Funny little story. When I was looking for a reverb pedal, I wanted to try to find something that was NOT a Boss pedal, because about 80% of the pedals that I own are Boss. I had some requirements (stereo ins and outs, not super expensive or physically large, could cover a lot of ground, easily acquired) and after doing alot of research I found that the RV-6 was really the only pedal that fit the bill.

Thanks Leon, great and honest review, as always. I have that pedal for few years, I am satisfied with the beast, it's a keeper. Still looking for other reverb sounds/pedals, though (as we always are, it's a never ending story). You deserve a lot more subscribers, man. Wish you all the best!

I love the ambient version at the end. It would make a great intro live, especially with a synth pad underneath. ROCK ON!!!

I had the RV2 years ago in the early 90s. It really opened my ears to what we call ambience today. It impressed me so much that I ended up recording a an original wedding march song for my wedding - just clean electric neck pickup swimming gently in the RV2 glory. Now days, post mullet and 35 years later of marriage, I still enjoy that recording and the RV2 I had back then. This RV6 sounded nice to me for a stomp box and its affordability. Thanks for the review.

Great video and awesome playing and tone! Subscribed and ordered the RV-6 from Sweetwater!

A great short / sharp video. Thank you

Great demo, such intuitive playing!!!!

oh I think this is the reverb I need for my little board ,simple with multiple modes. pretty cool

Yes, it is! I had this on my board for a while. I needed a reverb with stereo I/O and an expression input so there weren’t many options and afaik this is by far the best value for those features. Having an expression pedal on my effect level made the modulated mode (the best mode imo) much more manageable on tunes where mod verb might usually be a bit heavy handed.

Really nice and honest man.. and a thumbs up for giving us the versatile review from dirt to clean..not so many of those, and that's really the cookie jar stuff.. we like to hear and compare.

Great review 👏 even greater chops😮

awesome Leon now we need an rv6 dd8 combo video double shimmer maybe

I was looking for a more complete reverb to replace the small Tone City spring reverb. Your review for this pedal is the best with good exemples not only in clean sounds 👍🏻 So I've bought this Boss reverb and tried your setting (room preset with time at zero) with Strymon Iridium and room knob at 12 or 3 p.m on the Iridium. It works so well!! (disto is Friedman be od deluxe) killer sound! It is the first time a setting idea from a YT video works so great for me. Thanks Leon! (merry 🌲🎅)

Very cool.. Reverb and delay are something I have to have of all the effects out there and a wah.. :-) That Tele is cool.. I've wanted to build one.. I've just not got around to it.. Maybe a ZZ top like Tele with reverse headstock and a single humbucker maybe in the bridge! That reverb sounds great.. Boss just makes great useful stuff.. I just love it.. Even their amps are killer for the money now! Thank you kind sir! Very cool.. Be well sir! Tim

I own the RV-6 and I think it's a very nice allround reverb pedal. For the Modulate setting I prefer the older RV-5 which is brighter and has this kind of "dreamy/spacey" sound that the RV-6 just doesn't provide. I still want to get a RV-3 which is actually both a reverb and a delay pedal and has this warmer "less hifi" sound kinda similar to the DD-2/DD-3.

Excellent video! I have been using the Oceans 12 reverb by Electro-Harmonix and I'd say the RV-6 is as capable as that pedal at almost half the price. Also, it's a lot easier to dial in than the Oceans 12. Thanks for a very in depth review and effects testing. Your videos are always straight forward and when I am looking to test out new equipment, I turn to your videos first to see if you have reviewed the products because I know I'm going to get an honest review.

Cool tip on the shimmer is to de-cheesify it by turning the tone down all the way. It becomes less of a 'shimmer' but sounds better for it. More of just another reverb flavour than an obvious shimmer.

It's good, but I think you are spot on with your assessment that if you don't have a verb you can pick this up as a utility and get serviceable tones.

Yes next question !

Rockin the tele ! Nice 😁 you hit the nail on the head tho.... Satriani head has no reverb so boss to the rescue in the loop for clean and low gain/ crunch channels 🤘 TC skysurfer is currently filling in for the rv..... The modulate sounds mint... Ever so nice 👍

Guitarist here that just got my first analogue synth and now buying a second set of pedals lol !! Wanted a versatile box , which this is. The additional reverb+delay and the fact i can mono in - stereo out, sold it for me. Strymon for the guitars and boss for the synth. Great review, thanks

I use this pedal for a Rhodes electric piano and it’s amazing

This and any DM2 should be on every guitarist board.

Liked your review very much. I think I'm going to buy this pedal. I did subscribe to your videos something I rarely do.

Own the Strymon big sky, but am adding this to a compact pedalboard my work with a live band. Big, robust boss foot switch, far simpler than the Strymon, sounds better than the hall of fame plus reverb and delay in one unit were the main advantages for me.

I have the RV-5; it served me well and is an excellent pedal, but I'm planning to buy a Strymon Blue Sky V2.

just bought a brand new one. ilove it 😊❤ shimmer + tone to 0.

I used an RV6 for a while and still have it (I should get around to flogging it off). Agreed with pretty much everything said in the vid, but you were a bit more forgiving of the plate than I was. If you use hall in the place of the crappy plate the pedal does its job well enough though, and the mod reverb is nice.

It’s my basic go-to verb. I’ve owned strymon, etc but at the 10% mix I use honestly, you cannot tell the difference at that level. Dynamic or room at 10 or 15 %. Works for me just to clean the tone.

Mine lives with the tone at 9:00 on the plate and modulated settings.

Is it my imagination or does the dynamic setting have a bit of modulation in there?

I love this pedal so much, I own two.

The every man’s reverb

Just one of my plethora of pedals :)

LOVE GUITAR FACE :)

For me, the Boss RV-6 is outstanding. There are many other that are awesome as well, but the RV-6 can get you amazing ambience and covers *a lot* of sonic ground (hence, incredibly useful). Cheers! \m/, 😊 ,\m/

Shimmer/Modulated mode with tone all the way counter clock is pure BLISS.

Honestly, i think it does the 'lexicon-alike' flavour as well as a Polara.

I have one of these and also the EHX Oceans 11. I like the Oceans 11 better overall, it's a real 'swiss army knife' of a reverb pedal, also the shimmer on that one is definitely better than the RV-6. I love Boss pedals and the RV-6 is pretty great but the EHX takes the edge for me.

Yeah, to me the RV-6 was serviceable. Overall it was perhaps a bit bright. Shimmer with tone at 9:00 is nice but not unique enough to justify keeping. (I have a ton of delays but my only reverb pedals are the BigSky, Mercury7 and Red Panda context v1. PCM80 & MPX-1 for studio recording.) The mod was not bad on the RV-6, but I do think the mod RV-5 was preferable. But even there, I think other pedals can get you in the ballpark easily, and with more variety.

One of my pre-requisites for buying an amp is: Does it have an FX loop? Because I always want to have reverb and delays in the loop. The TC Hall Of Fame reverb is pretty good too, but this demo has me itching check out the Boss RV-6.

Damn. This pretty much confirms my feelings about this pedal. I have a UA Golden Reverberator that is fantastic, but i have it on my 'big board,' set up with my Kemper. I bought the RV-6 for my small board for my Deluxe Reverb, and i went 'cheap,' because i thought i'd only use it when i paired a distortion pedal for 'van halen noodling.' But it just never sounded 'good,' so i usually leave it off and just use the amp's reverb. I cheaped out-should have bought the MXR, which i liked on the venerable Tim Pierce's board over the years. But, no-i wanted to save $50.... Ugggh. Do you have any other suggestions, Leon? I think i'm going to cut bait and sell it. It's not 'bad'-it's a reverb. It does the modes. That's about all i can say about it. It's definitely not a happymaking pedal.

I have one, does anyone know what other pedals that pairs good with it?

Great pedal. Covers a lot of ground and is affordable. And Boss quality built.

Boss make good pedals. There's a big jump (in price and bells/whistles) between the RV-6 and the 'next Boss reverb in the range' RV-500. Interesting that they don't make an RV-200 ?

I like it

Sounded great to me

Someone who actually uses a shimmer reverb right! You nailed what that whole thing is about...early-mid 80s infinity pool owning, waking up stoned, young money, sleeping with super models, car phone your Ferrari 288 GTO nostalgia. That sound is Wolf of Wall Street in a pedal.

I’d like to see a RV-6 vs RV-200 shootout.

what would you prefer for reverb only. flint or rv6?

I was like “ok…when is he playing his signature riff/line/lick”. 14:35

Hello brother! Whats the pickups on that Tele? 👌

I find 9 times out of 10 for decades if I am listening to a guitarist I love they have a EMT140 Plate on the guitar. Now United artists have their budget Compact series one can get the UA FX Heavenly $220.00 USD. You get 2 actually different EMT-140 Plates a dark and a bright plate. A plate makes the perfect always on and make it a bit wet and covers anything that needs a bit of the Sc-Fi spacey thing if needs be. Better one perfect sound than several compromised. The problem with the Boss is it is 6 years old using dated chips. I am sure a new one is on their short list but until then I do not see the value. We have reached a stage where anything better sonically with many affordable better chips is imperceivable to all but audiophiles with gourmet hi-Fi systems. My point is if a unit sounds killer today it will be relatively as redundant proof as a Boss CE-2 Chorus is as pleasingly pro sound. The UA is future proof. In short the verbs 5 years from today will not sound better but simply give you more choices of Reverb types on your pedal of choice for the same budget.

I have had the Boss RV 6 for a while already. Disappointed that Boss didn't do a 200 Reverb release like the Boss DD 200 Delay. Can anyone suggest a step up in reverb quality but not too costly ie not the Blue Sky or UA Golden/Del Verb? Cheers

What Leon playing a tele ? I don't know if Lupin gonna like this.. but good ol boss pedals are hard to beat so I told him to hang in there and he'd get some extra milk and those ears perked straight up... Where is our little critter hanging out ? He doesn't know what he's missing. 😺

Guess it depends how much you were paid hey Leon, the game is up 😆

Aside from quality sounds, this one is a monster tank which other pedals aren't.

Oh Shitdamn craphell I just noticed you was twangin on a spank plank! Heck yeah

Is the Boss RV-6 operating on its own or with other pedals along with two amps?

3:29 holy crap - give us some warning when you're gonna come out flailing with a bunch of razors! :D

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I think fractal has the best reverbs I've used by far.....