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Can the Cornerstone Nucleo unseat the mighty CXM1978 as our favourite reverb?

Welcome to the show. We were totally blown away by Cornerstone Nucleo Paul Davids Signature Reverb when we heard it for a video a few weeks back. And perhaps because of the sliders and perhaps because of the colour, comparisons were immediately drawn to the mighty, the venerable, the deeply hallowed Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978. Yes, the giant white beast with actual moving faders sits unassailed as our favourite pedal reverb of all time ever… despite the not inconsiderable required pedalboard real estate, and terrifying, trouser-browning price.
Back down on Planet Earth, what about the dear old Boss RV-200? Is it really left in the dust by the sparkly, flashier verbs? Let’s find out.
Enjoy the show!

A note on the RV-200. We barely touched any of the other modes. Apologies - we should have used the ‘Modulate’ algorithm in the last bit of playing. Unfortunately I can’t see the controls well enough to remember it's there and Dan, er, dunno.

GET YOUR COGS OFF: In your YouTube ‘cog’ settings options, there is a ‘stable volume’ option. If you want the audio to be the closest to what we recorded, turn ‘stable volume’ OFF.

Interesting bits and go to sections…
0:00 Intro playing
2:12 What are we doing today?
3:30 Why are we filming this again?
4:55 Why we thought the Nucleo wasn’t right
7:05 Can’t see the controls?
7:49 Today’s amps & room reverb comparison
9:25 What about pre-delay?
11:50 Hall reverb comparisons
13:53 Thoughts on UI - easy?
16:15 Nucleo reverb character - Dan can’t see it either
21:04 And the Nucleo dry-through state?
22:30 Are they true stereo?
27:15 True stereo matters with wet-dry. Eh?
30:20 What about fuzz, buffers and all that?
31:37 Dan’s fave Nucleo additional functions
39:00 Thoughts so far
41:15 Mick’s fave room sound, CXM & Nucleo
45:01 RV-200 room sound
45:45 Big modulated reverb
50:22 Closing thoughts

Pedals & stuff in today’s show
• TheGigRig Three2One
• Sonic Research ST-200 Turbo Tuner
• Kinglsey Jester Overdrive/Boost
• Jam Pedals Harmonious Monk Mk.2
• Boss SDE-3 Dual Digital Delay
• Boss RV-200 Reverb
• Chase Bliss Audio CXM1978 Reverb
• Cornerstone Nucleo Paul Davids Signature Reverb
• TheGigRig G3S

Amps In today’s show
• Fender Hot Rod Deville ML 212 with Celestion A-Type speakers
• Fender Custom Shop Bass Breaker with Celestion V30 speakers

Guitars in today’s video
• Fender Johnny Marr Jaguar
• Gibson Custom True Historic ’57 Les Paul Goldtop Murphy Aged

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