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Topic: Holy Grail Nano - Reverb |
Lee Baucum
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McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 14 Oct 2009 7:42 am |
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Have any of you guys tried out the Nano on steel guitar? I'm looking for a real basic stomp box to use with my little Guyatone Micro Delay. I don't use much reverb, but I like to blend some in with the delay. I'm not looking for anything fancy. It looks like the Nano is about as small as the Guyatone. I wonder about the hiss-factor. I know the old EH pedals had lots of hiss.
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Danny Naccarato
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Burleson, Texas
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Posted 14 Oct 2009 8:50 am
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| No hiss factor. Great little unit |
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 15 Oct 2009 10:19 am
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| Thanks, Danny. Anybody else using one? |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2009 10:40 am
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I have the original Holy Grail reverb which is larger but has exactly the same controls. It's a great emulation of the spring reverb sound. It basically changes my Princeton into a Princeton Reverb. I don't know if the Nano is different or not, but I suspect that it's the same circuit in a smaller package.
If I turn up real loud I can hear a very small amount of noise from the unit. It's way below the noise floor of your average single coil pickup, though. For all practical purposes, even when recording, I would classify this effect as "extremely quiet".
"Not fancy" is a great description, too. I only use the spring reverb setting, so it's basically one knob: reverb. I leave it turned on all the time and twist the knob higher for slow songs.
Some reviews I've seen say that it is noisy. I think that maybe there were quality control issues in manufacturing at one time. Anyone who has returned a defective one for replacement seems to have gotten a good one the second time.
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Bobby Snell
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Austin, Texas
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Posted 15 Oct 2009 9:01 pm
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| I've been using a Nano for a couple of months now since I finally retired the Boss RV-3, and it is certainly a nice little unit. Clear sounding and a good range on the one knob for amount of reverb. I run it out front of the amp, with a delay (Ibanez analog) into it. BTW, the Ibanez is not what I like---it colors the sound a lot. But the Nano doesn't color the tone much that I can tell. |
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Andrew Roblin
From:
Various places
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Posted 16 Oct 2009 2:12 am
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| I like the Alesis NanoVerb--is that what we're talking about?--alright for non-pedal steel and Telecaster. It's not great--sounds a little too digital for me--but it's okay. I like running it in stereo through two small tube amps. Nice slapback and rotary speaker simulations. But I had to try a bunch of the reverb settings before I found one I liked. |
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b0b
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Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2009 7:53 am
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No, the Holy Grail Nano is made by Electro-Harmonix. The Alesis NanoVerb is a different box by a different manufacturer. I had one once. It broke.
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Dave Beaty
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Mesa, Arizona, USA
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b0b
From:
Cloverdale, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2009 8:21 am
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They sound alike to me. on that video anyway. The taper of the pot might be a bit different, but the effect is the same.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 17 Oct 2009 9:58 am
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That was my take on it, too, b0b. Thanks for posting that, Dave.
I'm going to Guitar Center this afternoon, to pick up a Nano.....if I can get someone to wait on me. They may not be able to see me.
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Thanks for all the input.
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 17 Oct 2009 1:52 pm
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Just got back from Guitar Center. After hitting me with their invisibility ray, I quickly faded into just a wisp of vapor, acknowledged only by a couple of other customers who had passed through the ray before me.
Within about 5 minutes, though, the cash in my pocket set off an alarm and a nice salesman, named George, asked me if he could help me. I could see that he had slipped on some special eyeglasses, allowing him to see me. I told him I was interested in purchasing a Holy Grail Nano. He grinned and said he thought he still had a couple in stock. The box on the first one he located was a bit bent, so he went in search of another one. He quickly found the other one that was showing on the computer system. It was in great shape. I just plugged it in to my amp and it sounds great. No hiss at all. I'm not sure which setting I like better - hall or spring. They both sound very nice.
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Erv Niehaus
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Litchfield, MN, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2009 6:24 am
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| There is a new model called the Holy Grail plus that is supposed to be an improvement on the original model. I'm looking at that one. |
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Clyde Mattocks
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Kinston, North Carolina, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2009 11:58 am
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It is unclear on Guitar Center site whether it will accept a 9v. battery or will only work with an external 9v. supply and if the power supply is included in the price. Anybody know?
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Lee Baucum
From:
McAllen, Texas (Extreme South) The Final Frontier
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Posted 18 Oct 2009 1:49 pm
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There are no provisions for a battery in the HG Nano, wall-wart only. The wall-wart comes with the unit, though!
I've been playing around with my new Nano today. I think I like the Hall setting better than the Spring. I can set the knob at 9:00 o'clock for most tunes and move it up to about 10:00 o'clock or so for slow ballads and such. I think it's a keeper.
With regard to hiss: It will get very hissy if you crank it up past 12:00; however, I can't imagine ever wanting that much reverb. Anything below 12:00 o'clock is quiet.
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