Boss RV-5

easy becouse the knobs are simple and no special wierd buttens.
not easy becouse adjustment should be controlled carfully.

my setup is epiphone lp--->535q cry baby-->maxon od9-->rocktron rampage-->big muff pi usa-->boss bf3 flanger-->marshall vt1-->boss ce20-->BOSS RV5-->akai headrush-->fender frontman (extended costum speaker)

sound is great not noisy
if tone is too high than its harsh so dont do it.
i think that hall and modulate is the best.
room mode sounds like a real room (so if you need it its good).
the rest i dont care

buy it

boss is very strong

no need for back up - im sure

i play create electronic music but i play kinds of rock also (rock is very boring stupid music) i love it.

Simple enough to use, I already had the RV3 (which was not very good)& this is basically the same set-up. Effect Level, tone, reverb time (decay), & type of reverb. Manual had some settings but blah, don't need em.

I have an Ibanez RG570 & a Gibson Les Paul Custom. Amps vary, I own a VHT Pittbull UL but I am using this pedal for an upcoming European tour so it will be used through whatever amp i'm borrowing at the moment ;) I like the reverb sounds this pedal offers much more than the RV3. Definitely a step in the right direction. I use hall only, but just fooling around with the other settings I did notice they all sounded well above average. The Spring setting I don't mess with so I can't comment on it. The Hall is very lush on my clean channel, organic sounding for a stompbox. With the time up 3/4 the decay is extremely long & natural with a wide open sound that decays very naturally. Tone knob can make this noisy if it's too high but I keep it around 10-12 o'clock. There is a modulation sound on this pedal too which adds a bit of chorus to the Hall; I like to use this setting too on occasion. Overall a very clean, natural, and HUGE sounding reverb that even on more extreme settings does not get muddy or flubby. Does eat batteries as any Reverb or Delay pedal would, but highly recommended.

I've had my share of Boss pedals in the past and have absolutely no worries that this thing would ever break down. Solid.

Never dealt with them, and probably wouldn't if it broke anyway. Too much of a hassle dealing with these huge corporations.

Overall, this pedal was worth the money. I did compare it to the Digitech X Series reverb and this was definitely better to my ears. This is highly recommended for those who want that deep, haunting reverb on their clean channel without lugging around a processor & tweaking parameters for 15 damn hours.

Easy.

The folks saying this sounds bad must be using the incorrect output in Mono mode. If operating in mono, one must use input A and output A. A very good sounding pedal. Spring verb is very nice and realistic.

I play rock. This works very well for me when I need it. Been playing 12 years, and have owned old Blackfaces - I'm not gonna say this reverb is up to Blackface reverb caliber but it is very good. I'm playing an old Tweed with no reverb now. I love this pedal. I'd buy another if it were lost or stolen.

Fairly easy to use straight out of the box. Shouldn't take anyone with a 100+ IQ more than a minute to coax out the reverb sound one's looking for. Manual has a couple of settings to try.

This is mainly used with Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars and Fender amps with a TS9 Tube Screamer. Contrary to what some of the other users are saying here, I find the Spring reverb setting to be very useful. According to the manual the RV5 "[m]odels the sound of the spring reverb from Accutronics, a name synonymous with spring reverb. The emulation on modeling is so realistic that even the sound of the oscillations resulting from the mutual interference between dual springs is reproduced."

Indeed, the subtle modulation of more than one spring can be heard on the Spring setting. It's as accurate a digital sound of a Spring reverb as I have heard. Very nice.

The other settings are quite nice too. Haven't explored them as much as I really like the Spring setting and have been using that almost exclusively since purchasing the pedal.

Should be as reliable as we've all come to expect from Boss products.

Haven't contacted Boss nor Roland, nor had a reason to, so I have no comment.

For the Country, Blues and Metal that I play, it sounds great. The convenience of having a rack-quality reverb in a pedal size is well worth the price for me. The Limp-Bizkit-wannabe kiddies that complain the price is too high, I say go back to your Crate amps and Zoom pedals. Obviously there is no sense of perspective from someone that isn't even old enough to remember that the first production digital reverbs were something like a three-or-four space rack device that cost $20,000. That's right, I have the correct number of zeroes. I also remember the first so-called "price break" concerning this early digital reverb, when the price dropped to a "mere" $12,000. We've certainly come a long way when spoiled kids fret about if they'll still have enough allowance money left over for "Bonestorm XIII" for their Xbox after buying the RV-5. $130.00 for a digital reverb that sounds THIS good for THIS cheap??? No way I'd ever complain about the price... Things have come a long way. Back then I would never have thought I'd see the day that that's all one would have to pay for a digital reverb. I can just about guarantee that this sounds far better than those first digital reverbs. In fact, I do have to say that as someone that has a rack full of serious rack gear, it DOES sound as good as or better than some of the devices I have. Comparing it to the late-80s Ibanez SDR-1000 digital reverb in my rack, I'd say the RV-5 has a far more natural sound than the SDR-1000 - there is a certain grainy quality to the reverbs from the SDR-1000. Nice job Boss!

very easy to use... the manuel gives some good example settings, but not necessary.

i play this with a lot of effects through a telecaster and a roland jc120 amp, the spring reverb does the pop effect way too much, so a I almost never use the spring reverb setting.

Very Strong quality... i ALWAYS do a jump test for my pedals where I get on top of my bed and Jump down as hard as i can on the pedal and if everything is fine then i'll keep it.

Never called them....never cared to....screw the fat cats who sell us products for WAY too much money....

I play low-key ambience drone-like rock music and it's very good for a deep resonating reverb tone.

Simple and self-explanatory. Controls for effect level, tone, reverb time, and reverb type. Feedback? Does it have a feedback control. I don't have it here with me, but I think it does.

My situation: When I gig, I'm playing a start-plus through a bassman head with no reverb. I needed some ambience. I wasn't after super lush, super-effected sounds, just a little blur around the edges lest I sound like an electroshocked banjo. A year ago I sold my Alesis Quadraverb GT because, which I had hated for years before that.

The RV-5, after the first couple of gigs, seems to handle the job nicely. I haven't been able to coax a compelling sound out of the spring reverb setting yet, but everything else sounds pretty darned decent. Even though I'm not looking for heavily-effected sounds, the modulation reverb has a lovely lush sound. The controls, esp. the tone control, are effective, very adequate for the kind of sound shaping I need to do.

It is also notably quiet.

If you are an fx-dependent player, this box will be of very limited use compared to a rackmount multi-effects unit. For me, it serves nicely. My one qualm, I'd say, is with the price. A little high for a limited stomp box.

Too early to tell. So far so good.

I play in a mostly original band that also does a motley array of covers rangning from Zappa to Billy Joel to Los Straitjackets and Tom Waits. The other guitarist is the effects meister, with his line 6 modelers and tube boosters and you name it--effects are integral to his sound. I'm the plinky, dry, "organic" counterpart. As a result of playing very dry next to this very wet other player, I began to develop ambience envy. Still, I thought it in the best interest of the group to keep my sound more plain jane than his. Thus a modest reverb stomp box as opposed to a multi-effects unit.

So far, it's doing the trick. As I said above, I find the price a little high when you consider what much more elaborate units and rackmounts are going for these days. I mean the Line 6 delay modeler pedal--a very cool toy IMO--was sitting right next to in the display and was only 50 bucks more. Oh well. I needed reverb and I got a satisfactory one.

10 pretty much self explanitory as all boss pedals are

very dissappointed with effect. not much improvment since the rv3.
you would think after 7-8 years boss might be able to develop something
new and beyond. I use an alesis quad reverb gt for plate revs. thought
this pedal might do the trick for live purposes. sorry

what ever

never had to

be sure to play with it awhile before you fork it over

Choose the reverb type you want, set the reverb delay time, eq the tone to taste, mix the effect sound and dry signal

The best reverb around without using rackmount gear. Reverb is very clear and transparent. Tone control is very wide ranging from very bassy to very trebly. The amount of reverb can be altered in the mix from just a bit to all you could ever want. Very powerful controls.Some noise but all pedals have that.

It's a Boss.

Never had to deal with them due to the superb quality of Boss products.

If you want a dedicated reverb pedal with great sound quality this is it. Has loads of possibilities and very easy to dial them in. The noise level is not an issue either. Even if your amp already has reverb a pedal like this can give you many additional sounds. Boss's best reverb pedal yet.

The unit is easy to use. There is a effect level, tone, length of delay, and a selector of reverb type. The advertisements say it is 24 bit. The manual did not confirm it. I do wish the unit could store settings so that you could stomp between presets. For this price, who cares?

I am using the unit with a Taylor 714CE acoustic into a Carl Martin chorus and into the Boss RV-5 unit, then to the house in stereo. I was using a TC electronics M One reverb [which sounds great!] but the Boss unit is so small and clean that I bought one. It is very transparent. It doesnt have the sonic detail that the M One has, but it does give a pretty decent reverb affect for the money. I like the hall effect up high in level with tone at 10 o'clock and a shorter time setting. I like the modulated reverb sound, too. It isnt quite a rack unit in quality of sound but it is getting close. Much, Much better than a RV-3

Seems ok so far. You don't want to rely on batteries, you must use the AC adapter. The battery light goes out after a while [the battery sags] then comes back if you shut it off for a while [while trying to use batteries] I wont use it that way again.

I have called them before for parts to repair other units and they seem to be very organized. Got the right parts the first time and they didnt gouge me for them

I play Christian contemporary and would probably buy another rv-5 until someone else comes out with a reverb pedal with M One sonic detail.

Very easy to use. You don't need the manual.

All sounds are very good exept the spring reverb. I think there is no use for it. The RV-5 is a litte bit noisy when turn the tone more than 3/4.

I hope it is like the other BOSS pedals

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It is much better than every other reverb pedal I have tried (RV-3, Holy Grail, Nanoverb). It don't beat my favorite the LXP-1. But this you cannot compare.