Line 6 ToneCore Verbzilla

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

Easy to use but I wish you could toggle between 2 settings such as reverb to echo. It would be hard to switch between settings on stage.

Ridiculously good. The person earlier who gave this a one is probably deaf, has never heard a real reverb or echo or is froanother planet. This rivals a good lexicon effect unit, nicley simulates a Fender spring reverb and has a warm analog type sound. Very quiet.

Haven't had it long enough. But appears strong. I would chance this thing without a backup.

Sucks. There is no one at support. Only an e-mail that makes you think it will be answered. It never will be..so don't try.

I play rock, blues and Doors type music. I've played guitar for 42 years and produced many recordings. I've never heard clean studio reverb and echo in a pedal before. The plate reverb sound is brilliant and lifelike. This will also work with a typical boss psa-120T power supply. So don't buy theres if you don't have to. Put this at the end of your effects chain. I would give this a 10 if it would just save settings and allow you to go back and forth between at least 2 of them for easier stage use. You should hear this with an AC-30. Try to imagine a Vox AC-30 with a Fender Spring Reverb. Nice?

Its easy to use! Only giving it an 8 because it has 5 different knobs and you'd obviously need a lot of time on your hands to dial in different sounds...other than that its 2 thumbs up!

Very very VERY good! Like some of the other tonecore pedals (echo park mainly) this has zero hum or hiss even when daisy chained. I've mainly fallen in love with the 'OCTO' setting. Have only had the pedal a month so am yet to fully experiment with it

Feels and looks like it could break REALLY easily, although having used it and stomped on it quite a bit it doesnt need much force to switch on and it seems to be very roadworthy, it also weighs a ton

Hmm, the majority of customer supports suck (Digitech, Marshall etc)
This is my first line6 product but some of my friends own DL4s and they have all had problems getting replies off Line6 from their emails, so because of this i'll score them midway

I play Brit Rock/Prog Rock/Indie. It's great for some spaced out rock like Muse and Radiohead. Also works best on clean settings (pretty obvious) i wouldnt recommend using it on a distorted tone unless thats your thing. In my opinion this pedal is worth it just for the OCTO setting so i would buy another if it broke down! I've been playing just over 3 years, my setup is GUITAR - ZVEX WAH PROBE - ZVEX FUZZ PROBE - ProCo RAT - EH SMALL STONE - BOSS EQ - DIGITECH DIGIDELAY - LINE6 VERBZILLA - MARSHALL MG100HDFX HEAD & CAB. Overall this pedal is 1 of the best reverbs out there

Very easy to use...just plug and play.
This is a stereo unit, but can be used mono.
L/mono & R in and L/mono & R out.
5 Knobs to tweak and a "trail" switch to allow
the sound to continue to fade even after switching out.
It doesn't come with a power supply.
Forget about seeing some of the lettering on the top unless you're close.

With my setup, this pedal is one word...shimmer.
Yeah, the verbs are top notch, but I bought it
for the way it takes me to shimmer heaven.
The setting is called "octo" for octave I guess, because it
takes a sample of the note and stair steps it up, octave by octave to create a string section like sound. (Edge U2)
You can control the decay and time and tone of this shimmer.
You can set up a shimmer pre delay for example.
With the tone control, you can have it standing out or velvet smooth.
I've messed around with a few shimmer setups, but this is one of the easiest and most compact ways to get it.
If you are a shimmer fan....be sure to try it out.
I run my strat to the PODxt and also to this pedal and then output both to a mixer where I can control the levels of each and preserve the fragile overtones.
Warning....lots of harmonic detail to get lost in a hurry.
Ear candy to the max.

Good so far.
This pedal is heavy and built like a tank.

Finally....shimmer and great reverbs in a box.

I'm still trying to figure out the reviewer below, are you sure your unit is not defective? It's an easy enough pedal to operate. The inclusion of the pre delay is common to rack mount reverbs.. lets the note sound before you actually hear the reverb. I never looked at the manual, just plug and play.

I am running this in the effects loop of a Genz Benz El'Diablo 30/60 combo (tube) amp. It sits last in line next to a DLS chorus/vibrato. This pedal has knocked my Digitech Digiverb right off the board. Through my amp and pedalboard this reverb sounds excellent. The 63 spring setting is very close to my amps built in reverb which is a good one, but the Verbzilla sounds better with more control over the actual tone of the verb itself. I think all the settings sound good, I tend to leave it in the hall or plate setting most of the time. The pedal is absolutely quiet with no rise or gain in volume when turned on and off.

Not sure

Not sure

I think pedal reverbs have come a long way as of recently, I have had many reverbs in my 40 years of playing, mostly rack units. This little pedal unit sounds and responds perfectly in my rig and I guess that is what people need to find out, will it sound good in yours? I can't imagine it sounding bad. This unit does not take away from the origional sound and attack of the note it just seems to place reverb (around) it and that is what a good reverb should do.

very simple intuitive design Line6-eque features.

Poo, thin cold lifeless dry barren poo. On a kebab stick in the desert. I was really looking forward to these and I tried one in a shop, intending to just play with it before I bought it - And it was crapola supradumbass,., I cant tell how bitterly saddened I was that Line6 couldnt pull this one out of the bag.,., No more musical than my built in reverbs in my amp.,., p****

who cares, its soumds crap.,.

what went wrong? My old zoom rack stuff sounds more ambient than this and thats almost ten years old,., wheres the vibe and the sense of space? I yi yie! Line6 has left the building

Very simple to use if you're familiar with with reverb effects and know what they mean. I think they could do away with one knob or anything to make it a bit more boneheaded, but that's just me.

It sounds very, very good for what it's emulating. I really just wanted the spring reverb settings and it really nails it. It's the only effect that I really need and I play garage/punk type music and I have to have reverb. The other reverbs are really great, but I wouldn't use them often enough. This is the best reverb effect I've used for getting a spring tone digitally. The funny thing is I bought it and was digging it over my Holy Grail, but it made me just take the final step and go buy the Fender tube reverb unit. I found one used for a great price and I'm glad I did. This thing kicks butt over the Holy Grail and it's easily worth the extra $50 for this pedal. No hiss or loud background noise from this pedal (pay attention Electro Harmonix).

I can't rate this because I will be returning it today, but Line 6 is not known for having gear that lasts-that's the only reason I'm not keeping this. They like to sell stuff and they don't worry too much about how long it will last. It's digital so they'll try to get you to "upgrade" to the next version. Just buy analog and buy once.

The pots are very flimsy for a pedal that's a giant chunk of metal.

They're pretty cool, but I've never had to return anything so I can't say.

I wasn't using the Fender tube reverb then I'd go with this. It smokes the EH Holy Grail plus it's nice and portable. I think it's way too heavy for what it is. It's very clunky and ugly and for all the effort they put into making it weigh a ton they put the cheepest pots and knobs on it and they'll probably snap off if you're foot skims over them. If you're curious about this and use reverb and you're tired of all the stupid noise the Holy Grail makes then get this. You could use the plate reverb for vocals-it sounds that good. For a small studio this would be great to nail a lot of guitar reverbs.

Pretty easy to use, although definately requires more thaought than your typical 1 knob reverb where you simply set the mix. Manual is ok, explains each knob.

Very usable settings with the different reverb models.

Really pristine sound quality. I've tried quite a few reverb pedals since I use Fender Pro-Jr amps that have no FX at all. This is definately the best reverb pedal I've tried. Very very clean tone in and out, and very little coloration of the guitar's sound. Also a very good bypass (not true bypass, but sounds close to it).

I play jazz/blues and dable in surf rock, and I'm running 2 Pro Jr's in stereo, using this to drive them. The reverbs on here are great for my style of play.

The mix knob is great because it is really gradual so I can get just a hint of verb, or 100% verb without any original signal.

Also, the 1963 Spring setting, which is the main reason I bought it, is really quite good, sounds alot like an old Fender reverb amp.

Weighs a ton, seems reliable, only had it 1 week.

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I've played with the following Reverb pedals: EH Holy Grail, Digitech Digiverb, Dano Spring King, Boss RV3, and now the Verbzilla.

I would rate them as follows: Verbzilla, EH Holy Grail, Boss, Dano, Digitech. But i would not recommend the Dano or Digitech pedals, they just weren't very good sounding. Esp. the digitech which tried to emulate a spring reverb by inserting a really fake clicking-splash sound into the signal.

The Verbzilla is tops of that group easily. It has more options, better sound quality, and still a reasonable price. I think the EH Holy Grail comes closest for its spring setting, but this pedal offers so much more variety of verbs, and a slightly better and more flexible spring model. The sounds are very musical and it doesn't mess with my raw guitar tone much at all. Best of all it is stereo so I can take advantage of my multi-FX boxes many stereo modulation effects, like rotary speakers, chorus, etc.

Been playing 9 years, gigged semi-pro for a while in jazz, own Fender amps and a good range of guitars (Guild Jazz box, Ibanez 335 clone, Fender Strat)

thanks.

Quite easy to get a good sound, controlls - Mix, Decay, Time, Tone. Basic yet very responsive conrtolls as long as you have an idea of what each does you will get exactly what you want in no time. The manual is very basic there is not much to know about the pedal though apart from maybe how to open the battery cover. there is also a reverb selector wich basically does what it says your better off looking on the line6 website for what each one is. Trail on/off the trail is very useful, if it is on, then when you stomp then pedal off the reverb carrys on from what you were playing, if it is off then the effect processing stops immedialtly when stomped.

i Honestly beleive this pedal deserves a 10...

The verbzilla is perfect for what i need NO HISS NO HUM NO BUZZ, when i dont want mountain range echoing and just a tiny suttle reverb after what i play i can get it, it doesnt sound tinny, it does have spring settings and you dont get that horrible digital wobble after every note. ive made it sound like my amp has built in reverb. It sounds great with distortion too unlike some other reverbs wich overpower the distortion and mix themselves with it, when what you really want is the reverb to surround the distortion, and thats what this does.
There is also Some very spacious effects like cave wich is very pink floyd and ech wich is kinda of a unqiue reverb / delay.

One thing though is this new reverb called "octo" where the note that trails off as reverb from the one you play is a certain octave above, its insane really inpires you to play different, it sounds like there a synth in the background you can play all day with these massive reverbs its just so nice to listen back to your own playing.

The other features i dont like are reverbs like, chamber, room, plate e.c.t they are no use to me really but i guess they sound good. This is the NEW best reverb pedal on the market it is like line 6 say "lucious studio grade quality" i even prefer it to the sound of the lexicon (even though i needed an effect loop for that for it to sound better)

As Far as i know this is a very relaible pedal...its built like a tank and kinda looks like one, awsome but i have had no problems, havnt had it for long though.

never needed it.

I play alternative rock, from radiohead, pink floyd, smashing pumpkins, NIN, the cure, U2 many more...and this pedal is perfect for me. I have been palying about 2 years now and my rig is Carlsbro 50 top head and a mashall 4x12 1960a cabinet, USA fender highway 1 strat with a seymour duncan little 50 in bridge, Big muff, OD2, DD3, whammy pedal and now the verbzilla. If it were lost or stolen ..well i need reverb and there is nothing else i could buy that is like this that will work with my gear so id buy another definatly. what i really like about it is how its just a reverb pedal...nothing else...just reverb with many different types and you can get very very real sounds out of it ..my amp sounds like it has a tank in it ..its awsome its very verstaile aswell you can get some gorgeous sounds out of it, the one thing i dis like about this is i wish it had more than one stomp button so maybe i could assign the reverbs to one instead of having my basic amp reverb setting then having to go down and change all the settings and the reverb selector to get that the right effect...it should be instantanious.
I tried before this a Holy grail, RV5, digitech reverb, Lexicon mx200 (wich was awsome but needs to go through an effects loop wich my amp hasnt got)and the verbzilla has the best of everything plus more. This pedal helps inspire me write nice stuff on clean or with a slide and jus make my distortion sound better when you stop playing.

It's quite self explaining.

This is the very best pedal reverb I've ever encountered. I always wondered why those others sound so crappy compared to studio effects, I was completely taken by surprise by Verbzilla: It so much more musical!!! It sounds REAL, even on an amp already crunched!!! Oh boy, this is the very first reverb processor I ever wanted to put in my signal chain - and did right away!!!

And right like Echo Park it does add a tiny bit of hiss when "trails" is on, but not as much as the delay unit. I put it off and have no problems with it whatsoever.

It love the spring reverb (surf music as played by Dick Dale - here I come!!!), room (great for blues!!!), and the "Cave" mode with the wet signal only for ambient effects (Octo sounds a bit like the string effects on my Digitech Space Station which are a lot better to be honest, but it's not a string simulator anyway); it even gives you a great Rockabilly slapback echo!!!

Time will tell - it's no Boss and the pots are a bit fragile, but let's see...

They're very friendly and honest and tell you even the disadvantages of a product - what else can one want !!??

This is nothing else but the ONE reverb pedal !!!

It's got a lot of options, but it is very easy to get a good sound out of it. All of the reverb models sound good, but you will play with it for a while to perfect your most used setting. This is a good thing.

I am using a Tele > Keeley Compressor > Fulltone Clyde Wah > Keeley TS-9 > Skreddy Zero > Boss TU-2 > Mesa Mark IV > loop out > FoxRox Paradox TZF > Line 6 Echo Park > Line 6 Verbzilla > loop into Mesa Mark IV.

First of all: The "ToneCore hum"... you have to use either a dedicated 9 volt wall wart (I use a boss one and a US robotics one) or the Pedal Power 2 will also work. The onespot and other multi power units will still cause hum. No daisey chaining either. Do this and hum will not be a problem. I will add that if you leave the "trails" switch off, it will bypass the effect better when off.

I love the tones this pedal can produce. I have owned the Digi-verb, the Boss RV-3, and the Holy Grail. I returned all of those and just used a moderate amount of my amp's reverb, which is not footswitchable. The other pedals I used tended to sound "tinny". They sounded very digital. Some settings on the Verbzilla can sound a little "fake", but for the most part they sound natural. The 69 Spring setting does a great job for the "Pulp Fiction" sound. The Octo setting is really cool to play with, but probably not the most useful in a band setting. It sounds fantastic with a good acoustic. I have settled on the "cave" as my favorite. I generally leave a slight bit of my amp's reverb on, so when I click the Verbzilla on, it's to achieve very thick dreamy reverb. It quite literally sounds like I'm playing in a cave. 2 points off the score for the annoying power issue.

I am generally gentle with all of my pedals, but if you like to slam your pedals on you may wish to be careful. The knobs are not heavy-duty. I have no problem switching the unit on or off. The casing, while ugly, is sturdy.

I've never needed it, though I've only used 2 Line 6 products. I've had the Verbzilla for 2 weeks and the Echo Park for over a year.

I am a dirty hippy in a Jamband. Well... I bathe, cut my hair short, and like war, but I'm in a jamband none the less. I am also an effects junkie as you might have noticed from the "sound" catagory. This is mainly used for Floydish solos and the like. It does the job beautifully without sounding harsh. It is JUST a reverb pedal, so the price might throw you off. It IS the best reverb pedal I have tried.