Fender Reflecting Pool Delay & Reverb: My VERY First Try!

I try out the Fender Reflecting Pool for the very first time in this video. Really and truly! SPOILER ALERT: it's got some very nice delay and reverb sounds!
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[@karlcountry2363]

This guy is like a kid in a candy store. Love it

[@sordel5866]

Fender faced a lot of resistance when they launched this line of effects pedals but they seem to have released some real gems.

[@BluesLicks101]

What resistance?

[@sordel5866]

BluesLicks101 A lot of KZbinrs just weren't interested. Lee Anderton, for example, acted like they existed purely for people who wanted the Fender logo on their pedalboard ... then one of their Overdrives won a blindfold test on the Andertons channel. To be honest I think that the enclosures Fender used don't appeal to the aesthetic of the more traditional guitarist - that may have been a factor. And the digital element is also a problem for some people (less so obviously with a delay) but Fender pedals do seem to sound good overall.

[@fernandes5986]

@@sordel5866 I wonder who manufactures them, I suspect it isn't fender, or am I wrong?

[@SweetSpotGuitar]

@@fernandes5986 Fully Fender-designed but contract-manufactured

[@fernandes5986]

@@SweetSpotGuitar I knew it. Thanks.

[@michaeldstern]

Didn’t i see you with lord Stannis

[@austonbus1452]

OH MY GOT

[@vhego]

You never let me down man, you always got the most interesting pedals in your hand at the right time and you're even (too) fast to upload the video. Respect

[@JeffHendricks]

In Fender's latest video, they show how you can set the mod/sub delay's division separate from the main delay's by holding the Tap button while moving the division knob.

[@JeffMillerCreative]

Nice exploration - a helpful overview of this pedal! I love it when you kick in the gain and go all Tibbetts!

[@shitmandood]

I really like the look & finish of those pedals & the prices are reasonable. I'm in that eternal conflict of whether to go with multi-effects units or getting separate pedals, with the first step usually being to get a multi-effects first & then branch out to separate pedals later as needed. Usually the weird thing I always hear pertaining to amp sims or multi-effects is that most people only settle in for a couple of sounds/tones & do not really use the rest of the effects/amps in the multi.

[@darkwaffel]

Thank you for your videos, I am French-speaking and I really like your tests, your accent is very easy and pleasant to understand for a non-English speaker ...

[@chordsoforion]

So glad you are liking the videos. Thanks very much!!!

[@blankspace0000]

Soon as you engaged both the delay and verb my ears melted. Such a beautiful sound!

[@onzkicg]

I like how good it sounds at the same time still hearing the clarity and tone of guitar chords.

[@RylandRay]

Super underrated channel! Love these high quality demos!!!

[@chordsoforion]

Much appreciated!

[@JeffHendricks]

So glad you decided to review this!!! The new Fender stuff looks so nice, but we all know the sounds are what's important!

[@michaeltsakis1046]

Getting it for my birthday cant bloody wait

[@chordsoforion]

Nice! Hope you enjoy it!

[@pa5buk]

I like your way of reviewing this pedal! Especially when you say stuff like "this will probably mean X", then twist the knob and have to say "Oh I was wrong about that!". Lovely unbiased and unprepared. Just the way I start experimenting with my new pedals. Get them out of the box and start twisting knobs to see what they do! I hope all your video's are as cool as this one. Instant subscribe and like!

[@Gainn]

The shimmer on this is really quite nice. It's very musical.

[@mrz80]

What, exactly, **is** a shimmer? :D

[@coaldoubt2879]

Thank you Sir Davos

What a thorough review. You showed many if not all possibilities one can do with both sides! I'm convinced! Going to buy me one for my pedalboard! Thank you Bill!!

[@ricktheexplorer]

So many great pedals out now, and this seems to be one of them

[@mrz80]

I've been a digital-monolith enthusiast for years and am ridiculously well-pleased with my current setup of just an SY-1000 and some extra footswitches. Two pedals, however (besides a looper, which the SY-1000 can't really do), have tempted me to expand beyond the one-size-fits-all multi: The Keeley Dark Side (it comes really close to just being the Gilmour-in-a-box holy grail of Floyd fans who play), and this Fender combo pedal, based pretty much entirely on your enthusiasm in this video. So if I should wind up buying one of these, it's entirely YOUR fault. :P

[@tossedpenny]

Reflecting Pool. I gotta admit Fender nailed it with a cool name for this unit.

[@anthonyplant2528]

I've been looking into buying one of these. This has been very useful thank you.

[@chordsoforion]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ZPDSurvival]

Great Video. Searching for the sound. Excellent.

[@chordsoforion]

Thanks!

[@beautifulworld1988]

Hello Bill ! Love to watch your videos with new effects.

[@PlumClayWithMe]

That shimmer. Wow

[@alexbatz9977]

this pedal is insane, the extra turntable is crazy.

[@rickc2102]

I agree with you about the shimmer. This sounds like one I'd actually use, and I'm not sure I've felt that way about any besides the Meris.

[@JeffHendricks]

Yeah, I'm really not a fan of shimmer on the RV-6 or the Hall of Fame... this one sounds nice, and isn't noticeably ice-picky.

[@chordsoforion]

Yeah - that's a good description - not much in the way of the "ice-pick" tone!

[@fernandes5986]

Another amazing demo. If you had only one reverb/delay pedal/rackmount,for the rest of your life, what would it be?

[@Jason75913]

all the pedals 😸

[@Diax1324]

I'd love to see you grab TWO Electro Harmonix tri-parallel mixers and mix together 3 different stereo effects.

[@chordsoforion]

Whoo! That sounds complicated! 😎

[@RobertoMarraChannel]

If I had the possibility to try that fender shimmer I would definitely play the intro pad part of 'where the streets have no name' ! I think it would be perfect for that song!

[@joshuarosenbaum9360]

I bought this pedal a few days and spent probably an hour with it and was rather disappointed with it overall. Some of the problems I had was mainly with two things: the switches (I prefer a soft switch) and the reverb sounds. Of course, Bill here can make a can of dead worms sound amazing, but to my own ears, it isn't a well thought out pedal. The audio quality just wasn't there in terms of depth and colorization. Of course, I'm probably a bit spoiled when it comes to reverb since I own a Strymon BigSky, Meris Mercury 7, Neunaber Immerse, Source Audio Ventris, EarthQuaker Devices Astral Destiny, an older Lexicon reverb rackmount unit (maybe an MPX-1) et. al. The delays on this Fender Reflecting Pool sounded pretty nice. Honestly, I'm not sure why I bought it, but you made it sound so good, Bill. Oh well, at least I was able to send it back since going to a guitar store is pretty much moot at this juncture. (Not that I was a fan of guitar stores much to begin with --- they're just too loud.)

[@gigaha]

Yes those switches are terrible! I tried using this for vocals, and the horrendous clicking sound kept ending up in the signal. I also do not like how the original signal just dies out when you move the LEVEL past noon. I noticed on my Neunaber pedal, the original signal stays present even when the mix is maxed out. In the positive column, the Room and Reverse reverbs were nice on the Reflecting Pool. All that said, which reverb/delays do you use now, @joshuarosendbaum9360? I was not a huge fan of the Source Audio stuff, but I do like Neunaber and the old Lexicon stuff.

[@patrickr6505]

The reverb on the Chase Bliss Mood 2 is one of the best stereo reverbs I have,plus I have the Neunuber Immerse 2 which is so beautiful too..

[@tite93]

Gotta love that reBErb :)

[@Estudio_Quesney]

Someone should make a figure of Bill and his guitar to put in a library or on an amplifier or on the light table next to the bed.

[@softpillow9596]

Great demo!

[@onzkicg]

Hi nice demo great play as usual, thanks! This pedal cost similar to Eventide Blackhole and Seymour Duncan Dark Sun- Does it come close in audio quality vs. these competitor? Thanks!

[@PKVarianceArts]

What would the Vencil Reberb sound like I wonder?

[@taunoctua245]

If I was making money at music, I would surround myself with expensive pedals as well. This one is awesome but out of my price range. I'll stick with GAS on Mooer pedals.

[@abugfrommars4314]

Really late to the party, but I love your clean tone lol

[@gitarild]

Nice delays and reverbs - but that distortion was something else! Transported me to a very Robert Frippy place. Which you want, obviously. What was it?

[@chordsoforion]

Glad you like the distortion - that was the Strymon Riverside.

[@TheDennzio]

Yes! Loved that as well...Trippy Frippy...just a wee micro dose of mushrooms to create some "headroom"

[@mroutt2]

The only thing missing is a pre delay knob

[@ArthurUbraga3Coracoes]

vende no brasil fender

[@Jason75913]

nice

[@mroutt2]

Is the pre delay only apart of the special reverb or is it built in to each type

[@Jonathan-L]

I wonder if this pedal can be tweaked to get that Hank Marvin sound? (the Hall & Collins unit is rare & expensive)

[@chordsoforion]

www.reidys.com/blog/how-to-sound-like-hank-marvin/

[@jonigold]

Did you switch it onto true bypass or delay trails?

[@DavyMackNYC]

Nice video! Are all the delays mono? I just got the source audio collider and by default it seems all the delays are ping pong. Thanks

[@mattgilbert7347]

Same with the Nemesis (mostly) - but you can tweak that in the app or editor.

[@Jay7Fox]

hello, are both of the volumes 100% wet ? does anybody knows ? (btw love your channel :) )

[@gigaha]

Yes they are.

[@inhabitantmusic9051]

I chose the boss rv-500 over that, and I'm not really happy with the boss rv-500 it does not have a decay knob and it is really not that simple.

[@ripw1]

I bought the rv500 - similar price. Editing seemed daunting at the beginning but, is actually a lot easier than initiallyappears. I am looking at another del/rvb and love and bought the fender mirror image, but, i dont think this pedal stands out from the crowd, Persevere with the rv500 and make use of the external controller/footswitches

[@inhabitantmusic9051]

@@ripw1 well I have it now, I am spoiled by the strymon pedals. I use it for on the go.

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

Source Audio Collider sounds better with more options. And takes less space! This isn't terrible though.

[@Jason75913]

Yeah, seems like oyher pedals sound better, though I would need to try one to find out for sure. For example, I was absolutely certain that I would love the Neunaber Immerse, but trying it out in person, I found myself hating the quirky thing and ditched it. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't care much for the TCE Hall of Fame 2, and now that I have one, I freaking love it.

[@XIIMonkeysMusicGroup]

@@Jason75913 I had a HOF1. It was an upgrade from Mooer, but I got a Mercury7 to replace it. Then I missed multiple standard Reverbs, and got the Poly Digit. Then the firmware froze (fixed now), got the Collider. Got the Zoia after that. The HOF was weak though, and one reverb function just up and quit! But all my new Reverbs made that HOF sound like a toy!

[@digduggydigdug]

Why aren’t your knob lights on?

[@gigaha]

There’s a switch on the back to choose whether you want those on / off.

[@toddsteele72]

8:30 oh that’s interesting 🤣

[@YaDaHYaHaYah]

Mr.White

[@Stoffendous]

"I'm being totally honest" [contains paid promotion]

[@chordsoforion]

Exactly. I clearly marked this video since Fender sent me the pedal for free.

[@Haplo123]

Fender trying to look like strymon lol

[@BluesLicks101]

Or a Way Huge Auqa Puss.

[@poopykid7020]

John 3:15-18 KJV❤ 15 That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

[@shckltnebay]

Epic fail, just like the Mirror Image delay

[@anthonycrystal33]

Too much delay😦

[@Patrick-857]

Ambient guitar and too much delay? Lol no, this guy stacks 3 or more delays normally.