Chase Bliss Dark World vs Laney Black Country Customs Secret Path Reverb
The Chase Bliss Dark World and the Laney Black Country Customs Secret Path Reverb are both pedals sharing ambient. The Chase Bliss Dark World leans pristine. The Laney Black Country Customs Secret Path Reverb leans shimmer and modulated. Current prices: $279.30 vs $150.15.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.46% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Ambient
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- ambient
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$279.30via Reverb
$150.15via Reverb
Chase Bliss Dark World is a dual-channel digital reverb built in collaboration with Cooper FX and Keeley Electronics, pairing a Dark channel informed by Cooper FX's Generation Loss and Outward lo-fi/VHS-tape designs with a World channel offering Hall, Plate and Spring algorithms. The two sides can run separately or together, covering tone from subtle, tasteful, lush ambience all the way to broken-cassette glitch, shimmer and infinite freeze. It is aimed at ambient and experimental guitarists who want dreamy, spacious reverb textures with room to explore, and it favors clean-toned parts with lots of empty space around them. Expression-pedal control is highlighted as unlocking further sound-shaping range across both channels.
The Laney Black Country Customs Secret Path is a boutique, UK-handcrafted reverb pedal offering lush spring, plate, and ambient shimmer sounds with a clean four-knob interface. Its spring algorithm is drippy, boingy, and warm like a real tank, the plate mode is smoother and more studio-like, and the Secret Path mode conjures long, evolving ambient reverbs. Pre-delay sets the reverb's attack, Size scales from intimate rooms to expansive halls, and Volume and Tone shape output and tonality. Holding the footswitch engages an enhanced mode that adds modulation to the spring and plate voices and an ethereal shimmer to the Secret Path setting. With a silent footswitch and premium build, it suits ambient, post-rock, worship, and players wanting versatile, high-quality reverb.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Experimental
- Electronic
- Country
- Post-Rock
- Rock
- pristine
- shimmer
- modulated
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Occasions this gear suits — judged per model, or derived from its wattage, connectivity and category.- Live
- Studio
- Live
- Studio