Previously only available in an enormous rack effect, our Early Verb distills the processing power of Yamaha’s venerable SPX90—and more notably, the Early Reflections patch—into a compact stompbox format. The Early Verb serves up this complicated mashup of effects into one multifaceted tone that would normally take several pedals to duplicate. Featuring a swelling echo with reverb and reverse flavors, the Early Verb’s tone is unmistakable shoegaze and tuned against the actual unit for unflinching faithfulness

It’s no secret that My Bloody Valentine has had a lasting impact on rock music and the use of effects therein. While Kevin Shields famously deployed an army of pedals for live shows, a less glamorous but still extremely important facet of his sound was his rack effects. Having previously cracked the code on one element of that sound with the Soft Focus, we would like to present the second chapter of this story: our Early Verb. This unit harvests the “Early Reflections” patch, one that offers up swelling percussive echoes crossed with light reverb and attack softening, presenting it in a format that is more easily editable and accessible. Dialing in the original SPX90 was fairly complicated but we’ve simplified the process, giving easily adjustable parameters for delay time, echo spacing, and feedback to let you sculpt the version of the patch that works the best for you. Perhaps the biggest benefit of the Early Verb is the elimination of the tangled morass of cables you’d need to operate the original SPX90, putting full control at your feet and fingertips.