Line 6 ToneCore Verbzilla

Ok, mine is just a stock Line 6 Verbzilla. The manual was easy to use and understand but I like to toy with things so I don't really have much time for manuals, but I will say this, read about what all the knobs do before you go messing with it just so when you know what you are after you can find it. It is so easy to get any reverb sound you could possibly want out of this thing! I don't know how they do it. I bought it because I use a Fender Bassman, and (obviously) a Fender Bassman has no reverb, and i love reverb. I needed a quick fix and I saw this, and bought it with out hesitation. It has two inputs and outputs which is nice when you have a Fender Bassman because you can use both channels, which I like to do. Once you find out what all the different knobs do, it is fairly simple to use.

I like that basic background reverb, not too much but not so subtle you can barely notice it. I like it on all the time and with this pedal I have it. I thought that by putting it on the '63 spring it would give me that beautiful Fender reverb sound but it is'nt, it is very, very in your face on that setting so I put it on the spring reverb, put all the knobs to half and put the mix to 11 o'clock and voila! I have the reverb I want and I have'nt touched it since. I messed with it for a bit, and all the settings are very cool and very useful in there own way but this is the one I like. I don't really mess with it because it sits on top of my amp, and I just plug in the adapter and play, but when I did I found that the octo setting is very, very cool you can use it for some wierd trippy color to add to your solo or anything, it gives it this harmonic meets an organ with sustain effect, but like I said this is basically my reverb tank, so I don't really use it for the other effects. For what I wanted and what I got out of it I have to say I am beyond happy, I am extatic! Oh and by the way, NO NOISE at all! Not even the slightest hum or buzz which is nice seeing as how I run it all the time.

This thing is the heaviest pedal I have ever held, and I have a Radial Engineering Tonebone Classic Trimode which is also as a beast, but still does'nt weigh half as much as this little beauty. It is a tank, It has'nt failed me at all and I bet I could drop it off of a roof and it would still work. Seems like it is even better quality then Boss. Good job Line 6!

Like I said, it is a tank so I have'nt had to deal with them.

I play original modern hard rock and it suits me perfectly. I have been playing for 14 years and I have become quit acustomed to reverb over the years, so when I got my Bassman I was quite deppresed without my reverb so I went out and bought the first reverb unit I saw (stupid move I know but I was desperate) lucky for me it does more then I was looking for. Plus I live in a small town that only has one music store that rarely gets any good equipment in, once again lucky me. I did'nt really get a chance to compare to other reverb unit's except for the holy grail and the memory man (I know, it is'nt exactlty reverb) which are also very nice but produce way too much noise, espescially since I run it all the time. Like I said, I only wanted some really versatile spring reverb, so I don't really need all the other stuff but hey when I go into the studio who knows what I might use with this thing, and I am glad it has all of the options that it has so I can one day experiment. I play Gibson Les Pauls (Swamp Ash Studio, and a Double Cut Faded) and my precious Bassman through a Peavey 4x12 cab and our music is kind of like Breaking Benjamin meets Army of Anyone and I now have a great setup with the addition of this and my Tonebone. If it were lost or stolen I would buy one that very second I found out it was missing. The bottom line is this, anyone who owns an amp without reverb or just flat out hates the reverb that your amp has, give this a shot when you are shopping around it will shock and amaze you! It did for me. I love everything about it and hate nothing.

i agree with fool below me it is not easy to use at all but this goes with anything over 3 knobs and this thing has five and a switch. its got alotta of different sounds but i only found a few useable since i use the reverb on my amp. the manual is ehh. if someone messes with my settings it seems like i cant ever achieve the sound i once had. weird huh.

ok this thing sounds wonderfull to me love the ambient effect, like the music they play in a movie where angels emerge from a foggy background or something. I use the 'gate' or 'cave' setting dont know which since my pedal isnt here with me but it makes the sound im looking for when I bought it. I can use this thing in all my songs if I wanted but I only use it as a cool filler in a few, I give it a 10 because if compared to some of my other pedals then this thing always adds something nice no matter where in the pedal chain.

havent had a problem with it yet. but it seems sometimes that when I turn it on the settings have messed up in some way so I wish it had what those ibanez tonelock series pedals had where they save your settings that would be killer.

My Gear: American Telecaster with tex-mex pick ups -> Metal Muff, Boss DD3, Boss BD2, Boss DM3, VERBZILLA!, Boss BF3, ROcktron Tremelo pulse, EHX small clone, Korg DT10 tuner -> Fender HotRod Deville.

I listen to Interpol, Radiohead, Beatles, Nirvana. Been playing 12 years. If you'd like check out my band www.myspace.com/thepoisonchef I use the Verbzilla in the song 'calendars'

This pedal will always stay on my board I feel, it is a little funky looking, thats what I thought when I bought the 'ubermetal' (which I dont own anymore) but I love the height advatage these things have. no love for the skinny knobs though but havent had a problem with it. a bit heavy too for a pedal :( and I love the colour of the pedal as well. Like I said before too many knobs and options but I guess this means that im not familiar with it like I should be since im a lazy. but this pedal makes a sound that I love, no wait first distortion then delay then this.

Its not simple to use at all,but it has some cool options

I use it wit hughes & kettner trilogy and i like 63 spring reverb on it.
It probably sounds a little better than boss digital reverb,but it is only a little.
It picks up radio signal even when used with shielded cables.
When you set it up for clean and want to use amps distortion with same setting you get ten times stronger mix which makes this pedal useles for switching between chanels.
When you set it up for crunch or gain and go to clean with same setting you get no reverb at all.(exactly the same with line 6 echo park)

now this is where this piece of shit sucks the most-i bought it and it was faulty straight from the box:it works for 2-3 minutes with new battery than switches off.When you change the battery it does the same over and over again.
And than i got myself another one and it worked o.k.-for two days than the same thing happened to new one.

Couldnt be bothered,its still sitting in my draw-and i still play without any reverb

It has decent sound for a digital reverb but it is just to complex for cheap chinese mass production.
I owe pretty good gear and this pedal(when it worked)was a weakest link(fucking radio signal and other crap),so i decided to spend some more money and buy fender 63 reissue reverb unit.
If you can afford one-get it,and if not i strongly recomend boss reverb pedal instead of line 6(it let me down on gig so it might do that to you as well).
As i said before sound is relatively good,but when two of these die on you it is hard to keep any sympathy for them.
Sound-O.K. Line 6 pedal-hunk of junk

Only a few intuitive knobs:simple

I've bought this little beast because I wanted a good spring reverb simulation to use with amps without reverb or those with a short spring,not so good, reverb (like my Laney LC15 and Marshall JMC900):
I've made an A/B test with the lush reverb inside a 100W Fender Twin , and the result was incredible : same creamy warmth,same glassy and dynamic,tremulant effect as the best spring reverb in the world!!!

like a tank

not need

Fantastic Reverb effect,warm and organic as an analog unit

It's easy to get a good sound out of it, but getting the exact sound you're looking for may take some futzing. There are a number of dials, so it may not be as easy to work with as something like the holy grail.

Yes -- I did basically just buy this -- but I was looking for one sound and I've gotten about as close to it as I could hope to get with my equipment.

The spring reverb emulation is pretty good; it's got a fairly convincing "sproing" when you pick a muted string. Of course it's not *perfect*, but I bet you could fool most folks (including me). And you can really lay it on thick. Basically the only reason I bought a reverb pedal at all was to try for the "reverb before overdrive" sound that Neil Young uses for a lot of his leads -- "Like a Hurricane" in particular.

I am running a Telecaster into a Blues Deluxe for loudness & a Roland Cube 30 for practice. Unfortunately, I can't exactly crank the Blues Deluxe in my apt, so I set the Cube 30 for Tweed & upped the gain, then threw in a bucket of the '63 spring reverb. It's closer to Neil's sound on that song than I would have expected to get, and it's certainly a blast to play around with.

I should also mention -- "Trails" is rather a nice feature to have, and can be switched on and off. When trails is set to "on" and the effect is disabled, the pedal will allow the last bit of reverb to fade out naturally rather than abruptly cutting out.

It is not noisy, but there is a small pop when switching reverb modes. This pop can only be heard when the effect is on (or "Trails" is enabled, because the pedal is basically still on in that case).

No idea. It's heavy as hell, but you could put weights in just about anything and make it feel pretty solid.

No clue.

I've been playing for about 12 years... it's really just a hobby for me, so I still consider myself an amateur. I play mostly indie rock & classic stuff like the above.

For me, it does what I bought it to do. There is really only one thing that bothers me about it -- the "battery low" indicator. It looks like this would be an issue with all of the "Tone Core." It's not a big deal, but there is only one LED indicator. Normally when the effect is engaged the LED is lit solid green; when the battery is low, however, this LED blinks red no matter whether the effect is engaged or not. I normally run my pedals until the battery just plain gives out, but not being able to easily tell if the effect is on at a glance would prevent me from doing that with this pedal.

Anyhow, 9!

Simple, as is the manual.

I got it for the Shimmer and it's awesome. I like it way better than the IPS33b I had (couldn't afford the coins for an Eventide). I have an old Boss PS2 to try and get the Shimmer in a pedal but the Verbzilla absolutely slays it. It's not noisy.
Using it with a US Strat with Bareknuckle Irish Tours, a Carlsbro Fatboy Class A amp, a MXR DynaComp and an Ibanez PDM1 Modulation Delay.

Not had it long enough but it does seem sturdy.

Not dealt with them.

If you're an Edge head and you want Shimmer in a pedal, then you need this. The reverbs are pretty good but for me it's all about the Shimmer. Sucks a liitle bit of tone but not anywhere near enough for me to worry about.

Very easy to use with plenty of options.

Post-punk is my favorite genre, but I also like soul, surf, and poprock. I also play a little blues, country, and bluegrass from time to time. This pedal has settings that will work in probably any genre.

The Octo setting, as a reviewer has already mentioned is a great, affordable 'shimmer' sound. If you're into U2, it's worth it for this settin alone. I also like plate (smooth) and cave (nice and vast).

It isn't quite as warm as a real spring 'verb, but it's still lush and incredibly quiet. I'd say the Holier Grail has a bit more character, but it adds white noise and you lose a bit of volume.

I use it primarily with a Vox AC30 (set fairly clean) and an Epiphone Galaxie 25. Guitars are a Dean (Fat) Strat copy and Fender Limited Edition Telecaster (humbuckers with coil tap).

Trails option is very nice for fading into dry.

I do wish the knobs were a bit harder to turn, but I've had no problems to speak of and would gig without a backup.

No comment. Never dealt with Line6.

This is a good match for anything that requires reverb, but particularly good for some airy, arpeggio heavy post-punk styles.

I also own an EHX Hollier Grail and a Vanamps Reverbamate (real spring 'verb, but a small sound that also compromised headroom). I used to own a Boss RV-5, which had nice sounds but was a bit thin.
My first reverb experiences were with a Digitech RP100 and Pandora PX3. The reverb on the 'zilla far surpasses those two, as one might expect.


A modulated reverb might have been nice (like the Boss RV-5), as would an unmixed dry signal (no A/D D/A conversion) but it's quite gentle on your original tone, I don't notice much difference.

it's very easy to use, but you should get used to it! you should know how to set it if you'd like to change something in a live situation. but that's usual for a footpedal :-)

the manual is good and tells you something about the models and how to use them.

it's not programmable, but hey! after a few programmable pedals, i'd come to like the others more!

WOW! This thing is amazing! I play very often via headphones, where you can hear every little hiss... this unit is quiet, damn quiet. and the sounds are so real... it's amazing... this is by now by far the best line6-pedal i own! very high quality!
and not digital... it let's you sound like in a studio, in a cave, in a bathroom... everything sounds very real and nice. great option is that the reverb-side of the effect has a tone-control for dark or clear reverbs. great.

favorite settings... well all! i don't use echo, got an echo park if i need one which sounds better in this case! opto is very special but nice to have (with a volume pedal your guitar sounds like a synthie swell! but a bit too dramatic for me).
i prefer hall, cave, plate, tile, and the spring-settings.

my H&K tube 50 got a spring reverb onboard, but i can't say which ones nicer...

well - in stereo mode, the verbzilla wins! :-)

a thing i nearly forgot: the unit is stereo and really - it's a real killer there! great pedal!

same as every line6 tonecore pedal... i think they are pretty sturdy apart from the knobs... a BIT cheap to my eyes...
but so far everything went well.

no idea...

shoegaze, 60ies 70ies, 80ies, indiepop, rock, funk, hardrock, folk... electro... everything... this unit is great for all styles!
downside: i get to hate my dry sound :-)

it's perfect... hope it's built to last!

Very easy. Thre control. The only things you need to look at the manual for are the weird settings like octo and cave and stuff-

I'm sick of seeing reviews that are all 9's and 10's on HC. Come on people, there's plenty of middle of the road gear, rate accordinly and not right after you got home from GC with it *rant over*

Anyway, this thing sounds really great. I onlu use the '63 spring and plate settings (w/ occasional Octo) and they do the trick very well. Echo setting is pretty useless I should mention. For me anyway, as it's not really echo but a slpaback-y type delay that isn't very musicial.

Overall I was impressed with the warmth of the sound of the reverb, not digital-sounding to my ears, then again I tend to keep it low in the mix.

The Tonecore line seems good so far, I have two. It's big and heavy and all, yet the knobs are a bit wobbly and dodgy looking and that kind of bothers me.

I would gig without a backup though, but hey, I have delay on my amp (sucks though)

Never dealt with them, hope I don't have to-

Play a lot of classic rock. Was looking for an old school reverb sound and a little surf too. The '63 sppring setting nails that nicely. I'm not a reverb nut by any means and for the price wouldn't expect anything more, although there is plenty more, I just don't choose to take advantage of it-

For being so versatile, this box is truly simple to figure out. It has a series of reverb voicings to select, along with a few basic controls for tweaking the decay time, mix level, and sample length. The manual is well written and extensive. Every voicing has its strengths, and there isn't a truly bad noise in it. I just plug it into my effects-loop and go for it.

I bought this because the reverb on my Mesa Rect-O-Verb is sadly lacking. This pedal does everything I hoped it would do and more...rather than sounding artifical, as I expected, it truly sounds like a quality, built-in reverb. The spring effects are convincing and very musical...the funkier voicings like "Octo" and "Cave" are also well worth the time to play with. The effect can be made as subtle or extreme as you want, and as a self-confessed reverb junkie I tend to make it fairly extreme.

As I stated above, I keep the pedal plugged into my effects-loop, while I run a compressor and distortion/overdrive between the guitar and the amp. I have absolutely no noise issues, which seems to be a concern with these pedals. It truly makes the amp sound better on nearly every setting. It sounds particularly good for clean guitar sounds, but it also does fine with distortion as long as you don't go overboard.

My favorite sounds come from the spring-setting when I am playing along with other instruments. It sounds natural without being too crazy. When I'm playing the guitar by itself, I will tend to gravitate towards the "chamber" or "cave" settings. I particularly like the chamber setting, because it emulates those great old reverb-chambers that were used in vintage recording studios. I haven't really gotten into the plate voicings, or the "octo" that everybody else likes so much, but its just a matter of preference. The pedal does every voice well.

The casing is metal and heavy as all get out. The knobs are plastic, but they dont' come off too terribly flimsy to me...of course, I keep the pedal on top of my amp and never really "stomp" on it. I've had good luck with Line6 products in the past.

Never called them.

I love reverb. My amp's reverb is awful, so I needed outside help. This pedal does everything I wanted and more. It improves the sound of my amp and every one of my guitars...like my compressor, I never have it turned off. I just tweak how much 'verb I want and which voicing I need. As pedals go, if your amp doesn't have its own reverb, this pedal is a must-have. Well worth the price.