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Ok, I own this reverb pedal. Each time you switch modes you need to move EVERY KNOB to know where it is set. Once you do this and restart them all from the same place there is a bit more of a distinct character from each delay. Also USE THAT SAVE BUTTON! 1st setting (Room) sounds great and is easy to use, just go easy on the pre delay. The 2nd setting sounds very similar when the settings are low, but has the potential for MUCH more reverb. I think it's the most flexible in terms of it being fairly balanced in the eq department, and capable of both tame reverb sounds and "space bathroom" sounds equally. The 3rd setting and the 4th seem related, but the 3rd setting has a huge emphasis on the high frequencies and the 4th has huge emphasis on the low frequencies. I use this one when I plan on doing ambient sounds but I also plan on playing too many notes :) Use your tone knobs! The 4th setting tends to go off the rails if your decay is set to max and you don't attenuate some of those low frequencies. One of my favorites it you want to play a few notes and have them turn into an orchestra. The 5th setting you absolutely need to tame the high sounds (it's supposed to be a plate but only approaches plate sounds if you chill out on the high frequencies). Once dialed it sounds great, I'd use it for more conventional sounds. The 6th doesn't sound like a spring. I haven't found a great use for it yet. Let's face it, all of these have one or more "bummer" settings on them and for me, this one gets skipped a lot. The 7th is really cool, the modulation is subtle and musical. I particularly like it with my acoustic baritone guitar. Sounds great under a lot of different settings. Possibly my favorite.

5:13 I love your genuine reactions. You can really tell that you hold to the disclaimer in the beginning! Keep it up, brother! 🤙

thank you for the high quality videos , Ryan You are the best!

I've had the reverb for 7 weeks it's brilliant. The save buttons are great.

Great recovery on the preamp. Glad you figured it out.

Have the reverb and delay and they have both moved onto my boards as secondary sounds. They are full of character!

I really enjoy your videos, Ryan! I've been eyeing the FS06 Preamp and I helped me pull the trigger on one...

Thank you for demo-ing these pedals!! I WISH I had seen this before getting the Flamma Delay - HATED it. However you HAVE sold me on their preamp pedal!! Officially I'm on the fence on their reverb, but I'm leaning toward yes😊

That disclaimer is actually great!

Interesting sounds, the preamp sounded loads better than earlier. Keep these affordable videos coming!

The preamp should be placed before the delay and reverb. That way they are in the “effects loop”. Except if you want to send them into dirt for some reason, which is totally valid and can be musical, but isn’t the norm.

Ryan, I love your videos! This one was pretty funny--the company sent you a couple of headstock tuners, and you tune your guitar with your cell phone......

You can change the description now you figured out how the preamp supposed to work,... great video man!

I own the reverb pedal and I'm a big fan of it. The modulation (7th) setting is very pretty, and probably my favorite. 4 (cave) can really bring out the low notes, and it can sound pretty epic if you're playing with an octave down. 3 (church) is similar to 4 but with more emphasis on the highs and less on the lows. 1 (room) and 5 (plate) are good too but I don't use them as much as the others I mentioned. And we don't talk about 6.

Paint job looks great!

DANG, these pedals sound solid. Right after i got myself a midiverb II for about the price of that reverb too lol. The reverb and delay gives me the vibe of the Ocean Machine by Mooer but without the issues i had personally with the menus- which is a shame because i LOVE its sound. Also the new disclaimer is rad Ryan!

I love Editing Ryan. You are just Ryan.

Preamp reminds me of the look of the Revv G3. Reverb does sound good and clear! Drip sounds like a laser drip of the future but it's not offensive. Spring is always tough on these affordables. (I love Mosky Spring though but it's kind of its own vibe). Good edit and explanation on the preamp. They need to send ya a Fs22 Ekoverb to show us. KNÖBS

Seems like he's using the reverb with the trails function off as it would light up with blue lights. Sounds even better to me with the trails on and I am very very happy with this pedal.

These pedals are cool sounding, definitely try more.

You went down the rabbit rail with reverb #6 when you were suppose to just be quickly running through them. lol. That's totally something I would do in the middle of a video. Thanks for sharing this. I was thinking about this pedal for bass since it has a low-cut option.

Your guitar sounds really, really bright to my ears.

Good review. That’s a bang for the buck reverb it has it all or comes close

...A "GREAT"-line of affordable-pedals with "Big-Boy" amenities...Thank you,Ryan!!!...Peace...

You should definetely try some more flamma pedals, they have a lot of interesting ones.

I really like the preamp. Works great direct to PA and I really like the channel switching option of going from the clean to the overdrive setting of the amp simulations. Vox and Marshall are my favorite.

Just picked up a flamma reverb and am satisfied. It creates a decent stereo image with just enough depth to be stereo but not enough to be a distraction. I know you said it didn't sound stereo but you can tell immediately when panning both outputs to the middle that something is lost from having them panned left and right. I'm not going to put this on my live board but instead use it for recording tracks.

I just got this pedal and you need to turn knobs to notice the changes from each preset. I thought they sounded the same until I fiddled with it. I love that you can save the presets. You can also turn off the reverb trails if you wish. Blue light means tails are in, red light means they're turned off. I didn't get it for spring reverb. My Ampeg Reverbrocket has a lovely spring reverb. I got this pedal for the ambient wash mainly.

I use the Joyo American because it emulates Fender amps so nicely. I play it with my Fender Vaporizor 13 watt tube amp. I have 3 different extension cabinets connected to the amp. This setup gives me as much as a surround sound as possible. All 3 cabinets are custom made by myself. This setup is also used for my sound on my computer, an all around entertainment center that I call my Wall of Sound.

Great job Ryan! Josh Scott never used the high gain( or even mentioned it) for the preamp pedal when he did these.

I liked It, thank you for explain about how to active cab simulator. I need for it and only you show this. Sorry my english, I'm studing.

I just got the mini Flama mod. It's pretty cool I think its worth it just for the tremolo and rotary

There’s something I really like about that delay

Ryan do a review on the affordable Demon TS-9 /TS-808 overdrive please.

I love to watch you trying heavy tones. It's entertaining. Than I start appreciate my own skills more.

The LED on the switch is awesome

I've got the reverb and I love it. I've never seen pre-delay on a guitar pedal before. It's a misunderstood and underrated feature

Im glad that you told us that you cant change the Preamps by USB. On Cab Sim, can you blend 2 IRs in 1 like the mooer cab x2?

I really like that Strat style silver sparkle guitar you were using. Could you please tell me the make/model? Thanks!

The Delay seems similar to the Mooer D7 micro pedal... 6/7 modulated delay sounds (both including a rainbow effect and looper), one preset save for each effect and 2 effect tweak knobs. The Flamma comes in slightly cheaper, and has bigger knobs... for those who, uh... like big knobs. I like the sounds from both.

I *love* the disclaimer. I've had enough of the "all guitar youtubers are crooks" BS. They seem to hve forgotten that everyone can "use their own eyes and ears" and remember that there's no such thing as an objective opinion. It's an oxymoron.

Yoooo hooo hoo! I do! I use the low bit crusher all the time. Big difference being, I picked up one of these delays to use with entry level synthesizers. I have zero experience with guitars.

👍. That sounds much better.

The reverb sounds cool

Ryan is it best to have preamp in front or back of other pedals? Thanks!

How long do these cheap pedals last? Specifically the iset pedals and caline?

How well does the preamp clean up with the guitar's volume knob?

Would you recommend the use of an overdrive pedal for some settings?

I prefer the Mooer ones because you can easily switch presets with your foot, therefore you can use them in live situations. Unfortunately, Mooer do not have a multi-mod pedal like the FS05.

For the price these pedals are extremely good value, not least because there are a few unique sounds in there. But also because the overall sound quality is excellent, and the daly is somewhat lengthy. Sadly, not available in the UK yet.

Hey Ryan, have you ever barked up Reverend guitars tree? I think there's a few offerings right up your alley.

I've had the fs06 for a while now! I find if you move all the knobs it changes the sound of each amp model! I mean like bass mid tre. And gain vol. Don't know why? You have to dial in the sound and save! Thanks!

I have the FS02 reverb pedal, I am happy with it in general as I just want a reverb pedal and you can save a preset for each type of verb which is enough for me, I can edit the pedal enough to suffice the type of reverb I need for the £50 I spent on it, I could get really hung up like some cos it doesn’t do what the higher end brand pedals do, but I wasn’t spending Strymon type money on it so I wasn’t expecting a totally top of the range reverb pedal, at the end of the day it adds a nice enough reverb to my overall tone so I’m happy with it, in not gonna sit there crying my ass off because it doesn’t spring or drip in the way some people want it to, at the end of the day with my other effects and guitar tone it adds a nice enough verb effect and to me it’s actually about the quality of the songs I write and perform and my overall tone and it gives a nice enough texture to my overall guitar tone and adds the life and brightness I need for an affordable price ,and makes the songs I write and perform with my band sound decent enough without crying cos it doesn’t sound as good as a Strymon or cos I don’t sound exactly like my favourite guitarists. I can design my own individual guitar tone & timbre and am creative enough to be individual enough to have my own sound and not want to exactly copy someone else’s tone which is just fucking boring.

40:44 yeah I had that issue I suspected it was the 9v power that was the cause so I upped it to 12v from my pedal battery. Didn't have any issue from the pops.

Josh Scott gave these pedals a pretty good review.

39:20 Ryan goes full Black Flag

You need to put down the input volume pot on you interface a little bit, I think that's where your "crispy" issue come from..

I have an FS22 Ekoverb pedal. The FS02 Reverb and the FS03 Delay pedals are also attractive, but I don't want to spend for something redundant and collect unnecessary pedals. Do FS02 and/or FS03 add so much over the FS22 that worth buying? Which gives more plus over the Ekoverb? Both? Please help. Thank you.

I did like the reverb

How u can turn the led from Blue to Red ? Nice job!

What make of amp is the black and white with the guitar on the mesh ?.

Wait... What interface are you using? It has SO little headroom.

You should try running this into the two notes cab m

are you direct into interface with the preamp or running into an amp?

I’d use this reverb for surf.

comparing the Donner Island delay and this Flamma delay ... which do you prefer? cheers

I'm waiting for their Reverb and Modulation pedals to arrive. Hi-cut, low-cut, and stereo sold the reverb to me, and preset-saving, having good phaser/flanger along with ringmod (i do like to use it in ambient) and bitcruncher, along with having stereo, sold modulation to me. What would make mod pedal perfect, is having tremolo as fast as trelicopter, and less digital chop when tweaking ringmod and bitcrunch. Delay pedal honestly didn't spark that much interest aside from being high-fidelity. I'd rather prefer it not having rainbowy-shimmery stuff and be purely a multidelay - tape, analog, digital, some "pong" stereo variation, reverse delay, and using that 9-position screen for presets rather than for types. Just as in their mod pedal, that was perfect, even at the cost of one knob. And that digital chop is awfulllllllll, even if it was intentional. I'd rather have something smooth, Roland tape-thingy like, just as nux did it in their tape core. It is slower, yes, but it is more musically applicable in a live environment.

Again, great review + very enjoyable! Thanks Ryan! Did you notice (or even mention already) the striking feature similarity between Flamma FS03 and the Mooer D7 you reviewed? Are they the same circuit in the end? I wonder how they both compare in terms of sound quality (in mono). Please, which one would you prefer/recommend (mono)sound-wise? Thank you so much and keep up the good work. Greetings from Germany [liked & subscribed✔️]

does the preset for a specific mode remain saved even if i switch between the other reverb modes and set them?

I got the Mod pedal for an effects send for one of my weirdo EHX pedals but first put it on my set up to demo it and had alot of fun with it. Good features, pretty decent stereo spread, great sampler of quality, basic effects. I might actually leave it on as a late chain mod pedal (I prefer my phaser and chorus in front of my dirt, except for fuzz) and the stereo does nice things to my analog delay. Some clean, flexible effects, nicely built and designed. Only issue is that when you turn it off and back on it starts on whatever preset you had on last-- and not the dial selection you had last. Maybe there's a way around that (other than working out and saving all of your sounds ahead of time.) Anyway, a very nice surprise-- only wish their delay had a better stereo spread or a good pong option. Some of the verbs sounded good, the amps okay. Some very interesting offerings, a bit unique in the world of starter/economy pedals.

The Flamma Preamp is great for the price.

Curious why you didn't run the preamp first and then stereo outs of the other two to the FX returns on 2 different amps.

Does the the flamma delay have delay trails after you turn off the pedal or does the delay stop when you turn off the pedal

How did you record the preamp?

Ryan laughs like a school boy when he makes a delay noise. He is now content.

I have this pedal too. The problem with this pedal is the digital clipping, especially on the clean channels. You have to turn the Gain almost to zero to lose the clipping. I can hear it on your recordings too. Really a pitty with this pedal. Also the Hi-gain channels have a strange digital clipping when you let the tone fade out. The Flamma designers of this pedal should have noticed this clipping problem and solved it. But maybe it is yust my pedal ?? I use now a tubescreamer in front of the clean channel to give it some dirt.

That clipping sounds just like when my GT6 is to loud on global output. It usually only hits on loudest low notes. Bass or tone adjustment or just plain output adjust will completely kill it.

Ha! I'll blame @intheblues for the disclaimer.

Damn now i want this delay pedal, lol

Edited to add, I went back and read the manual. Turns out if the Save Select button is flashing RED, the natural “trail off” function is turned OFF. To turn it back on, I unplugged the power source, held down the foot switch and plugged it back in. That also does a system reset. Now the Save Select button is flashing BLUE. I also rolled back both Teak knobs to bottom left and now, Delay channel 1 sounds/works amazing. I know modern electronics save money by using switches that perform multiple function, depending on how you hold your mouth, but I wish they would go back to one switch per function. Sorry, old man comment…. ------ OK, I bought this delay, based on a review Josh did a few months back. It will do TONS of things, but until and unless the State of Texas legalizes pot, I don’t have much use for most of them. I wish at least a couple channels were different straight up delays with no added modulation effects. I have modulation pedals for that. Sure, I can and do noodle around with it, like a mental patient, but I tend to end ip with a head ache…

what if I wanted to switch from mod 6 to 5, do I have to keep pressing it till I reach 5 again?

Hey Ryan, did the pedals came with a manual?

How hard is it to put manufacturers to some small test on the button saying "press/hold for alt". Agree default should be consume on, flashing light would become annoying real quick.

These amps simulations is better than Hotone Ampero? I'm from Brazil.

How good are your Headphones TAKING gain ?

Please, what is the best battery operated reverb?

Anyone knows if the voice pedals are good? I'm going on the red one, FV01, any advices?

I don't know, it might be my OCD kicking in, but it really bugs me when you get the pedal order wrong 😂. I know it's a taste and preference thing...but...preamp, delay, reverb.

Hello. Cool video, thanks for sharing. Is the pedal box metalic or Plastic?

Did you try the preamp with a drive in front of it? I got one of these a couple weeks ago tried it with the cab sim on, tried it off with a mooer radar at the end of the chain, tried it into an fx return, sounded great, but if I maxed out the volume on the guitar or turned on a drive pedal in front of it, there was this very digital fizziness. As a preamp I would expect this to be a non issue, I returned it as I couldn’t get this to stop and the joyo clean glass and American don’t have this problem.

Sounds good to Me..!

The disclaimer does no good because when you show something that catches my want to need I’m hooked

Can you try out Joyo pre amp house

Are these Revv knockoff pedals? The housing looks very similar.

"I'm super interested in this preamp!" Opens Delay.

If you get just one great sound on the preamp you still get a great deal since the pedal is only $68.00 USD

Hmmm... are you the same guy that appeared in one of the JHS show episodes? The Surf music episode? If so.... anything JHS related I am SO DOWN WITH. I love Josh and anyone he like I like.

I bought the FS22 Ekoverb FLAMMA Delay / Reverb pedal after a BHP / Michael Nielsen test. Mmh. For about 100 EUR I'd say it is good, in good built quality. What makes it very annoying to use is that when you power up your board you need to physically unplug, then re-plug the Flamma, or else it does not work. I contacted support, and got a quick answer saying this is the desired behavior. Seriously? You think I will kneel down every time when I power up my board and re-plug all Flamma pedals? Imagine all your pedals require this... (Spoiler: none does). At the moment it sits on a shelf.

They also make a basic mini delay. it has a basic tape, analog and dig. delay voices. perfect gigging delay & only $40.00 USD

@ $68.00 USD ...the difference in quality to price I can not see how the Donner can stay on the afford aboard. The chips in the Flamma are better than what's in a Strymon. I am not saying the programs are but the chips are. Ok you don't like the Spring but for guys like me I would not go near a Spring if I had a decent plate to use. I agree the Spring should have been scrubbed.