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Dungus wrote:A brand new reverb pedal in 2017 that says shimmer on it. Urrrgghhh. Death to shimmer reverb already please. It sounds baaaaad.

This forever.

2017: the Year of the Sockverb.

Tristan wrote:I was checking the clips, sounds just as crappy as Strymon to be honest.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ssy_LKlBCI[/youtube]

That sounded pretty amazing but the Music Easel is a phenomenal-sounding bit of kit on it's own.

(that piece also has an El Cap on it, fwiw).

For example:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_FGlcGqfCig[/youtube]

That has the TC Nova instead. Still sounds fucking amazing, even with a $20 toy synth.

popvulture wrote:

worra wrote:

Disarm D'arcy wrote:Just from the looks of it, seems pretty boring. The white Hanes socks of reverb pedals.

Wait, don't you like white Hanes socks?

You'll come to find that Darcy's a much naughtier sockperv :surprise:

Allegedly.

But no, bring me colors and prints and patterns. Life with plain socks is boooooooriiiing. Just like my first impression of that verb.

D.o.S. wrote:That sounded pretty amazing but the Music Easel is a phenomenal-sounding bit of kit on it's own.

D.o.S. wrote:For example: [...] That has the TC Nova instead. Still sounds fucking amazing, even with a $20 toy synth.

That would be a great counterpoint, if the bluSky needed a $4,000 synth to excel. I would take your comments, though, and point out that if you ran a $20 circuit bent toy or a $5 DIY tone generator with a blueSky you could still create captivating soundscapes, loops, and cinematic textures, because the blueSky is a well-executed design on its own.

Back to the Mercury7, based on their Soundcloud clips, this seems more versatile and slightly more exotic than the blueSky. I'd buy it for my synths. for reference, my chains often go: delay<==phaser<==phaser<==reverb<==synth or delay<==delay<==phaser<==reverb,<==synth

My question is: is it going to be easy to obtain these? ---I hate the fact that I can't buy Strymon products on Amazon or Reverb from US dealers. The lack of financing options combined with the idiotic resellers who ask for 110% of the street price (+Velcro, -box & adaptor, and a voided warranty) makes getting pedals like the blueSky significantly more difficult than it should be.

As far as the church noodlers go, I don't give a fuck what people in pleated khakis play, just like I don't give a fuck what ILFers use. It's your fucking gear, use what you want.

I think it looks pretty cool.

Pitched reverb with - octave, modulation, EQ filter, multiple reverbs, and a hold control... what's not to like?

Sounds decent to me too. However, the marketing schtick claims this verb was designed on and inspired by Vangelis' Blade Runner soundtrack, so with that in mind, I can better understand the shimmer choice. Shimmer doesn't work for me on guitar at all, though. However, based on the Ottobit, I'll wait for a better demo and keep an open mind. Still haven't found a reverb pedal that I like compared to my old Quadraverb. That shit feels alive and more than just an effect.