Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage JR

The Crazy Tube Circuits Mirage JR is a compact reverb pedal that puts 16 reverb algorithms in a single mono box. Crazy Tube Circuits describes it as "a compact reverb powerhouse" that brings "the magic of the original Mirage to any rig," whether you are chasing "vintage plate tones, cinematic shimmer, or frozen walls of reverb"¹. The maker positions it as a mono front end spatial effect that is equally at home in pedal switchers, synth setups, or as a send effect in the studio¹, and it launched at $249².

Premier Guitar's review noted the launch price as $249, with the same figure quoted as a street price in the US³². The maker sells it at €219.00 and lists availability as shipping in 5 to 6 days¹.

Sixteen reverbs in two banks

The reverb engine runs 16 algorithms organized into two banks¹. MusicRadar's reviewer frames the split as the first bank holding standard studio reverb sounds and the second holding experimental ambient effects². Delicious Audio names the first bank the Outer Circle, "featuring natural and vintage reverbs like Plate, Spring, and Hall"⁶.

The second bank is where the Mirage JR gets more unusual. MusicRadar highlights several settings²:

• Shimmer, available both up and down
• Infinite, which captures and holds a reverb loop indefinitely
• Frozen Hall, which starts as a classic hall until decay is cranked to max and frozen into endless sustain
• Inchindown, inspired by the Scottish oil tanks, "boasting the longest human-made reverb known to man"
• Springier, which mimics the lush, prolonged reverberation of external spring reverb units often found in studios

The controls and footswitches

The control surface is four knobs plus two expression controls. Crazy Tube Circuits says these "enable powerful real time interactions, from expressive shimmer bursts" to freeze triggers and evolving modulated textures¹. MusicRadar lists the full set of knobs and switches²:

There are two footswitches: Engage Reverb, and a second that engages either Swell or Excite depending on the button selection⁵. The two expression controls are the route into real time manipulation, with the Assign switch deciding what they control¹².

Power and connections

The Mirage JR runs on 9V DC, center negative, drawing 115 mA². Connectivity is simple: one 1/4" jack input and one 1/4" jack output, matching its mono, single-engine format¹². Bypass is selectable between true and buffered, with trail preservation in buffered mode so reverb tails ring out when you switch off⁶. At 124 x 69 x 58 mm and 337 grams, MusicRadar's reviewer found the "weighty die-cast chassis gives it a solid feel that screams boutique"².

Crazy Tube Circuits positions it as a mono front end spatial effect, but says it is equally at home in pedal switchers, synth setups, or as a send effect in the studio¹.

Mirage JR versus the Mirage

What reviewers said

MusicRadar's review was positive on the sounds. On the algorithms, the reviewer wrote:

finding that all 16 reverbs each have their own character². Guitar Pedal X included the Mirage JR in its roundup of 2025's best new delay and reverb pedals of the year⁷.

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