The Mojo Hand FX Dewdrop is a spring reverb pedal built around analog circuitry. Delicious Audio described it as "an analog reverb voiced to give you spring reverb tones ranging from subtle and damp to full on ambient wetness," with a list price of $179 at its 2018 introduction1. It sits in the wider field of reverb pedals as a compact, simple option: a small control set that Mojo Hand FX says allows multiple shades and textures1.
What it does to your sound
The Dewdrop is a spring reverb pedal, the effect type players know from vintage combo amps. Delicious Audio's description frames its range broadly: from subtle and damp settings up to what the write-up calls "full on ambient wetness"1. The pedal's controls are deliberately few. Delicious Audio noted that "its minimal set of controls allow multiple shades and textures," meaning the player covers a wide spread of spring tones without a deep menu1.
What is inside it
Premier Guitar's review, by Brook Hoover, identifies the circuit at the heart of the pedal: "The engine driving the Dewdrop is an Accu-Bell BTDR-2H reverb module, one of the various versions of the 'Belton brick' processor"2. A Belton brick is a small drop-in module that emulates the decay and reflections of a spring tank, which is how a pedal this size produces spring-style reverb without a physical spring.
How it compares
Premier Guitar's roundup placed the Dewdrop alongside two other compact spring reverb pedals from Subdecay and Catalinbread. On size, Hoover found the Dewdrop "is the largest of our would-be spring doppelgangers," about a 1/4" taller and wider than the Subdecay and Catalinbread units2.
On tone, Hoover's verdict was measured: "However, to my ears it sounds more like a series of very short echoes than an archetypal Fender reverb"2. In other words, players after the specific drip and bounce of a Fender amp's spring tank may hear the Dewdrop differently, while the pedal's own voicing, as Delicious Audio describes it, aims at a wider spread of spring textures1.
"However, to my ears it sounds more like a series of very short echoes than an archetypal Fender reverb."
Related Mojo Hand FX pedals
Mojo Hand FX has since built on the Dewdrop with other reverb-based designs:
- The Dewdrop, a reverb pedal whose engine is an Accu-Bell BTDR-2H reverb module, a version of the "Belton brick" processor, with a street price of $1793
- A minimal set of controls that Mojo Hand FX says allow "multiple shades and textures"4
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Questions
Is the Mojo Hand FX Dewdrop analog or digital?
Delicious Audio describes the Dewdrop as an analog reverb, voiced to give spring reverb tones ranging from subtle and damp to full on ambient wetness. Premier Guitar's review notes that the engine driving the pedal is an Accu-Bell BTDR-2H reverb module, a version of the Belton brick processor, which is how the pedal produces its spring-style effect.
Does the Dewdrop sound like a Fender spring reverb?
Not exactly, according to Premier Guitar's reviewer Brook Hoover. He wrote that to his ears it sounds more like a series of very short echoes than an archetypal Fender reverb. Delicious Audio's description is broader, saying the pedal is voiced for spring tones from subtle and damp to full on ambient wetness.
What reverb module is inside the Dewdrop?
Premier Guitar's review identifies the engine driving the Dewdrop as an Accu-Bell BTDR-2H reverb module, one of the various versions of the Belton brick processor. That module is what generates the pedal's spring-style reverb.
How big is the Dewdrop compared with other spring reverb pedals?
In Premier Guitar's roundup of spring reverb pedals, the Dewdrop was the largest of the three pedals tested, about a quarter of an inch taller and wider than the Subdecay and the Catalinbread units it was compared with.
Sources (4)
- MOJO Hand FX Dewdrop, Delicious Audio, 2018-03-04
- “Spring-Reverb” Pedal Review Roundup, Premier Guitar, 2015-02-13
- Mojo Hand FX Unveils the Park Theatre and RVT, premierguitar.com, 2019-08-02
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