All user reviews for the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail

3 types of reverb!

I use the first 2!

UTILIZATION

easy !!!!
one button !!!!!!

SOUND QUALITY

use on analogue desk
when live act dub! long as a hot main reverb sound slap well
following the purchase of a spring reverb mam, it went to my boss ph2 phaser to make it less dry (other auxillaire out of my table)!
ideal for reggae culture!
not heavy )

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 4 years ago on my Live (in the)

I use spring reverb I MAM hearts to vibrate the bass!
but I got lexicon MPx100, boss RRV 10 MidiVerb Alesis, Lexicon lxp5 Danelectro spring king

the Holy Grail is a slight reverb that takes up little space and sounds!
it is an effective effect for the price I will not begin to find fault

I now use a spring reverb rack but if I have to redo this choice of small effect reverb
it's simple EHX provides taf on my table Mixing

This is a digital reverb, of course: we have the choice between 3 modulations, spring, hall or a mixture of reverb and flanger (flanger which acts only on the sound of the reverb, not the guitar signal ).
Otherwise, only one knob for assaying the presence of the effect, which acts as a balance between the effect and its gross.
It takes a standard mini jack power supply that is provided
It is not true bypass, but I do that is in effect which is dedicated loop, so it does not bother me.

UTILIZATION

Matter of principle, I do not waste time reading the manual a pédal not have one knob adjustment!
Not complicated to use in my view, from the moment we know what we want and what we do not want more the knob is turned clockwise, the more raw sound of the guitar will be low, and its effect envahisant, so "dirty". In my case, set to 13h, it gives enough presence to the effect without removing the raw signal, regardless of the modulation, it suits me

SOUND QUALITY

Reverb simulation is very convincing I find it does not sound cheap for a sub (haha)!
The Hall effect is also very good, but too typical for me to use than lead or its claira my opinion.
But my favorite is the sound "Flerb" with a flanger applied to the sound of the reverb, it gives a small side "space-psyche" that I love. Obviously, the sound of the flange itself is not adjustable, and it is a pity. But since this is un'un element that color the main effect is going very well this additional adjustment.

OVERALL OPINION

So I use it for years, to the low abbord, guitar now, mainly for solos.
I do not remember that she exuded blast or special coloring, but again, it's been over a year that it is only in an effects loop. Anyway, the sound of the effect itself, whatever the mode is excellent, very realistic.
I do not know what is the equivalent in today's Nano series, since my model no longer produced, but if you find this pedal OCCAZ at a reasonable price (it's not vintage either huh), I think it's worth it!

I paid roughly 100 USD from a guy who'd sold his amp and didn't need it anymore.


It is very easy to use. In addition to that, the design of the unit is very nice and makes you wanna try it out. But of course the best thing about it is the "Reverb" and the "Flerb" effect which is a mix of flanger and reverb that you can get out of it.

The only thing that made me a bit reluctant at the prospect of buying it was the fact that the unit only works with an adapter and no batteries which I think is a shame but the quality of the effect makes you forget about that quite quickly.

The pedal is very light in itself so it is hard to say whether it could withstand a truck driving over it. However, apart from that the construction looks reliable.

Great effect sound. I've been trying out and buying a few reverb pedals before I bought this one and kept always returning them to the store because it wasn't this organic pure sound reverb sound that I was looking for. Everytime I was buying one, the guy at the store told me "See you tomorrow when you return it". Finally, I returned the last one and bought this one which I can promise I am not going to return to anyone anytime soon.

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Electro harmonics is one of those companies that buillds some of the best effects pedals in the world. The most common and highly recognizable pedal that they may have has to be a big muff distortion. They do create a lot of cool delay pedals and effects pedals and this is one of them. This is the holy Grail reverb pedal which comes in a pretty decent size box and has only one knob of operation. It doesn't have a small little control on the west side of the changes in the modes but there's not a whole lot of figuring out with this unit.

UTILIZATION

You basically have one control knob that turns the reverb effect the loudest it can go. There is a mode switch that changes the setting of the unit if you want a different voicing. it has a input and an output and that is about it as far as features go.

SOUND QUALITY


The sound of this pedal is a nice sounding reverb tone that will sound good in pretty much any amplifier for guitar rig is a classic vintage style pedal that doesn't have any new or modern features that you see on many newer pedals today. So it doesn't have any USB or midi capabilities but what it does is give you a classical old reverb style that has a single control knob to give you a nice sounding room filling tone.

OVERALL OPINION


I'm not sure if Electra harmonics is making these pedals anymore because they really have been pushing their newer digital reverb pedal that comes in a compact small nano box. If you're looking for a newer pedal then I'll probably go with that one but if you're an old-school type of person then you want the vintage electro-harmonics style then this would be the only way to go.

Voil!
Electro-Harmonix loves guitarists, is not possible otherwise;
they understood they want to use simple effects and sound at the top ...
two mono jack connectors 6.35 (input and output)
feeding transformer only (supplied) that connects to the 3.5mm
diode tmoin
a stompswitch
a mini three-position selector: spring, hall, flerb
one of knob rglage
case mtal
simple and effective ...
100 euros

UTILIZATION

You choose your reverb and you turn your knob up to find the sound you want ...
even when there is a manual of 10 lines (for morons musicos the beer?)

SOUND QUALITY

"Spring" and "hall" are really like musical and natural reverbs
rglages of the pots before 12 are more natural and soft
APRS rglages the 12 are harder, more "force", but perfectly usable
"Flerb" Málaga is one of spring with a little flanger, giving her a nice color but not what EXAGRES a little bonus ...
there is nothing to throw, that's good!

OVERALL OPINION

It is simple and musical, not like these pedals numriques l. ..
I disassemble the box to see what makes a good c'tait rverb analog and I t's not!
in there ... a beautiful chip?!
Well yes, it's digital and good
and for 100 euros (with transformer!) it pushes the pedals much Chréa (digital too ...)
The report price is super top quality
To date, it is the queen of my set of pedals, my grail what ...
if you come across one, try the I guarantee you will love this little reverb!
and in addition, the box is gniale ...

I think we did a little tour now: o) For my part I find really fucking anyway

UTILIZATION

My ampicillin does not rverb (Marshall head anniverssary 30th) therefore unable to pay me for my dreams rverb with the unit that goes to Dlay I made this small investment to add a little echo at the moment.

the sound is faster even if based on the selected channel is a matter Ingala restitution in terms of finesse. I think that's clear she's really good but for music o There's regsitres grain careful you have to like and spend a little time to rgler the right dose.

SOUND QUALITY

It's bad all-in but ... must not jump to the ceiling. Hall mode is a bit short and quick sound dnature ds you push too much. A background then the effect was almost reversed, the sound is diffuse trs but we did not feel forcment prsence be in a big rverb.

Flerb mode is itself a small curiosities that the mite dtour's true. Bine was right back a kind of phase that would treat the cho. INTERESTED trs is again the clear but his attention to the distortion, gotta go molo.

ct spring spring actually a max ... You really love him, I personally do not uitlise.

OVERALL OPINION

Overall it's a good little rverb directs too got my vintage. For it is a product and not an extra pillar to build my sound. It should probably give trs focntion appear different in amps. Confronts a lot of sustain and above attack has a little trouble with me but I think the right term I will keep only a clear sound with flerb for something a little zarb.

Reverb
1 knob (standard in EHX pedals for their compact) which controls the intensity of the effect
a switch that provides access to two types of reverbs and effects original but a little "unnecessary" called flanverb (flanger reverb)
digital technology to be mistaken ... it sounds like the good old analog
connections: IN-OUT - IN Dc 9v adapter provided

UTILIZATION

I choose my gear based on two characteristics:

- Sound (logical)
Ease-

with limited intelligence and laziness for its unlimited (there who recognize?), I must find my sound right away! that's what makes me love the EHX pedals.
being used to the config of this mark, it took me less than a minute to shop around and find my favorite reverb (similar to the Fender's reverb)

SOUND QUALITY

Let's turn the pedal:

provides access to the switch spring reverb: reverb very nice, not too this, ideal for play in
a well-reverberated
Hall reverb with: then it's the super deep reverb, this pedal provides a church!
my engl Ritchie Blackmore (clean with a thunder god) sounds very Fender
with the aforementioned pedal
to flanverb: Yeah .. for those who love ... otherwise it's useless. I would have preferred an alternative
reverb

to give more intensity to the reverb, just turn the knob.
where they begin to feel that it is digital technology is when you reach 12. it starts to not sound (feedback, notes incomprehensibility, grain loss from the amp)
ca I have no problem for me because the effect knob to between 10 and 11.

I put a 10 if it had been fitted with a third type of reverb as the default that I just mentioned never arises in 99.9% of users

OVERALL OPINION

Right foot to be inserted into the loop before the echo at the end of string.

Most:
sound, provided that they remain valid in the field of sound I would say
the price (90 € on average)
the robustness of EHX pedals, indestructible
tranfo the "given"

the -:
shame there not a third type of reverb instead of flanverb ...

if you have € 100 +, go for it rather for the Holier Grail offers more possibilities. (Same hall and spring reverb and all the better)

A reverb pedals with three modes, including an unnecessary potentiomtre a dry / wet and ... that's all well enough at last!

UTILIZATION

Simple operation, it chooses its mode of reverb with a switch (for my part, I use one), one big button with the dose dry / wet (very convenient because it is large enough to increase or reduce the dosage of reverb with a foot, if we can play the guitar wrong foot!!

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is great if you forget the flerb holding the gadget, the other two reverbs are trs beautiful, deep, clear everything I love. for fans of post rock, we easily approach the sound of Mogwai or Godspeed!

OVERALL OPINION

Efficient, no frills, all that is!

Three modes of reverb: spring, hall and flanverb (flanger and reverb)
a switch to trigger the effect

UTILIZATION

RAS
using extremely simple

SOUND QUALITY

Reverb quality even if I personally do not like the flanverb (except shields trs low dose, then the effect s'avrant discrete)

the spring is a spring reverb, very INTERESTED
for the hall, I find sublime, clear that both saturbr />
does not ring a trs numrique, unlike a Boss RV5, but excellent chemical

OVERALL OPINION

A holy grail quite vintage, which will rev well in my custom pedal board

The HolyGrail is a digital pedal. It has a slider for choosing the type of reverb, and an effect level knob.

Question connectivity, it is powered by a mini jack 3.5 (no battery). All outlets are located on the rear panel. This is a good metal case, not too big and pretty.

UTILIZATION

Super easy to use. Nothing to say.

SOUND QUALITY

The Flerb is a reverb / flanger a little kitsch for my taste, I never use it. The other two reverbs are fine. The reverb is quickly "sticky" when the knob passes the halfway point. The sound is very nice, not chemical. on the other hand, it quickly loses much momentum.

I use a Hamer Special and a Crate VC-5115. She has a beautiful sound, very vintage.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 8 months. I really like reverb Hall, and not at all the Flerb. I do not use the Room, but only because I do not need it.

I tried different reverbs, and finds that it's really a very nice, not digital. It really breaks the momentum on the other hand.

Finally, I find it worth the price (bought new, just over 90 euro power supply).

And Ben is very simple, it's a bitch ... all rverbration The thing is, apparently, is numrique, that of APRS j'enends say around me. The DJ is more surprising ... Silent that I used to - and - effect numriques, I wanted to rig a warm ... I came across a, I encarde on the net, I try, I fall in love. Like what ... It is not life grand?!
The effects are not ditables, connectors, pffff, I speak not even (1 in 1 out), and non MODEL rack (this is a pil PDAL bigger than a Boss). on the other hand, not on battery power supply. It can not be easier

UTILIZATION

We talk about simplicity?? And well, it's even that has! We shoot a knob, the sound happens is gnial. It is quite progressive, there may well be determined. Come on, I put the note not max because t have a good turn flerb mode, pretty much useless (for me) and you can select the two remaining modes with a switch, but I quibble (that probably the ge ...)

SOUND QUALITY

The more simple, efficient, raliste ... What are the top. I use it with my Stick Chapman, I was using with a lot of effects so far. Now (yesterday), I embarked on the collaboration of a small set of pedals, and I think even I will wait a while before taking the ones I was aiming for I have found the pleasure of playing with only a simple rverb '.
My rating: 9, because the mode Flanverb not got my ...

OVERALL OPINION

For two days, I'm a fan. The price occase dfie any competition (60 €), and even nine, was not a hole in Luc. I compared with Digiverb, which is doing quite well, but that increases the types of rverbs intrt not for me. So back to basics with the Holy Grail.
Bine and sr, I would do this choice. I think I'll even buy a dozen to put one in each pice of my apartment (ah shit, it's true that I have two pices Bouhouhouh ... ...)

Nothing to add ...

UTILIZATION

Just simple, we chose the reverb and turning the knob to adjust the intensity of the effect is simple.

SOUND QUALITY

I'm not a big fan of reverb, so I do not play su'avec spring reverb knob with a large max 11h ... I find the reverb quality good, the sound is natural, not abused against the knob, otherwise the sound quickly becomes disgusting. regarding the two other effects I do not use them, sometimes the Hall but it is very rare, so I can not really judge that two effects ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal for a little over a mine, and as far as I'm happy she totalement.pas need a reverb plug for a lil blues, spring reverb is ample ...

I is not tried another model before buying it so I can not compare.

what I love most: the reverb and spring, and the simplicity of the beast and it is very light ...
what I like least: the flangereverb

level value, it seems to me good, but not exeptional.

I would have liked that instead of flangreverb there is a room reverb, but hey tanpis.

I think I would do this choice, I chose this pedal for a spring reverb quality, and to have some more possibilities with Hall reverb.pour those who want a simple spring reverb, it is better to turn to the King of Danelectro spring is a simple spring reverb (a real, not digital)

The holy grail is a small very nice reverb pedal for someone who does not want to piss off with 15reverb different, 4potard to set the effects ... for a people like me who need a little reverb nice.

big fan of the psychedelic reverb, it is not for you, you turned instead to the pedal line 6 ptite "Verbzilla" to be more suitable I think.

In short a reverb, three relatively diverse modes (spring, room and flerb)
all-digital, but it's really impressive quality, we see absolutely no difference from analog to tell the truth ...
Upgrading not possible on this pedal, because that is what is most simple, not MIDI ... but hey this would have been of no interest so ...
Pourkoué I put anything other than 10 tot eh?

UTILIZATION

Config very simple, it looks like the Royal preque in mind ... it's going roooh eh
Manuel? I dunno even if there is one, but in any case is always the same, it's no use a manual for a three-button footswitch.

SOUND QUALITY

THEN
I have tried many, boss, digitech, rack tc electro, Carl Martin and others ...
comparison reveals that this pedal is really the holy grail (for once that "they lie)
The sound is great, I tried next to a twin reverb (yes), look no bah is the same thing; ehx bluntly copied the famous reverb, and we will not worry plaindre.C is great.
I use the method above personal room is in my opinion the most effective and closer to what I expect from a reverb, namely transparency and presence.
Now how cool spring is also a bit light ptetr, the flerb menfin ... it's nice too, but more fun in the spirit that really useful.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 2 months
I was attracted by its quality and its price especially, it's really amazing what is given for such pedals
I was not a follower of EHX but then I'm back hehe
as I said before I tried many models before, I think that there is no photo (also the worst of all is the BOSS .... HORRIBLE)
With experience, I'll buy not, because music is an abyss, and I'm sick of seeing from the biftons so MEUUUH ... if I do it again, rather than 24 times as looks like another.

The characteristics are known, I will not go.

UTILIZATION

The use of simplicity is a happy

SOUND QUALITY

The reverb effect is correct, see pretty good.

OVERALL OPINION

So for me this pedal is a disaster in the effects loop of my Powerball, it completely distorts the sound, I found the sound of my amp (the bass and mids) by transferring the Holy Grail.
This pedal should make it well (see the side of love) in some contexts but not in my amp, the Boss RV5 is doing better, not for effect but the overall look of the sound.

I'll wait and see the side of the T-rex room mate or Tc nova reverb for sure this is not the same price but I want transparency.

Analog Reverb Pedal, you can get a spring-type reverb (spring) or Hall (main hall) and a mode shuffled hall and a flanger.

UTILIZATION

Could not be more simple to use, you plug the guitar, we chose the mode, turn the large knob depending on the dose DSIR reverb ....

I would not even need a manual.

SOUND QUALITY

The quality of sound? I had 2 head amp before that possdait a spring reverb. For the kind of music I do (indie rock) THE reverb.Ca it is the little reverb Annual Full discrte the reverb, we quickly feel like a member of mono, mogwai etc ....

Attention from the fact that the AC analog color the sound a bit. If you want a far more specific I would suggest the T-Rex mat room.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for three months, there is nothing I can blame the pedals. Price quality ratio I think this makes a must (but is not it the case dj??)
I would do without this choice except

analog and digital reverb
Three modes, a button in the intensity of the effect
an input and an output jack
9V adapter is provided (one less to buy)

nothing very complicated

UTILIZATION

The three modes are really beautiful
-SPRING: a reverb that is used on tube amps
-HALL: a classic reverb that find little holes on just about amps
-FLERB: a mixed reberb a flanger is quite funny as a mixture

No need for manual, anyway it is in English

SOUND QUALITY

nothing to say on it. given the quality of the effect that more than justifies its price.

that is perfect, I bought it because I have a Peavey ValveKing Royal 8 (perfect for blues and light crunch) that contained no reverb, so this pedal allowed me to complete my pedalboard is the moment consists of:
an Electro Harmonix Holy Grail (bought new)
a dunlop cry baby gcb 95 (bought used)
GE7 a boss (also bought used)
with all this in addition to the peavey tube I also use a marshall mg 30dfx

for me it's three pedals are and will remain a very solid base for playing blues rock hard rock show.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a good week.

I also tested the different reverb to less than € 100 and then Danelectro behringer and as the boss rv-5 but nothing I liked the fact that the only Danelectro SPRING, behringer is the brand most disappointing of music equipment (not impressive that the brand has disappeared), and the boss is a digital therefore what is good quality it is not enough for me my prize is a bit chilling.

the flerb but it is not really my style, the best is the two other

value for money is more than correct

This is just a plain and simple reverb pedal.
1/4" input and output
9v power jack
one stomp switch
one knob
one switch to change between spring, hall, and flerb settings

UTILIZATION

Getting a great sound out of the holy grail is very simple. In typical old school EH style you get a simple layout that's meant to just get good sound. No frills. Plug in your cables, get some power to it, twiddle the knobs and you are good to go. I suggest using the supplied adapter since this pedal takes quite a bit of juice to run properly.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound of this reverb is excellent and very natural sounding. It is not thin and over processed sounding like some of the others out there and does not muffle or bury your sound unless you want it to. I have never owned a nice spring reverb but this emulation seems to work for people who have owned them. All I know is that it sounds better that my experience with cheaper spring reverb units. The hall sound is what I mainly used because it seems a bit deeper sounding and works better for that huge ambient sound that I like in a reverb. It fills out the sound nicely without that digital sound you get in the boss stomps or other digital emulations. The flerb sound is nice to have too for when you want something a little more wild sounding although it would be hard to work it into a lot of songs because it stands out quite a bit. I think they were going for a flange sound hence the "FL"erb whatever it is I like it and it's very unique.

Another welcome thing is the bypass. No preamps or buffers in this pedal just a nice big true bypass stomp switch. I am not of the crowd that thinks your whole signal chain should be true bypass but I definitely prefer time based effects that might be in your amp's effects loop to be either true bypass or have a very high quality buffer. Electro Harmonix is not exactly known for quality buffers so I think it was a good call going for a true bypass on this box.


OVERALL OPINION

For me the sound of a pedal is always the number one priority. I can usually work around any design hangups if the end sound is worth it. I would say the Holy grail is great for most reverb requirements. It is not very tweakable but the one knob design provides a pretty wide variety of tones. The knob is also big enough to move with your foot during live performances. That is something I love about the huge boxes Electro harmonix likes to use.



The one downside to this pedal is there seems to be a bit of quality control problem and an intermittent noise issue. I have owned three of these and one had a high pitch whining that was always there while the others it was intermittent or not there at all. The pedal also seems to be picky about power supplies and placement. I had mixed results using a pedal power II so I usually just used the supplied wall wart and never ran any boosts/od/etc.. after it.

If you get one that does not have noise issues you will love the sound.

This is a unique analog reverb pedal. It can't be edited through a PC or Mac, and is not controllable by MIDI. It isn't rackable, as it is a guitar pedal. It has a 1/4" input and a 1/4" output, and can be powered with a power supply that comes with it, as well as with a battery.

UTILIZATION

The editing on this box couldn't be easier. It has one knob and a switch with three modes. The different modes are spring reverb, which is similar (almost identical) to the reverb found in old-school guitar amps. The next setting, hall, is pretty obvious. It sounds like you are playing in a room with lots of natural reverb. The third setting is called "flurb" and it stands for a mixture of flanger and reverb, which is a good way of describing the effect.

SOUND QUALITY

I use this primarily with my Strat and Twin combo, since I use that most. I've tried it with an SG as well, and I liked that too. In general, this pedal will probably work the same with most guitars, and will possibly work well with other instruments like bass, keys, and vocals too. The quality of the sound is pretty awesome. It doesn't color the sound too hard from what was originally plugged it. It's generally pretty transparent. I thought that only having the one knob would be kind of limiting, as there isn't a whole lot of control to be found, but I actually kind of liked it after awhile. The fact is, the pedal is only capable of producing GREAT tones. It just depends on how much reverb you want there to be. I think that the spring and hall settings are way better than the "flurb" setting, but that's mainly because I am not a huge fan of the flanger effect in general. That being said, the spring setting is almost exactly like the reverb on my twin amp, except possibly clearer. I was quite a fan of it, really. The hall reverb is also quite natural. I like the sound of really reverberant rooms in general, but it's not always possible to record parts in rooms like that. This is when pedals like this come in handy. It seems like each value on the knob is like a different tone, good for almost every purpose.

OVERALL OPINION

The only thing I disliked about this pedal was the "flurb" setting. I had no use for it. Otherwise, it sounded great. Even though its marketed as being great for recording, I don't know if this is necessarily true, as the reverb does not have many ways to affect the sound. It might be difficult to manage within the context of recording a song. I think that this is a perfect pedal if you want reverb on your guitar during a live show. It might work with vocals for live shows, as well. I think that this is a great pedal, which isn't surprising since this company has always made great pedals.

The Electro Harmonix Holy Grail is an analog reverb pedal. It has a 1/4 inch input and output and is not a rackable unit - it is a stompc box.

UTILIZATION

The configuration of the pedal couldn't be easier. It has a switch to choose which type of reverb you want - either spring, hall or flerb and has a large knob to control the level of the reveb. It is extremely easy to get a good reverb sound from this. I don't have a manual for this but this might be the easiest pedal in the world to use, so you probably don't need it.

SOUND QUALITY

The reverb produced with the Electro Harmonix Holy Grail reverb is great. Even though the parameters are limited, the three different types of reverbs make it vesatile because they are each unique sounding from each other. The spring and hall reverbs are both rich and are your typical spring and hall reverb effects. The flerb, on the other hand, is unique from just about any other reverb sound, as it brings its own sound to the table. I have used this pedal only with guitar - usually a '76 Fender Twin Reverb and a Gibson SG.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Electro Harmonix Holy Grail for about three years. I love it because of the high sound quality and the ease of use. I don't have to fiddle for hours with this to get a good sound - it is quick and easy to dial in a great reverb tone. While this isn't as versatile as a Boss RV-5 or a Line 6 Verbzilla, you'll save a bit of money if you are looking for some simple, but realistic reverb sounds. The price is cheap and you know you're getting a good product because of Electo Harmonix's great reputation. Overall, I definitley recommend guitars who need some reverb to look into the Holy Grail.