Members pureanalog Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 Merry X-mas everybody. I put this pedal in front. When it is on, there is quite a lot of noise created by it. When it is in the loop then it is dead quiet. This happens on all amps and in all places I tried it (different power outlets at different places etc). The thing is that my main amp is a vintage Marshall that doesn't have a loop and I don't want to modify it. So are there any workarounds to this problem, or should I just look for another reverb pedal? Otherwise the sounds of the holy grail are very good sounding to my ears. But if there is no way to get rid of the noise, I would try to sell it and get something else , like the Marshall RF-1 for example. Or I could always ditch the REVERB from my live rig. I am not 100% sure if it makes my tone nicer or muddier as I dont play too much clean. I usually have it on with a slight touch of the effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh33 Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 are you using an individual power supply? I had a little big of noise when i used my powerbrick, but i got an EHX holy grail Power supply and all the noise went away. ive heard of other people having the same prpblem, but the individual powersupply pretty much takes care of it. is it the big box model or the new nano version or whatever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members messiah Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 Ok, a bit of shameless self-publicity here, but at least it's relevent! I use a Holy Grail too, into a 50w Marshall Plexi, and yes, it's hissy... but it's only really us as guitar players who notice it and get bothered by it. You can't really here it when in use, it's only when you stop playing. I use mine a lot at the moment and I just put up with it. Example; [YOUTUBE]wY43fg453sk[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ponch Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 when i have mine plugged in with any other pedal its noisy and its noisy even if i put in my loop and on my board, however if i put it the loop on its own and on top of my amp i get no noise what so ever, i think mine might perhaps have something wrong with picking up other signals and what not from other pedals, however im happy with it on my amp and in my loop as its always on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pureanalog Posted December 26, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 it is the large older version not the nano.and i use the original power supply... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ponch Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 the large original version. and i use the original power too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Josh33 Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 hmm thats what im using too... i dont really have any noise though. at least nothing noticable to piss me off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zappa74 Posted December 26, 2009 Members Share Posted December 26, 2009 I've got the Holy Grail Nano. I'm powering it with my One-Spot and it's dead silent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members companyman Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 pretty cool sounding stuff, kinda has a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds thing going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members messiah Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 pretty cool sounding stuff, kinda has a Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds thing going on. Thank ya kindly Funny thing is a few people have mentioned Nick Cave, but I've only really got into him since people have been saying it to me! There is a lot of very unintentional similarity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 sell it, get a nano. Pretty much a known issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pureanalog Posted December 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 sell it, get a nano.Pretty much a known issue. that would be kind of like rewarding them for making such a crappy product wouldn't it? or aren't there really any equal or better sounding reverb pedals at this price range? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Depends if it's the spring sound you're most interested in or the hall. I'm just assuming NOBODY uses flerb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pureanalog Posted December 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Depends if it's the spring sound you're most interested in or the hall. I'm just assuming NOBODY uses flerb i am most interested in the hall reverb. just a hint of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 i am most interested in the hall reverb. just a hint of it. Digitech Hardwire Reverb, Boss RV5, Line 6 Verbzilla are some of the pretty standard mass produced reverbs that'll do that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pureanalog Posted December 27, 2009 Author Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Digitech Hardwire Reverb, Boss RV5, Line 6 Verbzilla are some of the pretty standard mass produced reverbs that'll do that... yeah, i was kind of interested in the RV5. what i hate with boss pedals is that they suck the tone quite a lot. By the way I have the reverb pedal, a boss ce-2 chorus, a boss DD-3 delay japan, dunlop crybaby, overdrive and all these go into the plexi channel I hi output (channel I and II jumpered). What order would you ideally put those in? I get cleans by rolling the volume back usually with the neck pickup of the les paul or both... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 yeah, i was kind of interested in the RV5. what i hate with boss pedals is that they suck the tone quite a lot. Seriously? I don't agree. They're not TB, but the buffers are good. If I had ten i might want to use a TB loooper, but 2 shouldn't make any difference. By the way I have the reverb pedal, a boss ce-2 chorus, a boss DD-3 delay japan, dunlop crybaby, overdrive and all these go into the plexi channel I hi output (channel I and II jumpered). What order would you ideally put those in? I get cleans by rolling the volume back usually with the neck pickup of the les paul or both... It's typical to start with gain pedals going with increasing distortion, then wah (or wah first, 100% preference), then modulation, then delay, then reverb. Once you're there, then you start swapping around to get the sound you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ming Chow Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 I'm having the same problem, as the OP, with mine. It is just something you put up with, or get a different pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members messiah Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 It is just something you put up with, or get a different pedal. Exactly, and you'll soon be regretting letting it go if you do the latter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THAT4301 Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Not if he does the latter and then picks up a nano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members messiah Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 Not if he does the latter and then picks up a nano. The Nano is fine, if you haven't had the big box one to know/hear the difference, and know what you're missing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted December 27, 2009 Members Share Posted December 27, 2009 it is the large older version not the nano.and i use the original power supply... Hmm. Mine's not noisy at all. I would have asked the power supply question (it's crazy noisy with a One Spot), but it was already addressed. Dunno what to say. I know that it's a picky bastard, because there's some times that when I first plug it in, the effect won't switch, but that's solved by unplugging it again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members motp Posted April 16, 2020 Members Share Posted April 16, 2020 The nano just doesn't sound as good. Also the build quality went downhill, my nano lasted a little while, my big one works forever, but the nano does remove the noise problems. Maybe yours had a bad ground? Mine is only is noisy if sharing a power supply like a 1spot. And whoever said no-one uses flerb? Flerb is the main reason I have the pedal. Well big box version. Nano flerb not so great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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