Jet Pedals' Stereo Multi-Mode Eternity Endless Space Delay and Revelation Ambient Reverb are a potent pair for gigging players
I’ve had a passing acquaintance with Jet Pedals for a few years, but their scarcity on this side of the pond has meant that they were largely outside my orbit - and until recently I did not feel a particular need to cover them. While the Jet Revelation Reverb has popped up on the radar quite a few times of late - most recently in reference to the new Strymon Cloudburst - where a couple of YouTubers were recommending you get the Jet Reverb over the new Strymon one. The Jet has slightly more algorithmic variation, while overall the Cloudburst - with its 6 controls - is the more clever unit for me - especially when you add a Strymon MiniSwitch to it.
In any case these two Jet Pedals are somewhat adjacent to Alexander Pedals’ Rewind Delay and Space Force Reverb, and Walrus Audio’s Mako Series D1 and R1 pedals - while those latter pairs offer up quite a bit more variation and versatility. The Jet Pedals pair is essentially slightly more streamlined overall - where the Alexander Leap Series pair offers up overall the best functionality to my mind - including those cool and useful LED Screens.
There’s much to like about the Jet Pedals pair - I like how the knobs light up to indicate different parameter / preset / voicing choices, and in many ways the Jet Revelation Reverb can generally be fairly favourably compared to the Strymon Cloudburst.
I largely think that the Alexander Pedals Leap Series has stolen a march on all of these in terms of its core feature set - while the Cloudburst was the one that appealed the most to me - as an addition to my current core Empress Reverb - so that’s the one I acquired for my own preferences.
I still feel that the Jet Pedals pair make for a really cool set - with their newer Eternity Delay properly raising its game with its 6 algorithms providing a really strong selection.
Similar to Alexander and Walrus these have side-mounted jacks, while there is something of a current trend for top-mounted TRS style jacks - so these are not quite in line with those particular advances.
Jet Pedals are largely a praise and worship brand and don’t have that wide a distribution network outside of the USA - in fact no official dealers are listed for the whole of Europe. So for likely customers outside of the USA then Reverb.com is your only choice - where even then there aren’t a lot of Jet Pedal vendors.
Eternity Endless Space Multi-Mode Stereo Delay - $299 with MIDI
Controls - Mix, Repeats, Divisions : Quarter, Dotted Eighth, Eighth, Filter, Control 1, Tap Tempo Footswitch, Bypass Footswitch (Hold Bypass to change Preset, Double-tap to change Mode).
Presets / Modes / Algorithms - Tape (Cyan), Digital (Green), Analog (Yellow), Dual Delay (Orange), ESD (Echo | Slap | Doubler) (Pink). JET Signature - Slap/Analog Dual (Purple).
Control 1 - (Cyan) New > Old Tape, (Green) Pristine > Grit + OD, (Yellow) BBD Noise + Modulation, (Orange) Delay 2 Level, (Pink) Stereo Width, (Purple) Slapback Level.
6 really cool Studio Grade Algorithms with multiple variations and some really smart touches. Press-Hold Bypass to change Mode, and Double-Tab Bypass to change Preset.
This pretty much does everything you need a digital workstation pedal to do - in a really cool and compact colour-changing enclosure. This is very much kind of equivalent to the Walrus Audio Mako Series - with the number and vairiety of algorithms, while Alexander Pedals give you a few more options.
Revelation Ambient Multi-Mode Stereo Reverb - $280 with MIDI
Controls - Mix, Decay, Control 1, Preset Footswitch, Bypass Footswitch.
Presets / Modes / Algorithms - Warm Hall with Modulation (Cyan), Warm Hall with Upper Shimmer (White), Warm Hall with Sub Octave Shimmer (Yellow).
Control 1 - (Cyan) Modulation Level, (White) Upper Shimmer Degree, (Yellow) Lower Shimmer Degree.
The Revelation Reverb is somewhat simpler than the Eternity Delay - with half its number of studio grade algorithms while what we have is pretty potent - all based on a warm and lush Hall style reverb. I think in broad terms the Revelation Reverb compares / contends quite favourably with the Strymon Cloudburst - even though I do prefer the Cloudburst for my preferences.
You also get 6 algorithms from the Walrus Audio R1, and as many as 8 from the Alexander Space Force - so there are some strong options / alternatives out there. I still think that the Revelation mostly stands up for itself - even with a lesser feature set - all those algorithms sound pretty great!
I've largely just referenced the most recent of these compact types - you could add the Mooer X2 pair also, and the recent Keeley pair, and several older pairs besides - really there is no shortage of decent alternatives - but each is a strong proposition in its own right - and it really largely depends on what you're looking for for you own needs!
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