Line 6 ToneCore Verbzilla

Very easy to use. There are a lot of options and each one is very accessible.

First, almost nothing deserves a 10. Line 6 has pulled a coup here with the octo setting. (U2/Lanois shimmer-type setting) No other pedal can do anything close to it. You've got to get discontinued rack gear like a Digitech IPS33b or get an Eventide.

The reverbs themselves are nice and have an enormous range of options. The best, IMO, are the spring reverbs, the octo (U2/the Edge), and the echo setting with long decay (very Frusciante to me).

Some people have worried about the noise level. I've been plugged into a solid state cheapo practise amp and have had the trails on and trails off: it has made no difference and there has never been any substantial noise.

This thing feels like a gold brick. Unfortunately, as everyone else has pointed out, they used weak plastic for the knobs. Just make sure you stomp on the switch and not the knobs.

Never had to use em.

Been playing at least 10 years and have experience with lots of pedals; lovetone, boss, electro-harmonix, buddha, etc, etc, etc. The sounds that come from this are far better than average. In the reverb market, you've really only got the E-H Holy Grail and this is probably just as good and is much more versatile.

Bonehead simple to use. Just turn the dial on the verb setting and go with it.

The sound is amazing. I was looking for an analog reverb pedal if such a thing could exist and fell in love with this from the first go. I traded in my holy grail for it and this honestly far exceeds the Boss and other compact pedal reverbs. It doesn't sound tinny nor like a watery mp3. It has a warmth that opens itself up to be pleasant for experimenting with. The only reverb pedal out that I think could outweigh this one would be a T.C. Electronic compact reverb pedal.

Honestly, this was the only hindrance to buying the pedal. I know of countless DL4's that have bitten the dust and I've heard of other tonecore pedals that have overheated. I am taking the chance with this thing even though it does look and feel like a tank. I'm sure Line6 would have not put out anything fautly but they just don't have a reputation like Boss does.

I haven't dealt directly with Line6 before.

I play mostly alternative, indie rock. I like layering textures of sounds most often with guitar and vocals on phrase samplers (boomerang). This is a great tool for ambient experimentation. It doesn't sound too harsh for the ear and the Octo setting especially is interesting.

As of right now, the pedal is incomparable so I would buy it again if I lost posession of it somehow.

My only qualm is that I wish the pedal had a knob for modulation so that you could tweak it out like you can on the modulation setting (last setting) on the Boss Reverb. Besides that, I can't think of anything else that I could ask for in a reverb pedal besides loaded springs. =)

It definitely helps you make music in the realm of creativity by its ability to create distance and perspective in your sound (like any good reverb would).

I would try out all the different reverb pedals that are out including the marshall one and figure out which one works best for you.

Tone really comes down what you hear so get what you would enjoy hearing.

This pedal is very easy to use. You basically pick which sound your going for and adjust the knobs to taste. I threw some velcro on the back of this pedal and it is now a permanent fixture on my pedalboard. I love this thing.

First of all I've got to say I've expierenced no noise what so ever with this pedal. It seems with the Tone-Core series its either hit or miss on that end. I've got the adapter but I got it with the pedal free. I'll have to try it with the DC-Brick I have on my board to see if it's still quiet.

For different patches this thing has very convincing models. I mainly got this pedal to get the string pad/shimmer sound from the "Octo" setting ... which by itself is worth the total price of the pedal. I'm really in to U2's sound so this pedal seemed like the best route to go since I don't have the money or space for a rack setup. I've been trying out the "Cave" a bit too. It's good for Coldplay type stuff ie. volume swells/slides.

Just incase anyone wants to know what my rig looks like ... here it is:

Guitars:
Epiphone Les Paul Standard w/GFS Liverpools and Grover Locking Tuners
Gibson SG Special Faded
Squier Affinity Tele Special

Pedalboard (in order):
Korg DT-10 Tuner - Guyatone WR-3 Wah Rocker - MXR Dyna Comp (reissue) - Boss SD-1 (Tone-Jam modded) - Line 6 Verbzilla - Line 6 DL-4 - Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man (Analogman mod)

Amp(s):
Vox Cambridge 30 Twin Reverb (modded)
Fender Hot Rod Deluxe (coming soon)

... I plan on purchasing a CIJ Fender Jaguar also.

Can't really comment on it right now. Looks sturdy enough ... so we'll see.

Line 6 seems to be notorious for dodging direct questions. I e-mailed them some questions about the bad reviews I read on the DL-4 and they didn't address any of the questions I had. Luckily my DL-4 is fine I've heard horror stories about Line 6 customer support. So no comment.

I would totally recommend this product. I've tried the Digitech Digiverb and the Boss RV-5 none of them can even touch the sound quality this thing puts out. If it were stolen I would get online and order another one in a heartbeat. I got this one in a trade with the Line 6 powersupply so I got a good deal. If you are looking for the U2 shimmer or just really deep reverb tones check this pedal out it's very good.

Easy :)

It has so much to offer! I have never been happy with reverbs! ive used Boss stuff for years and it always sounded too digital! too clean etc. I love the tone control best :) u can get rid of that clear sound and have a analog/moody type sound :) what is that review going on about on here where everything was given a 1? the guy slags this unit off but doesn't really say why? just saying its rubbish? do you work for another effects company :)

anyway, I have abit of a guitar snob setup but beautiful :) a Tonebone Classic, Tsuami Rocktron Chorus, Boss DD-3, Turbo Rat, plans for a decent phaser are in mind :) and something all guitar players should check out, the mighty Picture Wah! read the reviews on this baby and forget the crybaby! im not bragging, just given fellow guitar players a tip on something they may have not discover yet :) anyway, the verbzilla sounds great with the Wah and ToneBone :)

the knobs are ok but I know what people are talking about :) id say its find if you look after it but it u like to beat the heck out of your pedals! the knobs will probably break off! apart from that, the unit is solid

ive heard other reverbs units! this is definately better than Boss! and I was very interested in a Electro Harmonix Holier Grail that sounds very nice BUT! EH pedals have some horrible issues!! their build like junk inside!! what ashame for such great sounding pedals, but when u have buzz! volume cuts! (I have a USA Small stone! great pedal but rubbish in an effects loop, dont use it because of this and im looking to get a MXR phase 107) anyway! please sort it out!! and replace parts with better quailty!! u missed out on me buying a holy/holier grail, I went with Line 6 who have a solid, good quailty reverb pedal :) its dead silent and does not effect your chain setup in any horrible way :) I did get to hear a unit that cost 1000 pounds!! sounded like ultimate natural reverb heaven but then again! 100 pounds for this is a steal :)

This thing is so easy a bass player can use it. It's easy to dial in a great sound. Not harsh at all. The patches are all user friendly. It has a good variation of reverbs sounds for a pedal and the controls allow you to dial in what you need or are looking for.

It sounds great. I'm a bass player and I use it for soloing and layering. It can produce some great effects with a little experimenting
It also makes a difference in the amp I use. Digital or Tube. What works in one needs adjusting in the other. A little common sense goes a long way.

I've never had any problem with a Line6 product. I use it all the time without a backup

I've never had to deal with them

It's a vital link in my sound and in my effects chain. It's subtle or in your face. Take the time to experiment. I use this with a Ashdown, Genz Benz, and Phil Jones. It sounds great on all of them. But each amp has it's own characteristics so I have to tweak all my pedals.
For the money you can't do better. I also use all EBS bass effects and this compliments them nicely. I've been playing over 30 years so I've heard them all over the years. This is a great pedal for what it is and the cost.

Easy to use and setup. Although a lot of knobs for a reverb pedal, it's still easy to dial in a good reverb. It's a pedal unit, not a rackmount unit, so how difficult can it be?

I am using this as a temporary fix for reverb in the loop of a Bogner XTC 101b with modified Strats.

Not noisy at all - I bought the ToneCore power supply from the start based on other reviews outlining hum issues, which I am happy to say I have not experienced. Very quiet pedal.

Reverb effect sounds good, I am using the spring setting primarily, occasionally the plate, on the green and blue (plexi-mode assigned!) channel. This unit comes close to the reverb sounds (at least on the settings I'm using) of SRV, Hendrix, etc.

It's no tube-driven spring reverb unit, but it does a great job for the money. Overall, I give it a 7 because I think some of the other settings are just plain unnecessary, and more R&D could have gone into making a pedal that does one or a few things excellently, not one that does many things good.

I've not had any problems, but I set it up and leave it on all the time, kicking the loop on and off in the amp.

I'd use it w/o a backup, as long as it was safely tucked away from any other user or audience participation, and I can live w/o reverb for a gig.

What irks me about this pedal is that it is a big chunk of heavy metal with the cheapest, flimsiest, please-baby-me-when-you-turn-me knobs I've ever seen. I'm glad this thing runs in the loop and I don't need to put it out front, one slip and I think all of the knobs would bust off like the pretzel sticks they are.

Previous experience has been excellent, though I think that a lot of this category's ratings have more to do with the dealer interaction that actually talking w/Line 6. I'll give them an 8 because I don't think they were "incredibly kind and helpful" as the ratings suggest for a 10, though they were prompt and helpful (as they SHOULD be).

Been playing for over 15 years, mostly blues, rock, and funk styles of music. Previously owned/currently own Fender, Gibson, Egnater, Rivera, ESP, PRS, Rocktron, Fulltone, Traynor, Marshall, Buddha, Sovtek, Takamine, Yamaha, Boss, DigiTech, Charvel...can't remember anything else...like most long-time players with GAS, you'll eventually have one of everything.

If it were lost or stolen, I'd probably not replace it and just get a tube driven reverb unit, which is the plan anyways. This unit would then become a backup.

Compared to Boss and DigiTech reverbs, this one is better, for the price, this one is a great unit. I especially like the spring reverb and tone adjustment on the reverb.

Again, I can't understand the logic of putting such horrible knobs on a chunk of metal, at least put the quality of knobs found on a cheap $30 pedal! Average rating based on my other scores would be 7.5, but I'm feeling upset about the cheesy knobs.

Easy to use. The manual sucks and is illogical. Who cares about the manual though. The pedal is pretty simple.

CLEAN. This thing is silent. No hiss or click in noise or any signal noise.
I dig it.

The first one I got was defective. The left output was not grounded and producing a nasty hum. The replacement unit works great. Looks solid. Feels solid. I'm not using it as a pedal though. I put it on top of my amp and hand actuate it.

Guitar Center dealt with the return no problem.

I bought this only for the spring reverb; therefore, it has more features than I want or will ever use. However, it is straight forward and easy to operate for those who want many different types of reverb.

In my search for a decent reverb pedal, I have owned the 3 most popular: Boss, Digitech, and Holy Grail. Of those, the HG sounded the best -- much more realistic and less "digital" than the others. The HG also has the coolest layout (1 switch & 1 knob). Unfortuately, the HG (and I have had 2 of them) was so noisy as to be almost unusable (although this doesn't appear to be a universal problem, as some users report no noise issues). In my opinion, the Verbzilla sounds 99% as good as the HG, and further, it is almost dead quiet. This is an excellent reverb pedal.

The housing appears unusually sturdy (heavy as a brick); conversely, the knobs seem on the flimsy side. For me, a reverb pedal is not "mission critical," so I do use it without backup.

I've been playing on and off since 1972, mostly classic rock and blues. Too many guitars and amps to list. I'd buy this again - it sounds great. I wish it was "more basic" (like the HG), but its superior performance outweights that complaint. If you have a NR amp and want to add a little 'verb, this is the way to go.

I?ve been playing through the Verbzilla for over two months now, so I think the honeymoon thrill has passed and I can be fairly objective. First - it?s not brain-dead-simple to operate. Not that it?s difficult, you just have to take some time to learn what the various types of reverb offer and which knob shapes what parameter to what degree. This is a good thing - you get flexibility. Once you?ve learned the peddle, you should be able to get several reverbs to your liking. Second - the controls have pretty good range, so if you crank all the knobs to 11 and beat on your instrument, you?ll likely not think highly of the peddle. Experiment and exercise some taste and restraint. Reverb is something the untalented tend to overuse, thinking it covers up sloppy playing. Third - the control knobs are, as with so many pedals these days, rather small. It does make changing sounds in mid-set difficult but I can?t blame the manufacturer. We want small pedals (so they?ll fit our pedal board or in our kit bag) and lots of control knobs (so we can tweak it JUST right) so the size of the knobs gets compromised.

I grew up on Fender and Ampeg amps that had good spring reverbs, then spend my professional years playing large rooms that usually had quite a bit of natural reverberation and echo. Now I?m playing a THD UniValve (no reverb) in small to medium rooms and I miss that ambiance. The Verbzilla has largely satisfied that ambiance-addiction by supplying an ample variety of reverb sounds. The spring reverb is startlingly realistic - an obvious choice for surf but works well with a number of genres. The plate reverb, used subtly, is very tasteful - good for jazz and blues, but I like it even for fairly heavily distorted rhythm since it doesn?t muddy things up. Room, Chamber and Hall all sound pretty much like one would hope. I use Hall for the majority of my leads. Duck is an interesting concept, providing reverb on only sustained notes. Not my favorite but high-gain players might find it quite useful. Octo is a striking effect and, used sparingly, can create scarey-good sounds. Cave is extreme and is great for the times you want, well, extreme reverb. (Hook up a volume pedal to slowly fade in on a long sustained note and go haunt something.) The Echo setting is my least favorite. It does rockabilly slap-back well, but it?s range is just too limited for my taste. I am jaded, however, having used a Visual Sound H2O for years that has about the best echo, both in sound quality and usable range of adjustment, that I know of.

I would add that the pedal is remarkably hum-free. Yes, there is a little several dbs down, but you?ll never hear it while practicing, rehearsing or performing. Recording? - well, maybe. Put a noise gate on it if you?re that picky. I power my entire pedal board with one Visual Sound One Spot and daisy chain - no problems. I use a noise gate but that?s to tame the distortion/overdrive/boost pedals, not the ?verb.

To soon to say. The housing feels heavy and solid. The foot switch seems sturdy. I don?t worry about the jacks since I plug my pedals in and leave them the plugged in. The knobs feel a little on the wimpy side but I?ve had Danelectro pedals last for years and those knobs feel pretty fragile. I do like the battery compartment under the hinged pedal surface. No screws to take out, no plastic cover plate to break or lose. If you use a pedal board, you don?t have to pull the pedal off the velcro to get to the battery. Of course, this is a non-issue if you use a power supply, but still, nice design work.

Never dealt w/them.

Yes, I?d buy this unit again. In a hurry. I have four indispensable pedals on my board: Visual Sound Rte 66, Visual Sound H2O, Line 6 Verbzilla, and Aphex Guitar Xciter. Other distortions, phasers, flangers, wahs, and boosters come and go but my customized Tele > four pedals > UniValve > Eminence Swamp Thang speakers do it all for me. Listen up, Line 6 - good job on the Verbzilla even if it is a silly name.

Not too bad to work....lots of knobs but all useful.

This pedal does sound incredible. I bought it to replace the verb in a blues jr that I no longer own. I am currently using a 50th ann AMSE strat, and a silver face champ. All I can say is ..awesome.

The spring is nice, although I find myself using plate because it nails Hendrix verb to a T. Like others said, "Octo" alone makes this pedal worth while. I cant take it off!!!

Also, two other things I've noticed after really paying attention to it:

It does NOT color your tone at all.
It plays nice with others (makes my Blues Driver really come alive)

Not sure, weird thing is that the pedal weighs about a hundred pounds, but it doesnt "feel" all that indestructable.

eh...

Overall, I do believe this one will not leave my side. My Champ has no verb, and I'll soon be getting a sf bassman head, also with no verb. Its alot easier choosing amps because this baby got the verb covered