The Hotone Audio Verb is a compact reverb pedal from the Skyline Series by Hotone Audio. It puts reverb into one of the smallest housings you will find for the effect: 74 mm deep by 44 mm wide by 44 mm high, weighing 190 g, with a zinc alloy outer cover. Guest reviewer Coe S., writing on Pedal of the Day in October 2016, said the Verb caught his attention for three reasons: the price point, the size, and a knob that lights up. "This was my first reverb pedal," he wrote, and he called the light-up knob "super cool."1
Controls and build
The control layout is deliberately simple. The pedal has a transparent top knob and two noctilucent small knobs, so the settings remain readable on a dark stage, and LED lighting built into the pedal adds to the glow. The noctilucent material in the small knobs means they hold light rather than depending entirely on the LEDs.1
The true bypass footswitch means the reverb circuit drops out of the signal path entirely when the pedal is off, which matters to players who want their clean tone untouched.1
Power on a board
At 20 mA, the Verb is a light load on a power supply. It can share a supply with other pedals without straining a typical output, which suits a pedal this size on a crowded board.1
Compact reverb pedals vary widely in current draw. The Valeton Coral Verb, another small reverb in this territory, draws 135 mA according to Valeton's product page, against the Verb's 20 mA.21
What reviewers said
The pedal's published review record is a guest review by Coe S. on Pedal of the Day, first posted on the site on Friday, August 12, 2016, with the review dated October 14, 2016. His verdict centered on three draws: "the Verb caught my attention for three reasons," citing the price point, the size, and the glowing knob.13
"The light up knob is super cool"
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Questions
Is the Hotone Audio Verb true bypass?
Yes. The pedal uses a true bypass footswitch, so when it is off, your guitar's signal passes through without the reverb circuit in the path. Guest reviewer Coe S. listed the true bypass footswitch among the pedal's specifications in his 2016 review for Pedal of the Day.
How much current does the Hotone Audio Verb draw?
The Hotone Audio Verb draws 20 mA, according to the specifications listed in Pedal of the Day's 2016 guest review. That is a light draw, so it sits comfortably on a pedalboard powered by a shared supply alongside other compact pedals.
How big is the Hotone Audio Verb?
The pedal measures 74 mm deep by 44 mm wide by 44 mm high, and it weighs 190 g. Those dimensions make it one of the smaller reverb pedals you can put on a board, which was one of the draws the Pedal of the Day reviewer cited.
What is the Hotone Audio Verb made of?
The pedal has a zinc alloy outer cover, according to the specifications in the Pedal of the Day guest review. The controls are a transparent top knob and two noctilucent small knobs, with LED lighting built in.
Sources (3)
- Guest Reviewer Fridays: Hotone Audio Verb, Pedal of the Day, 2016-10-14
- Coral Verb, Valeton, 2026-07-27
- Hotone Audio Verb, Pedal of the Day, 2016-08-12
