DigiTech X-Series Digital Reverb

easy to use and understand

somehow I can't get used to it and I do think it sounds metallic even plate and spring. I used it (sold it today)before a Marshall 1959SLP Amp.

Strange enough the diecast metal is making "microphonic noises" on the 9v input and the bass player came over my amp. Disconnected this thing and the problem was gone. Put it in place again and you can almost sing into it....

Never dealt with them

Nice one if you play pop or anything but blues.....
I play Blues Rock and I like the natural analog sounding of a spring or plate reverb. I just don't like this digi sounding one.

mix, tone, decay, mode

This is tricky because you really sould not use a reverb pedal in front of most amps. If your amp has an effects loop that operates at instrument level that's where it should go. Preferably the loop should be the parallel type and the pedal should be set to 100% wet.

That said this is a really nice sounding reverb. It avoids trying to emulate real room sound and instead offers a few very colorfull verbs with lots of character that sound great with guitar.

This puts any Boss reverb pedal to shame. It shouldn't be such a huge surprise considering Digitech is a division of Harman and Lexicon is also a division of Harman. Everyone knows there is no comparison between a Roland reverb and and Lexicon reverb. I'm not saying this is as good as a Lexicon verb, but the apple doesn't fall from the tree.

The spring reverb is cool but it's got to much "sproing" in the initial attack. I think they overdid that setting but it's still pretty cool and does sound fairly convincing.

For what these go for used you can do no wrong. My go to reverb pedal.

pretty simple actually. only four knobs.

(see my review for digitech df-7 for rig details). not noisy. the room, church, and spring settings are my favorites so far. I used it in church for the 1st time this past sunday; i ran it and my acoustic straight into the system, and it sounded pretty sweet.

i've only had it a few days, but it seems like a nice little brick. i'd gig with it without a backup (although two might be cool, reverse and church together....hhmmm).

see df-7 review

nice pedal. i tried the EHX holy grail, but it was too big (clunky), flimsy, and noisy. digiverb=nice. get it. it helps me want to make music. need i say more?

Very easy to use. Manual is very easy to understand.

I rate the sound quality a 9 just because the unit sounds excellant with no hiss-after-effect and is very clean and transparent when you put it next to the Boss series reverbs. My son has a Boss and I think the DigiTech sounds a lot more natural. I play a Fender Custom Shop American Strat, maple neck, custom-shop pickups, running through a DigiTech RP-20 Multi-effects unit and I run that into a Boss DD-6 Digital Delay then to the Digitech X-Series Digital Reverb. Finally, to a 1970 Fender Super 6 Reverb All-Tube Amp and the sound is...well...it's simply amazing, and very clean even when using distortion, and you know how noisy distortion can be unless it is a very good processor/preamp to start with.

No problems, but I really have only owned it for 3 or 4 months, but again, it has no problems at this time. I think though, the pedal is very dependable and should hold up for extended playing at home or on stage.

Customer support is very bad. I have not delt with DigiTech on this new reverb pedal, but I have purchased 2 brand new Digitech JamMan's and they both quit working in less than a month. I took both of them back to the dealer and bought a Boss RC-20XL Phrase Recorder/Loop Station, it's FANTASTIC and no problems to date. After contacting Digitech, and routed to some other company Digitech contracts with regarding the JamMan, I filled out and submitted their request info page twice and sent the requests in. I have yet to hear from them and it's been a month and a half.

I have played guitar for 30 years and I would give it an 8.5 to 9 rating for "Overall". I would give it a 10 but I have delt with DigiTech customer support to many times and it really is BAD.....BAD......BAD. For my style of playing which is Jazz Progressive, Ambient Soundscapes and Jazz Fusion, with some Progressive Rock, I have to have clean EFX's with almost no noise after-efx's and it must be very transparent. This DigiTech Reverb does the job. I like it, and I'm going to use it till it quits or I do, whichever comes first. Other gear I own is a Roland GR-33 Synth, DigiTech RP-6 Guitar Multi-Effects Processor, DigiTech RP-20 Multi-EFX processor, a B.K. Butler/Tube Driver w/a 12AU7 Tube (it's warmer) instead of a 12AX7 Tube, Roland GR-1 Guitar Synth, Boss DD-6 Digital Delay, Lexicon MPX-110 24-bit Digital Reverb and Delay, a Korg AX1B Bass Synth Effect Module to play guitar through which gives me a synth/fretless lead guitar effect for ambient atmosphere type sounds during lead assages...and many many more effects.

It is easy to use. Only four knobs. And the EQ knob is very helpful!

I bought it because its outputs can be use D.I outputs. I often record demo directly into the computer and its outputs helps me a lot! It is not noisy but it demands 9.6V adaptor. It has 7 reverb sounds but I mainly use the Plat and the Spring. It can produce very real reverb sound. I compared this with the Boss RV-5 and finally chose this one! Boss doesn't sound better at all but cost more!!

Metal jacket! I don't need a backup! If there were 11, I would rate 11!!

Good! I used to ask them about the AC Adaptor and they repied me soon.

I play 80's metal. I like shredding. It is a good match. I feel like I were shredding in a large concert hall when I turn it on! But I come back to the reality and notice that I am just playing at my bedroom when I turn it off. If it were stolen or lost, I would go and buy another DigiTech X-Digital Reverb!

Just mess around with it!!

A great mix of color to your sound. Use it at the end of your chain..

Keep the level at about 8-10 oclock and the decay at about 12-2 oclock. Set the eq low at about 7-9 oclock - perfect reverb. This IS a natural sounding reverb..better than the crap Spring King that almost has a delay decay or the Boss RV3(sounds like a detatched reverb).

Bring your batteries...or get a power supply

The best pedal for reverb. The spring setting is real and accurate. I have an old Marshall head and this is the icing on the cake for my sound.

Its easy to get a good sound out of this thing. mine didnt come with a manual, but you have to be a dumbass if you dont know how to work a pedal. You shouldnt even play guitar if you cant figure this out.

Sounds pretty good, my only complaint is that pretty much all the effects sound the same. Setting 1 is basically settings 3 and 4 with shorter decay times, and setting 2 is basically the same as 4. The Gated reverb sounds exactly like the Reverse, the only difference is the reverse fades into the swell. I didnt really try the spring reverb, didnt interest me much. I might go for a Boss. I've never tried one, but for some reason I think it might give you more varitey. 7 settings doesnt really mean 7 different sounds... you get 3 slightly different ones.

They sound good though......

pretty tough... just dont put velcro on the rubber pad on the bottom, it will just rip off. Take off the rubber first.

NA

Sounds good, but doesnt really give you 7 unique 'verbs like it should. Theres really only 3 because they all sound similar. Its a great effect for just closing your eyes and imagining your playing in a big church by yourself of something.

Seemed straightforward to use, and manual was clear to understand.

Tried this with a tokai firebird and a roland cube 30 amp. It sounded absolutely terrible. It had a horrible metallic edge to the reverb. It sounded really thin too and had a limited range to the length of the reverb. It was a shame it took so much tone out of the sound as it sounded really good before the reverb. There is no way i would buy this pedal, especially for the retail price (?99). The reverb on the amp sounded far, far better

Seemed reliable- apart from abysmal sound. So because of the sound there is no way i would gig it.

I didnt buy it, so i wouldn't know. It did seem fairly sturdy and reliable however.

I would not use this pedal. Bad sound quality, too expensive.

It's pretty easy to use, and it's easy to get the setting to the prefect spring reverb effect for surf rock. The manuel gives you 4 suggested settings, but you are free to alter them to your preference. It basically doesn't take a rocket scientist to get it to work.

I bought the digiverb for the sole reason of playing instrumental surf rock by using the Spring Reverb effect and I'm very satisfied. I use a pretty cheap set up (squier strat, fender 15g amp) and it still sounds great. The spring reverb setting has the little splashy "boink" sounds just like a real fender reverb unit, except it's a heck of a lot cheaper, and easier to carry around. I'm not going to go as far to say it's better than a real tank, or any other reverb pedal, since I haven't really tried anything else...well other than that crappy Dano corned beef reverb pedal, which was a piece of crap. If you are a surf rocker on a budget, this is the perfect pedal for you, without sacrificing quality.

Has worked great for a year now. I can't see any reason to doubt it's peforming ability. If by some chance it broke, I'd go out and buy a new one on the spot.

I haven't had any problems yet.

This pedal is PERFECT absolutely PERFECT for an aspiring Surf guitarist who can't afford to dish out over $400 for a Fender reverb unit. I bought mine for $100, and did feel reluctant to pay even that much...but once you take it home and give it a try...you realize that it was worth it. What made me buy it, was the sound samples offered on digitech's website. Check em out before you make your decision. Go to www.digitech.com and check out the X-series Digiverb. You won't be sorry.

Surf's Up!

Very easy to use. Manual is good and explains just about everything you need to know.

Excellent! I tried out two different Boss RV pedals and while good they didn't come up to the quality of sound that the Digiverb provided. Seven very good different reverb sounds. I use the hall, plate and surf settings the most. I own both the Eventide Orville and Lexicon rack units and in my opinion the Digiverb comes close and that saying something. For surf sounds (think Dick Dale)the Fender Reverb Tank is of course tops but then again the Digiverb comes close and even has the "bonk" that is mentioned in a few of the reviews.

Construction is very good. I have quite a few Boss pedals and I would say the Digiverb's quality is equal.

I haven't used them so I can't say.

Very good pedal, excellent sounds and very well made. If lost or stolen I would buy another.

piece of cake...choose which reverb sound you want, adjust the level and decay, and your set. I don't hear much of an audible difference when I mess with the EQ knob.

I run this pedal with an acoustic xciter, and a digitech delay pedal all running through the effects loop of my LR Baggs para di. I love the Hall and room settings, but the other one's I'm not too crazy about. It's not the pedal, I just think plate, and church reverbs are too lush, and sound too artifical. I'm not really a spring reverb person, and although the reverse is cool I find no use for it. The hall and the room settings are the most usable and sound the best. It would be nice if this pedal was like the boss rv-3 and have delay with it also, but I just picked up a digitech delay pedal and it matches perfectly with the XDV.

I've only had this pedal for about a month or two, so I can't give it a detailed review. It's beefy as crap so if that brings you peace of mind, you'll have plenty of it...it's heavy for something so small. I hear it consumes battery faster than a fat kid eating cake ($.50)...I always run a power supply with it so I haven't had much experience with that.

haven't dealt with them yet.

Bottom line this thing gets the job done. I don't know why someone would invest 50% more money on a boss rv-5 reverb pedal (unless you can find the rv-3 that combines delay and reverb). This has more reverb settings and is built to last just as long as boss. Digitech has a 5 year warranty when you register the product, so why even consider getting anything else. I would definitely buy this product again, but I gave it a nine because for everyone looking into getting a reverb pedal, this pedal will do what it was made to do....add reverb, and that's it. People don't realize when they hear reverb there is some sort of delay along with it. If you have an effects processor and you edit a reverb sound, you'll see it has a pre-delay adjustment. All reverb pedals should come with a delay adjustment, because that is what people hear, and want to hear when they buy a reverb pedal. Boss had the right idea with the rv-3 when they combined the two. Why they don't do that anymore?? who knows. Reverb should include delay and the fact that it doesn't I gave it a nine. Also I don't understand why these pedal companies make their pedals optimal only when you use their power supply. I mean honestly, who buys nothing but digitech pedals, or boss or whatever. Aphex got it right when they made their stomps work with almost any kind of power supply. I use the h-pro power supply and connect it to a daisy chain wire. It gets the job done.

I find it hard to imagine anyone having real trouble using this thing. Reverb is about as basic as effects come, and even your tone-deaf sister knows how it's supposed to sound.

The fact that the "modes" are printed on the actual face of the pedal makes any manual pretty easy to skip. The "level" is actually a wet/dry, but that's hardly an issue, much less a difficult one.

I got this on a whim and it really restarted my interest in 'verb. It's really addictive and blends easily into your playing, just the way reverb should. No one mode blows me away, and hard-core effect-nuts would probably want to go rack or PC/MAC for their digital models, but this is a very cool sounding pedal, and the fact that they jammed so much usable variety into a floor stomper is pretty impressive.

I love authentic sounding ambience as much as the next player, but sculpting new textures and bending a little time is why I was interested in this, and it delivers. Works especially well with guitar, given the EQ setting which is more powerful than I would've thought. The resolution seems to murk a little if rolled off or amped too much, so I keep the EQ between 9 and 3 o'clock, where it seems to shine. The EQ is definitely a good feature though, very useful. I've gone from not using reverb for years to finding a setting on this thing for nearly every track. Tons of fun, sounds all over the place.

I really get into the wetter settings, especially with gating and reverse. If I have a complaint it's that there a perceived volume drop on really wet settings. A master level would fix this, and considering the processing already going on, you wouldn't lose anything by adding that feature, and it certainly couldn't be too complicated to add on the design end.

No added noise. I use it with many other pedals in performance, and in a mix bus for guitar tracking, where it is more flexible. I don't use amp verb, I'm sick of it. I wouldn't try to get "the sound of your favorite artists" with this, it's an effect of it's own, not something you buy to mock phil spector, SUN studios or classic surf. The spring, for example, is not all that easily dialed in for "real" effect. It's not as bad as some say, and is totally rockin if set right and with ease, but if you expect a hair-raising Fender Verb to hit you, you will certainly be disappointed. On the other hand, every other mode exceeds expectations for such a compact effect.

Funky for experimenting, exactly what I like in a little pedal like this.

This thing seems plenty tough, though it did bug out on me once using a generic/universal power supply. No problems since. It's a little computer in a little metal box. The build is heavy duty, plenty heavy. Metal jacks (thank you digitech). I can see it lasting.

No experience. I'm really not terribly attracted to Digitech's stuff, but this really called my name, especially after being really left cold with other brands reverb pedal ideas. I've had a couple of digitech's other pedals, but nothing so great that it saw a lot of use, sorry. This is a keeper though. A favorite, in fact.

I tried a bunch of reverb pedals out of curiousity and this one was the only one I really dug at all actually. I gave the much-loved holy grail by ehx many spins waiting for it to turn me on, but it was consistently both too mild and yet too shrill too my ears. The boss RV-5 just sounded blah, though the RV-3 was nice, though kind of boring. I'd like to see more companies take a stab at verb modelling. I like the idea of having reverb in a pedal 'cause I can't see using it on every note anymore, that's just not my taste anymore. I usually can't dig digital reverb at all, but as the years have gone by I've kind of been drawn to it as a purely special effect. The Digiverb offered cool variety, wild sounds, and way quicker operation than the rack alternatives. If I had a wish for this pedal, a couple of patches in a boss-twin-type of pedal would be perfect for my needs.

Does it sound like a fender twin? Hell no. But it's all over my recordings now, and for $65, that's not bad at all.

This is a follow-up, Read on..................

It has held up great and feels solid

This is simply a follow-up on an earlier review.

I still LOVE the reverbs this pedal can deliver, nothing has changed. But I wanted to add that Ive given it some time and love the pedal even more.

ALSO, I enabled the CIT-mode (by holding down the pedal while applying power) - this will give you an amp/speaker sim for recording direct into your PC.

I am very impressed! No, its not going to replace your PODs or whatever you use but it does work well. I tried running my regular pedalboard setup through the Digiverb (with CIT enabled) and was pleased with the recorded results. I like plugging my guitar straight into a PC when I get a good idea but dont feel like warming up the tube amps and setting up mics.

All I had to do was roll the volume knob down low so there was no extra noises on the recording, and I ran through all my "usual" pedals (Jekyll&Hyde, dano EQ, PB&J, Boss CE5, and Digiverb), and it sounded very pleasing. None of those harsh high frrequencies you would get by plugging straight into PC, also it adds a nice character like a speaker sim should.

Farily easy to use. Has various settings to chose types of reverb desired

I replaced an EH Holy Grail with the Digiverb and I am happy with the 'Verb. The grail sounded very natural however it was extremely noisey at all volumes and unreliable-used to cut out on me frequently. The Digiverb is quiet, pleasant sounding and very reliable. I use a moderate amount of reverb at all volumes. I keep the pedal on all the time and use an AC adaptor. I've grown accustom to this pedal over the past few months, enjoying it a lot. I own an Epip Supervova and a homemade SRV Strat, playing through a modified vintage Bassman and Mojo 2X12 bottom.

Seems very reliable. Works fine every time.

No needed so far.

I play 70's and 80's rock. I grown to like this pedal and I would replace it if something happened to it. I think it's a great pedal for the money and it's very well made.

very easy to use

the knobs are layed out well and you get the hang of it pretty quick
at first i was confused until i figured the level turned clockwise will increase the reverb but once you pass the 1/2 way mark you decrease your dry signal so you start hearing just the reverb - this is very cool for some spacey type stuff, especially when you max the level (no guitar - just reverb) and use the reverse setting.

I just got this pedal, i had it about 24 hours.

I usually will not give a review for at least a good 6 weeks but I feel this pedal deserves it.

The reverb sounds are great! Very usable and can be set for classy enhancing verb' or set extremely for more wild uses. I really love it.

I compared it to the Holy Grail and the HG sounded pretty darn good but the uses were limited as far as various sounds. Not just that but this pedals sounds as good to me (some settings better) and can do ALOT MORE.

I use a strat through a few "basic" pedals into a stereo setup of tube combos (or stack where I jam on weekends)

It sounds real good with everything Ive put it through, I usually will not give a pedal a 9 on sound - but this one I highly think deserves it.

Enough about that

Heres where I cant comment on the product as I have not owned it long enough, but the construction seems VERY sturdy.

I also like the removal of the battery even though i use adaptors

I think this is one of the best choices out there as far as reverb in a pedal. It sounds so good Im going to try and use it when micing vocals as well. I can see this pedal getting used a whole lot, because of the great sounds and almost unlimited settings.

Yes, you can easily set it for "overkill" if you try to blend too much or decay too long, but set right i believe it can add magic & depth to any dry rig!

This posting is a follow-up, two years later. I finally found out a big problem with this, as with many many digital processors.
It appears when you set up the thing in the effects loop of your amp. If the signal is quite healthy, the inserted digital processor distorts(if there is no input gain knob, it is) and you only get rubbish then.
So my digiverb, that I love'n'cherish, does distorts in my amp's loop.
**** here. Hopefully for me I do own a Nobels SPX31 for years, and this little helper does transform a serial effects loop in a parallel one. So I'm saved now, with the cable salad in bonus but I don't complain. The overall sound with the digiverb in parallel mode is far better than as usual, what speaks for this kind of looping.
If you don't want to use the Nobels, or if your amp doesn't have a parallel loop, then get a boss rv5, since this one mix the analog, unconverted direct sound with the processed (reverberated)sound.
One more time, boss is clever and more practical.
Note that the fact that the digiverb has a cab sim should tell you your signal is always fully processed, even in bypass...
I know, now. If it were to be done again, I would choose the boss.

Not too difficult. Dial the type of reverb (Hall, Plate, etc.). Dial in a depth, a level, and eq if you want.

I have a Holy Grail, but I'm although my own music doesn't reflect, most of what I listen to is 80's hairbands. I'm looking for that 80s open empty overly-melodramatic reverb. The Holy Grail is wonderful, but a bit subtle. I put this Digitech in a bypass loop and disabled the LED (the effect was off). As I randomly stomped on the pedal, I noticed that the volume would change - just slightly. Of course, I assumed that the pedal was causing a slight volume drop. Bizzare thing is, the bypass of the pedal was <<boosting>> slightly!

Anyway, I dialed in both the Holy Grail and the Digitech as close as I could to the sound I hear in my head. The Holy Grail, to my surprise, gets closer. I wish I had a mix knob on it, but regardless, it does a better job for me. So, Digitech goes on eBay, Holy Grail stays on the pedal board. I'm probably going to go with a Lexicon rack-mount at some time...

I'm not going to keep it.

I never tried to contact them.

The pedal has a certain sound quality that I didn't care for. Not metallic per se, - I guess I just don't have the vocabularly to describe it. At any rate, as always, your mileage may vary.

Easy, easy, easy!

I just got this unit a couple of days ago. I went through trying an EH Holy Grail and an Alesis Nanoverb. I have a '69 Fender Vibrochamp that has no onboard reverb. After being severely disappointed with the Holy Grail, and mildly impressed with the Nanoverb, I was going to bite the bullet and try to pickup a Fender Reverb Tank. I then read some of these reviews and went to Guitar Center to buy a Digiverb. I thought I would take it back if it wasn't satisfactory. WRONG! This one's a keeper. Last night, I took it to band practice, where I play bass. My guitarist plays a Fender Strat through a Fender Reverb Tank and into a reissue Fender Twin. Yes, we're a surf/garage band. I put the Digiverb in front of the reverb tank and started to a/b them while he played. SWEET. Very, very convincing. If he had been blindfolded, he maybe would have been able to tell the difference, but I doubt it. And he may even have liked the Digiverb better!

Anyway, back home the Digiverb is inspiring and wonderful with my Vibrochamp. The plate setting with a heavy mix on the reverb and a long decay can create some great, strange ring modulated type tones. I still need to spend more time with the other types...I just am stuck on that Spring!!!

Don't know, just had it a couple of days. It's got a battery in it right now and it sounds like it eats batteries. However, it will soon be locked into my pedalboard, being powered by a Voodoo Labs Pedal Power.

Haven't dealt with them.

I play an eclectic mix of music, with influences like Brian Eno, Tones on Tail, Kruder and Dorfmeister, Early Dub and Reggae, and so on. This is pretty much in use for my Vibrochamp for recording and practice at home. I love that Digitech finally went to the Boss type power input!

Fairly easy. It's also easy to go over the top, which in some cases isn't a bad thing; especially when it sounds as good as this. The manual is pretty terrible though. It's the kind of pedal where you can throw the manual away and still get the most out of it.

However if you need to know about the CIT modelling thing, it's all in there, but since I don't use it, I could get by without the scrap of paper they put in the box.

It's just got the four knobs on; level, EQ, decay and type. All of them pretty much explain themselves.

I'm running this pedal through all sorts of gear. Mainly, I use a Fender Strat through to my Carlsboro 300W Combo, but I always add in a few pedals. Whatever takes my fancy on a given day. I've so far used it with combinations of an EHX Big Muff reissue, a Morley PWAII Wah, Line 6 Filter Modeler, Boss BS1 Chorus Ensemble and my Digitech X-Series Delay.

It's not particularly noisy on any setting, although it can get a bit hectic when used with a delay. Just use it sparsely in those cases, and you can get it just right.

Each type of reverb sounds great. Many people only stick to the one type, but this pedal does them all convincingly. You can create massive walls of sound, thin glassy plate reverbs, swampy spring reverbs or tinny room ones. Up to you entirely, you are given oodles of choice with the pedal. The spring type sounds good enough to pass for real, the church, hall, plate and room all do exactly the right job, and the reverse option has plenty potential.

One good thing is that you can take away the original signal to leave only the reverb sound. Although this is supposedly to be mainly used with effects loops or whatever, I just use it as a seperate effect altogether.

IF you use it right, it can sound amazing. The first thing I tried with it was playing "Hallelujah" by Jeff Buckley. If you've ever heard a live version of it, you'll be able to hear that he uses a massive reverb sound, plus whatever size hall he's playing in, with a tiny bit of overdrive. So I added the tiny bit of overdrive and whapped on the church setting, maxed out the level (so both the original signal and the effected one are at top volume), the decay and put the EQ just slightly over centre. Absolutely perfect, right down to the muted string hitting thing he does. The rest of my band were just amazed that I could play something so huge-sounding in our practice room. It's also really easy to get a funky room reverb, for all sorts of funk music, reverse reverb for alternative sounds and smooth hall sounds for general use. Up to you who you try to copy, but it's also really easy to use the different types of reverb to get your own sound. Which is pretty stunning since many people think of reverb as not really an effect at all.

Oh yes, this is definately dependable. The very day I got it, I gigged it, and of course, it didn't let me down. I have an X-Series Delay as well, so I knew that Digitech have a good reputation with this range. Fantastic to play live, and it won't let you down, provided you have a power supply.

I did gig without a backup, but that's only cos I'm far too poor to buy everything twice.

Not had the opportunity to ring them up. But since they give a years warranty, they'll do for me.

I play all sorts of music, but it's mostly modern alternative stuff, similar to indie bands and whatnot. I'd like to think I play similar stuff to Radiohead, British Sea Power, Joy Division, Futureheads, Dogs Die in Hot Cars...mostly new British stuff, but with a penchant for the classics as well. Since the pedal is so versatile, it can suit anything. Even 80's gated effects are available, but I wouldn't really use them.

I've been playing for about 10 years now probly, and I am a massive fan of effects on the whole. I search around and compare pedals for months and months before I commit myself to parting with cash, so I always find the top models for me. I considered this reverb to be tonnes better than the Boss ones available, the EHX ones and many other top names. It's just good value for money, reliable and so incredibly versatile, which is exactly what I need. I don't wish it had anything more really...I've not thought about it too much. I've tried recording with it, and it does the job just as well on tape/CD/PC/whatever as it does live...

Without a doubt, I would buy this again if it were stolen, and I always take a good look at the X-Series if I'm ever considering buying a pedal for a new effect, because they are usually spot on for what I need. I very much doubt that this range will become a classic (although it would have the potential), because too many guitarists are spending too much time on buying retro gear. Fair enough, the Big Muff I bought can be classed as retro, but I bought it because it's the best fuzz box around compared to all the new ones. Digital is so much more reliable, and listening to the digital stuff I have (pretty much all my gear) it's pretty much perfect sounding. SO before you just buy the Boss ones on the strength of their name, or the EHX ones for their retro-ness, give Digitech a go, and you'll probly find that the X-Series range is serious competition for major pedal manufacturors.

Right so, first things first. I've not yet bought this pedal, but it's on order for me, should have it by the end of the week. Although I've not tried one, I've been trawling through websites and magazines looking at reviews of it, and from them, I judge the pedal to be good value, very versatile and reliable. I'm just writing here to tell people wanting to buy this pedal (or any other like it) not to be influenced by things like battery life or whether the rubbing backing comes off the end or whatever. Seriousley, the rubber backing...some superglue would sort that, and while it's still a bit of a ballache when you've just bought a new pedal, at least it's only cosmetic damage and not something like the jkacks have all fell off or it won't make a sound. So that shouldn't be a problem really.

As well, anyone who is moaning about how "this thing eats batteries" is missing the point completely. This is a digital pedal. Digitech make that very clear. SO, it's pretty obvious that it's going to be pretty power hungry. I've got Digitech's Digidelay pedal, and it's exactly the same. However, digital pedals such as the two I've mentioned are reliable, the electronics will not corrode or get wrecked in the same way analog ones might, and there's much more versatility (come one, seven kinds of reverb or delay or flange like the x-series provides for is more than enough). So I think it's a small price to pay to either get a power supply or a daisy chain if you've got more than one pedal. Seriousley, I'm running a Morley Wah pedal, the Digidelay and a Boss Super Chorus off a daisy chain, and soon I'll add the Digiverb to that list. It sucks no tone at all, takes up less room on a powerboard etc...and it's only the same price as a normal power supply, so there's no excuse for not having one. In any case, gigging musicians or even people who play for fun will not want to spend every spare penny on batteries, and no way should you ever use batteries at a gig. You're asking for trouble. So get a power supply and where's your problem?

Also, I've noticed that quite a few reviewers complain about the spring reverb or the room reverb or any other single type of effect. The X-Series range are probably intended to be versatile rather than focussing on one particular type of reverb. So if you don't like the spring reverb, then you've got another six to choose from. I personally don't like spring reverb much, but since I do a lot of home recordings and sessions for local bands, if I ever needed it, it would be there. How many other pedals offer seven different kinds of reverb?

It's pretty obvious to see that people who dismiss the X-Series range for these reasons haven't been thinking about it a great deal, and while Electro Harmonix and Fender or whatever might do authentic analog reverbs, this is a small compact box with pretty much the whole range of reverbs, and you can adjust the level and tone almost totally. Just because it's digital doesn't necessarily mean it's the easy option out. I've been playing for near anough 10 years now, and I take a lot of pride in my effects, and from the experience I've had with the X-Series pedals, I've not been able to find fault in them. However, please take notice that I don't actually own the Digiverb. I'm just highlighting some of the unfair criticisms that people make, which downplay the fact that this particular range of pedals is idiosyncratic, built to last, well produced and sound fantastic. You just perhaps have to have imagination when using pedals, and maybe these can be a little difficult to use, but since every pedal is the same, how can this be a criticism?

When I get my Digiverb in a few days, I'll post a proper review, but I'm guessing that the pedal will stand up to it's reputation and will be perfect for gigging and recording, just as most of the X-Series pedals are if they are used properly and suit your style. The thing to remember is that since these pedals are versatile, to e

If you know what you want, you'll get it, and fast. I've never used the cab-modeling feature, and probably never will, but everything else is cake.

It sounds like reverb. The spring reverb might go too far towards accuracy, almost to parody, with the "pops". The rest are great, especially the Reverse, Gated, Hall, and Plate. I personally love plate reverbs, so this thing is great for me.

If you don't have a power supply or AC adapter, it's a piece of crap. I use good batteries (not great, but not cheap) and I'm lucky to get 3 hours of play, with the pedal on 50% of the time. It's tough, the jacks feel solid, and the switch feels good. The battery and battery door issues are the only big problems. If you use an adapter, I give it a 9. If you use a battery, I give it a 3. I use an adapter, so I rate it 9.

When I was contemplating buying this pedal, I wanted to find out if the power supply jack was compatible with standard Boss-type AC plugs. I never could find out if it would work. I finally bought it and just plugged it in and prayed, and it worked. The web site is all talk and no facts. We'll see if I ever need to talk to someone in person...

With a power adapter, this is a great pedal. Without a power adapter, it's a good pedal with a serious handicap.

Couldn't be much easier to use - it's a stomp box with 4 knobs for cryin' out loud! Of course the battery life in these things is very short which means you really need to hassle with an adapter, and that stinks... Guess I can't give it a 10.

Just a note on all the complaints about battery life... This pedal seems to reject a battery long before other units might - which means it doesn't actually drain the batteries. I can pull the supposedly "dead" battery from this pedal, and continue to use it in a distortion pedal or a tuner for quite some time. Still, you really need an adapter unless you want to go nuts circulating batteries between effects.

On another note, you have to decide whether or not you want the CIT amp modeling in this pedal activated when you first plug into it. In some settings the CIT modeling really does make a difference - for me a negative difference into my amp but it might come in handy with some PA systems. I wish there was a little switch to activate/deactivate the modeling on the fly... Not a huge deal for me, but maybe for some.

I use this mostly with my Carvin-Strat-Seymour Duncan mongrel guitar, along with some other effects to the LOOP IN of a Tech21 TM60 or a Behringer Vintager 110. Use it with my accoustic too into PA system. On the rare occasion I use my Behringer amp alone, I'll stick this in the loop.

I have a Jekyll & Hyde overdrive and a SansAmp Tri-AC as my main tone & drive generators along with a Morley Wah (effect not as good as Crybaby but much quieter & more tone preserving). I typically use a Yamaha DG stomp (GREAT CHORUS!) for effects which is fine - but it does create some tone suck which I don't always want to deal with. Besides, the other guitar players in my group have very little for FX and I usually wind up giving the Yamaha to one of them. This pedal gives me great reverb (the one effect I NEED)with NO TONE SUCK! Pedal is quiet and preserves my tone very well.

I've got to say that I wasn't on fire to buy a 'verb pedal - most amps and multi-fx units have reverb. Reverb is so plain to me I have a hard time thinking of it as an effect! I just had a feeling this would give me more flexibility with the ways I can use the other gear I have... I must tell you that I was so surprised with how much FUN this pedal has been to play with! I had no idea how much a better quality reverb - the plainest of all the effects IMO - could add to your sound!

Bottom line: I can live without the room setting, and unlike most players I really don't like the boing & pop of spring reverb all that much. The Plate & Hall settings are my standbys, the Church setting is incredible when you want it, and I really like the gated & reverse settings. I even prefer the reverse reverb over a short delay in many situations

I think this pedal is outstanding. This one effect has put my multi-fx unit (and a good one at that) on the shelf for the time being.

Seems more reliable than many pedals out there. The battery compartment mechanism makes be a little nervous - but a solid pedal anyway. I have to gig without backups all the time - never been a problem. Then again I'm not hard on my stuff.

I think the battery-life problem is an "ease of use" issue, not a reliability issue. If I use an adapter all is well...

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I play rock, contemporary worship, jazz, etc... This pedal is great for me. I've been playing for 17 years, so I don't get excited about crappy products anymore like I did when I was a kid (remember Rocktek pedals?) This is the 4th digitech product I've owned - the previous 3 were reliable, but not out of this world as far as sound goes. This is by FAR the best digitech product I've owned. A very pleasant and useful find for me. I'll give it a 10 when the price drops by $30 or so!

Four knobs: Level, EQ, Decay & Mode (7 settings). You can use it pretty easily right out of the box but definitely requires some playing around to find the sweet spots-- especially when using some of the more esoteric settings. I expected a little more from the manual-- even the manual for my Dan-Echo was better than this. Still, for the number of features it boasts, the simplicity of design is highly admirable.

I've been selling off guitars left and right until all that's left is an Epiphone Elitest 335 and a Ric 330. The Digiverb sits at the end of a pedalboard that includes a Vox V810 Valvetone --> EH Double Muff --> Boss EQ-20 --> EH Small Clone --> Dan Echo --> Digitech X-Delay --> Vox 847 Wah --> Digiverb --> into a pair of Epiphone Galaxie 25R all tube amps.

The reverbs this pedal achieves go from subtle to HUGE. The Room setting is nearly transparent but very adequate for live recording. The Hall settings go from slight to very deep. The Church setting is extremely satisfying and goes from Very Deep to Way Too Deep. The Gate and Reverse settings are the reasons I got this pedal. They nail the thick, dreamy, shoegazer sound I was looking for. The Spring setting is very accurate compared to that on the Vox amp I keep at home.

I have to mention that this pedal is EXTREMELY quiet (as is the Digidelay), and does not affect tone when disengaged. Also sounds great running in stereo.

The first pedal I got (purchased online) came without the rubber foot on the underside of the footswitch that engages the effect. The way it is constructed it appears there is a chance it could fall out if you dropped it while changing a battery. I have a dedicated power supply in the pedalboard (you REALLY need one with reverbs & delays) so do not expect this to become an issue, but the masochists using batteries should be cautious of this. Aside from that, this is a substantial, well constructed pedal. I expect it will last as long as any Boss pedal I have owned.

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I play 90s-inspired britpop and shoegaze music with a beat. The two X-series pedals I bought have impressed me enough that I would like to try some of their other effects.

Prior to switching back to stompboxes I had a Boss GT-3 that had a very decent selection of reverbs. I didn't think I would be able to match the 10 sec Hall settings on the Boss but the Digiverb does that and quite a bit more. I have demoed the RV-3 and found it far less organic. When shopping for a reverb it came down to this or the EH Holier Grail, but I couldn't justify the expense. I cannot imagine a substitute for this in my pedalboard for the time being.

Its a snap to locate the sweet spot for your certain needs. Manual is really needed but always good to read just in case.

My specific use for the stomp is busking (street playin) its use with a original little Pignose and a Peavey "solo" Simply out, the lower end the amp the more the Digi helps at the risk of sounding dramatc, its amazing how it warms up the SOLO almost giving it a tube vibe giving the illusion of a bounce. No "noise" detected but it wouldn't matter.. I use it mostly for Elmore James material which it nails quite well with the little peanut whistle solid state amps. amongst other early Chicago and Juke blues. Although the reverse gate and reverse reverb work well its not my cup of Mary Jane.

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I've use Digi 75% of the time, never had a problem so can't say I know.

I play early country blues up to and including the wonderfuly histerical Elmore James who puts reverb just about on everything with his hot-rodded Gibson amp. I use the Digi and a Boss chorus VERY sparingly to do some slippey John Lee Hooker like Bottle Up and Go.Sounds nice and decadent, to much of either and it sounds like an efeect. When I gig I have an old Regent Emperor like Hooker had thru a tubey and you don't need nothing just a guitar chord. In my opinion these gadgets can turn a low end amp into a good sounding amp but doe the opposite on the higher end tube amps. I'm not an effects guy but had to make the concession for street playin, and have been pleased with the results. Its quite a surprise to some of the people hearing such a big and pleasing sound coming from 2 little amps run by battery.

This review is for the benefit of owners of a Fender Bassman, Marshall Bluesbreaker or any other 4-input non master volume combo or head that wants reverb but hates the sound of reverb going through the front end of the amp, especially when the amp is pushed into distortion (the dreaded "distorted reverb" sound). This trick will work with the Digiverb as well as with any comparable Boss or similiar unit. I got this idea when I was considering a VanAmps Reverbamate to go with my Bassman. The Reverbamate has two outputs, one totally wet and one totally dry, so you need a two-channel amp to use it. The idea is simple-you have a very wet signal that you can gradually blend in on one channel. I couldn't bring myself to spend the nearly $300 for the Reverbamate, but I thought this is such a simple idea, why wouldn't that work with a stompbox unit? Maybe this is one of those things that everyone in the world knows about but me, but in case you haven't thought of this, give it a shot. What I do is run my distortion pedals first, then delay, then into a Boss Tremelo/Pan with 2 outputs (you will need a similiar pedal or a Y cord to make this work). One output goes into the bright channel of the Bassman (#1 input), the other goes to the Digiverb and on into the #2 input ofthe normal channel. I set the Digiverb with the output mix about 3:00 and the dwell about 1:00, EQ varies but usually 9:00, and I use the Spring setting most of the time. I crank the Bright channel to the desired volume, then gradually turn up the normal channel to bring in the reverb. This works SO MUCH BETTER than just running it through the front end normally, it sounds more like the reverb is added to your signal after the fact (like you were listening through the PA after the sound guy added verb)and a lot less like a canned reverb sound cluttering up your tone. It is not perfect, but it is a great improvement. I can even push the amp into distortion without getting that garbled mess you usually get with reverb or delay into a distorted amp, just blend in a little verb and it seems to stay out of the way of your tone. Yes, you are using the same set of power tubes, so it is not a complete separation, but it works very well-try it! Anyway, the Digiverb is very easy to use, I got mine used with no manual, but it's a no-brainer. I've heard that this unit has a built in cabinet simulator-I'm not sure how to access that..is it the other output?

Others have knocked the spring sound on this forum, I find it very good (using it as I described above). I also like the plate, the other sounds are good and usable for some I'm sure, but not for what I do. I just want a close to vintage/classic reverb sound to go with my Bassman, and this delivers very nicely for a cheap price. I haven't A/B-ed this with the Boss RV5, I can say it sounds better than the RV2 I used to have and is more flexible. I play Americana rock/blues/country, sounds great in all these styles. Doesn't seem to add significant noise, built well-a great bargain.

Seems dependable, I am gigging without a backup, but I have a Guyatone MD-3 on my board for some "wetness" if the Digiverb goes down. I use an adapter, so the often mentioned battery munching is not an issue.

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For the money, this is a great unit. It is not magical, it is a tool. It's function for me is to add a touch of ambience to my sound, and it does that very well. It has great features (eq is very helpful) and the reverb sounds are very useable.