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Saw this post at the EHX Blog today, thought it was really cool.  At the blog they posted the following YouTube videos where one is a Enigma Q Balls on a full kit and the other is a Holy Grail Reverb just on the snare. I really like seeing non-traditional applications of effects. If you guys see other cool non-standard methods, please comment below, love to include them in a post as well.

Here is the video of the Electro-Harmonix Enigma Q Balls

And here is the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail on the snare alone

You can pick up the Electro-Harmonix Enigma Q Balls at Musician’s Friend for $190.35 and the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail (nano) is available for $118.50

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From some  of my previous postings, you may notice that I’m a big Foals fan. Truth be told.. these guys are awesome, and I’m really into what they’re doing. Foals have a unique way of creating inter-weaving guitar interplay and tension with the use of clean guitar tones and upbeat drumming. There are various aspects of the tone they create from the guitars to the amps and to the pedals. For this post, I wanted to showcase Yannis Philippakis who is the singer and one of the guitar players of the band.

Yannis primarily uses Travis Bean guitars (Travis Beans were manufactured from 1974 to 1979 and utilized a aluminum neck design) played through a Hiwatt halfstack. They like to play clean but can build up to overdriven tones. They are a fans of reverb and delay pedal to help create their sonic landscape.

Below is a shot of Yannis’ pedal line from their 2010 US tour.

Bottom row from right to left:

Boss TU-2 Tuner
Boss DD-3 Delay
Boss RV-5 Reverb (possibly a Boss RV-3 Reverb)
Electro-Harmonix Nano Holy Grail Reverb
Klon Centaur

Top row from right to left:

Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2
Empress Super Delay
Telenordia TK-23 Kompressor

Here is a older shot of the board (missing the EHX Holy Grail).

Yannis also used a vintage Echoplex tape delay on stage.

If you have a chance to see them… you need to check out Foals. Fantastic band. Here is a listing of tour dates.

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Last week I posted some info on the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb pedal, and noticed that some places carry the big version and other places only carry the nano. I’m assuming that EHX is probably going to be phasing out of the larger pedals since the nanos seem to be quite popular these days. So my question is… do they sound the same?

Well, with questions like this, it seems like Gearmanndude usually has the answer. I took a quick trip to YouTube, and I found a great Gearmanndude video comparing the nano and mr. big. Seems like Gearmanndude isn’t too into reverb. I can relate. I think it’s been about 20 years since I played with reverb, but not because I hate it.. it just isn’t required in the stuff I play.

You can pick up the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb for $118.50 at Musician’s Friend
I’m unable to find the ‘classic’ EHX Holy Grail anywhere now, so it looks like your best option is to pick it up on eBay. Here are some Holy Grail pedals found using PedalNerd.com

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I was having a few twitter conversations about reverbs, and I threw out the Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb. This is a pretty classic reverb pedal for many guitarists out there. It looks like they don’t make the original big version any more, and going with the nano only.

Here is the official description on the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb:

A true space-saver with classic Holy Grail sounds.

The Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal has the prized sounds of the legendary Holy Grail reverb pedal in a rugged, performance-friendly nano die-cast chassis. The small footprint stompbox fits easily into any pedal board while still delivering the amazing reverb sounds that made the original 2002 Holy Grail a legend among guitarists everywhere.

The EH Holy Grail Nano reverb pedal provides the original classic Spring reverb revered by guitarists for its authentic sound, a Hall reverb specifically designed for performing musicians, and the completely original “Flerb” a flanged reverb with unique and haunting spatial definition. The original Holy Grail was prized for re-creating quality reverb spaces and the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano pedal delivers the same definitive reverbs while saving you pedalboard space.

The nano is the same as the big version, just smaller foot print.

I found this great video by ProGuitarShopDemos on the EHX Holy Grail:

You can pick up the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb for $118.50 at Musician’s Friend.

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Amazon is having a good deal on the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb pedal. Normally, this pedal lists for $158. Musician’s Friend has it for $118.50 + shipping, but Amazon has it for $83.15 + $5.50 for shipping. Not a bad deal.

Here is the basic info on the pedal:

The Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal has the prized sounds of the legendary Holy Grail reverb pedal in a rugged, performance-friendly nano die-cast chassis. The small footprint stompbox fits easily into any pedal board while still delivering the amazing reverb sounds that made the original 2002 Holy Grail a legend among guitarists everywhere.

The EH Holy Grail Nano reverb pedal provides the original classic Spring reverb revered by guitarists for its authentic sound, a Hall reverb specifically designed for performing musicians, and the completely original “Flerb” a flanged reverb with unique and haunting spatial definition. The original Holy Grail was prized for re-creating quality reverb spaces and the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Nano pedal delivers the same definitive reverbs while saving you pedalboard space.

Found another sweet clip from gearmandude (my fav!) — no cowboy boot?? Also nice subliminal message of what he thinks of reverbs in general.

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