Electro Harmonix Oceans 11 Reverb 5-stars Reviews

In love

Everything I want in a reverb and more, packed neat and tight into this incredible little package.

Excellent varied Reverb

Great and versatile pedal, well built, excellent features and great sound/settings. No major complaints, permanent place on my board since purchase. Hold and expression functions are great additions.

A little fiddly to get to the secondary functions on the fly, and a shame you can't swap presets on it, but it's very useable and useful. Great pedal.

Wonderful spring reverb simulation

But - there is a slight hiss/hum present when the pedal is in the loop, even if it's off, no matter what power supply is used. I use it only in "spring" mode and the hiss can be removed by turning off the pedal, then changing the reverb mode with the knob (yes, even though it's off) and putting it, say, back on reverb, while the pedal is still off.

Doing this "really" turns it off and removes the hiss.

Just plain awesome.

So many options, bought it mainly for the dripping spring-verb. Ever since i bought it, it replaced my holy grail as main reverb pedal. I really like the tap-tempo for some reverbs and the chance to 'mod' some. It's just the swiss army knife of reverb pedals. Mainly intended for indie-artist but it's kinda just a jack of all trades. Crazy price range.

Pros :

-Dripping spring reverb that sounds qualitative.

-Plate sounds great.

-Reverse reverb for the shoegazers.

-tap-tempo and mod options.

-all reverbs sound atleast decent.

-Price. (Even after inflation)

Cons :

-Might be to much pedal for some.

Every Reverb You'll Ever Need

11 useful reverb types on tap, all highly configurable. The sound quality is terrific, just what you'd expect from EHX. Everything from super-realistic 'tank' type spring reverb to totally unrealistic polyphonic 'shimmer' effects. My own personal favourite, the effect I keep returning to time and again, is the 'Dyna' mode where the reverb responds to your playing.

If you're looking for a flexible, multi-purpose reverb at a steal of a price you really can't go wrong.

Amazing pedal

A pedal that feels like a Swiss army knife to be honest. There's endless sound option, and the pedal it's so versatile.

For me personally, besides the classic reverb presets like plate, hall and spring, this pedal has an amazing tremolo. So underrated.

This is a lot of pedal for the money.

Can't recommend it enough

Overall good pedal

It has a lot of reverb types which I really love. It's great for ambient stuff but you can also get some classic reverb sounds (I really like the spring reverb). The secondary options are a bit confusing at first but definitely worth it when you get used to them. I also got some great sounds using other instruments like analog synthesizers. Great pedal!

One of the best reverbs

This is very flexible digital reverb, many settings different types of reverbs.

Love it...

After a year its working perfectly. The amount of different sounds we can pull out of the Oceans 11 is superb. Would def buy it again!

Fantastic!

I had several reverb pedals and racks, but none of them was comparable to this one. It is just fantastic.

Great pedal

Extremely satisfied with the purchase. Excelent build quality and sound overall, whether you are going for classic reverb or modulated sounds.

Nice pedal

It`s a nice pedal, the shimmer is great, the tremolo is very nice, other reverbs are ok, nothing special to me

Great little powerful reverb

Eleven (11) types of reverb (many of which also have alternative modes) in a compact pedal.

The quality of the reverbs is very good, as is the general build quality.

The pedal has 4 potentiometers, but in reality, it is possible to access secondary "hidden" functions, as if it had 6 knobs.

The pedal requires 150mA to be powered (it is sold with a power supply) and has an input for a switch capable of activating infinite reverberation (which can also be activated with the integrated switch).

In this price range, a valid alternative could be the TC Electronics Hall of Fame 2 which is stereo. But the EHX Oceans 11 offers more possibilities for experimenting with reverbs.

Great sounding and versatile pedal

As the name says it has 11 different reverbs, 2 of them are combinations with other effects (delay and tremolo). The latter one I have used quite a lot. The spring reverb sounds really drippy, although doublestomping the footswitch to make a sound of a kicked sptring tank is quite fimmicky. The shimmer reverb sounds also very good, not too sharp, not too dull.

Best price/value reverb pedal

It does it all. Got 'regular' reverbs like plate, hall, spring, but also has the shimmer, tremolo, mod and poly ones (some with 2-3 different modes) that makes this pedal an ultimate machine. Really recommend to anyone looking for a multi tasking reverb pedal.

A great all around reverb

I bought this pedal after reading a lot of about it online and hearing that it's the best new thing, and honestly, it didn't disappoint.

It is my first standalone reverb so obviously I can't say it sounds better or worse than some other offerings, but it offers so much at this price point.

The plate and room reverbs sound great, and are what I mostly use. The secondary controls stay the same when set so you can set those ahead of time and just change the dial when you need a different setup (as well as the level, time and tone which can be easily adjusted). Here, though, is where you realize the drawback. If you want multiple types of reverb in one song, it can be a bit impractical to have to crouch down and change the mode via the selector, even more so if you have to change secondary parameters.

Thankfully, for some options which have heavily customizable parameters there are a few modes which all store their settings, so you can cycle between them if you need "hand presets" on the fly.

Shimmer verb also sounds great, can be a bit overpowering but it's all in the way you use it. Dyna modes are great for auto-swelling and some other niche uses. Echo is nice to stack with another delay. Poly is also really interesting but I think it's a "set up and use maybe once per set" type of thing. Mod stuff is also nice as an option for people who aren't huge fans of modulation (such as myself).

The auto infinite mode as well as the "hold for infinite reverb" switch is really great, I can totally see myself using it in a live context for some textures or song transitions. Great inclusion.

I'm mostly using it in a home studio setting currently, so I'm pretty blown away by the quality of the sound and the features.

However, I am concerned that if/when I start gigging, the usability will pose a bit of a problem. A secondary footswitch for a "favorite" setting like the Harley Benton D-Seed delay would be amazing. I do believe the best option will be to set up a few most used sounds and just switch between them on song breaks.

Overall, very impressed with this package, and blown away that you get so much for not that much money (compared to some other reverbs). It's probably my favorite pedal currently for inspiration and jamming. If you're looking for an all around great sounding reverb and can forgive it's awkward usability, I would definitely recommend trying it out.

Oceans 11 - eleven amazing reverb effects

I bought this pedal, mostly because the spring reverb, i am a big fan from old times reverberation, and sincerly, i was a bit afraid of paying so much, for a new product in the market, but it is AMAZING.

The size is perfect, not too big, not too small.

The pedal is made of good components, not like a Boss Tank, but it?s fine.

The best on this pedal, is the sound, all the sounds are very well designed, the spring is amazing, i was big fan of Boss old reverbs, because of the reverb tank shock sounds, and this pedal reproduces extremely well. Then i start to explore other sounds, and the shimer is brutall, makes other digital reverbs like Line 6 Verbzilla a toy.

Other great feature is that this pedal doesn?t colour the guitar sound, and for a purist like me, big fan of tube amp sounds, it is PERFECT.

I am really happy with this Oceans 11, and the only thing that i would like to upgrade, it was to make a bigger unit, with more presets on the fly with 3 sounds, like de FL4 from Line6.

Until then, i think i will buy one more, to have more possibilities during the songs that i play.

probably the best spring reverb pedal for surf but...

the spring mode is not like a fender amp reverb. It's like the 60s Fender reverb unit. This is probably the best recreation of the 60s Fender reverb unit in pedal form. Very convincing drip. The sound quality is nice

I don't like the other modes and I think if you are looking for an ambient reverb look for something else like strymon

Wow. Just... wow.

This is my umpteenth reverb pedal, as I currently own quite a bunch of reverbs (Strymons - BlueSky, Bigsky & Flint, Neunaber Immerse, TC Hall Of Fame 2, Mr. Black DeluxeDeluxe Plus & Fender Tube Reverb Head) and play surf instrumental music or plate-drenched jazz/blues through Fender blackface amps. Reverb is a big part of my sound so I've become quite picky about it. Compared to others, the Oceans 11 stands shoulder to shoulder with the best of 'em. So many options and tweaks with hidden sub-functions - you can tailor your reverb to almost any application you can think of, including some really out-there sonic experiments. However most modes are highly useful, even at higher mix settings. The only downsides might be a lower headroom than a few of the more expensive units I've mentioned earlier (more notably the Strymons and Neunaber) and a bit of a learning curve when it comes to getting the most out of the secondary functions and modes.

Lots of great sounding reverbs!

All the reverbs zound like studio-quality reverbs. Very easy and intuitive controls. Freeze-like function is cool but wish it was more tweakable with the other reverbs.