“Part of reimagining old technology is stepping outside the boundaries of possibility”: Catalinbread’s new stompbox tribute to the EMT 140 runs two emulations of the classic plate reverb and runs them in “modulated tandem”

Catalinbread Talisman Ghost.

Catalinbread has revised its Talisman reverb pedal by doubling up on the digital simulation of the groundbreaking vintage EMT 140 plate reverb and running them in parallel to create a chorusing effect to your ambience.

The Talisman Ghost builds on the original’s remit, to put an EMT 140 plate reverb into a compact stompbox and expand upon its functionalist. Here, the Portland, Oregan guitar effects specialist takes that to its logical conclusion. If the architecture under the hood is all digital then why not double up on the plates?