The Steel Guitar Forum

Brad,
That's exactly what it reminds me of. I had just figured out some settings for the MPX-1 that are like this. This pedal makes it too easy!

Another cool thing I hear in it, there is a little pre-delay happening before the reverb hits you. It's kinda like what we hear when we use a slight delay with reverb. The spring reverb setting is so realistic I swear I could kick it and get it to rumble. I don't know how anyone could give it a bad review, or anything less than spectacular! They must have got a bad one.

Both Jon light and I experienced one issue with the RV-7: it likes a clean power supply. When I use my One-Spot adaptor, no problem. If I use a cheaper standard adaptor, the Plate setting won't work. It is sensitive from one power supply to the next.

Ive had mine better than a month and think it's awesome.

Sounds great with the MXR Carbon Copy Delay

Chris,

I found that too when I got mine. It's designed to operate at higher voltages, and it has a circuit that steps up the 9v you feed it. It seems that if you don't have a supply that offers plenty of clean 9v, that it can misbehave. But now that I have my One-Spot powering my board, it works just fine.

Brad

Have any of you used it with battery power enough to know how long an alkaline will last?

Oh yes.....I bought the most expensive Duracell "long-life" 9-volt at the drug store, and it got me through about a set and a half.

Randy,

I'd say you'll be lucky to get thru one gig with even a good battery. Digital processors just guzzle power.


Brad

I just purchased ,
Marshall reflector(reverb),Marshall echohead(digital delay) and Marshall supervibe(chorus) pedals they sound pretty sweet,crisp clean sound,was wondering if anyone can tell me some settings for these.I am getting either not enough or too much of 1 or the other,help please.also need to know if it matters what position the pedals are lined up in,chorus,reverb,digital delay or digital,chorus then reverb,should the pedals be before ar after the volume pedal,does it matter,any help at all would be greatly appreciated.these are saweet pedals,little heavy.

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My RV7 came this morning. Unfortunately my guitar is in the back of the van somewhere up north so I've no chance of trying out this new pedal. Neither will I have time to find a decent setting for tomorrow night's gig. Can someone recommend settings that I can use in a hurry?

James,

First off, make sure you have a clean, strong AC adaptor or it may not work at 100% capacity. (The plate setting on mine will not work with a generic adaptor.) A One-Spot or similar will work. It will eat a battery in about an hour. But if you need to use one, just flip up the part you would step on, and the battery goes in there. I'm not in front of mine now, but there's a little lever or slider somewhere there. If you can grab 5 minutes with the manual, it would be great.

You will be fine with all three knobs set to 12:00, with the setting on plate or hall. Tweak as necessary, maybe adding more or less effect with the first knob. It's very user-friendly; it's hard to get a bad sound from it.

Chris, Thanks for a swift reply. I have two new Boss adaptors which I was going to use with a DD3 and chorus pedals but changed my mind and stayed with the amp reverb - as I have done for years. Your setting are very much like those of Greg Cutshaw's.There's very litte difference in the settings of the three modes so I shouldn't have too much of a problem. Once again thanks for your time. James.

I still have a need for a good reverb pedal that will run well on batteries. One hour or so on an alkaline is not very good, but has anyone tried the RV7 with a lithium battery? In my camera the difference between alkaline and lithium is huge. I probably get 5 to 10 times the use with lithiums. I'm curious if any of you have tried them in an RV7.

I can't remember if the one I tried was lithium or not, but it was the most expensive 9 volt in the store, and my aim was to get a lot of juice out of it for the RV7. It ate the battery in about a set and a half.

The lithium batteries will usually be in the camera section of the store and they can cost more than double the price of an alkaline.

You probably used Durocell or Energizer alkaline batteries to get about an hour of use. Lithium batteries would certainly perform better than that... wouldn't they?

You're probably right on, Mitch. The one I bought was around $10, so it might have been one of the high-powered regular ones. If you give the lithium a try, let us know how it fares.

Well I took the plunge also, sounds good to me at this point. I like being able to make global changes with knobs vs scrolling into patches to make changes on most othe processors.

Larry Behm

I used a Holy Grail for playing with my telecaster and it was great, until one day it just died without warning. When I took it apart it smelled a bit "charred" like something had simply burnt up. I had it for about a year or two, I honestly don't remember, however I only used it about one hour a week @ church.

It sounded way better than my amps reverb until it suddenly croaked. I can't say I noticed any additional hiss, but, I was using a MIM telecaster in a church with a ton of flourescent lamps. In that situation, hiss just becomes part of your sound.

I see that Boss is doing a pedal (in partnership with Fender) to simulate the old Fender spring Reverb unit. It could be nice - but if it is anything like their "Deluxe Reverb Amp" pedal, it might be disappointing.

I bought one a few weeks ago. By far the best pedal reverb I've tried. I seem to gravitate towards the long hall when I want to play some ambient far away sounding things, or to play organ like pad chords - it gives a great sustain for morphing chords into each other.

The small room is great too for helping the steel jump out a bit but not linger like a normal reverb or delay would. In fact all the algorithms sound really good. The modulated to me is a little unusable in mono. I can hear the phasing of the chorus. When in stereo its lush and reminds me of my PCM 70.

Also I found the reverse to be useful on single note stuff when on its shortest setting with the wet at 100%. Creates a unique "in a cave" type of sound with no attack.

I'm interested to hear updated comments on this unit now. I' looking to get one of these units soon. I've been using an RV-3 for many, many years and have been pleased with it overall for live performances but it's getting old [ it still works perfect ] and I haven't been using the reverb/delay mode much lately [just hall reverb] and using an RV-5 too. But I'm gonna go to the Digitech because of the Lexicon chips because I know you can't beat them. Also, after talking with Randy Beavers at great length I'm sold because I trust his ears as well as anyone I know.

Reading thru this thread I see several people have ill or dead holy grail pedals.I too have a dead one.Question,is it feasable to repair and who would I contact or where could I send to undertake this project or should I send it to the crusher along w/my 95 Neon?

Any replies about the RV-7? Not the Holy Grail.

I have a Rv7 hardwire and I have been using it now for perhaps 6 months or so. I like it a lot and really agree with what Randy Beavers said about the pre-delay thing almost sounding like a touch of delay along with reverb as well. I do think that the one thing I don't entirely like is the spring reverb. It sounds good enough to me but if that is what you are really after then the Holy Grail does beat it hands down. Mine sounded so much like a Fender spring reverb it was hard to believe. Also hard to believe was that it died in like 3 minutes of use. If the lush Lexicon hall and plate reverbs are more to your liking then I really don't see how you could not like it. I have not had a power supply issue but I have used a one spot from the start.

I have a rack setup with a Tonic pre-amp and TC-350 multi effects unit.

First off I don't like a bunch of equipment hanging out of the effects rack. I'd like to just plug it in and go. This units sounds like it has a far better reverb than the TC-350. I suppose I could velcro it into the rack space (I have lots of room). which brings up the question at what point would I hook up the reverb for the best sound and could I do it where it and the delay from the TC unit is mixed into the dry signal with the effects knob on the Tonic. Thanks in advance for any help.

Wayne

I like a hall or plate reverb.