Impressed by Robert Keeley’s fondness for combining results, the digital Keeley Electonics Zoma Stereo Reverb and Tremolo simplifies interface and performance in comparison with his earlier Hydra pedal and plenty of different reverbs available on the market.

The idea is to ship reverb and modulation that brings to thoughts ’60s blackface, whereas upping ease of operation. There are Reverb and Tremolo on/off footswitches, large knobs that really feel like 1965 – not 2025 – together with a selector swap that chooses between Spring and Plate reverb, Sine and Harmonic tremolo, and Vibrato. Search for true and buffered bypass, in addition to a collection of secondary features that allow you to simply flip the consequences order (reverb into trem, or trem into ’verb), in addition to alter decay (Stage), output (Depth), and tone (Price).

In operation, the Zoma’s chip processor is so clean you’ll suppose it’s an historical amp. Identical with the knobs, which introduce no digital artifacts. We traversed from clear, twangy surf and Wrecking Crew tones all the way in which to Robin Trower’s UniVibe and Neil Younger’s “Like a Hurricane” reverb with barely any effort.

In order for you genuine classic reverb, vibe, and tremolo with out hauling round a heavy blackface amp, the Zoma is value trying out. Its clear structure, stereo output, and killer tones make it a really helpful stompbox. – Pete Prown

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