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Rock Verb,All,
That is funny as hell man,about the lower interest rates, and etc.
But seriously, I understand what your saying about loud clubs,lousy
P.A.'s. But most of the places I see Surf bands here in O.C. and
L.A. calif. are without P.A. So that doesn't really come into play
too often here.
As for the The Holy Grail Pedal. I had heard about it, when it was
going to be coming out.And was like here we go with another horrible
tin can sounding reverb simulation. But Steve Soest, from the Torquays
(Local Trad. Band by which alot of bands use to meause up to) had
been sent one to try out,and give his thoughts. So they were playing
a car show, doin 3 or 4 sets, and he brought his tank in case there
was any problems with the pedal. So he tells me he's using the pedal
and to listen to him, and give him my thoughts. I thought it was
a little on the metallic sounding side, with a bit of a dryness to the
sound. Then he switched it from sping to hall, and Crnaked it up to
10 for Baja, and I moved form about 50 feet back to about 10 feet
away. I would have to say,If I didn't know he had it. I be hard
pressed to tell the difference if I couldn't see what was being used.
For my 2 cents worth, I'd say it's damn close about 90 95% of a tank
sound. And really good for portability,and not having to take your
tank out to dangerous situations. But like you siad nothing beats a
tank, and you can't kick a pedal to make it crash. Well you can,but
it might fall apart. I've heard that the Holy Grail is a bit on the
shoddy side in manufacturing.
Jeff(bigtikidude)
Bass player-but lover of Reverb
--- In , "rock verb" <rockverb@h...>
wrote:
> If Dick Dale himself can't tell he difference, it has to be due to
the fact
> that he's been overloading showmans for the better part of his life
and
> subsequently suffered hearing loss. of course EHX would claim such
a thing,
> what are they gonna say? 'our pedal is fun, but Dick Dale wouldn't
be caught
> dead with it'? Just this last week, I've been offered lower
interest rates,
> a bigger penis, and convincing digital reverb. thank you, I'll
stick with
> what I've got for the moment.
>
> EHX builds great pedals, well worth the money, to be sure. And
true, if the
> PA system is bad enough, no one will hear the difference between a
tank and
> a holy grail... or between MIA jazzmaster and plywood stratcopy,
for that
> matter..... but as has been said, at this point there is no
convincing
> digital reverb available that can compete with tank, period. (and
if there
> were, I'm sure it would be a hell of lot more expensive than a
tank, btw)
>
> still, check that pedal out in a music store somewhere; if you like
it then,
> and it does what you want it to do, buy it, and don't care for
anyone's
> opinion but you're own.
>
> good luck
>
>
>
> >From: "Vince Frank" <vfrank@f...>
> >Reply-To:
> >To: <>
> >Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Holy Grail & spring reverb
> >Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 09:51:13 -0400
> >
> >Hiya, dude. I don't think there's a digital reverb unit made that
can
> >give you what you want. That splash sound was created by the
agitated
> >springs inside the old spring reverb units. It's entirely a result
of
> >the analog nature of the spring reverb effect, and not something
that
> >can really be done digitally. At least not that I've seen, so far.
> >
> >===>Hello! Thanks for the reply. However, I don't know if there
> >AREN'T digital reverb pedals that can emulate the spring reverb.
The
> >manufactures of The Holy Grail reverb pedal (Electro-Harmonix)
claim
> >that Dick Dale himself couldn't tell the difference.
> >
> >Their website is: www.ehx.com
> >
> >Has anyone out there used this??? The demos they have don't really
> >show that "spring" sound that I'm assuming is that "wet" sound
that I
> >associate with the Fender amps. . . . Can anyone verify that it
DOES
> >emulate that sound? I don't wanna shell out the bucks without
knowing
> >up front. Thanks!
> >
> >Vincent
> >
> >
>
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