Sinkhole - Catalinbread

Dec 18, 2023

From the very first moment I plugged into the Sinkhole from Catalinbread, I knew I was going to love it and I knew that I was going to put some filthy distortion behind it!

To me, the Sinkhole has all the magic ingredients a good shoegaze reverb needs. There is enough control over MIX, VERB (i.e. decay) and VOL to dial in a washed out, hazy sound wihout losing note clarity.

The MOD and FDBCK knob are very interactive and can be used to create subtle movement or rich, psychedelic textures for hypnotic soundscapes.

The Sinkhole has some unique voicing to it. When you turn up the reverb decay, it feels like it’s generating synth pads matching the notes you play. I like it standalone for some ambient nooodleing, but it really shines with some distortion behind it.

What stands out to me is the remarkable note clarity even when paired with a high gain fuzz like the Proxima. You can still hear chords and arpeggios clearly over the washed out filthy textures.

I have a feeling that the Sinkhole will become an integral part of my arsenal, especially for shoegaze and ambient music.

Signal Chain

Fidelity Guitars Stellarosa Lite II with Lollar Firebird pickups (both pickups)
Benson Amps Preamp Mixwave Plugin*
Sinkhole
Twilight Pulse AudioWorks Proxima for the Shoegaze preset
Mixwave Benson Chimera Plugin*

Similar Pedals

Proxima - Twilight Pulse Audioworks

Topanga - Catalinbread

SFT - Catalinbread

Cloak - Catalinbread

Many Worlds - Catalinbread

Tribute - Catalinbread

Callisto MKII - Catalinbread

Soft Focus - Catalinbread

How To Sound Like Touché Amoré - Flowers and You

Mar 10, 2024

How to sound like Touché Amoré's "Flowers and You" with the right pedals. The verse features cleanish, spacious and modulated ...

Read on

shoegaze touche amore sound like

Read on

How to Set up a Shoegaze Pedalboard

Jan 13, 2024

How to set up a shoegaze pedalboard. Shoegazers use effects pedals in unconventional ways to create beautiful noise rock. In ...

Read on

shoegaze pedalboard miniboard

Read on

Best All-in-One Shoegaze Pedals

Jan 9, 2024

Three of my favorite all-in-one shoegaze pedals. The Walrus Audio Melee, Old Blood Noise Endeavors Screen Violence and Beautiful Noise ...

Read on

shoegaze distortion + reverb wall of sound

Read on

<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;"><iframe loading="lazy" src="https://loopydemos.com/demos/catalinbread-sinkhole/embed" height="598" width="400" title="Sinkhole - Catalinbread | Loopy Demos" style="border-radius: 12px; border: 0px;"></iframe></div>

To embed this demo on your website, copy & paste the code above or customize your demo widget

Loopy Demos