pure sonic mayhem

DigiVerb is really easy and intuitive to use. The battery is very easy to change. The only thing you need to read from the manual is how to enable cabinet modeling.

Guitars: 1986 Stratocaster, 1997 Les Paul
Effects setup:
Compressor -> DS9 TubeScreamer -> Delay -> DigiVerb -> Tube amp

DigiVerb does sound as thin as other reverb pedals I have tried. It definetly changes the sound (like the good old reverbs did). I take it as a modeling pedal. Some of the models (reverb types) are not so usable for general playing, but as long as there are 2-3 decent models I am happy. 'Room' can be used to add subtle ambience to your chord playing. 'Church' gives you nice complex reverbations. It sounds very tasteful if you do not increase the output level of the reverb effect too much.

For my taste they have overdone the spring reverb model a little bit. You need to play with the controls to tame the 'splashing springs'. I think that the spring reverb model suits best to surf instrumentals.

I have been playing 20 years, mainly classic rock, blues and jazz.
The pedal improves my sound. I would buy it again, if it was lost or stolen.

For regular reverb, this pedal sounds good straight off, although i must agree with Peter C that the level control is a misnomer. "mix" would have been much more appropriate, but this is hardly a matter to quibble over, as it is the easiest control to use anyway.
the manual is less than extensive, but anyone paying this amount of money for a pedal should really know what EQ and Decay are, so patches should be easy to edit.
i just like having switchable reverb. i o.d.'ed on reverb when i was a kid, just as soon as i got a decent amp,i later avoided it for many years.
to go from a washy reverbed sound to a ripping solo (stairway, maybe) without having to kneel and twist the control on the amp is priceless, although many units are available for less. anyone can find at least one application immediately.
this said, getting some of the settings to yield good results can take time.

my set-up is odd - it has been evolving for a long time.
highly rewired strat into Jim Dunlop Crybaby 95Q into Hughes & Kettner ATS60 with effects loop = Digitech Whammy II pedal; DIGIVERB; Wasabi Forward/Reverse Delay.

(there may be a couple of others added soon, but these are unimportant for our purposes here)

i had an Ibanez delay, (DDL insert number here...) and the noise was unbearable, this is a vast improvement
i have a (switchably) noisy set up anyway!

all of the effects work for me, but i was a bit flummoxed by the Gated setting. this function is just to make the sound "bigger" without it sounding reverbed - see harmony central's effects articles for details, or phil collins drum sound for audio example. as the manufacturer says, the unit can be used as an outboard mixing effect, and perhaps this is the reason for it's inclusion.
plate sounds great for old slapbacks, Room is nice and subtle.
personally, i am completely indifferent about the Hall setting, but it is still useful to people with different requirements, and i adore most of the other modees anyway.
Church mode sounds like standing on top of a building in the pouring rain with a crow on your shoulder. i expect it also has other uses!
the reverse function may indeed be a gimmick, but i have found several applications, including some Hendrix and May - inspired sounds.

i would never run a digital pedal on batteries - it is a waste of money. invest in adaptors and a plugboard or a PSU.
i have only had this pedal for as month, but my Whammy II has lasted since the last century (although the sides fall off, but that's just glue).
on some of the budget multi's made by digitech, a few of the buttons are plastic, and the heavy-footed must take care. i have seen a few with broken / missing buttons, but i've never seen the electronics fail.
the moral of the story:
IF IT IS SMALL AND FRAGILE, DON'T KICK IT.
i'm not sure about the gigging without a backup - i have no choice in a few months, i can't afford another and i need the reverse mode. i am intending to work out a way of using the Wasabi if the Digitech goes down, but i expect it to do me proud (like my Whammy II, which has a few gigs under it's belt).
Unfairly, but due to my recent ownership vs. company history: 7

i have dealt with Digitech's UK suppliers a few times having worked in a music shop. the UK distribution changed hands a couple of years ago, but since then all has been fine, the same as most other decent distribution comnpanies.
i can't speak for the distributors in other countries, but our shop's policy was and is:
shoddy instruments or poor tech support = stop trading with that company.
Digitech, they still trade with.

digitech.com has wonderful sound samples for a few settings of most (if not all, i confess to not having checked) their pedals - which can be played with or without the effect applied.
on the strength of their reverse "example sample" i fell in love with this pedal. my fiance bought me this pedal for christmas and that is a perfect example of why i fell in love with her.

ALSO YOU CAN EXTEND YOUR WARRANTY ONLINE

overall rating 10. i love this pedal. if it were stolen i would cry, plan the murder of the thief and then buy another.
i have been playing for nearly 15 years and since 2001 have no other job (yay!).
the mixer output is a great boon, allowing the church setting to be used on recorded vocals, the gate on drums etc, without the need for plug-ins / extra rack gear.
(dear Harmony Central - how about a Features box on here? just a thought, please keep up this consistently useful site!)
for many styles of music i work with, this pedal works just as well as any other digital reverb unit.

BUT

for my absolute favourite thing, which is to sound as unlike a guitar as i can, what this does in Reverse setting is awesome.
if you check out the website you can hear a sample of this setting - i heard it and was smitten.
the sample has clean arpeggiated guitar; with the effect applied it sounds like synth string sections fading in - Brian May swells and Space Oddysey synth orchestrations are possible with judicious use of the EQ control.
with the level control fully clockwise, all of the direct sound is removed. playing before the beat can result in pure swells, useful for string sounds and reverse solos.

the plain fact is:
silly noise pedals cost a fortune and can be hard to find multiple applications for. this pedal houses many decent reverbs and at least two wonderful silly noises on the Reverse mode.

i have been through several multi-effects units and returned to single pedals as i prefer to think in terms of resultant sound rather than banks and patches (which are fine if you stick to a setlist).
the rewiring of my strat includes a passive noise circuit, and this hopefully indicates the lengths to which i will go for the ultimate (useable) daft noise.

with more and more stand alone, multi-function pedals on the market, tailoring sound has never been easier - as long as you have the money.

The controls are very simple to use. The small manual explains things a bit, but is barely necessary really.

The only thing that's a bit odd is labelling the control that mixes the dry and reverb sounds as "Level"; I initially thought this would control the overall volume. However, that only confused me for about 30 seconds, so is hardly a big issue.

I am using this with a non-jangly humbucker-equipped Rickenbacker (a 650D) and a small, quality tube amp from local manufacturers Sheldon Amps.

There's some hiss from this pedal, but not too bad.

There are seven types of reverb on this pedal: -

Room is very subtle. It is good for when you don't really want perceptible reverb, just a little something to ensure the sound isn't too sterile.

Plate is quite striking, but in a good way. I like it for rhythm guitar, set to decay quickly.

Hall is a very natural sounding simulation of a big room. Excellent for slowish melodies, arpeggio parts etc.

I haven't used Church much. The name put me off.

Gated and Reverse seem like pointless gimmicks to me. But perhaps I'm just not creative enough to see how they could be used to good effect. Anyway, they're certainly not for everyday use.

Spring isn't for me at all. I don't see the point of simulating clunky old technology like this. Others will doubtless disagree strongly! I used to have a Fender Blues Junior amp with spring reverb and I think that the Digiverb is much nicer, but not on the Spring setting!

Overall, I give it a high rating, because there are plenty of settings that get me sounds that I really like. I just ignore the other settings!

Haven't had it long, but it looks well-made.

It seems to be very picky about batteries. If the battery is not in tip-top condition, it goes haywire. Best used with AC adapter.

I try to play pop, rock, blues, folk, punk styles. No metal, no jazz, no classical. I've been going just under two years and am just beginning to sound OKish.

This pedal does exactly what I wanted. It provides a selection of nice reverbs from subtle to striking. It also provides some horrid ones, but I just ignore those.

This pedal also works with a microphone for vocals, which is a bonus. A unit specifically designed for vocal microphones would probably be better, but this unit is OK.

Never opened the manual & found what I was looking for quickly; However I'm a 13 year veteran user of a vintage '63 Fender tank, so the multiple knob reverb thing is old news. Also, I'm not looking for a variety of reverb sounds, just what I've been used to.There are 7 settings on this pedal..the only one I'm interested in is #7- 'spring'.

My rig(s): 1950 Gibson ES-5, Parts Telecaster w/ early 50's bridge PU, 50's Harmony Stratotone, '96 Robert Cray MIM Stratocaster,'91 RI ES-335 - all through a Clark 3x10 Tyger ( Tweed Bandmaster), early blonde Fender Pro Junior, or an early 50's Valco 1x12.
As far as noise, I listened and there was a barely audible high end "change" (hum would be an overstatement) that sounded like the usual tube amp-warming up sound in a higher frequency; For what I do ( trad.Blues, Jump Blues, 50's R&B), it doesn't interfere anymore ( infact, less so) than an old tank. Only a keen ear listening FOR it should pick it up...so probably a no-go for studio application.

This thing is built rock solid and I would bring it out without batting an eye. However, I've only owned it for a week!!

As a working blues musician in New England for well over 10 years, I grew tired of carrying around my old tank and have been looking for a non-tube, non-boutique alternative for awhile. I've checked out the EH Holy Grail series & the Boss RV's, and they weren't as transparent as this one. After a couple of minutes playing with the level ("mix" on an old tank), EQ("tone"), and Decay("dwell"), I found the sweet spot I needed. I am a certified pedal-hater, but this one has something...doesn't kill my tone & provides exactly what I'm looking for. I'd buy another( at the same or less $$) if this one disappeared somehow.