The Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb pedal caused a real stir when it surfaced earlier this year, and in our review, it lived up to the hype with a wealth of inspiring sounds. Clearly, it struck a chord with many others as it's Reverb's top-selling new pedal of 2023. Of course, the fact these figures came from a site that also hosts used sales also means many people could have sold theirs on!
Elsewhere on the list we're surprised to see the Wampler Germanium Tumnus make the top 10 less than a week after its release – it must have flown out of the door! And judging by my experiences with the standard edition, it deserves to. But the site's overall top-selling pedals tell a different story.
While the Cloudburst still shows up in this second top 20 at a respectable sixth overall, the 35-year-old Boss DS-1 distortion pedal tops the list. Honestly, we're surprised to see it still selling so well – but then this is a pedal that has sold 1.5 million units.
But Boss has second place too, with the BD-2 Blues Driver proving an everblue favourite. Last year's winner, the Keeley Compressor Plus, moves down to third while the bells and whistles amp and multi-effects modelling pedal bonanza that is the Line 6 HX Stomp is placed fourth.
On that subject, we can also see the UAFX Dream '65 and Strymon Iridium in the top 20.
Check out the full charts below…
Reverb best-selling pedals released in 2023
1. Strymon Cloudburst Ambient Reverb
2. EHX/JHS Nano Lizard Queen Octave Fuzz
3. EQD White Light Legacy Reissue
4. EHX Slap-Back Echo Reissue
5. Karma ODR-10
6. Keeley Super AT Mod Andy Timmons Signature Overdrive
7. Fender Shields Blender (standard release)
8. Wampler Germanium Tumnus
9. Peterson StroboStomp Mini
10. EHX Walking On The Moon Andy Summers Signature
Reverb best-selling pedals of 2023
1. Boss DS-1
2. Boss BD-2
3. Keeley Compressor Plus
4. Line 6 HX Stomp
5. Boss TU-3
6. Strymon Cloudburst
7. MXR M169 Carbon Copy
8. ProCo Rat 2
9. DigiTech Drop
10. Hologram Electronics Microcosm
11. Strymon Iridium
12. Boss SD-1
13. Greer Lightspeed Organic Overdrive
14. Strymon Big Sky Reverb
15. Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer
16. Dunlop GCB95 Cry Baby
17. TC Electronic Ditto Looper
18. JHS Morning Glory V4
19. UAFX Dream ’65 Reverb Amplifier
20. Boss GE-7
![Eric Clapton and his gold-plated Cry Baby: [Left] a black and white image of Clapton playing his Bigsby-equipped Gibson Les Paul standard live on stage with Cream.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aPowLRdfjdvVAiwU8PYuBh-1280-80.jpg.webp)
“We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby
“Honestly I’d never even heard of Klons prior to a year-and-a-half ago”: KEN Mode’s Jesse Matthewson on the greatest reverb/delay ever made and the noise-rock essentials on his fly-in pedalboard
“We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby
“Honestly I’d never even heard of Klons prior to a year-and-a-half ago”: KEN Mode’s Jesse Matthewson on the greatest reverb/delay ever made and the noise-rock essentials on his fly-in pedalboard
