Delay/reverb pedal - Help me end this madness?

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I've narrowed it down to three and I can't decide. I've hit the whole 'that's expensive, would I use all the extra shit for the price?' wall a few times and decided I absolutely won't use all of it for anything useful, it'll just be for fun and I want it regardless. So, I'm looking for something that's fun to screw around with for some out there sounds, but do a super solid job at getting some country and rockabilly sounding stuff from it. That's a must, the most important thing.

I've got it down to the Keeley Caverns V2; seems like it'll do a great job at a better price than the others.

Duncan Dark Sun since I'm mostly a heavier player, though I'm not sure it's a great pedal for the country thing.

UA Starlight because it sounds amazing in videos for whatever that's worth and would probably be good for eternity.

I was looking pretty hard at the Boss Waza delay and the Nux but thought they may be kind of more limited on the fun scale?
 
Source audio collider. Damn cool, versatile, awesome sounding delay/reverb pedal. You can even use two delays or two reverbs. Great pedal. Love mine. Also has midi if ever. And an editor if ever.
 
Out of those you mentioned, the UA Starlight and the SD Dark Sun are the two that I find to be the most "bang for your buck" pedals in terms of features and tweakability. I'm sure both of them can produce some country/rockabilly sounds for you with the right tweaking though I can't say I've used them for that particularly. In terms of what's the most fun to screw around with, I find myself still experimenting a lot with the Dark Sun, it really lends itself to being more experimental and coming up with different stuff than I normally default towards. Dark Sun is a great pedal that deserves a little more respect than it seems to get, in my book.
Inevitably though I think in terms of getting the country/rockabilly sounds the one that I have actually used effectively for that would be the Boss DM-2W you mentioned. That pedal is easy to tweak and you can definitely get those kinds of sounds pretty easily. Though it's not as much fun to deep dive into various sounds and settings as the other pedals, and you'd still need some kind of 'verb.
 
@Subsonic73 Have you tried the Nux Atlantic? I'm curious if it can do the DM2W stuff and then some.

The Collider does look awesome, I just think I'd enjoy the Duncan more.
 
UpInSmoke said:
@Subsonic73 Have you tried the Nux Atlantic? I'm curious if it can do the DM2W stuff and then some.

The Collider does look awesome, I just think I'd enjoy the Duncan more.
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Honestly I have not tried the Nux personally. Seen/heard some good stuff about it, I'd definitely be interested in giving it a try sometime.
I'm pretty happy with the DM-2W so I probably wouldn't be in the market for the Nux anytime soon but I'd be curious to see how it measures up.
I agree that Source Audio pedal does look really cool, I've heard good stuff about that one too.
But yeah I'm in agreement that the Duncan pedal is a lot of fun to use. I have even plugged it into my Korg keyboard and spent hours with that just tweaking really interesting sounds and settings from it.
 
Eventide H9 with the SpaceTime algorithm is my favorite for a single unit. The Source Audio Collision is cool too.
 
Once upon a time, I was looking for a single pedal to put delay and reverb on my kazoo. I ended up going with a pedal from ZCat effects. I got their Delay Reverb pedal, and thought, whatever, it sounds great on kazoo.

However, every time I tried it with guitar or bass, it really wowed me. It's a simple digital delay and reverb perfect for slap back ambience, which is how I use it on kazoo. It's simple, cheap, and made in fucking Latvia. What more could you want?
 
Not at all botique but the Zoom MS-50G is hard to beat for the money. There is backdoor where you can load any Zoom effect onto it that you want. I have a ton of reverbs and delays on mine and you can save the settings unlike some others.
 
I like the Wampler Ethreal for an always on delay / reverb pedal
 
Ive got the Nu X Atlantic and can vouch for it highly.

I’ve also got an Earthquake Dispatch Master that is excellent.

Nu X is great because yiu can set the level of each effect independently AND turn each effect on and off independently.

Dispatch sounds better / cleaner to my ear, but cannot turn each effect on and off independently and once you have blended the amt of each effect, there is only a single level control. But the sounds of the Dispatch are true studio quality.
 
I know it's not on your list, but I favor the Earthquaker dispatch master. Always on and I love it so much that I have a couple of them in case they quit making 'em
 
I also rock the Earthquaker Devices Avalanche Run for my bass. Just about the only reason I chose that over another ZCat pedal is the momentary on switch which let's me hold and add tails to only a certain part. Way better than a tap dance for on-off-on-off parts.
 
I know it is going to sound like I'm just picking this one since he is one of my best friends but honestly the Caverns is awesome. I have it on my pedalboard and really a lot of options, lush, sounds great. It is nice to have two great sounds in one pedal. If I were to get two separate ones it would be a Carbon Copy delay and some type of lush reverb (maybe a Holy Grail?)
 
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