JHS Pedals Alpine Reverb Pedal

Last fall, we reviewed a reverb pedal from an up-and-coming company that was really taking off – that pedal was the Cloud 9 from Sky Pedals. Due to unforeseen circumstances, Sky Pedals is no longer creating gear for us to enjoy, but passed along the basic concept and design of the Cloud 9 to our friends at JHS Pedals, and a new reverb was born from the ashes. That pedal is the subject of today’s review, and it’s called the Alpine Reverb.

Let’s jump right into the control section, shall we? Reverb starts us off, and basically lets you adjust how much of the reverberated effect will be present in your signal path, a Wet/Dry mix if you will. Highs acts as a tone filter, allowing you to again shape your tone accordingly. This control is not simply a tone filter, though, as it has a broad range available, making it extremely useful in any setting you can think of. The Depth knob lets you adjust the size of the reverb, from a small, room-ish sound, to a vast, open, spacey cavern, and lots of increments in between as well. Length rounds out the main control section, and helps to precisely set the amount of trails, or decay, the reverb signal has, moving from short and compact to vast and booming, and again featuring a broad range to play around with.

In addition to the main bypass footswitch, the Alpine also features a 2nd switch, which is assigned to a fifth control knob, labeled Shift. This gives you a whole second reverb setting to toss into the mix, like another preset to kick on at just the right moment during your set. Essentially turning this little marvel into a second reverb pedal, the Shift option opens up more tonal opportunities, and will surely become an important asset to anyone who throws this white warrior onto their pedalboard. Not only that, but the Alpine also sports an FX Loop 1/4″ jack, which lets you plug any other effect in and really open up some incredible sonic possibilities.

With plenty of features, not to mention a plethora of awesome reverb sounds, there’s no shortage of experimental activities waiting to be discovered using the Alpine Reverb. An improvement on an almost instant classic pedal, JHS have once again stepped up their game, and created a truly unique pedal by blending a new partner’s design with some new twists, and thus forming a cohesive and fun reverb pedal for us all to enjoy. And if for some reason you haven’t check out their website ever in your life, stop listening to me ramble and get over there…STAT!