![]() If you want strong stereo effects, wet-dry-wet is NOT the way to go believe it or not. I have tried, mixed, and dabbled with it and very few reverb pedals, or delays pedals comes with true wet/dry/wet possibilities. You have to take care of ground lifts, so that no hum creeps into either of the stereo amps. ![]() ![]() However, it's more trouble than it is worth IMHO. Andy Timmons is the only one that does this live. Yes, my experience is of what is usually called true wet/dry/wet with stereo reverbs. The other options just don't have enough competition to make them go the extra mile to create something wonderful. If you're setting up a stereo rig your first two pedal considerations should take into account Panning and Delay / Echo. Their tonal baseline can be much lower than mono effects of the same type because of the lack of competition. They just have to hang in there with two to maybe six other stereo pedal options of the same type. They're not up against 100 + other options like mono effects are and they're not competing against a history that defines what can and can't be expected. Just the fact that they've got a left and right output, ( the highest quality stereo pedals will usually have both stereo inputs and outputs), puts them in this searched for section of guitar pedal effects. ![]() Stereo pedals make up a very small percentage of the pedal market. I guess it all depends on the quality of the mono pedals you're thinking of replacing with stereo pedals. for each side a stereo rig blooms into something amazing. When combined with a Stereo Delay / Echo pedal that allows you separate delay types, type / number of repeats, etc. My Dazatronyx Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo that allows me to set a speed of travel from left to right and back again is far more beautiful in tonal quality and adds a third dimension that mono tremolos just can't compete with no matter how good the quality of the mono version is. the only stereo effects I've found that truly rise to a much higher quality of sound when used in a stereo rig are Delay / Echo and the ability to Pan from side to side at a controlled rate. In spite of owning a stereo flange I still use my long owned A/DA Flanger on my stereo board. Quality of tone counts for far more that spatial quality. Black Twin Lazers Phaser for the same reason. On my stereo board I use a mono Mad Professor Tiny Orange Phaser rather than my stereo Mr. The stereo chorus adds a bit of width but tonally sounds inferior to the Analogman to a point that I just won't use it on my best stereo board. I own a high quality stereo Chorus pedal yet don't have it on my stereo board because my mono Analogman mini chorus with deep setting blows it out of the water. ![]() For my stereo rig I just set the 3 knob reverb section of each Underground 30 to different settings like brighter on one and darker on the other or a short tail on one and a longer tail on the other. What little they add is hardly noticeable. A high quality mono reverb will sound better than a lower priced stereo reverb in a stereo rig. Reverb is spatial right from the get go so a stereo reverb pedal doesn't sound all that different from a mono reverb pedal. I've used stereo reverb pedals but they're only as good as what they're up against. I can create any stereo landscape I desire with just these three. the only stereo pedals on my main stereo board are a Source Audio Nemesis Delay paired via midi with a Singular Sound Beat Buddy, (stereo drum machine), and a Dazatronyx Stereo Panning Optical Tremolo. I also have both stereo and mono versions of pretty much every type of effect pedal. I have a very nice stereo rig running into two Bruno Underground 30s with three knob reverb on each. ![]()
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