EXMini Digital Reverb Pedal

Let me start by saying I have a Boss RV-6, which is a great reverb. And a decent Mooer too. So why look for another reverb? Because for me, reverb is either on or off, and set-and-forget; I don't want to mess with knobs once I've found the sound I'll use. But in gigging situations, where everything gets knocked around, the RV-6 is too big and has too many settings to remember where I want them. And while sure, while its sound is top-notch and the box more versatile, frankly, in the din of a rock show in a crappy club PA, much of the difference between a great reverb and an acceptable one get lost. So in a funny way, the lack of settings and versatility, when combined with the tiny size of this thing, made me think risking $30 was worth testing it out. And to my delight (given what I've said) there really as only one setting that I even liked- big knob on "ROOM", "LEVEL" and "TIME" at max, and "DRY/WET" at... uh... wherever the heck around the middle that knob-with-no-notch is pointing!Don't get me wrong- it has some quirks. Unusually bad "pop" in your amp when you turn it on (remedied by remembering to leave it on bypass when you turn it off), the missing notch on the mix knob, the weird delay and short swell in volume whenever you do change a setting.Plus before I found "ROOM" setting, the fact that the two other options ("SPRING" and "WELL") were enough for me to regret spending $30. But the ROOM setting was fine. It is quite vanilla- in a good way. You're not going to make the next ambient space music hit using it, but for Rock-n-Roll, I personally find it basically as good as my Fender practice-amp's built-in [digital] reverb.So this one-setting, tiny-footprint thing is perfect for my gig board- at least it's been great for the first two rehearsals, first gig with it is in 3 days, I'll revise this is anything goes too untoward there.Incidentally, one of the deciding reasons I pulled the trigger on this was that someone else described it as "weird." I agree: It is an eccentric box- and kudos to Ex for that, that's a compliment. The cheap clones-of-clones market is overly full. This pedal somehow was inexpensive while also being unique (or at least a clone of anything I know). Seems like they earnestly took a creative approach.As for the "tone-suck" think a few people harped on- I think I did notice a loss of bass on one or both of the two settings I didn't like, but on the "ROOM" setting, I am not noticing much if any difference in tone. To be fair, I am sending it a pretty robust, low-impedance signal. I would never think of plugging a guitar directly into any low-cost pedal; between bad impedance matching and the noise of cheap electronics, I put all the cheap pedals at the end of the chain.So in short:Pros:-price-set-and-forget-tiny footprint-acceptable soundCons:-loud pop upon startup-only one setting sounds good for my use-odd volume swell and delay when changing settings.

this thing is small under $35 dollars and sounds incredible , its sits right on top my amp and runs through the effects loop and is great. you would think a $2600 1 x12 would come with reverb lol but it didn't , and this little guy is al you need !!!

This is my second reverb pedal, other one is TC Electronic Drip pedal. Got this one because of the room/spring/well settings. Wanted some versatility. Drip has volume drop when engaged. This one does not, but it does not play well with o/d pedals in front of it at higher gain settings. May be as this one has the level control. I keep it at 12:00 or less and keep my overdrive pedals under a 12:00 setting for best sounds. This pedal has more subtleness than the Drip and more versatility with the different models. It also has a slight volume drop when engaged, but the reverbs are nice on my dry tube amps. I like it and would recommend it.

Only has one setting. Not much change when you tweak the dials. That said the reverb is effect produces a useable sound at mid level depth. Wouldn’t buy it again.

Makes no noise, literally nothing

What I dislike about this pedal, and literally this is the only thing, is I get a little static when I switch it on, it only lasts like a split second, but I would not use it in a gig scenario where the effect comes on in the middle of the song, maybe for some 90's grunge.All of the settings work well, I am not experiencing the "tone suck" that others reported or issues with the dial settings. My assumption is that the producers improved on the pedal in the last 2 years since most of these reviews were left, or they just got lemons.All in all, this pedal is great quality, especially for the price and as long as you are not looking to switch it on in the middle of a song, you are not going to be disappointed .I did a test with the pedal, it is on you tube, and you can look me up there if you want to hear it from some guy in his apartment rather than from the company.

For the price point this is a good introductory reverb pedal. I put together a good electric guitar rig using a few of these low priced china made pedals. Now that I have a pedal board that gives me the sounds I am after I can slowly upgrade these low cost pedals with some higher quality USA made pedals and know what I need instead of experimenting with high cost pedals. As I upgrade pedals on my big set up, I'll move the low cost pedals over to a small lower volume practice amp.

If you’re on a budget or just learning guitar, this is an okay option. The modes are indistinguishable from one another, and the way the reverb fizzles out sounds robotic.