A Stunning Reverb Unit

I have owned the Strymon BigSky for around two years and I have to say I’m still consistently impressed with what it’s capable of achieving. I have found editing certain presents and creating my own quite easy and there’s not much of a learning curve as there are so many great sounds here right out of the gate by going through all of the presets. But, if you’re like me and want to create your own patches, then this is where the BigSky truly soars. There are many different reverb types like Plate, Hall, Cloud, Reflections, Shimmer, etc. to choose and build from. In my own playing and what I’m looking for, I have always gravitated towards Hall reverbs and I have found that no matter what kind of tweaking I do, it sounds fantastic. I own many other reverb units like the Neunaber Immerse, Source Audio Ventris, TC Electronic Hall Of Fame, Lexicon MPX-100 (which has some great fantastic Hall reverbs) and even an old Alesis Microverb that works and sounds great. What I think the BigSky excels at is the lusher reverbs and you can get so many gorgeous sounds from this unit. Let me just say that the BigSky hasn’t left my pedalboard since I bought it and this is a rarity as I’m always changing things out. Anyway, I highly recommend the BigSky if you’re looking for amazing stereo reverbs that you can edit on the fly to your liking.

This thing succeeded where Eventide has failed. 10/10 would recommend for your ultimate reverb tone.

Before I got this reverb, I was initially trying to make a faulty Eventide Eclipse work, mainly because the damn Eclipse came to me defective with the right input showing signs of signal coming through even when I didn't have anything plugged in there. Turns out the Eventide Eclipse was faulty, so I've went through so much trouble trying to get the refund back on a unit that was no longer functional.

Enter the Strymon BigSky, a rack-in-a-box pedal form of several kinds of reverb sounds you could do with this. For clean tones, in terms of achieving Ichika's signature ambient reverb tone, the Cloud mode was the most pleasing to listen to. The digital reverb had a very natural feel to the diffusion, and I was certainly pleased by how the results came with it. For the lead tones, I liked the good old traditional Hall setting.

I've barely even scratched 2% of what this unit can do, and I'm already impressed by it. This thing slaughters the Eventide Eclipse in many ways, mainly due to its incredible reliability and amazing rack-quality tones.

If you're looking for the ultimate reverb pedal but don't want to go through the hassle of hefty repair/maintenance costs of a rack unit, take a serious look at the Strymon BigSky reverb pedal. For CAD$646, this thing slaughters many vintage rack reverb units. I only wish I could've gotten it sooner instead of being forced to deal with the hassle of trying to get my money back on the Eclipse.

I haven't even looked back to any other rack reverb units since I got this pedal.

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The must have pedal for left brainer musicians as they claim

Some people would claim that $500 is too expensive for a guitar pedal. Since it's too expensive, I were also agonizing so much whether I should really buy this pedal or not. However, I have to say that when you try this pedal, you will totally think that $500 is definitely worth it. You will never get disappointed. Although it's really expensive, there are reasons why a lot of guitarists still buy it and use it. It's same as you use the Apple products, although they seem it's too expensive than what they worth. It does something what affordable reverb such as Boss-RV 500 or TC-HOFF can't do. Although I have a lot of compliments for this pedal, the reason why I give 4 stars is because of the power consumption that big sky has. It requires a lot of currents, so the cheap power suppliers or daisy chains won't work for this pedal. I was also using a $25 bar supply, but I had to replace it, because it made a lot of noise of what it's not suppose to make. You don't really have to get ridiculously expensive power supplies such as PP2 or Zuma, truetone CS7 and CS12 will easily do it's job.

Meh

It's alright. I didn't grab mine until early 2022. Seemed like everyone loved it. Maybe I'm using it wrong but everything basically sounds the same. I can get it to make good noises but it wasn't worth the $500 I paid for it new. It's cool but not used that much in my studio.

THE Reverb.

There is essentially no reverb sound that cannot be created using the Big Sky. This is simply the most powerful reverb engine I have ever used. There is too much capability to possibly touch on in one paragraph, but the simplicity of the pedal's UI is excellent, so it is very easy to command. :)

Best reverb for me

This reverb is not "neutral", but is not cold either. It has a color, but once you like this color, you just can't do without !

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Strymon Big Sky

The reverb of all reverb pedals. I cant describe the sheer elegance of this pedal , it has all the tones I crave, great for ambient music. its sound is one of those things you have to listen to & learn from so you can create the tone you are looking for. As you all know this pedal has no tone by itself its what you create with your equipment that brings it to life. Pretty awesome piece of kit. If you are looking for a real quality reverb look no further but beware this is no cheap option. Make sure it does what you want it to do before you lay out any cash. there are reverbs out there that can give you a fantastic tone for less and are still great such as the Neunaber wet stereo pedal. the mono one is great also but for a few quid more purchase the stereo version it wont dissapoint.

Extremely versatile, powerful, and great sounding reverb, particularly suited to making anything sound absolutely big huge

A very powerful reverb box, with 12 different reverb programs and 300 (storable) presets, you may never need another reverb.It works extremely well for guitar, also in a live setting. But it is even more so suited to synthesizers, what makes it superior to even the equivalent Eventide offering are its "Shimmer" and "Chorale" programs, which are sort of synthesizers in themselves, and sound absolutely huge. If you need massive wide stereo sounding pads for your (e.g. ambient) tracks, do yourself a favor and check this thing out.

Best reverb pedal on the market.

The guys over at Strymon are truly leading the pack in terms of sound design and pedal making. With this pedal, you have the ability to shape and design your reverbs. Make them sound as big (or small) as you want to, whether you're going for a subtle natural room sound, or a big spacey reverb sound with presets like the bloom or cloud setting. Again, it's a hefty price tag in order to purchase one of these, but it's money very well spent.

So good

Sounds so good It is the truest reverb I have ever heard.