THE FOUR LATEST pedals from UAFX are the company’s first to feature compact enclosures, and are designed to be both straightforward and easy to use. Nevertheless, they offer the high-grade tones of the more complex UAFX units they’re derived from — primarily the Starlight Echo Station, Golden Reverberator, Del-Verb Ambience Companion and Max Preamp and Dual Compressor, all of which have been previously reviewed here.
The Evermore Studio Reverb, Heavenly Plate Reverb, Orion Tape Echo and 1176 Studio Compressor have different control functions, but they share a single on/off foot switch, a status LED (it glows different colors to indicate certain functions), and a complement of jacks that includes mono input and output, a USB-C port for connecting to a computer for firmware updates, and a nine-volt center-negative power-in jack for an adapter of 250mA minimum (not included). Each pedal also has a pair of recessed slider switches on the front: One selects buffered or true bypass, while the other performs different functions depending on the pedal. All measure 4 ½ by 2 ½ by 1 ½ inches and are manufactured in China.
EVERMORE STUDIO REVERB
Designed to deliver the spacious ambience, grainy trails and mesmerizing modulation of an iconic, late-’70s digital
