Members V Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Well I made an executive decision. Sold flint. Gonna try out this pedal and see if I like the spring and plate. I'm a little bummed there's no regular hall but we'll see how it is. If it sucks back to flint I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Originally Posted by V Well I made an executive decision. Sold flint. Gonna try out this pedal and see if I like the spring and plate. I'm a little bummed there's no regular hall but we'll see how it is. If it sucks back to flint I guess. I would think both would be quite the combo. I have a M5 too. I'm going to directly compare both and see what I think. So far, the spring on the Hardwire is much much better, no surprise here. I'll end up using the M5 mostly for modulations, but now I'm starting to rethink that plan, as I generally prefer analog modulation over digital. But some modes sound good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 flint looks cool, but theres no {censored}ing way in hell i could afford a pedal like that. god dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TehSuperFox Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Originally Posted by echodeluxe flint looks cool, but theres no {censored}ing way in hell i could afford a pedal like that. god dammit. Hear, hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members V Posted August 9, 2012 Members Share Posted August 9, 2012 Yeah, I'm super picky with reverb pedals, though. I am going to miss the harmonic trem so much Considering asking Cono to make me an outboard spring tank with built in harmonic trem at some point in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Played around with the Supernatural (SN) tonight some more. For me, very favorable impressions so far:Plate (standard). I love this type of reverb, and to my ears, this one is one of the best I've heard. Really, really good. Lush, natural, etc.Plate/mod: interesting effect here. Still sounds like plate, but the modulation adds some bottom end warble that is cool. Doesn't really sound like chorus, but you can tell it has something else, and with the mix past noon, the bottom end can get really deep and wholly.Shimmer: I like the effect, the octave thing is very cool, sounds like you have a Pog on or something. And when I added my Pog2 to it, damn, the house shook, in a good way. With the mix rolled back quite a bit, it is still a fairly practical, sort of subtle reverb. But with the mix nearing noon or more, ambient city.Supernova - octave and flange - similar to shimmer, but you do hear more of the flange modulation to it, but it's not overpowering. Cool effect, best used for what it is, a significant ambient effect that will take over your tone if you want it to.Shine: Supposed to add lush chorus, but I'd actually like to have heard more chorus effect in it. I'll have to play around with this mode more though, to be fair.Pherb, very cool effect if you like phasing with reverb, and the phasing is fairly prevalent. I don't think you can change the speed of the flange, wish you could. But it's a pretty nice effect really, and with the mix lower, you can use this mode with dirt to make things more interesting.Spring: Yeah, one of the best, if not the best spring modes I've heard. Just sounds real, and lively. Worth the price of admission, especially with the excellent plate mode too.With a brighter amp and a tele, I do find I keep the Liveliness knob fairly low, otherwise it can be pretty bright and overpowering. With a dark amp, this is nice to have though. I also find the mix knob to be best below noon if you want to use dirt with it, and maybe even really low, like 9 oclock. But for anything else turn up the mix to noon or more, and the ambient tones become very apparent. I can't wait to play around with it more this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members larry50 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 I wonder if the plate and spring modes are the same Lexicon verbs on the standard Hardwire RV-7? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stratedge09 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 After reading IRG's review, I'm pretty happy I didn't give into the GAS. Sounds like a great pedal, but I'll stick to the Trinity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Nice writeup, IRG. Thanks! Originally Posted by larry50 I wonder if the plate and spring modes are the same Lexicon verbs on the standard Hardwire RV-7? Nope. They're brand new, specific to this pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by larry50 I wonder if the plate and spring modes are the same Lexicon verbs on the standard Hardwire RV-7? No, they're all new. According to PGS, the spring mode is the most complex reverb modulation that Lexicon has made. Beat'd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted August 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Mine should be here Saturday! I'm getting excited! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 how much are these?only PGS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BHz_econo Posted August 10, 2012 Author Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by Poltergeist how much are these? only PGS? $179.95, PGS exclusive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Poltergeist Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 crap..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members echodeluxe Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 mines comin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Find it ironic they teased with one of the crazier modes, yet we got 7 and a half minutes of spring reverb for the first video. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members IRG Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by iodine74 Find it ironic they teased with one of the crazier modes, yet we got 7 and a half minutes of spring reverb for the first video. Maybe to illustrate it isn't just a 1 dimensional type of pedal, that it can do traditional reverb sounds too, which it can. From what I've heard, the spring setting was a pretty labor intensive algorithm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by IRG Maybe to illustrate it isn't just a 1 dimensional type of pedal, that it can do traditional reverb sounds too, which it can. From what I've heard, the spring setting was a pretty labor intensive algorithm. Yeah, don't getta-me-wrongo I liked the sound of the spring... just wish if they were going to spend the time on such a long vid we could have gotten more of the other modes. I gots birthday money to spend and decisions to make Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HP Hovercraft Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by iodine74 Yeah, don't getta-me-wrongo I liked the sound of the spring... just wish if they were going to spend the time on such a long vid we could have gotten more of the other modes. I gots birthday money to spend and decisions to make They're making a different video for each mode. So far we have spring and pherb videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members iodine74 Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by HP Hovercraft They're making a different video for each mode. So far we have spring and pherb videos. yeah... just taking too loooong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 Originally Posted by IRG No, they're all new. According to PGS, the spring mode is the most complex reverb modulation that Lexicon has made. Beat'd. true but if you dont like the sound... the Hardwire RV 7 was also loaded with "lexicon algorithms" and was not so great imo anyway, thanks for the infos and report Ian! P.S.: i am not a hater, but kind of done with reverbs in pedals... but also curious about it - i am still a gearhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 spark, you tried the neunaber WET? opinions?i feel the same way about spring reverb in pedals...will have to try out one of these new hardwires sometime to see if its really that good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 no, but the wet is still on my list to try and i am really impressed by the demos. Seems kind of a inbetween reverb the web? did you play with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members macadood Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 have been dreaming about getting a WET for a long time. seemed always out of my price range, until i went on a pedal rampage and the older used mono wet prices went down due to all the newer versions. finally got one about a month ago and i quite love it. its very nice and tasty, and wet, but not a spring reverb obviously. but hell, i've got my amp's spring verb for that but i think ive ended my search for a reverb...that is until hardwire announced this baby will have to check out the supernatural at some point for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sparkfriction Posted August 10, 2012 Members Share Posted August 10, 2012 same here - always out of my range... but your opinon about the wet sounds good. i still using my EQD Ghost Echo for instant reverb without massiv tweaking. in the end i need one reverb pedal for that job - i am still ampless and i bet my next amp is without reverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.