Catalinbread FX90 Early Verb: Sweetwater Shoegaze Exclusive
Catalinbread FX90 Early Verb: Yamaha SPX90 reverb magic in a Sweetwater-exclusive pedalboard stompbox. $159.99.
The boutique pedal world has a brand-new, highly anticipated release you won’t even find on the official Catalinbread website. Dropping quietly as a Sweetwater exclusive, the Catalinbread FX90 Early Verb is a brand-new reverb pedal that captures the magic of 1980s studio processing.
FX90 Early Verb
Shoegaze musicians and ambient players have long coveted the early reflections patches of the legendary Yamaha SPX90—a massive 19-inch rack effect unit famous for its uniquely swelling, dense reverberations.
The FX90 captures that exact rack-era DNA and shrinks it into a pedalboard-friendly stompbox, giving guitarists instant access to massive walls of sound without hauling around heavy vintage studio gear.
Rack-Quality Shoegaze Tones on Your Board
Instead of just offering a standard spring or hall reverb, the FX90 specifically targets early reflections with five intuitive controls to dynamically shape the swell of your notes:
- DLY: Adds up to roughly 400 milliseconds of pre-delay, holding the swell back so your dry note punches through before the reverb takes over.
- Time: Controls the spacing between initial echoes, allowing you to fine-tune the density of your reverberations.
- Room & Mix: Shape the echo volume and blend the wet/dry signals to transform your tone from a tight room slapback to a cavernous, shoegaze-ready expanse.
- Volume: Sets the overall output level and can introduce musical distortion when pushed to higher settings, perfect for gritty ambient textures.
Priced at $159.99 (currently discounted from $199.99), the FX90 Early Verb offers an affordable pathway to expansive, rack-quality ambient reverb.
At the time of writing, no video demos of this new pedal are available. We will update you once more information is announced.
Because this is a brand-new Sweetwater exclusive, it remains completely unavailable directly from Catalinbread or any other musical instrument retailer.
- +Emulates legendary Yamaha SPX90 early reflections
- +Compact pedalboard-friendly form factor
- +Five intuitive, performance-ready controls
- +Pre-delay up to 400ms for note clarity
- +Volume knob adds musical distortion when pushed
- +Affordable rack-quality reverb tone
- +Sweetwater-exclusive current discount
- −Currently Sweetwater exclusive only
- −No demo videos available yet
- −Limited early information on full feature set
What is the Catalinbread FX90 Early Verb?
The FX90 Early Verb is a reverb pedal that captures the early reflections sound of the 1980s Yamaha SPX90 studio rack unit. It offers five controls—DLY, Time, Room, Mix, and Volume—to shape dense, swelling reverberations from tight rooms to massive shoegaze walls of sound.
Is this pedal available anywhere else?
No. The Catalinbread FX90 Early Verb is currently a Sweetwater exclusive and remains unavailable from Catalinbread directly or any other retailer as of this writing.
What price is the FX90 Early Verb?
The FX90 Early Verb is priced at $159.99, currently discounted from the original $199.99 MSRP.
Can the Volume knob add distortion?
Yes. When pushed to higher settings, the Volume control can introduce musical distortion, which is useful for creating gritty ambient textures and adds tonal flexibility beyond clean reverb.
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