Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb

Please see my comments from 03/14/2004.

Please see my comments from 03/14/2004.

I took my HG to befixed by a top pro (and yeah, I mean a top pro from a very high class vintage guitars shop). The thing had shorted on the board. He tried to fix it, even declared it fixed, but the death of the board had gone too far.

So sorry, Mandrake. If this pedal dies like mine did, it doesn't help you if you "know your stuff" or "it's simple inside". If it was point-to-point, it could be fixed. But it isn't, and you can't.

How I miss the old days when products like this were meant to last.

Please see my comments from 03/14/2004.

Please see my comments from 03/14/2004.

ONe knob. More to the right, less to the left. Simple

I notice lots of complaints down here. Strange. Mine's a 2003 model, maybe the old ones aren't so good? I love my reverbs, have several and I play a lot of different gear, from cheap and cheerful to $$$ but I aint gonna boast about that...

No noise, not at all, in any setup and I've tried lots! But most importantly its the sound. The hall is huge, wet and lush. The spring is excellent too, but its more sort of half plate/half spring sounding. The flerb makes me smile, it is weird, true but I know peeps who'd love it, anyone into trippy sounds basically, and it is done well.

Not having a make-up gain control, there is always a small, subjective gain difference. Shame really, I use a custom A-B to switch it in-out and I think anyone serious would want a solution too.

Top quality sounds overall but maybe not to everyone's tastes. Natural sounds but maybe not good for 'modern' tone junkies who want it 'just-so'.

I used to work for studios doing repairs so I know my stuff. Internally its simple - which means good. The switch is unusual - triple pole?! (hard to get replacement) but is sealed (probably will last forever).No problems here - would chuck around carelessly and gig with it.

Where it falls down is the cable and plug on the dumb ass wallwart. It WILL break. On the plus side tho, the regulator is IN the pedal, so it wont be fussy about voltage. In fact, a little measurement reveals that mine actually takes 12v at 210mA. Miles away from whats on the tin! So any old wallwart will power the thing really.

Reliability assumes you've thrown the wallwart in the bin, otherwise it'd get 2. maybe.

Sorry, never called them. doubt I'll need to either.

Me; I'm a simple lead squalling metal lover. Less confusion means more playing :-) thats my theory. If it doesn't sound good before you touch the controls it'll never BE good! I love it. Plug it in. Turn it on. GO!

Only wish the thing had make-up gain. grr. In the studio I suppose I'd want more- decay length and colour controls most likely but that's not what this is about really. And anyway, they make the holier grail for those with itchy fingers.

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Couldn't easier to use this pedal.

This thang gave me the twang that I needed - a really wet spring reverb sound that I need for surf/instrumental music.

HG failed me. After one year and about two months, it stopped working. Some kind of internal problem, can't say what it is though. Nothing seems to be disconnected or burned.

I have gigged with it, but I have always taken very good care of all of my equipment. This problem is definetely caused by the very low quality of this product and not improper use.

The warranty was expired two or three months before the thang broke, so I didn't get to make a complaint.

This thing is worth absolutely nothing because of the low reliability. After reading some other reviews I can see that I'm not alone with the problems.

What is particularly annoying, is the fact I really need something like this. But I am never ever going to buy a new one, probably not even a Holier Grail. Maybe I'll check out the Danelectro Spring King. A real Fender reverb unit is in a different price range, but that's one possible choice too.

I was so dissappointed with Holy Grail that I might never be able to recommend any EH product to anyone. Or buy one myself.

the controls coudn't be simpler. one switch for reverb mode, and a dial for how much you want. gearheads will be driven crazy by the simplicity, and people who want to play guitar with reverb will dig it.

I play a godin radiator through this pedal into a '63 fender bassman. I haven't had any trouble as far as noise and hiss is concerned. the spring reverb effect isn't quite as "wet" sounding as a proper spring reverb (in fact, the hall mode sounds closer) so thats why it gets an 8 instead of a 9. the hall reverb is rich and creamy...I love it! the flerb effect is interesting, sort of a combination of the spring and a slight twinge of flange. I haven't found a use for it but it's still cool. it's one of those effects that you have to write for.

I've played a handful of gigs with it and I've used at every practice for the past few months with no trouble. it's a metal case with metal input jacks, so it looks and plays tough.

haven't had to deal with them, but I understand they are easy to work with.

I play more indie poppish and beatlesy kinda music, with a dash of glam and punk. before I started using this, I had a univox univerb and I have to say I prefer this. it's simple to use, durable, and sounds good. worth every penny.

Does it get any easier. Simple and it has all that it needs.

I play it with my victoria double deluxe and my silvertone combo and it adds what is missing in those amps. I keep it on spring somewhere between 9 & 12 o'clock and it sounds very real. It is a little noisy, but it sounds better than other pedals I have tried.

This is tough because it hasn't broken down yet, but I think we all bought this knowing that it will in the near future. I would love to gig with a backup but I'm not dropping another $100. I wish they would have built this a little better because I have had a few troubles with EH pedals before.

Haven't dealt with them yet.

Even though I own fulltone stuff and I really love those pedals this one is hands down my favorite. I play in a "garage rock" band where we have
guitar, drums, and vocals-no bass. It gives me a ton of depth that I need without having to haul a reverb tank. This sounds better than any stompbox in the price range. If it was made a little tougher I would give it a 10.

Easy as can be - one knob, three selections (Spring, Hall, Flarb).

My main guitar is a Gibson LP Classic, amp is a Boogie Dual Rectifier through a Marshall JCM 900 Lead 4x12. I'll admit, I was kind of an effects loop retarded early on. I was used to playing dry for so long, just guitar-wah-amp. I initially used this unit out of the loop. It didn't sound horrible, I accepted it. I recently looped it (I now know, time-based effects go IN THE LOOP!), and WOW. The full capability of the pedal was released. The spring selection sounds just as good as the Marshalls I used to play (I always liked how Marshall reverb sounded, but alas I've had other issues with them), and the Hall selection is kind of neat, I may be using that one more often.

It's pretty reliable so far. I've had it six months, no problems left. I'd gig without a backup, I'd just suck it up and use no reverb for a night.

Haven't dealt with them, but I've heard they are wonderful.

I've been playing 18 years, my band plays classic rock, some modern stuff, and blues. I've always owned amps with reverb, I don't like a totally dry sound, and I think this unit really recreates some classic reverb sounds. I didn't have some of the problems with noise that others had. I was surprised to read those reviews, and wish I knew the reason why. I'd definitely buy it again if it got stolen.

basic as hell...just the way I like it !
you have 3 choices, 2 of them are useful,and one is to piss off your band mates.

I needed some reverb for my 5150's rhythm channel,I run it through the fx loop which is foot switchable so the reverb is always on.
This thing sounds very nice,I like it!

I've had this on my pedalboard for 10 months and it hasn't failed me yet...if it did,I wouldn't have reverb for a nite (BIG DEAL!)

I have had no reason to call

I play all kinds of rock music and have been for 25 yrs.I love my 5150 and just needed some plain and simple reverb for it, and this pedal gives me that,it looks cool,sounds cool and works like a charm,just keep it between 9 and 12 o'clock,run it through your fx loop, and it's no different than having a built in unit

Yes, there's only one switch for selecting among the three reverb types (spring, hall, and flerb), one knob for dialing in dry/wet, and one off switch. I guess that makes it easy to use, BUT wouldn't it be easier to use if you could change between reverb types with your foot? What it there was a slider or, better yet, a rocker/pedal for adjusting the wet/dry mix? How do you adjust the decay rate? Oh, that's right, you can't. What if that slider/pedal/whatever adjusted the decay. With a few inexpensive add-ons (maybe $5 in parts wholesale), this could be a truly easy to use unit.

Okay, okay, you can't have (they won't give you) everything. What about ease of use as the pedal is designed? Well, when I have to double, triple, quadruple clutch the footswitch to cycle through all the different permutations of volume cut (effect off, effect on/input off, input on partially, etc.), it's NOT EASY.

Minus 3 points for the weak controls. Minus the rest for the headaches that come with the faulty controls.

One last thing, if you switch between hall and spring or flerb, you need to readjust the wet/dry mix to balance the volume difference. That's another "ease of use" hassle.

Sounds good. The spring sounds springy! It doesn't "burp" like the Digitech Digiverb I tried.

Hall is voluminous (in more ways than one).

Flerb is groovy! (Wouldn't it be cool if you could tweak that flanger as well.)

If you could adjust the parameters, this would be a solid 10.

Oh, then there's that pop from the footswitch (when it's actually working correctly). That doesn't sound too good.

After less than ten hours of playing, the footswitch started producing all kinds of mix/cut problems. Maybe it can't handle the incoming signal. I don't know. These mix/cut volume problems have been triggered by other effects as well sometimes. There's no way I would trust this unit for performance, except if it was being used always on with no other effects.

I'll probably call or write EH out of curiosity, but the unit's going back to the store in exchange for something else. Goodbye EH.

I like to (try to) play a variety of music. My amp doesn't have the reverb I want for clean styles (rockabilly, surf, jazz, etc.). I could've lived with the limitations of the unit, if it had worked reliably, but it didn't.

This is a good sounding, very limited, unreliable pedal

Very simple! One knob, one switch....

Fantastic verb! Spring not a springy as my Super Reverb but more spring than my Classic 30. The hall setting is great for a more freaked effect and the Flurb...might be useful for some songs. I run the the adapter into the courtsey plug of the line 6 pdeal power and have not any problems with noise.

N/A but have had any problems with other EH products.

N/A

Excellent sound and value. I play a lot of different styles of rock but got this primarily for spooky, freaky verb effects and it does the job well. Would be great for music where the use of verb is essential.

1 pot and one switch, really easy.

i use it with a cheap ibanez guitar-big muff-some cheap fender amp
i like my grail, the tone is GREAT. there is a tiny bit of noise on the flerb setting, i think that one is kind of useless. the rest is really usefull.

the pot in the pedal wasn't really good. it broke in about 2 weeks. i replaced it and it works ok now.

fix everything myself

my most loved piece of gear with my big muff. but my collection of stuff is very limited..

3-way switch, 1 knob, doesn't take a brain surgeon.

WOAH, gotta love that last review...betcha dollars to doughnuts it was written by one of the cranks over at EH! The sad fact is that their effects are notoriously unreliable, due to such cost-cutting methods as poor solder work, cheap pots, PLASTIC input jacks, clock noise, switch noise, NOISE noise, significant signal degredation & tone loss, laughable "quality control," etc. Several reputable dealers I know, including a rep at Musician's Friend, report that a larger-than-normal amount of pedals have to be shipped back to EH for warrenty repair (they're usually just replaced, if bought new, often with the same problems cropping up, etc. - Big Muff being worst of them all, especially the Russian ones).

The hiss was unbearable, so I can't even compare tone loss with other EH units.

Caveat Emptor! Browse the different categories in the EH section & see the same problems crop up time & time again. I would not trust this on the road, no way, no how.

I get a feeling there is a high turn-over of young, inexperienced employees (or people that have no practical musical experience at all). My email reply was fast, & though that didn't help, the replacement was processed quickly, which gives me the impression they're used to this kind of thing (scary!). The rating isn't higher, as I didn't receive any useful "support," but it isn't lower because my replacement was processed quickly.

I play roots/retro/surf/hillbilly/rock & everything in between - Tele & Gretsch through blackface Fender VibroLuxe, with minimal effects (occasional compression &/or delay). Based on my experience with this & other pedals from them, I'm completely over my EH fetish...& YES I was born before those turkeys at EH have been around...

As always, you get what you pay for...save up your pennies for a Little Lanilei REAL spring reverb tank & forget this hunk of junk!

Easy to use ... self-explanatory knobs and switch.

Why, oh why, are these inexperienced guitarists putting reverb on high gain amps? What planet are you guys from? You need reverb too, when using high gain??? That makes you about the crappiest guitarist on the planet. Hope your proud of your negative reviews here ... even Dr. Z recommends these units, but you geniuses have 'tone' all figured out, right? For crying out loud ... take some lessons, and stop your complaining. The only thing that sucks tone is your own left and right hands.

EH has been around since before most of these turkeys who wrote reviews were born. Their pedals last for decades in gigging bands. Enough said.

Never, in 30 years, have I had to deal with them.

Please, weenie kids, get a life. Reverb does not go with high gain amps. You are maybe thinking of digital delay, like on Randy's recordings with Ozzy? NOT REVERB, so stop bitching about the noise, the feedback, the lack of tone. You guys are wrong, you don't even know how to use pedals yet, and as far as I am concerned you poisoned the ratings of one of the best digital pedals ever made.

a 3-way switch and one knob. it's VERY easy to use!

i rarely use reverb when i play with my band, but i wanted to use this mostly at home to add some reverb to my non-verb'd fenders. now, the reverb sounds are excellent, but unfortunatly they're almost unuseable because of the dreaded HISS this pedal has! it is VERY noisy!

no, nada, not at all. the first one simply stopped working after one week of very moderate use. the second one developed a serious hiss, and finally dropped my guitar-signal a good bit when i switched it on - it became unuseable, too, and i only used it at home! this is my THIRD unit. it arrived today, new/sealed in box and the moment i plugged it in i knew i was back to square one. can you say NOISY? i can't even use it at home, how would i take it to a gig?
i'd say the quality of this unit is just not there. they must build it so cheap that they don't mind shipping 3 pedals for the price of one.

no problems here. i got fast e-mail response when i asked them about the HISS and the volume-drop in unit two. it didn't help with the pedal, but they sent me a replacement when i asked for it.

i'm a singer/songwriter and guitar-player and i play in two original indie rock/pop bands. been playing for a long time and i have a couple of amps and guitars (including a bf fender pro REVERB) - not too many effects, though.
i tried a Boss RV-3 in the meantime, but it sounded too "processed" and that digital attack-"toc" on any setting i tried, so i quickly resold it.
like i said, i wanted a touch of reverb when playing at home, and i dig the spring/hall-sounds of this pedal a lot.
if only they could make it work.
the incredible HISS makes it unuseable for me.

Pretty simple...only a couple of things to change here.

It sounded like it might be ok...until I turned the distortion on my 5150 amp on. It totally wiped out the tone and gain...made it sound like a tiny 10 watt acoustic amp. Not good at all. I tried it through the loop as well as the front of the amp but same problem. Also doesn't take batteries which kinda sucks if you're trying to condense wires and cables.

Not sure...never tried it in a live setting...didn't work at rehearsal correctly.

Probably would have a decent sound if it didn't totally cut my sound out.

Very Easy to use. Nothing could be simpler.

Great sound, totally useful as a replacement for reverb in amps that lack it. A tad on the noisy side but not terrible.

I have had the worst luck with mine, having had returned it to Electro Harmonix no fewer than four times in 18 months. I only used it as a studio piece and it was not subjected to heavy duty wear and tear. I have had other people say they've had dependable use from theirs but my experience has not been good.

I always deal with the manufacturer through the store I bought it from but the have a reasonably quick turnaround and they have been

This is a great piece for people who play in the Classic Rock style. As I've mentioned, it is a good vintage type reverb sound for amplifiers that lack it, or in my case I often use it in conjunction with a Line 6 Pod instead of the digital reverb. It is a very authentic sound and it's great in the studio but I would not want to use it as a key piece in my sound chain for gigs.

Sure, easy to use, if you can bear the noise.

SHEAT. HUGE noise. A very loud, high pitched whine. Stayed present w/ different amps, different power supplies, different wall jacks, not to mention a new pcb.

Never got to this point, got me money back pronto, after sending it back to the manufacturer twice.

Great customer support. The gentleman i dealt w/ was super friendly, just never managed to help resolve the actual issue.

ran this into a dual rec. other effects in chain, phase 90, crybaby, and tremelo... when i plugged this in. HUGE whine, on or off. terrible, terrible when on, still unbearable when off. sent back to manufacturer twice. finally just got my money back. they were seriously very nice to deal with tho. prompt email responses.

ummm....three way switch (spring, hall, flerb) and a knob for the mix. Not really rocket science here....plug and play...

This pedal gives out a very good reverb. I am more than pleased. beats the heck out of many subpar spring units and the hall is very good. For guitar amps without reverb, this works well without having to buy a rack mounted unit.

I use it in the FX loop and do not get any tone suckage. How about those other reviews - rich, arent they? A pedal before the amp that sucks tone...WOW, thats new one...sheesh, it goes in the fx loop in high gain situations - end of story....

So far so good....only a few days of use...

not sure

Great reverb unit for the going price (about $70), beats the heck out of rack units for ease of use and rivals many of them for sound quality for the guitar. Seems to even out perform many of less than spectacular spring reverbs in many amps I have had in the past....

Only one knob. Would be better with sperate mix and dwell controls.

1959 Gibson Les Paul Junior to Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer to Dunlop Cry Baby Wah to MXR Phase 90 to Boss CE-2 Chorus to EH Holy Grail to Fender tweed Bassman.

Mine has true by-pass. Engaged effect is not noisy if set at a reasonable level (below 12:00).

I find myself only using the spring setting. I love Fender reverb but did't want to shell out big bucks on a tube reverb (a vintage Twin Reverb may be coming my way shortly). The pedal does a nice job of faking a spring reverb sound. Occasionally, the decay sounds a bit digital but you have to be listening very carefully for it. Generally, this pedal will fool most folks.

No problems yet. It's left on all the time so it hasn't seen (and won't see) a lot of stomps. I would gig without a backup. If the reverb fails, no big deal.

Never dealt with.

This is a great fake spring reverb pedal. I bought off e-bay based on these comments and was not disappointed. Happily got one with true by-pass. This'll go everywhere with my Bassman, but will be gone once a Twin Reverb is passed my way.

Doesn't get any easier than this

Well, it is not as nice sounding as the real thing ie: Fender Reverb. However, it is pretty darn close. In a gig live performance you can not tell the difference, period. If you have an amp that does not have reverb and you really like it. Like I like my Mesa SOB this is the way to go. You will not be sorry. The Spring setting is very good. However, if you turn it past 12:00 it's a litle noisy. My favorite is the Hall Setting at about 9:00 for me it is perfect, past 9:00 it is like being in coliseum. What the ??? is Flerb? It is a flagalant flange with some reverb. Worthless sound, even the real pros demo sound bites on Electro Harmonix website, sound like crap on the flerb setting. No, I take that back, it doesn't sound like crap it is something totally different tha crap. Crap actually sounds good compared to "flerb". Over all the spring and hall settings are my favorites. give it a 9

Rock, Southern rock, Rockabilly, Christian Contemporary, Vintage 60's early 70's rock.

A switch which designates either "Spring" / "Hall" / "Flerb" style Reverbs. One huge dial-in knob and a sturdy footswitch - can't be simpler than that.

I bought the Holy Grail to sit in front of my Dr. Z Route 66 (which doesn't have reverb). I compared the reverb on the Holy Grail w/ the reverb on a Rivera M60, Blues Junior, and a Laney VC30. Overall, the Holy Grail stood up VERY well. The volume of the guitar doesn't drop out when the pedal is engaged until you start dialing in extreme reverb - which at that point its useless for most. The spring reverb emulation is great and is very smooth and warm - not as bright and "boingy" as the spring reverb on the M60 or Blues Junior - but I found the decay to be very deep and pleasant. Yes, the pedal does seem to cut the brightness a tad when its on but I don't think it's that noticeable.

I found the "Hall" setting to be my favorite actually - playing clean w/ a lil bit of the hall verb gives a real rich flavor to clean tones. I really enjoyed playing clean blues with this setting.

I found the "Flerb" setting not very useful, it just seems like a gimmick to me. It basically a flanger put on the reverb - interesting but I didn't have to many uses for it.

No problems yet...

n/a

It does the job and it does it well - I think the trick to getting the right sound out of this pedal is to carefully dial in the wet/dry mix. Move it a lil bit by a lil bit and test the waters to find your perfect sound. My Route 66 kicks even mo' a$$ now!

3 distinct settings... piece of cake.

i play a gibson les paul to an ibanez tube screamer to a tremolo unit to the hg reverb to a blues junior. and the pedal has decent tone... spring reverb equates to a modern reverb tank, but not great vintage tone. but listen... this thing SUCKS YOUR TONE AND VOLUME at unacceptable levels. i don't get all these hippy skippy reviews. it plain drains your tone.

i play strait up rock and roll from the stones to the strokes. but i actually bought the holy grail to get that old country twang that is so sweet on any neko case record. alas, it isn't here, guess i gotta go get an old blackface. sigh

Very easy to use. Three setting selector switch - spring, hall, and flerb (or something like that). The knob dials in the amount of verb... but if you twist it beyond 12 or 1 on the dial it starts robbing attack and doing things I don't need a reverb pedal to do.

I play small tube amps (Supro/Gibson, etc.) that distort like mad but don't have reverb. up until I found this pedal, I used a Maxon analog delay for some echo. But this pedal put an end to that and sounds great. The reverb is convincing. (I tried the Little Lanalei (sp) and it was clanky, I tried the Boss digital delay and it was horrible. I can't believe this is the only reverb pedal I have ever found that sounds good.

These things are not built to last - at all. I have had mine for a little over a year - in a protective case where I carry all of my pedals (just a little bouncing around - nothing too rough) The reason I am writing this review is to warn others that the switch on my pedal popped out of the case but continued to work for a while. Then at a show (of course) last weekend the whole thing stopped working even thought the red light still came on. The warantee is expired. I am faced with having to buy another one - for 90 dollars.

Never tried. I blew it and didn't send in the warantee card and now it is too late.

Like I said the thing sounds fine... and did the job until it disintegrated and broke down. That of course, was a huge bummer. But before it gave up the ghost it had always bugged me that the designers of this pedal forced me to use the EH wallwart with the ac plug. Why not allow it to work on a battery, or to be linked up with a standard ac pedal jacks? If the wallwart gets bumped or unplugged, this baby kills your signal... dead. A battery would be nice. Also, why do all EH products need to be so damn huge? I really don't want to buy another one of these things - but I don't feel like I have a choice if I want reverb. Does any company make a reverb pedal that is the size of a Boss pedal (or MXR for that matter), built like a Boss pedal, powered like a Boss pedal, but that sounds like the Holy Grail? Please, somebody build one so I don't have to buy another one of these flimsy, unreliable, restrictive pedals. I would own a stereo memory man if I thought EH was building sturdy and reliable products that weren't all the size of of Rhode Island.

very easy to use

I have a guild m75 bluesbird, ernie ball volume pedal, keeley modified rat, landgraf clean boost, visual sound h20, to a silverface princeton or sovtek mig 50. It was too noisy with the power supply on my board, when I switched it on there was a unacceptable drop in volume, I a/b'd this pedal KILLED THE TONE OF MY AMP SIGNIFICANT VOLUME DROP

I think mine may have been pre broken from the factory

I play in church and trust me there is nothing holy about this pedal, the reverb sounds good,but it is a tone killer,

Couldn't be easier. Jost one knob and a three way mode switch.

I use this in the effects loop of a Peavey Wiggy. it is very musical and enjoyable to use. The spring and hall settings are really nice. The hall setting is inpirational when playing clean fingerpicked extaended chords. The spring covers the fender sound well.

I play blues, funk, reggae and roots rock. Been playing since the seventies - you do the math. What i really like about this pedal is the great sound and simplicity.

one knob, a 3 way switch. if you can't figure it out...you may need a break from living.

sounds awesome. i used to play a fender twin reverb and the spring reverb on this thing sounds just like it. the Hall reverb is perfect, a little time delay if it's on really thick but in general i feel like i'm in a church. and the flerb, some people may knock it, calling it un-usable, but all it takes is some imagination. it's not a traditional reverb sound, it's flanged, so don't treat it like a reverb. you can get some good stuff out of it if you aren't afraid to try. there are no volume cut outs, there's no click, i notice no extra noise. good pedal for the money.

i depend on it, and i wouldn't get a backup...if it crapped out, oops, it's just reverb. i have seen one that was busted up rather nicely, and it had a large volume drop when you engaged it...just don't buy one like that.

it sounds great for the money, only thing i have to say is that i'm kinda disturbed that there is no option for batteries in this pedal. but if you get it new you will be given an adapter, but still that means you need power to run it...i don't know...sounds great, reliable, cheap enough...better than a $450 tank. try it out.

Pretty straight forward...select hall or spring and use the big knob to set level...manual is limited but usefull. Adaptor only power might be a pain for big settups or board users (requires unique power supply) probably best alone or with one or two other pedals.

Strat and SG with silverface Princeton...decent sound, a bit washy at high settings...not quite up to a vintage tube unit but close enough for most uses. Flerb is usefull to give faux phaser, chorus, vibe, leslie effects.. a little extra bang for the buck

Usuall "tin box" EH construction.....probably hold up ok with a bit of care.

NA

I play a little bit of everything that you would use a classic Fender
amp for. I had been looking for a Fender 'Verb for my Princeton but could never find one at a good price; plus they are almost as big as my amp! I came across the HG on sale (they usually run @ 99.00) and decided to give it a try..Not bad!

Hey it's me again...just got my Holy Grail back from warranty repair from EH in 13 days ! And it's working....impressive turnaround time !

This is an addition to the review I posted (about 5 reviews down)- after sucessfully using the Holy Grail on five gigs (at the end of the effects chain) it failed on me on gig #6 - before I started playing, there was a humming, whistling noise coming from my amp.
When the HG was disconnected from the chain, the noise disappeared.
I was hoping that just maybe the place I was playing (never gigged there before)and the HG "didn't get along electrically" - but when I got home, and tried it through a different amp at home, the noise was still there.
So today (3/19)I shipped the HG back to Electro Harmonix - costing about $7 (insured it for $100), and enclosed the $5 for return shipping - hopefully this will be a pleasant experience (as far as warranty repairs can be "pleasant").
I'm curious as to how long I'll be without the pedal, and curious as to whether anything else will go wrong.

Very easy to use! Input, output, level and three way switch.(spring, hall, flerb) Doesnt include a manual but its reverb, who needs a manual?

My guitar setup is: Squire stagemaster, and a bunch of other pedals. Last at the moment, holy grail.
It has a very good reverb sound. Ive played a couple of really good fender reverb amps but cant afford any, so I bought the grail and it just plain sounds awsome. The spring setting is really good for general rythme. Hall is good for solo's. Flerb, well, is just a funny sounding phaser. But good sounding.

I would defently depend on it. I wouldnt carry a backup. Its housed in a metal case and though light, seems pretty well built.

Pretty good even though I only emailed them a question about the logo. They responded pretty quickly though.

I play rock and some r&b. It sounds great on my rig and really accents my sound. Great reverb for the price

Just "set it and forget it" just like you would with your amp reverb.Reacts the same way too, anything past 12 o clock on the level knob gets a little too indistinct so just keep it low and enjoy the lush!!

All three modes sound fantastic. The one I use mainly is the hall setting, sounds very realistic.The spring is identical to the one built into my Fender amp, maybe a little cleaner, and the "Flerb" gets used for those New Age moments.I bought this to add some much needed ambience to my '70's Hiwatt Custom 100 and they are now in love!!I use various Strats, Teles and a 335, it doesn't matter.
I bought this after reading a killer review in a UK magazine whose opinion I trust, didn't even try it in the shop, just took it to the gig, plugged it in, set the knob to around 10 o clock and didn't switch it off all night....

EH have a reputation for crapping out, but because I don't use the footswitch, I guess that's one less thing that's going wear out.

Haven't dealt with them yet!! but I'm sure this thing'll last at least 'till the warranty's expired, then I'll definitely buy another one.

I play jazz, funk, blues and rock and this is perfect.I've been playing for 30 years and I like to think I know a good thing when I hear it now.My amp hasn't got send and return so this just goes straight in the front and it still sounds glorious.
If you need reverb for your amp, there's no point looking any further, this is the one to buy.

Basically you have a 3 point selection switch (hall, spring and flerb), and a depth knob. Simple. I would have like to seen a mix or level control (be a cool option with reverb).

Strat--->Holy Grail--->60's Silvertone 2-12 Tube amp. Thats it. I am pretty serious about my reverb, I have owned a plethora of older amps with reverb so I know old spring reverb when I hear it. When my tank on the silvertone crashed on me I strolled down to the old music store. I tried everything in the 0-$150 price range: the new BOSS RV-5, Digitech X-verb, Danelectro Spring King, and the DOD verb. I have to say, if you want a real sounding reverb, especially spring verb Than this is the only way to go, period. You can dial in that over the top decay if you like as well. The Boss and Digitech were basically delays (choppy), the Dano just didn't have the depth and space. So if your looking for a great sounding and affordable spring reverb, here it is! It sound idential to most of the reverbs I have had in my older amps. Also has a Hall reverb-very natural sounding, and a crazy sounding "Flerb" verb, like a phasing reverb is my best description.

3 months old, Nice aluminum case, time will tell. It appears to be built well.

no experience with E.H. yet.

I play very mellow folk/songwriter inspired music with a band. Similar to Mayo Thompson/Red Krayola. I am recording constantly, and hope to use this pedal for years to come. I would definately replace this pedal if it were stolen or broke down. I guess I can only say to those who may be looking, go to a music store, grab every reverb pedal and find out for yourself. For myself I wanted that older spring tank reverb, and this is it.

Its got only a 3-way switch, a reverb knob, and a switch. Simple enough? Well if you can't operate this... u'll most probably be a no brainer. The manual is only a sheet of paper, i guess theres not much to say about it. Simple to get HoLy ReVerb from it, plug it in your rig, tweak it to ur liking, and there you go. 3 Settings : Spring , Hall , Flerb (Reverb with Slight Flanger). Hey hey! Plus its got TRUE BYPASS! New products from Electro-Harmonix are equiped with true bypass. Cool eh?

I am using a Marshall amp, a Gibson Les Paul, with the Electro-harmonix Small Clone together with this .Well, as i said above, though it looks simple, the holy grail sounds more complex than it seems to be, giving you a wide array of different magnificent reverb. Don't be baffled by the fact that its digital. This unit sounds fabulous and immaculate! Firstly, the spring reverb sounds 100% like an actual spring reverb, well done! I compared it with an actual Fender Spring Reverb, and guess what, me and my friends could not hear the difference. Secondly, the hall setting is lush, warm,It really feels as if i am playing in a huge arena. Cool stuff! As for the Flerb, i don't have much use for it, but it'll probably be useful for guys craving for something new, fun, groovy. I play anything thats nice to my ears, no special genre. This pedal is used by John Fruciante of RHCP in the new album "By The Way". Well, i tried playing some songs like Zephyr Song, By the Way with it, sounds authentic.Furthermore, this thing is super quiet, nice to work with, simple. I tried the BOSS RV-3, RV-5, i still chose the Holy Grail. Its the best bang for the buck, although the RV-3/5 may seem that it'll give you more control over the sound etc. I personally think that simplicity is the best. The Holy Grail is the BEST REVERB STOMPBOX EVER!

Its pretty reliable, though some ppl say it "Looks Weak" with the brushed metal sheet, but its kinda sturdy. Theres also a 1-year warrenty, so theres realli nothing to worry about. I would definately use this without backup.

Haven't got any problems.

It suits all styles of music and genre. Particularly of course the artists who use it, like John Frusciante. If u dig RHCP, u dig the Holy Grail. If it was stolen, i would go find the guy who stole it and slash him with a chainsaw or something. I love how simple it is to get good sounds out of it. For the BOSS Rv-5, i had to stay in the music shop for 1 hr and still not get anything nice from it. Furthermore, its got true bypass!! The older versions of the pedal does not. Its the best reverb at that price. Go check it out guys! Holy Reverb for ur Mere Mortals.....

No Brainer.Plug and go

I ran A SRV signature Strat though the holy grail then to a 1963 fender princeton blackface. :) It was killer.So far I can sound like Im playing at carnagie with the hall effect setting or a bit toned down with the spring setting.The flerb is kind a weird.maybe when I do a hendrix tune it will be cool

Not sure about reliability as I just set it up at home and there it stays.So far so good

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I play blues and its a great compliment,im 46 and Ive been playing since the age of 12.If I lost this pedal or it was stolen I would most definitly replace it

Very easy to use - three position switch (spring, hall, flerb)and one knob for dry/wet mix. The "manual", one sheet of paper, is virtually unnecessary.

I think it sounds very good - there's always something magical about a well done reverb tank (think certain Fender amps, some Ampegs), and this digital pedal, on the spring setting, comes damn close.

Just got it a few days ago - in most cases I "set and forget" reverb, so I won't be stomping on it much, and that ought to help it's longevity.
This is the first EH product I've bought since the company re-emerged a few years ago - hopefully their products are better made than they were in the 70s - the reasons Boss kicked their ass all over the market place back then ? Boss stuff was better built, and they caught on to the LED light and AC adapter sooner than the competition.

Haven't had to deal with EH, and I'm hoping I won't have to...the one year warranty is pretty standard, although if I read it right, the customer pays shipping to and from EH - too bad they wouldn't let you bring it to an authorized repair place instead.

I play classic hits, oldies, country, blues, roots-rock, etc. Reverb on guitar is common in all those styles - on some of my amps the reverb is broken or weak, and for less than the cost of repairing two amps, I've got reverb. I also bought a Boss RV3 a few years ago, and although I don't think it's as bad as some people think it is, I ended up using it as another delay pedal instead of reverb.
I didn't compare it to the Holier Grail, or the Digitech, or Danelectro units - I took a chance that the positive reviews in guitar magazines and on Harmony Central were correct - and my wife was buying it for me as a birthday present, and I was trying to keep the price under $100 - some of the previously mentioned units are higher than that.

3 reverbs, one knob, one button. Duh.

Not bad for digital! I have a early 70's silver face Super Reverb and didn't dig the spring reverb too much (too much dwell), and plus I use a non reverb amp at practice and wanted some reverb for it.

The quality is pretty good if you keep your levels reasonable. The "Hall" setting is nice and lush if you keep it at or below 12 O'clock. After that, it getts a little washy and almost turns into a delay.

The "Spring" setting is my fav. It really sounds like a spring reverb. I like it more than my original Fender tank!

The "Flerb" setting is ghey.

The only qualm I have with the effect is:

1) Volume level - I notice that around 12 on either reverb setting, you notice a little drop in volume. This drop becomes more noticeable as you add more reverb. I understand that you're washing out the dry signal when you do this, but it shouldn't lower your overall volume.

2) Decay rate. No control over the length of decay, which is really too bad, especially for the hall settings. I really like the sound, but the decay rate is about 1/3 to long in my opinion. A knob to control this would be nice. I think the "holier" grail has more control over this, but that's a much bigger and expensive pedal.

Well, it's EH, so it'll probably break within a year. Never anything too major, mostly cheap switches and such. I can't rate it though, because it's been reliable this entire 4 hours I've had it.

I emailed their support once regarding getting my Qtron serviced and they were extrememly quick and friendly. They offered to refurb it back to new specs for around 20 bucks. I guess they offer this service on all their pedals, which is pretty cool.

I dig it. Sounds better than the Alesis or other verbs out there for the same cash. Less controls, but more realistic verb. I wish it had more control, but I guess that's what the Holier Grail is for...

One more complaint... It won't run off batteries, and the power supply on the pedal is a female plug type, completely different than your standard Boss or even some of the other EH stuff. A real pain in the ass when you're using a pedalboard with onboard power, but no compatible connector.

Why can't everyone just standardize on the Boss style power supply connectors and move on?

one knob. 3 settings. couldnt be easier. BUT, it is more prominent when plugged direct, not through effects loop. that bothers me.

great sounding. sounds perfect

solid steel. very tough. never had a problem

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great sound. easy to use. thats all reverb should be. also came in a nice package with an ac adaptor which was nice considering most pedal companies make you buy it at extra cost.

This is very easy to use. It only has 1 knob, 1 footswitch and 1 switch (for Spring, Hall and Flerb reverb settings).

The pedal comes with a sheet of paper to explain the different reverb settings.

I plugged a mid 80's Epiphone guitar into this pedal then straight into an Ampeg Superjet (SJ-12T) all tube combo amp (which the amp already has built in reverb). I bought this pedal because when I use the Ampeg out on certin gigs (that are in big carpeted rooms) I want more reverb and I keep the amp's reverb knob on 10, so I use this pedal along with the amp's reverb.

The pedal is not noisy at all (no hiss) when the pedal is off. The only hiss I noticed was when the pedal is on and when you have the knob turned up to extreme levels (3 to 5 o'clock), but the hiss is not that noticable, I only noticed it when I really paid attention to the sound the pedal was putting out.

The tone of the guitar changed slightly when the pedal is on, the tone is slightly brighter than when the pedal is off. This tone change is very subtle, and since it's a reverb pedal most people will keep the pedal on all the time so it's not really an issue.

The spring reverb sounds very close to the actual spring reverb I have in my amp. The hall reverb is great, very long trail type reverb (it turns out to be a delay when set in extreme settings). The flerb reverb is a reverb sound with a touch of flanger sound in the trail off, it's nice for guitar leads, but I don't know how it would sound using it for a rhythm guitar. My dad heard the flerb setting and he said the sound reminded him of an old tape echo unit he had. The sound the flerb was puting out he said his tape echo machine had the same sound when the tape was 'messing up'.

I did use this pedal along with a Big Muff USA reissue pedal (the Holy Grail has to go AFTER the Big Muff ... or it will sound funny), and it sounded fine with distortion / fuzz.

I use lots of guitars (2 Gibsons, 7 Fenders, 1 Epiphone and various acoustic instruments) and lots of effects pedals (even though I don't have a main pedal setup, it changes depending on what music style I'll be playing that day/night).

I would say this pedal should last for years (made with steel / aluminum plus comes in a nice wood box).

I take care of my pedals (I don't stomp on them and I usually put them back in their boxes when not in use).

The pedal has to use an AC adapter so you don't have to worry about the pedal dying on you due to batterys going out.

I have never had to contact them but they have a great website (with sound clips of alot of their pedals).

This is a really nice reverb pedal, it would be really good with amps that don't have reverb and it will be great for amps (like the one I have) that doesn't have enough reverb and you use the pedal to 'boost' your original reverb sound.

My favorite setting on this pedal (so far) is the hall setting with the knob set around 12 - 1 o'clock.

It would be better if you could use it without an AC adapter.

Lack of control of reverb length is made up for in ease of use. You get more "wet or dry" but cannot control feedback length.

Despite previous statement, sound is good. Bought it for Fender Virbro Champ that has no reverb. Have used it for recording wet signals for guitar and vocals. The three settings: Spring, Room and Flurb offer pretty good variety. The Flurb setting is kind of like a tremolo/phaser sound, I've actually used it and like it although it has limited applications

I read a review in TapeOp mag that said two out of three units tested arrived in non-working order. I bought mine new about a month ago. One day it wouldn't work, the signal continued but the reverb effect was totally absent, after unplugging ps and patch cords and replugging all back in it was revived,the next day it was totally stone cold dead, still the signal flowed but no effect. I'm taking it back to the shop to get my money back.

I think this is a good company making some pretty shitty stompboxes to be competitive, but they may be hurting their reputation with poor quality control.

Unreliable, returning to store. But if you get a working unit i think you will enjoy it's applications for traditional reverb. Good sound, bad quality.

1 switch, 1 knob. Couldn't be any easier. True Hard Bypass switching!

OK, please read this section. My comments are all in regards to the Spring setting.

I've been looking for a reverb for my Fender Pro Junior which has no effects. I'm used to listening to my father's '65 Princeton Reverb, from the golden era of fender amps. As a result I am extremely picky about reverb. I purchased 3 pedals from Guitar Center. The Digitech Digiverb, The Dano Spring King, and the Holy Grail. I liked the Holy Grail best of all, so I decided to put it to the ultimate test. I A/B-ed the Holy Grail versus my Fathers Princeton Reverb. I plug my guitar into the Holy Grail, then into the Fender Reverb amp. Alternating between the Grail, and the built in Reverb I was amazed. I could bairly tell the difference. Then, I took it a step further. I had my father stand outside the room, and alternated between the two. HE COULDN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE!

This test was done at a moderate and tasteful setting. As the settings are made extreme, there is divergence in the two sounds. But comparing the two reverbs at a solid level (3on the amp, 11 o'clock on the Grail) resulted in two very comparable sounds.

My hats off to EH for doing the impossible, capturing the best reverb sounds in a digital stompbox.

True bypass switching

Looks solid enough.

Crappy manual, but who needs one when there's only one knob?

I rate this as a must buy for anyone without built in spring reverb in their amp. Great sounding pedal.

This has all been explained before. One knob, one switch...

I consider myself very picky about effects, especially digital ones. This has to be the best non-rackmounted reverb I have ever heard. The only reverb I like better is the one in my Digitech 2120. I A/B'd this with the reverbs in my vintage deluxe and my two mesa's, a Mark IV and a Subway rocket reverb. It blew all of them, including the Fender away! That was just in the "spring" setting. The others cannot even compare to the "hall" setting. I haven't messed too much with the "flerb", but if your into Andy Summers this should do you up.
The only problem I ran into was the same as a previous post: if you have it before your distortion it sounds awful. But anyone into effects knows that reverb needs to be after the distortion, so if you don't have an effects loop and you use your amps distortion you might have to shut it off for that. It wasn't too bad unless I used the ultra-high gain boogies; the fender seemed to be okay with it. It sounded the best with my '65 Vibro-Champ; it really lets you know what you're missing with those non-reverb amps.

It's an EH. I have several original EH pedals and they all still work fine, so I imagine it will last for years. Reverb is not a necessity unless your a Surf Dude, but backups are nice.

Never dealt with them.

I play mostly blues-rock, and classic rock. This pedal suits me fine. I have been playing off and on since about 1994. I have more gear than I could mention here, including a digitech 2120, a mesa mark 4, a G&L strat, a mexi-strat w/duncan rails, etc... If it were stolen, I would definitely get another. I bought this one based on recommendations from this site. I am glad I did, because I was going to spend twice as much on the danelectro spring king, and everyone seems to hate that one. This was definitely a good buy. It's a blem too, so I got it cheap!

This is an extremely easy pedal to use. It's got a 3 way slide switch that allows you to go through the 3 settings: Spring, Hall, and "Flerb" (reverb with a light flange). It's got a knob to set the level of the effect. That's it. Finding a good sound is also not hard. Just plug it in and chances are that you're there. Every sound on this pedal is usable IMO, the only trick is finding how to use it.

I play Fenders and Squiers (Mexican-made Duo-Sonic, Squier Fat Telecaster, and Squier Affinity Strat) through a Fender BXR bass amp. The amp sucks and the guitars are worse. I can still get a great sound with this setup by using this pedal I've tried it with other guitars and amps and been impressed as well. Like I said earlier, every setting is usable, and I can get some great sounds out of it. It works best when placed after everything else in an effects loop. By doing that, I can add a nice "larger than life" effect that sounds like something off an old Pink Floyd record or something (this pedal's really good for getting David Gilmour's "space" tone on the Hall setting, along with Robby Krieger's "slippery" tone on the Spring Setting). Flerb isn't useless, though the lack of controls over the depth and rate of the flange are annoying. I think they were going for Kurt Cobain's watery chorus tone on Nevermind (which he got with another EH pedal, the Small Clone), and I find that by turning the level up on Flerb I can nail the intro to "Come As You Are" and the verse of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". This pedal also gets a passable Dick Dale Surf Rock tone, and works nicely for electric blues licks as well. If you turn it up to about 3 o'clock, it sounds a little like a very warm, lush chorus pedal. All this is if you put it AFTER your effects. Put it before them and it muddies everything up, though you can get some nice Radiohead/Sonic Youth-ish feedback by putting it before a distortion pedal and playing note stuff. This pedal can go from being subtle to being very full and lush, though on higher settings the Hall setting becomes more of a delay, throwing your signal off by a fraction of a second and burying it under so much reverb you can only hear the effect. Still, it's not a bad sound. On lower settings, it's extremely transparent and quiet. It might not be a perfect duplication of a spring reverb, but I can't tell the difference. According to the ads, neither could Dick Dale.

It's given me no problems so far, and since I'm broke and can't afford a backup I'm forced to gig with it. It's a reverb pedal, so even if it does break at a show, it's probably not going to throw your sound off THAT much. It seems to be built very solidly. I suspect it'll last, but since I've only had it for about 4 months it gets an 8 from me just because I don't have the experience with it to know if it'll hold up forever.

Never had to deal with them. No opinion.

I've been playing for about 2 and a half years, with my own style of bluesy psycadelic punk rock. This pedal has taken my sound to a place I had always wanted to go. If it were lost or stolen, I would have to look at the new Danelectro and Boss pedals, but I'm confident I would come back to this. This is my favorite pedal, and I can't see myself doing without it. At under $100, it has a better sound than the more expensive delay/reverb pedals out there such as the Boss and the Digitechs. A great bargain.

one knob, it's killer baby! turn it up to half and it gets in the marshall spring reverb range, turn no farther than 2 o'clock or you'll get all kinds of nonsense. manual is a little ticket inside the box. ya don't need it, really.

gibson sg to pedals, reverb is placed last before the ORANGE HEAD! good reverb filter, does not corrupt your sound. very transparent.

power source only to run this thing. don't kick out the plug!!!

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this a great end-line effect for amps like THE ORANGE which don't come with the traditional marshall spring reverb. i wish this box had a "kick" simulator so it could sound like you dropped the head down a flight of stairs. my old marshall MOSFET does that, it's hell-arious. this is a very practical and useful pedal for my purposes. leave it on if you don't have a speck of reverb in your amp.

very easy to use,see other reviews

I used it through the fx loop of my Laney valve amp,after the preamp and the amp,between them,I even tried it between the amp and the guitar.The Laney GH-50L has an fx loop that allows different options (see above)with a knob to control the volume of the fx.

In all cases I was very disappointed with this box,it is a very,very cheap digital sounding thing,very weak and IT IS A DELAY,NOT A REVERB,the problem being it's very easy to spot it.The box looks great but the sound is a real let down.it is not nice at all,doesn't bring anything to your sound.If you have ears,DO NOT BUY IT!!It gets better at low levels of reverb and I eventually ended up not using it at all!!
The reverb of my 4-track boss digital recorder wasn't worse...

The reverbs with the AVT Marshall amps (Which are crap amps by the way) are much,much better than this one for example.

Once again:if you are a musician able to listen,do not buy it

The only good point:it is very transparent.

I don't know,I sold it after a few days

If you need a nice sounding reverb to add to your quality rig,look elsewhere.I wish I had never bought it,fortunately I sold it for #50 to a guy who didn't hear the obvious poor sound quality of it...
I'll give it an overall 4/10 because it looks and feels the business (as long as one doesn't use it as a reverb for guitar)

Only a moron couldn't operate it.

I've tried every reverb unit out there and nothing touches this.
It's vintage fender verb and I've A/B'd them side by side with an old vibrolux. The spring is superb..the hall is lucious and I even like the flerb..perfect unit for a verbless amp bar none.

seems fine..not a fan of warts but...beats paying 1500 for a fender verbhead.

don't know...no probs ever..

True verb and for digital it's amazing and warm and exactly want I was looking for for years in a stomp box. I use Gibsons and a Boogie and bought it for my old Beltone but it will now replace my Acutronics verb on my Boogie as well..

One knob, 1 three postion slide switch, one bypass switch. Very simple, but very effective.

I have always been a fan of two things when it comes to recreating vintage sounds, and they are tape echo and spring reverb. When I was a teen, I recorded tons of poor quality electronic music tracks at a local cable TV studio, with nothing to use for effects except a reel-to reel and a PA mixer (Kustom) with an onboard sring reverb. This made all the really cheap synths and electronic pianos I ran thru it sound really nice and thick, saving many recordings from being totally embarassing.

Years passed, and even if the board and studio were long gone, I still yearned for that spring reverb sound... The only problem was, every time I found a unit in a pawn shop, it was either rusty, humming like crazy, broken, or just plain atrociously weak sounding.

Nowadays, there are a few options if you are looking for a real spring reverb, but none so compact as the aptly named Electro Harmonix Holy Grail. It's only natural that after having purchased a Line 6 DL-4 Delay Modeler, the next step in achieving that vintage warbling warmth would be to add a spring reverb to my kit list. I was quite suspicious at first, having been disappointed by many "spring" algorithms in rack mount units, and wasn't so certain the Holy Grail could cut it, but after listening to it on the Buzzfox.com site, I was somewhat curious and impressed, so I placed an order.

I wasn't disappointed at all with what I got; in fact, it sounded even better than on the demo. I have never heard such a perfect emulation of spring reverb. The realism of the effect, coupled with the unit's vintage EH look, makes you wish you could tap it to make the spring go BOOOIIIINNNG! (heheheh). Danelectro have implemented that lovely feature on their new Spring King Pedal, but I figured the EH one would be a better buy because not only does it have a spring model, it also has a nice lush Hall setting, free of the metallic "chickahhh" sounds normally heard in rack units, and something called "Flerb", which many of the guitarists who have posted their reviews did not seem to like, but sounds absolutely amazing when applied to hi-hats and string synth lines. Kudos to EH for three useful settings.

The last time I heard reverb this warm, it came from a Lexicon. But the Lexicons seek to emulate real acoustic spaces, whereas the Holy Grail serves an altogether different purpose.

The Holy Grail is a unique, musically useful box, and it is sweet sounding too, with no hiss or hum of any kind; makes me think I should add some for authenticity...

Electro Harmonix boxes have never been known for their sturdiness, but then again, they tend to get scuffed up more than suffer internal damage, a fact that is evidently apparent when visiting pawn shops and second hand music stores stocked with beaten but working original issue EH pedals, which they try and sell you for more than it costs to get a reissue. I would gig without a backup, but perhaps if I had two, I could do stereo spring lines...

I have not dealt with Electro Harmonix in the past.

A great little box everyone who is into vintage studio sounds should look into. This is one of the few new products Electro Harmonix have put out that will someday achieve the same legendary status as the Big Muff, or the Electric Mistress.

Very easy to use. Like the simple control on the top. 3 patches (spring,hall,flerb) all very usable.

I was a bit sceptical at first about it being a digital unit but was really suprised by the amazing quality, especially the spring setting. I use it with my strat and mesa boogie rectifier head and cab. I play deep heavy sounding music - tool, deftones, rage. I can keep the pedal on constantly without it affecting my precious tone. The spring is almost exactly like the real thing, the hall sounds big but I tend not to use it because it can sound a little synthetic, and the flerb is good if used low for a subtle effect for swells etc. I have no hums or problems of any kind

seems ok. so far so good

This box is ideal for somebody wanting a reverb for their reverbless amp. I tried the RV-2 from BOSS but it sounded like a digital unit where this actually sounds real. Really pleased

I'd like to start off saying I like this Reverb unit and it was easy to use.When I first got it on and hooked up the knob was turned to 100%.It sucked up all the tone .But as I dialed it back the magic happened.It comes with a manual thats easy to read and understand. The unit is not complicated.

I used this unit with a 1966 Blackface Bassman w/original 2-12 cab.The guitar is a 2000 Gibson S.G. 61 Reissue/maestro vibrato.
This reverb unit was dead quiet on all settings.The spring reverb sounded as good as my 1965 deluxe reverb,The hall setting is drinched
spring and very fender sounding(warm)But the best to me is the flerb.
If set just right (clean) you get the sound of the old Gibson oil can
reverb. But, this effect has a swirl to it that makes it fun to play old Lonnie Mack songs off his 1963 Fraternity label album. Wham of the Memphis man.

I must admit, I thought the unit would be heavier built.. It's made of
lite aluminum and plastic. I would depend on it with out a back up.It
being a Reverb unit I would leave it on all the time so I would hook it up and just put it back out of the way. Maybe in the back of my amp on a gig.

I have never dealt with Electro-Harmonix.

I play Blues ,Classic, Southern rock.This reverb will able me to use non-reverb amps that I like (point to point wired)
I've been a gifted guitar player since the Beatles first showed up on Ed Sullivan.I'am 43 yrs. old. I started when I was 6.But,like a million other kids that saw the beatles play I had to beg my parents to buy my first guitar.If this unit were stolen I would have to find another.I don't think I would want it to have anything else.It's pretty much got what a reverb unit should be and sound like. I like it simple!

This thing is extremely simple. Just plug in, set at 10 oclock, and play.

Pretty much classic Fender reverb in a convenient little box. Spring for the guitarist who wants a mild dose of reverb; Hall for the heavy dose. As for the "Flerb" setting; it is completely useless. Before I got this pedal, I had heard bad remarks about the Flerb... but I thought, maybe I can get some pschedelic sounds out of it. Not true. It's weak and weird and therefore unusable. Thankfully, the Spring and Hall settings work wonderfully, and do exactly what I had hoped they would do. I have mine set at 10 oclock, and it's last in a chain of boutique overdrives going into a BF Bassman. Very little noise. So, in all, a very nice classic Fender reverb emulator -- but I have to detract a point for the Flerb setting.

Had it a very short while, but I've had nothing but luck with other EH products.

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I play original indie rock, sort of a Byrds meets Television sort of sound. This is a great addition to my pedal board. Very happy with it. But if forced to make suggestions for the good folks at EH, I would improve it by:
-getting rid of the Flerb setting and maybe adding a chorus or, better yet, a vibrato
-re-think the power supply strategy... either make it 9voltable; or more like the Boss system. That wall wart is a bit of pain.
-I also would like to be able to footswitch from Spring to Hall and vice-versa.

Bottom line: Say your amp doesn't have reverb, but you want that Fender reverb sound without shelling out bug bucks for a standalone tank, and prefer it in a pedal-board-ready package? Here's your ticket.

Easy. Plug it in and whail.

A tad noisier than I'd like, but still within reason. I'm using it with a '66 Silvertone 1481 tube amp, which has no reverb. I play Jazz through it. The Holy Grail is about as close to a real spring reverb as you can get. I tried the Boss RV-3 and thought it sucked. The Spring setting on the H.G. sounds the best to me; very spring-like. You can almost hear the springs in the tone. I can hear the digital side of the tone if I listen carefully, but it's certainly not obvious. The Hall setting is alot like Spring, but more transparent and a bit longer of a tail. I hate the Flerb setting- what the heck am I supposed to do with that?! If they're gonna give you a multi-effect with a reverb unit, it should be chorus and you should be able to at least adjust the mix of reverb & chorus.

I just bought mine, so I don't know. I don't understand the gripe others have with the aluminum casing. It's not built like a Boss pedal, but it's alot nicer looking. You'd have to really abuse it to break it, it's not like it's made of plastic.

I've been playing 24 years now. I love the sound. It's the best fake reverb unit I've ever found. Besides the Flerb thing, I also hate the wall wart. A box as large as these should have a built-in power supply and hard- wired AC cord. Besides, only units that are battery powered should be wall-warted as a backup power supply! I love the unique look of these aluminum boxes. If some big fat bastard crushed it, I'd get another one.

One knob, one switch with three settings. Easy enough

Very quiet. Spring reverb emulation is convincing. I use two small amps, one with real spring verb and one using the Grail next two it. When both amps are on, very hard to tell which is the real spring verb.

Only had it a month, no problems so far. Solidly built.

No need.

The spring verb is the only setting I use. Flerb is interesting but probably not that useful. The Hall verb is great and expansive. Maybe a hi eq roll off knob would be helpful in damping the verb as needed. All in all, a quality pedal that does what is states it does and does well.

I don't usually get this excited about any effects device (especially one with a micro-chip in it), but I have to give Electro Harmonix a big hand for their latest product; the "Holy Grail" reverb pedal.

It's actually quite astonishing how realistic it is. OK, so it's not perfect, but for something that you can easily cram into a gig bag (or the back of your amp), it's close enough!

I even gave it the "Vintage Amp & Guitar Acid Test"... I ran the Holy Grail in line between my 1965 Epiphone Century archtop (w/P-90 pickup)and my 1965 Ampeg SB-12 Portaflex (all-tube vintage amplifier). The Ampeg is perfect for this test since it's so transparent that every subtle nuance of any guitar naturally shines through, providing an untainted pure reproduction.

So far the "Spring" reverb setting seems to work the best for average guitar use (in my opinion). I can't think of any other way to describe the quality of this setting except to say that it absolutely sounds "real"! Even when set to extremes it sounded convincing (although I wouldn't call it very useable). In fact I'm almost positive that *most* people wouldn't be able tell the difference. Apparently Dick Dale was tested and even he couldn't... !

Where just about every *other* digital reverb (pedal) seems to fail is the lack of realism in the tail end. They all tend to sound more like glorified delay units to me. Even BOSS describes their RV-3 as a combination of "multiple digital delays to simulate ...blaa blaa blaa..." reverb. Besides, the RV-3 doesn't even include a "spring" setting, only "room" "hall" and "plate" reverbs. Electro Harmonix has no doubt catapulted the quality standard for reverb pedals up to the Heavens with the Holy Grail! ;)

With the Holy Grail switched "on" I did notice a negligible amount of noise added to the signal and it does color the sound a tad bit, but I don't know of any analog reverb that doesn't do this to a certain degree.

I'm not entirely sure if it has true bypass switching, but I didn't notice any negative effects when the unit was switched off.

Anyway, I don't know how EH did it but, I swear, I almost expect to hear that crashing spring noise if I kick it too hard! ...close enough indeed!

Considering some of the downsides of a real "all tube" spring reverb; like their size, sensitivity to vibrations, vulnerability of the tubes and of course the price, the fact that the Holy Grail comes so remarkably close is truly a "God Send" ;)

In regards to other digital units... the comparison isn't even close. Oh sure, there are plenty of great high-end devices out there, but most require a rack to carry around, aren't really convenient or all that easy to use for the average musician and are even more expensive than their analog counterparts.

I bought my first Electro Harmonix products back in the early 80's (LPB-2 linear power booster, Small Stone phase shifter, Deluxe Big Muff distortion). I never liked the Big Muff but the other two are very cool and usable. I know that EH has introduced a wide variety of effects recently, but most seem gimmicky and narrowly limited in use to me. So, as far as I'm concerned the Holy Grail is absolutely the best thing they've come up with in years!

Anyway, there are currently two Electro Harmonix products that I can easily recommend: The Holy Grail reverb (obviously) and their 12AX7EH preamp tubes (the quality of the few I've tried is well above average).

But don't take my word for it, hear it for yourself!

One knob and one switch with three choices:Spring - Hall - Flerb. Set the switch and turn the knob to increase the level of the effect.

I love this little toy. Both "spring" and "hall" settings are very Fendery. Sort of like long and medium tray springs. I used Velcro to hang the unit (set and forget)inside the back of my three ten Bandmaster. I settled on the "hall" setting with the knob at 11 o'clock. So real I expect thunder (Wipe Out)when I bump my amp. I'm not the type to care about the "flerb" setting, but instrumental guys might find a use for it.

Don't shoot it with birdshot or jump up and down on it in your steel toed boots and it should be okay.

never had to deal with E H myself.

I'm an old pro from the persnickity world of tubes and vintage wood. (WWW.MichaelChain.Com gives examples of my music.) The Grail is just right for those of us who want that touch of reverb from a classic amp that didn't come with one and want to save the hassle and expense of custom trays and extra tubes. I own an old Fender stand alone reverb unit (it stays home). Nothing sounds better than that but the Holy Grail is a hell of a lot more convenient and sounds pretty damn good. Less space & if somebody steals it you can buy another. I am a happy camper.

No brainer. 1 knob.

Through a bass amp, it sounds nice and clean. It's hard to find guitar effects that sound good thru a bass amp. It does'nt hiss thru the tweeter.

The spring reverb effect does'nt sound like the spring reverb of a vintage fender amp, not even close.

The hall effect sounds nice, though, real spacey.

The flerb effect is a mix of reverb and phaser.

It does'nt look as sturdy as a Boss. It's builky for an analog pedal. But, it'll give you the reverb you want.

It's the next best amount of color to your sound without buying a chorus. For some music, bass sounds dull without having some degree of echo or reverb.

Incredcibly easy to set up and use as it only has a single 3 way sitch for reverb type and a balance dial.

I'm using it with a fender 15 watt bronco, this small fender just rocks by the way. It's so small and has so much going for it as a put it in your pocket, practice amp. The only thing it lacks is reverb, hence the addition of a pedal. I have the RV-3 and use it primarily for delay with an acoustic guitar. The reverb on the RV-3 is very tinny and is nothing like the superb sound you can get from the simplistic holy grail. I don't want to tweak a stomp box for ages, I just want to connect it and get a great sound, and that's what it does.
Like someone else mentioned who wants lots of reverb when you're using lots of distortion anyway, it's best used with a clean setting or with a dirty blues breakup setting. Transforms the sound to a professional dimension.

Only had it a week, hope it's dependable!

No comment, just bought the thing from the internet, arrived in 3 days. Great!

Currently only using this with the small bronco. Most larger amps these days have a decent reverb, especially the modelling amps. I will probably always use it as I'm planning to keep the bronco for a very long time as it sounds just great.

Very simple, two reverbs and a wierd sound and one knob to set it up.

If it was hardwired instead of having a detachable wall wart I'd give it a 10.

This thing sounds great. I can get exactly the reverb sound I'm looking for. I play through old Fender amps, right now my amp of choice is a 1960 Concert. This pedal gives me that wide open sound, the out of the box in a big hall sound. Without any of the ussual digital noise or artifacts. This pedal gives me hope that someday digital emulation and effects will become useable. This is the first low cost pedal that actually sounds like the analog effect its trying to emulate! I like the reverb effect better than the reverb of my silverface twin reverbs (I have 3 of them).

Both reverbs are cool, the other noise is a waste of space that should have been used to hardwire the pedal.

Have only used it for a couple of gigs. Seems like its built well...we'll see in couple of months. My main concern is the power supply. The chord seems a little flimsy and there is no option of using batteries, its the power supply or nothing. It would have been nice if it was totally hardwired, pull the "flurb" noise out and put the transformer inside and give it a nice sturdy chord to plug in.

I play a fairly clean, San Francisco sound. The Dead and the like. This pedal gets me right to that tone, that spacey warm sound. I use a real TS9, a real Mutron III, thats about it. The pedal sounds great with all of these, it doesn't interfere with my sound. The '60 Concert is possibly the greatest amp ever made for this style of music, especially with a nice warm reverb in front of it...the Holy Grail gets me there!

If it was stolen or lost I'd be right back at the shop buying another one of these, I'm thinking of getting a second one for backup just in case.

Get rid of the wall wart, put the power supply inside the box, give it a real plug and you've got the perfect reverb pedal!

Hmmm, one knob. Could it be any easier to use this pedal? Maybe if it came with a sound engineer who tweaked everything for you. I like just a twinge of reverb, so I definitely don't crank the thing, and it sounds great.

To the guy who said that this pedal sounds horrible with his Mesa distortion; did you put the reverb in your effects loop? You can never run reverb in FRONT of your distortion.

Personally, I almost never use my reverb with my distortion. So, that eliminates that factor almost completely. Except for occasionally when I'll play a part using the feedback of the amp - I can get some beautiful, naturally-compressed-sounding tones with the reverb then =)

The spring reverb is a good, solid sound; and definitely not a crappy sounding spring reverb that "warbles" too much.

I thought I would be using the hall reverb a little more, but it eliminates much of your picking nuances.

The 'flerb' sounds okay, but it's a stupid feature - It's, as the name implies, a reverb with a flange after it. Woop dee doo.

There is a little bit of hiss but not when it's in bypass, but it's more than bearable. Just don't use more reverb than necessary.

The fact that EH has a product called "HolIER Grail" is what bothers me. Grrrrrrrrr.

Other than something stupid I did to destroy one, I can't really say.

I blew one up a few weeks ago and all I had to do was send in on warranty. Voila. They fixed it and sent it back within a month.

Good value, but this not being the most integral piece of gear I have, it's hard to say comparing this to other reverb units.

Pretty easy to use. There's a switch to change between the three algorithms (spring, hall, and flerb) and a master reverb knob which acts as a wet/dry control rather than a parameter control, but I like it that way.

Being a digital pedal, I initially thouhgt it was going to sound a little grainy, or have that "Digital" twinge to it, but I was pleasantly surprised. The spring reverb is nice and springy (the perfect algorithm for guitars), the hall algorithm is full and spacious (I prefer this algorithm for vocal effects loops), and the flerb setting is really cool. It's like a combination hall reverb/flange which is really cool for vocals. It sounds like you're singing "underwater" which is pretty cool.

I bought this unit with the express purpose of layering reverb onto line-in recording in my home studio. It's not going to see a whole lot of the road, so the fact that it's made of light-grade aluminum is excusable. I treat all of my equipment with respect, so I'm not too worried about it getting crushed or anything

Never dealt with electro harmonix

I play a lot of blues with some classic acid rock type stuff every now and then. I really like the sound of this pedal because it has 3 unique, realistic, and authentic sounding algorithms. This is the kind of pedal that would suit just about any style of playing, singing, or recording, and I highly reccommend it to anyone looking for a good reverb pedal. Best I've ever heard!

Very easy to use .3 way switch(spring,hall,flerb)and a knob .No brainer .Spring sound is ok,hall sound was,less ok,and flerb is useless.

Ok here's where I have to be honest. I didn't care for the sound of this pedal.I was planning on using it with my Mesa dual recto head which doesn't have built in reverb .It didn't sound too bad on the "spring reverb" setting with a clean sound but as soon as you switch on a little distortion it sounds horrible .No matter how much I tweaked it I couldn't get it to sound good with distortion . If you play exclusively with a clean sound this pedal may be of some use to you as it wasn't too bad with the amp set clean .Spring was the best sounding verb to me and hall was just ok .
The "flerb" setting is a useless feature .It's a suttle flanger sound with verb .

Didn't keep it long enough to know if it's reliable. The case seems very weak .It's just thin aluminum.Doesn't seem like it could take a beating .I returned it .

Never dealt with them .

I hate to bash products like this but this pedal was not what I expected and did not suit my needs. It was not all together bad just very limited in what it can do .I bought this site unseen .I've only seen it in ads and bought it based on the hype .Try it before you buy it.At $79 bucks I guess you get what you pay for.It's a luxury item at best .I couldn't use it and returned it .
A LITTLE SIDE NOTE:If your looking for some reverb for your "no reverb" mesa amp .I resorted to using an old Alesis microverb in the effects loop of mine.Sits on top of my amp nicely and can be switched off and on with the mesa footswitch .(newer mesa's have footswitchable fx loops) So far so good .A boss rv-3 is an option I'm thinking of as well.

One switch, one dial = easy.

A really good clone of a real Fender spring reverb. If your amp is missing reverb, or it has a crap reverb, you'll appreciate this pedal. Not noisy. The "Spring" setting has the best reverb emulation, "Hall" and "Flerb" are pretty much useless to me.

If taken care of reasonably well, it should last. This should be a "set and forget" kind of FX, not used as an "on/off" fooot stomper. I'd never gig without a backup of any pedal.

Who knows, who cares, Tonto lose'um underwear.

Playing guitar since '55 - gigging pro from '62-'73 - into blues, jazz, new age surf, ragtime - Strats, Teles, old tube amps - this FX pedal will become a mainstay for reverbless amps.

If you never use the Flerb position, it is VERY easy to use, to me, the Flerb is useless. Just select "spring" for short tank emulation, or "hall" for long tank, dial in your wet signal amount. I NEVER go beyond 12:00, at which the effect becomes perverse.

I play it with an ADA Rocket A10, which is a wonderful amp, unfortunately however, without reverb. My other amp is a Fender Deluxe Reverb (long tank), and in comparison I am very pleased with the Holy Grail. I had it for a week now, and I am still unclear if I should prefer "spring" at 11:30 or "hall" at 9:30 (which is a bit deeper, kind of like my DR). At $79, the sound quality is awsome to me!

Feels a bit flimsy, but I take good care of my stuff, so I am not overly concerned.

No experience (yet).

Great little sucker at $79, if stolen, I would try to get another one used.

Piece of cake

I use it with my 59 Bassman Head 1x15 cab or my Vicky Tweed Pro (1x15)
I use Homemade KBR Guitars, with a variety of Pups.
It is a very good Spring reverb tone, without dragging out the Fender Reverb tank.

too early to tell
I bring a backuop verb pedal, just in case

Blues/ a little Jazz works for me
40+years on Guitar
I would try another if ripped/lost
I dig the tone of it, I only use spring setting
It smokes the RV 3's I have owned

I hope other companies make one that is More rugged!

Easy to use. It came with power transformer.

The big problem is this was an extremely noisy effect. When everything was off, it put out a lot of unwanted noise even when the reverb was turned off. It was so bad, I bought the Boss RV-3. Much quieter. I actually like the sound of the RV-3 better.

I used a couple of times and it's now back in the box, but it worked fine.

The noise made it unbearable for me.

Piece of CAKE to use! One knob, one toggle switch, and the footswitch!

manual is not really needed, although, it's there if you "do" need it, and it describes everything about the pedal in nice detail.

I'm currently using a great LANEY (early 80's) all tube head, with a Marshall 1960A (4x12 cab), (2) Fender American Deluxe Strats, a few other guitars, effects & rackmount units which I use every now & then...Depending on what style music I'm playing that particular night.

The sound quality of this pedal is incredible. Although, I was a bit peeved about it being digital, I have to admit, the reverb from this pedal is, in my opinion, a bit better than any other reverb-type pedal out there. For a pedal I thought I would not use often, I was dead wrong! I use this pedal constantly.

Pedal has 3 different settings: SPRING REVERB, HALL REVERB & FLERB. The first 2 settings are really great. They're warm, very close to what they are supposed to sound like! The FLERB setting is ok for a different effect. I do not use it all that much, but, it's just another option the pedal offers. It's kind-a like a cross between Flanger/Reverb/Chorus????? All in one setting....

I also find that turning the knob past the 1:00 postition is going overboard. Turning it to the 12:00 or 1:00 position will give PLENTY of reverb for almost any tune. Turn the knob all the way, and it will give you some serious delay time for reverb. Very "echo-ie"

By the way, this pedal is GREAT for playing songs from artists like Eric Johnson, SRV, Dire Straits, Clapton...etc Country/Western styles, Rock, Jazz...etc It adds a wonderful warm reverb VERY SIMILAR to the old Fender "Twin Reverb" amps. This is a pedal that will stay with me for years to come!

I do NOT experience ANY noise with this pedal.

I think it's built pretty decent. Typical of an EH pedal. Not as sturdy or strong as a BOSS pedal or a similar pedal, but, it's built good enough. Could have a better wall wart, but, it works.

I would gig with it if I had to. I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Never dealt with them directly.

I play everything from today's heaviest metal to 50's - 70's rock/blues. Been playing over 20 years. If this pedal were lost or stolen I'd be very angry. But, I'd have NO problem whatsoever with buying another one. I love just about everything about this pedal...The overall sounds, the ease of use (just plug in and step on it)...etc The things I don't like about it, and I'm being very nitpicky here...The wall wart could have been better, and Electro Harmonix could make their pedals using a little better grade steel. Other than those 2 small things, I LOVE the pedal, and use it every day!

While playing styles from SRV, Eric Johnson, Dire Straights, blues, Jazz...This pedal just makes my 1/2 stack come alive with some really nice, warm reverb tone.

If a good reverb pedal is what you want, give this one a listen.

one 3-way switch clearly labeled and one control knob. Easy although like any device true potential can only be relised by experimenting.

Really good, I bought it for a strong reverb sound like a billy corgan solo and turned up near full on the 'hall' setting with distortion loaded through it sounds beatiful. Its debatable whether or not the flerb is useless it doesn't really sound like a reverb more a cross between a phaser and a flanger with with a little reverb added no one is gonna buy the pedal for this but its an option thats there. My one nuance with th pedal is its subtle, sound as well as using heaps of reverb on distortion I like using it to get a rough sounding clean effect like and old velevt underground recording but found this hard to achieve and I found no use of the effect at any setting less than half, it was barely audiable below that.

it electro harmonix, it is made of steal and the controls have a nice sturdy action to them, not so sure about the power supply though.

N/A

Well it is what I was looking for, I think its more a novelty reverb than one that gives that subtle 'roomy' feel to a song. I didn't know it was digital until I got home and checked the manual, which I was a bit pissed off at as analouge sound is the reason I buy Electro Harmonix pedals. A bit crap that you HAVE to use a power supply, I've got multi effects pedals that use batterys so either its extremely in-effecient at using power or its just laziness on EH's part. All in all though the effect is really beautiful and the flerb is just a bonus not a hinderance, live my main urk is the power supply and recording-wise my urk is the lack of subtlety

It's certainly easy to use - one knob and a three position mode switch. Manual not needed

Kind of a heartbreaker - this one. I found the reverb sounds to be remarkably warm and natural sounding for a digatal, but there's a contsant backround hiss that I just couldn't live with - even when its switched off - too bad 'cause it sounds great otherwise.

I've always felt that E.H. stuff is kind of cheaply made - including the original's from the 70's.

If it weren't for the noise, I'd have really liked this unit, guess I'm going to try a Boss RV-3 instead.

It's pretty easy to get sounds out of it. Heck it's EH!
Great little blue "-description page-", decal, and other pamplets & warrenty cards.

Any amp without reverb will do, mostly use it with tube amps.
All the settings on mine sound great.

With the walwart thing...i wish it was hardwired in like the Memory Man.
Would gig without a backup.

Never delt with them, hope i dont have to send any new pedals back.

I choose this unit because it was small and i have other EH pedals, new and vintage, chain em all up and have at it!
The post above definatly has something wrong with the unit, there is no mute button to it. Im glade i bought it and hope that they can improve upon more units like this.

Very simple.

Not quite an outboard spring reverb but at least 90 percent and more versatile. Flerb I can do without although you don't have to use it and it might suit some styles.

Mine's new. Seems solid though.

I work in a music store and these guys are nice. They do however need to shorten their phone answering system as it goes on and on before giving you options. Anyone at electro-harmonix reading this?

A solid buy.

Very simple to use. Has a switch with 3 settings (Spring, Hall, and Flerb) and a single knob for wet/dry signal. Doesn't get much easier than this.

This is a digital reverb unit. It sounds pretty darn good. The Spring setting is somewhat close to the real thing. The Hall setting is useful for some stuff. Would be good if used on a vocal track or something like that. Flerb is very interesting. It is simply a flanged reverb. Sounds sort of like you are playing underwater. This setting is good for adding texture. I only have one small complaint. It is subtle all the way up to about 12 o'clock. As soon as you hit about 1 it is out of control. You go from subtle to mega. It cuts down the guitars signal after 12 o'clock. Plus the fact that you have to use the included wall-wart. Oh well. All in all this is a good pedal.

Built like a tank.

For the overall rating, I will give it a 9. It is definately worth the buy. If it were to crap out or get lost I'd get another one. Give it a try. You might like it.

This pedal has 3 settings as previously posted and one knob with an on/off switch. Just plug in and play. Would be nice to be able to control some of the parameters, but I just wanted a "simple" reverb that sounded decent that wasn't large or expensive.

All three modes sound pretty good. I prefer the spring reverb mode with the knob slightly past 12:00. It is a bit noisy when the unit is off, I hear a whoosing sound almost like a flanger when you aren't hitting the strings. I plug my guitars directly into this unit to a SF Fender Champ. It sounds amazing, it adds nice warm reverb. The amp really sounds great, I wouldn't use it without this reverb. It is a definite standard accessory for a practice amp without reverb.

Seems solid enough. Time will time.

Perfect reverb unit to utilize with a practice amp. I wouldn't play my Champ without it.

Popped it open, sure enough a green wire had become detatched during shipping. (You can see where it had been soldered initially). Simple fix. Since the HG goes at the end of my signal chain, it might be cool to leave it the way it is though. Mute. Hmmm.

Where did I leave my soldering iron?

First let me say that the previous reviewer obviously has a broken unit. The pedal functions normally in bypass mode.
The specs: One knob, one 3-way selector, one footswitch. You can figure it out in about 10 seconds. The mix knob is designed to work gradually up to 12 o'clock for traditional reverb sounds, and after that it gets DEEP quickly. Select spring, hall, or "flerb" (flanged reverb) algoryhyms. Not as easy to change sounds on the fly as MIDI presets, but with the minimal controls it's not a pain either.

GREAT for the price. The spring setting is pretty damn good for a cheap digital box, not going to replace your Fender tube reverb but it's still a lot of fun, esp. when the mix knob is cranked up. The hall sounds nice too, not really what I bought it for but I do find myself using it. Either of these settings, with the mix turned up all the way, can yield some massive MBV-style walls of sound. VERY cool. The "Flerb" setting may only be useful to those Cure fans who do a lot of crystal meth...if the modulation was adjustable independently of the reverb on this setting it would be cooler. Points off for being AC power only (wall wart at that), which may bring some unwanted noise into your signal, plus it's not true bypass.

I dunno.... I've had many EH pedals and never broken one, but their boxes do tend to get racked up pretty easily. As I mentioned before, the other reviewer's pedal wasn't even working correctly (mine was built 2 days before his, I doubt the bypass issue was a deliberate change in design!). Time will tell... At least with the adapter it can't die on you mid-song due to a drained battery (this thing would probably kill a Duracell in 45 minutes if it could take one), not a bad design in that respect.

Never dealt with them. At least they're in business again....

Overall, I am very pleased with this pedal. I own a '65 Twin Reverb which is too loud for my apartment, but this pedal was a perfect fit for my Princeton and Velocette. Whenever I change the settings it inspires me to play differently. Psych, surf, jazz, shoegazer, country...It just makes me want to keep playing, which is the mark of a good piece of gear. If you're a session ace look elsewhere, but for gigs or just practicing with a reverb-less amp it's a big thumbs-up.

This pedal is very easy to use, it has a three way switch to select between the Spring, Hall and Flerb algorithms and a good sized knob to dial in how much effect you want, and a red light to indicate status. You better hope this light is on, I'll get into that later..
Setting the knob to all the way to the left is dry and to the right is wet.
One point off for having to use the supplied 9v adaptor.

The sound quality is fantastic. It beats the crap out of the RV-3 and then rolls around on it. All three algorithms are good. Spring reverb sounds full without being hollow..the Hall reverb is deeper alibet a little more noisy past 1-2 o' clock. I usually stay below 12 o' clock anyway on all settings.. Hall and Flerb are noiser than spring at the same dial settings, so ease back a little and it is perfectly silent.
Flerb is interesting, it introduces motion into the sound, sort of like phase. Best used in moderation, but useful nonetheless. 10, easy.

I've had it for a very short while, I think it was just introduced last month into the market. I couldn't find any reviews or pictures. The lovely wooden box that it came in says Oct 19, 2001 on the bottom.
Here is the only real negative aspect of this pedal: The bypass switch turns off the entire signal. Its a mute button, really. This effect needs to be on all the time, or you will get no sound. You hope it doesn't die in the middle of a song, or you will need to take it out of the chain in a hurry.

Erp.

This pedal sounds great.
The downside is the bypass switch, however, as I mentioned earlier, you can set the reverb ammount to nothing, and it does not colour your tone. You might have to bend down. It is worth it.
Show me any other reverb pedal this good. Check out all those RV-3's on Ebay.