AITONE Reverb Guitar Pedal (AT-02)

I’m focusing this on musicians without much experience using reverb beyond the classic single knob on an amp, along with those whose amp doesn’t have reverb (many mini and micro amps don’t). There are countless reverb pedals you can add or substitute: from bare bones models that essentially mimic that amp knob to modern takes with multiple parameters to tweak and multiple presets that blend reverb with ambient textures.I’m calling this AITONE pedal “mid-featured” in the sense its capabilities lie somewhere between.Think of the three toggle-switch settings - Studio, Church and Plate - as the basic character of the space the pedal emulates.Studio is meant to emulate a small room. I find it a little dry and compressed and have heard much better emulations. Still, depending on your instrument tone and the ambiance you’re after it’s make be perfectly fine.Church provides the widest range of possibilities. If you listen to classical recordings, particularly of vocal or organ music, that’s the kind of vibe we’re talking about.Plate refers to a classic technique used by well-known studios in prior decades. To my ears it adds a subtle metallic sheen to the effect. As a kid my Fender Twin used spring reverb, which is a different technique but provides a similar metallic quality that I hear in this pedal’s emulation. For me it really harks back to the 60’s-70’s records I grew up listening to.To keep things simple, the reverb pedal takes a clean guitar signal as input and creates a second signal, modified with reverb. It outputs both the clean and reverb signals as one.The Mix knob on the pedal allows you to balance how much of each signal is included in the final output. For me this balance is the key to a variety of subtle variations you might otherwise miss by always setting Mix to half of full on.The large Decay knob controls the “tail” of the reverb, the duration of the reverberation. If you think of the toggle settings as “coarse”, the Decay can be thought of as “fine”. It refines the basic character.Think of the Tone knob as a subtle filter that adds or subtracts high-end from the output signal. I find it the “most expendable” feature as I can choose to vary the tone pre-effect from the guitar itself or post-effect from the amp.Blending the Mix and Decay settings is the core of the effect and worth exploring.I found the pedal to be relatively quiet, even when using a power supply in an area with other digital gear. The case appears to be a high-impact plastic and the knobs and switches are either metal or plastic and perform well.

I’m an amateur guitarist. So amateur in fact that I probably shouldn’t have a reverb pedal but the thing about effects pedals is that even if you’re not great they can still make what you’re playing sound somewhat better. I knew that I didn’t want to/shouldn’t spend a lot on a pedal because of my current skill set so this AITONE pedal was a perfect compromise. My Fender amp has reverb on it but it’s static in that I can’t control the amount of reverb. That’s where this pedal comes in. You can dial it up or down as much as you like to get the tone you’re going for. I like that it has multiple settings on it and it is really easy to use. One thing I didn’t like was that it doesn’t come with an AC adapter so you’ll need to get one of those or rely on batteries for this pedal. I did find that AITONE makes an adapter that is very reasonably priced and lets you power multiple pedals so I snagged that as well which means that now I’ll have to get some additional pedals to justify the cost :) I would recommend this for folks just wanting to noodle around at home or practice with their friends. I’m not sure how it compares to more expensive pedals or if you could gig with this thing. Since neither of those things is on my radar at the moment I have no issues recommending this one. It’s well built, compact, and priced right!

I like the small form factor and ease of use of this pedal. For $34 this mini pedal is an affordable entry into reverb effects for beginner guitarists and producers. This is a simple reverb pedal to add a decay to any signal with different characteristics: studio, church, and plate. The pedal takes up very little room on a pedal board, and you can buy 1/4" connectors to fit loads of mini pedals in a small space on a single pedalboard. The main drawback of mini pedals are the controls, this pedal is very difficult to adjust while playing in a live setting, but for static settings or recording environments, this pedal works well for most needs.

After playing this for a good hour this morning along with an AITONE version of a Rat I also just received, I'd give it a 4 1/2 if I could. I like, but am not blown away. I've tried one other reverb in this range I like a better, but still, this one is very solid--and at this writing, $10 to $43(!!!) cheaper than pedals now on Amazon that I think are identical but sold by more-familiar Chinese pedal companies. So five stars it is.(Note, there is discussion among internet people about whether the price difference might represent corners cut in construction or higher failure rates due to less QC/inspection--I have no idea. All I know is that I have never noticed a quality difference between cheaper and more expensive versions of the same pedal, except the one time when I got a BD-2 clone from one of the most expensive Chinese brands that squeals for some reason.)Back to this pedal. It has a "studio" sound that is kind of like room ambience, and very muted. I could leave this one on all the time for the not-super-noticeable but tangible feeling of space it imparts. The "church" setting has the longest reverb tail and can be very atmospheric and ambient with the decay and mix knobs past noon. Plate reverb is your standard non-spring reverb.The mix knob goes full wet or nearly so. The tone knob is super useful--wish all reverb pedals allowed you to dial in how piercing you want the tails to be.I cranked it through a couple of different amps and noticed no unusual noise I don't hear in pedals that cost up 10X what this one does. Thumbs up.

This pedal works okay, adding reverb effects as expected. The build quality of these pedals is quite high. The pedal is physically small, so some of the setting knobs and mode switch are quite small.I'm not performing with this, just adding some spice to my modest home playing. I do not detect the pedal when it's in bypass and do not notice noise or interference when it's active.There is one issue that I find annoying, which is that that the pedal will not turn on unless I physically connect the power cord while it's powered. In other words, I can't just leave the pedal connected to the central power supply and turn that on and off. I'd probably give it 5 stars if it didn't have this issue.