T-Rex Room Mate Reverb

Straight forward stomp box

Saying that this is a bad product is just confirming that you don't know anything about the subject!
There probably are better reverbs out there, but this is by far the best stomp box reverb I've ever heard! I've been playing many different reverbs. Holy Grail, Holier Grail, Holiest Grail, Boss, Digitech, Dan Electro Spring King + different rack products. I've even tried Fender's tweed tank reverb. Digitech's new Hardwire reverb, RV7 got a hall reverb that is much better than the hall in T-Rex Room Mate.

Back to the subject :-)
I use the plate preset in the Room Mate only.
I would prefer that the spring reverb in my Mesa sounded good enough, but it just doesn't. The Room Mate blends perfectly with my guitar sound and it is the first stomp box reverb I've tried that works well with my Carl Martin Delayla XL.
The sound quality of this box is just amazing!

Can't say anything else than that I've generally got a good experience with T-Rex products

Never had to deal with them.

I play many different styles of music, but my favorite is blues rock.
The Room Mate fits most of my playing, but I'll ad the Hardwire for Halls.

I've been playing for 20 years, last 15 years as a semi professional.
My main amp is a Mesa Boogie F30.
Pedal board: Hardwire pedal tuner
Onkart Gromt Gromguten(handmade norwegian overdrive)
Cry Baby Wha
Ernie Ball Volume
.....
Carl Martin Hydra Boost
Carl Martin Delayla XL
T-Rex Room Mate

My main guitar is an american Fender Deluxe Strat.
I use this equipment on allmost everything that I do.

I guess I'd buy another Room Mate if it was lost.

What we have is a reverb with 4 basic modes - Plate, Small Hall, Big Hall & Plate + Chorus, there's an output level switch a mix switch (dry / wet) and a high cut + it does stereo.
Its very very easy to use and all 4 modes give you a good quality sound without much input to be honest.
Compared to some of the modern units though it is under featured and works off a 12v supply nocking off a couple of points.

Ahh now here we go to my ears it sounds like a natural reverb (not an expensive box of tricks with a 24 bit D/A converter in it) . I've had this set at 1/4 wet for rhythm and just under 1/2 for Lead on a clean setting and it???s a real treat to the ears it just seems to have plenty of body without taking over the sound. On overdirive (using a Tube Screamer rather than the amps drivet) it blends well and does the job its supposed too. Using it with the Amps overdirve produces mixed kind of results as you'd expect.
If your wanting to integrate delay/echo into the chain then your in for a surprise as the T-Rex works really well with the delay giving some good classic sounds. It does seem pretty seamless with your other gear changing guitars didn't have me racing to change all the settings.
You have 4 well thought out class sounds out of this and not much in the way frills

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I've been playing for quite a few years and this review was written on the back of this unit being used with some decent gear.
On the negative side it???s a herendous price for a pedal reverb (not that I paid it as I got it 2nd hand but still my wallet groaned even at that), its 12v argggggggh. If I was gigging I'd probably get a 9v unit just to make life easy, there's some good robust pedals out there and your normally struggling with the venue's acoustics anyway. Finnaly lack of features for the price
Now we have the plus side it???s comparable with mechanical reverbs and can produce studio quality sounds, there's nothing really out there pedal wise that gives you such a natural vibe. It fits seamlessley with other pedals, works really well with overdirve /echo & delay and is responsive to touch feel and seems happy enough with vocals and other instrumnets.

Very easy. Takes an hour to figure out your best setting.

The only pop I've heard was when I forgot to turn the amp off when I plugged in the power on the Roommate. Don't do that with any pedal. You'll here a large BOOM.

A cool feature is the stereo out. Use it on two speakers or as an insert in two preamps for vocals.

Superb quality. I haven't decided if I want it muddled and warm in front of the Marshall amp or clear as an insert. Both are great, but different.

Yeah, it doesn't change or go crazy loud like a vst can.

I wrote to them to congratulate them on their great pedal and show off my youtube video where I used it on vocals, and I got a free T-rex T-shirt. And you will be speaking to someone Danish and not someone from India. Feels a little closer to home, living in Norway. For the American here who had issues with the support being in Europe, I can only say in a comparison that I have had great customer support from Lynx, the soundcard producer, situade in the US. They will fix my old soundcard for hardly any money and are super nice to talk to. As long as they answer e-mails, and they don't charge you a lot of money and takes forever to repair it, you will be satisfied even if there is a whole ocean between you. Don't worry. It's a rather small ocean anyway.

I play metal and indie and 60's surfer rock, and I can use this reverb in any genre. It feels more old school than tc electronics or lexicon thanks to the tube. The Reverb effect I guess could be a little more versitile. Four settings is not enough sometimes, so a 9/10 rating overall, but then I think why should everything be like a VST where you have hundreds of settings, and not all sounding good. Here you get four really good reverb settings, plus you can alter them quite a lot.

A great feature is the Cut off knob which I use to limit the reverb effect somehow. This is necessary when playing metal since distortion and reverb don't mix well.

Instantly good sound. Many variations within the four presets. You can tweak the sound with the guitar amp, and the four knobs too.

This is the best reverb pedal for guitar. No doubt about it. I like to experiment and I'm now building my own tube pedals after T-rex opened my mind that outboard gear doesn't have to sound like Boss and their Yngwie Malmsteen. But I could not have built this one. It is too much a work of art. I also tried it on vocals using the insert/send input on my mic preamp (search "t-rex roommate on vocals" on youtube) with great results. I have many reverb VST-plugins in the computer and they are really high standard. Take Breverb in example. But none of them gives the same warm and musky feeling as the Room Mate.

About pops: This is the only kind of pop I have experienced and it is negiable; If your amp is on and the roommate is connected but off and you plug in the power to the roommate, then you will here a pop. That is understandable and you should not sit and listen to the pedal getting electricity anyway. So just have the Amp in standby or off when pluggin in the power, or disconnect the roommate.

Yes. I dropt it in the floor the first day I got it, when experimenting with vocals. It couldn't care less. Built like a tank like the rest of the t-rex pedals.

Though I am dreading for changing the tube in ten years. That thing is bolted in there behind glass and 3mm steel. I guess I'll just send it for repair. The tube is made for T-rex only. I don't think i will find it on ebay.

Mail contact within a day, from Denmark and not India. I have had no isses yet. I did however write to congratulate on the nice pedal and show my vocals experiment on youtube and I got a free t-shirt. Nice people to deal with!

I play metal and indie and surfer rock on a modded Marshall AVT50 Combo. I like what happens to the sustain when playing metal leads when using the cutoff to minimize the reverb since distortion and reverb is usually a bad mix.

I could duplicate John Watts Luna Laguna in an instant.

Using Chorus I could play Tool.

I had an old Peavey Rage 158 15Watt speaker that I plugged in a cheap Celestion and with the roommate the speaker was transformed in an instant.

Easy easy as hell

Best reverb that I tried.
The sound can be described as warm and full.
I also like the volume knob, so I can make my solo's louder
This pedal works at it's best if i use it with the send/return from my amp.
Also very nice to use this pedal as the last one in the chain, on a clean channel with distortion pedals before it.

In response to a previous review which stated the tube is a gimmick and that it is a 'starving-tube' . . . . this pedal runs the tube at 300 volts . . . this is the same voltage you will find any high end tube amp running its own preamp tubes at - this is a true and proper amp-plate voltage. Point being, the tube is not starving nor is it under-powered - quite the contrary, this tube is running as hot as any tube in any real tube amp on the market. 250 volts and up is sufficient juice to power a single preamp tube. EHX pedals for example run their tubes at 225 volts - i don't hear anybody calling those tubes starving - they are running hot at 225 volts. In conclusion, the tube is being fed more than sufficient power. Some of these units seem to be malfunctioning but the tube is not the problem - the tube is not a gimmick in this instance like most pedals - the tube is as functional as any tube in any tube amp. If something doesn't work then something is wrong - if this pedal doesn't sound spectacular return it for a replacement - that is why they are under warranty. Anybody who has used the unit knows the sound quality is better than a 1. I am shocked HC even posted that review since they are supposed to filter out the extremely good and extremely bad reviews. Some lazy guy didn't feel like putting any effort in to getting it working and was probably a jerk when speaking to the customer service dept at TREX. I personally don't have any songs i play where i need to toggle on and off reverb repeatedly so the blip is no issue for me (i haven't ever heard it for myself when hitting the switch anyway). In my mind, a reasonable rating for this unit should fall between 6 and 9. I own a Holy Grail reverb and it doesn't touch this unit. One thing to consider, if your not that great of a musician to begin with then having great gear doesn't make you sound much better since your not playing any better when using it. I can see how some amatuer might think their spring reverb tank sounds better - i hate the sound of spring reverb which is why i love this unit. A top choice for digital reverb - the price on MF is very reasonable as well compared to a 63 fender tank.

Very user-friendly pedal, plug ans play !

Nothings perfect, but this pedal approaches perfection.

My pedal has no buzzing-noizes

Every product can be damaged or broken, but I need no extra backup.
The Room Mate has a strong metal shelter !

No support needed so far.

For me, this pedal does exactly what I wanted it to do, but it is a very good reverb for - most persons - a rather price.

Pretty straightforward, stomp box style - you plug it in, have a fiddle about, see what you like

I use it mainly on harmonicas with a '50s Turner mike and a Boss DD6 stereo delay pedal. Sometimes through the PA, sometimes through my gorgeous Sonny Jr hand-built Four Ten harp amp. Also general studio use on my analog keyboards when I'm not using the Peavey Valve Verb rack mount spring reverb.
I have to say this is a WONDERFUL reverb. I upgraded from a Holy Grail which was ok but too basic for me, and this is as sweet as can be. Setting 2 is where it lives. Very quiet which is vital on my regular gig which is just voice, piano and me so very exposed.
Only one thing and a big one: it's started to make a HORRIBLE clunk when switched on/off. WHY on a pedal of this price can't they use a top quality switch? Crazy... Hence the less than perfect rating

Hadn't had it that long but definitely have confidence in it

As they're abroad, I'd get my tech to fix it (he does all my analog keys). I'll have to get him to sort out the switch...

Yeah man, this is a wonderful pedal no doubt, and apart from the issue I mentioned is exactly what I was after. It looks gorgeous, sounds classy and then some and I love it. Well expensive, but hey, it's a luxury item

Straight ahead - only the modes seems a little pussled. They are not idfferent characters, but jut various shades of dark - except the chorused varity.

I've played for 35 years and have tried every piece of serous equipment med through 3 almost 4 decades. I play semi-pro and loves to play blues, classic rock, country, surf & Jazz. Infact, all root oriented styles with a nod toward Robben Ford and Jimi Hendrix (ballads). I play strats, teles, PRS, Gretch and Les Paul. And have collected a lot of old amps - e.g a Dumble amp. I use effects sparringly, but am a sucker for reverb and delays

Its sounds ok, but not spectacular.
It has four modes, which are ok but won't blow your socks off. I've got an ELECTRO HARMONIX "HOLY GRAIL", which beats the room mate by many lenghts. The reverb tail is much better and sounds almost on par wtih my ol' Fender Blackface Twin 64' - the room mate doesn't. It sounds like a reverb plugin in my computer, Maybee they use this kind of algoritm? Don't no. The tube that they made bravingly has put on display through a small plastic window on the front is definitely not doing anything for the sound. Don't let this gimmic influence your choise of digital reverb pedal. Its a "starving tube" with low voltage. Just a gimmic.

I wouldnt buy this one, you can buy Three ELECTRO HARMONIX for the price of one Room mate - AND get a beter sound.

Besides this mine has a strage "plup" sound when its turned on/off. That really annoys me. If it was build into the map I would just leave it on and not worry. But, hey whats the point of having a pedal the makes a loud plup??

In fact, I don't quite understand all the extremely positive reviews below. Perhaps, because some people payed (too) much money for the piece and likes to think that they haven't been fooled by advertisements and hot air. It's only human.

On par with other current products, exept it has a loud plup sound when you switch it on/off - do others have the same issue wtih theirs.

I called the company in Demnark, to ask them about the plup sound. And got nothing but a bragging about the inherent tube ??? and how much it adds to the sound? They said that the plup was 'caused by the tube. Which is BS - my old Dumble has a lot of tubes and doesn't make plups !!!

Don't waiste your cash on a fashion waves like this one. Buy true and trusted stuff, that sounds good. Don't pay an overprice for fake 'tubes'

4 self-explained knobs: mix, level (overall loudness, as this baby can nearly act as a boost), high cut and mode. It has 4 modes, each one awesome and clear sounding. The tube really does the job of warming up the reverb as it's supposed to do... I find it hard to get a bad sound out of this magic box. Comes with an apposite Ac adapter and mine had a useful set of converters just to be played worldwide; isn't this customer care? Anyway, it has all the features I could dream of in a reverb unit.

Hearing this reverb and falling in love with it is a matter of nano-seconds! It adds some magic to your guitar's sound. Being able to control the top-end overtones in the reverb cue really affects beautyfull the overall response, as lets YOU decide wether you like that velvet jazzy-feeling or an ice-picky twang: it just does everything you want it to do, and does it d+++n well!
I've never been a reverb fan, so far, as I've always been playing with straight amps w/o rev (Marshall 1974x, lately; Valvetrain Tallboy 205, Marshall JTM45); now I hardly switch it off!
It's not noisy unless you dime the mix and level; perhaps it's a bit less quiet than a digital reverb, but if you wan it to be warm and tube driven it can't be dead-silent.

My only other stomp-boxes are a T-rex Dr.Swamp and a self-built volume boost I call "the Gas", but I digress... These Danish boxes are really rock solid. I've been gigging 5 years regularly with my Dr.Swamp (I never had a back-up) and never missed a shot! I'm confident this baby will be reliable like its elder brother, although the tube could make it a little more frail.

Never dealt with them directly, but I suppose the dealer should be the interface between the maker and the user, and Mr.Kim has been really helpful and friendly beyond imagination.

ADDED UPDATE: I'd like to rate it at "11"... I wrote an e-mail to ask info about a problem with my pedalboard power-supply (which is not made by T-Rex) where I suspected a sort of incompatibility... 1/2 hour later Mr.Michael Pagaard replied me with the solution.
This is by far the best Customer Support I ever found in 35+ years of playing! I guess it's worth a mention.

Playing since 1975, gigging since 1982 with more Blues and Southern Rock Bands than I can remember. I don't like stomp-boxes and never used many, but I tell you this one is a keeper!!!! You can believe me, but you better don't do it and run out and try one, then will see if you can keep from buying it ;-D
It's not cheap, but it worths every cent. It's becoming a fundamental ingredient to my sound.