FLAMMA FS02 Reverb Pedal Stereo Guitar Effects with 7 Storable Preset Slots 7 Reverb Effects Room Hall Church Cave Plate Spring Mod True Bypass Trail On

Can we all just take a minute to appreciate our friend, the over-worked and sometimes underappreciated reverb effect? Heck, at this very moment, there are thousands of guitarists feverously debating which little green box will make us sound like Stevie Ray Vaughn. All the while, the lowly reverb effect is dutifully working away without so much as a pat on the back! So, I put it to you, fellow citizens, isn’t it worth going beyond your amp’s built in reverb and getting a proper reverb pedal?I am a tone hound and any time I make changes to my rig I record before and after tracks with a portable recorder with 2 condenser microphones. Then, I compare with headphones. Yes, I’m nerdy that way. I had all but decided on the MXR Reverb or the EH Oceans 11. Then, I saw a comparison of low-cost reverbs on 60 Cycle Hum (a great resource for pedal fans) and decided it would be worth it to take a chance on a lesser-known brand like Flamma. Especially considering the Flamma costs about half of what the other reverbs I considered. Here are my impressions:1. Reverb is lush and varied2. Every parameter I would want to tweak is included3. You can save user settings4. Even in an effects loop with a daisy chain power supply, the unit operates flawlessly5. It offers stereo in and outs6. According to some surf connoisseurs, the spring reverb setting doesn’t truly “drip”. Maybe so, but to my ears, the spring setting is still well represented here and is one of my favorite settings7. Most importantly, it seems to build a beautiful reverb while retaining your guitar’s tone. It doesn’t transform your tone, it enhances it.So, I believe the Flamma offers great value for those, like me, who are price conscious but still want a quality product. If you are chasing a specific verb setting, like say, the spring setting on the Ocean’s 11, it might be worth spending more money to get that. If, however, you just want an all-around lush reverb, with a sturdy build and plenty of features, I would highly recommend the Flamma FS02.

This is an amazing reverb pedal. If you told me this pedal costs twice what it actually costs, I would believe it. I own a Boss RV-6 and a Chase Bliss Mood, and this pedal holds its own against them. I plugged it in this morning and had originally thought I would spend an hour or two getting to know it and play around with it, but it's already been four hours and I'm still having fun tweaking knobs and being immersed in the sounds coming out of this thing. To make this review short, I've decided to list the things I like the most:1. THE AESTHETICS: I'm really into how this pedal looks. From the flux capacitor-like foot switch to the color to the preset bar, It's sleek and futuristic.2. THE PRESETS: I love that the 7 presets double as savable presets. With my Boss RV-6, if I find a setting I like, I have to snap a picture before I can change anything, and now I just have dozens of photos in my phone that I have to scroll through to find the right one. It's so useful and easy to just save the setting I Like and never have to worry about losing it or messing around with knobs between songs.3. HIGH/LOW CUT FILTER: The high/low cuts are very easy to dial in so that it sounds great with any guitar or pickup configuration. I'm getting into vinyl-sounding lofi neo soul kind of stuff, so it's nice to be able to have the reverb reflect the overall eq of my setup.4. PRESET 7: Preset 7 is really where this pedal shines (or shimmers - see what i did there?). In fact, it could be the whole pedal and I'd still buy it just for that. It's a unique combo of mod/delay/verb that doesn't sound like anything else I have. I also really like the cave setting for slow, expanded ambient drones.5. VERSATILITY: Like most musicians, I play diverse genres, including jazz, blues, ambient, post-rock, and pop. This pedal handles them all super well. I can get a nice slapback for blues, subtle room reverb for jazz, and long, cascading shimmer for ambient.6. STEREO: I play only through an amp sim into my interface, so stereo is a must for my setup. To get such an exceptional use of stereo out of a pedal at this price-point amazes me. My RV-6 ostensibly has stereo, but I've never really noticed it taking advantage of it. This, however, feels like a true stereo pedal.I'm definitely going to add it to my board along with the RV-6 and Mood, as it provides some great features and functionality and really complements them. If you're looking for a reverb pedal that's simple to use but offers a ton of features and creative ways to make your own sound, I highly suggest the Flamma Reverb pedal!

This is a decent sounding preamp pedal with seven different amp types. Each amp type has a "clean" and a "crunch" channel so it's pretty versatile. I probably would not use it at a gig, but you could in a pinch. This preamp is not designed to plug into the front of your guitar amp. According to the manual doing so may result in "unexpected tone issue". It can plug into other inputs that run direct into the power amp section of your amp like the fx return or line in if your amp has either of those. Or you could run it into a PA or a FRFR powered speaker.Pros: Good value for the price and you can get some decent sounds out of it if you play around with it. The cab sim sounds pretty good when recording direct to a DAW. Do the presets sound like the amps they are modeled on? Not exactly but it's close enough for playing around at home or as an emergency backup for a gig. It's built well. The paintwork is fine unlike some of the cheaper pedals coming out lately. The knobs are plastic but solid and tight enough that they don't wiggle. The footswitch and the input/output jacks appear sturdy.Cons: There is some hiss at higher gain levels. The documentation that comes with the preamp pedal is minimal. There is a user guide on the Flamma website which covers the operation of the unit in more detail. The details on turning the cab sim on and off are slightly inaccurate in that they say the footswitch will blink slowly if the cab sim is on. It's the Save/Select button that blinks on mine. Perhaps they updated firmware or something since the manual was written. It runs on external 9 volt power only which is not included.Overall not a bad pedal and something handy to have around especially if you run your guitar through a DAW for practice or recording and want to experiment with different tones without paying for a Line 6 Helix or other modeling rig.