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A few days ago I posted about the Behringer pedal package deals going on at Musician’s Friend. Great deal, but they are on back order. Well, just saw on Amazon that they have Behringer Jazz Trio package available. This package includes  a Behringer Chorus, Compressor and Reverb. The package also comes with cables. This is a perfect gift for someone that is just getting into guitar effects, or a perfect thing to get to try out a few pedals in your set up for re-al cheap. The package is available for only $45.90! This package normally lists for $171.99.

Here are the details:

* Premium Stompbox Chain for the Electric Jazz Guitar Player
* The Jazz Trio combines three stereo effects digital reverb chorus and a compressor/limiter into one convenient package
* These superb effects pedals provide the ultimate tonal toolbox for everything from the sizzling sounds of fusion to the cool strains of smooth jazz
* Package includes all cables to interconnect the pedals and connect directly to your guitar amplifier 10′ high-quality instrument cable and two short inter-pedal patch cables

Again, the Behringer Jazz Trio Chorus, Compressor And Reverb Guitar Effects Package is available for only $45.90 at Amazon.

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Hope all the dads out there had a great Father’s Day! Yesterday I was super surprised when I opened my last gift by the family for me on Father’s Day. My kids with their anticipating eyes, and with my wife starring at me with something a little different in her look got me quite curious. The look she had was the classic “I have something awesome that I know you’re going to love” type of look. After removing the wrapping paper and noticed the Strymon on the box, I was blown away. Could she have really gotten me the Strymon BlueSky Reverberator?? I was talking about this pedal in passing a while back, and luckily she actually made note of it. I guess it’s handy that her husband has a blog where he talks about guitar gear he wants often. So this Father’s Day was quite special. A nice piece of gear to play with and see if it’ll help me create something… outside of my song writing box. What a day.

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I haven’t been this excited about a pedal in a while. Last week I asked about a new pedal on the Yannis’ board from Foals. It replaced his Electro-Harmonix Nano Holy Grail, and I was surprised by the functionality available for this new reverb pedal. A few people commented and mentioned it was a Strymon blueSky Reverberator. I’ve seen a few Strymon pedals mentioned before, but I knew very little about the Blue Sky Reverberator, so I thought I’d hit YouTube to see what I could find. And.. I was pretty much blown away.

First, here is the official description on Strymon’s web site:

The philosophy behind our blueSky Reverberator is simple—take a ridiculously powerful SHARC DSP and dedicate it to doing one thing only: producing the most lush, majestic and stunning reverbs ever. Many hours and sleepless nights in the Strymon sound design labs were devoted to developing the complex reverb algorithms found inside blueSky. We squeezed every last drop of processing power available.

Whether you’re a classic spring reverb fan or a studio rack aficionado, you’ll find your mojo here. blueSky provides three different reverb types, each with three modes, for a total of nine completely unique reverb experiences. blueSky even delivers an extremely versatile plate reverb, a rarity for a stompbox pedal. A full pre-delay and damping section provide deep reverb tone shaping. Add the mod and shimmer modes and you’re in store for unending reverb bliss. Couple that with 24-bit 96kHz converters and 115dB typical signal to noise, blueSky is equally at home on top of a studio console as it is in front of a tube amp.

For this video (posted by strymon), I’m only going to show the plate shimmer video. I was really impressed with the plate shimmer so I wanted to showcase that here. Love to try this thing out in person some time.

There are a few dealers for Strymon, but the best bet to purchase a pedal is from their web store. The Strymon blueSky Reverberator is available for $299.00.

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I wanted to talk about this new pedal by TC Electronics called the Hall of Fame Reverb. I saw a few mentions of this on Twitter, so thought I’d take a closer look – especially since I’ve been messing around with reverbs lately. The TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb is a unit that holds a collection of various styles of reverb (10 reverb types). It is a stereo pedal and uses ‘TonePrint’ which gives you the ability to upload tweaks by pro musicians.

Beyond reverb type, there is decay, tone and level controls. It definitely is a great sounding pedal with a lot of options for reverb.

Here is the official description of the TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb:

The TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal is a collection of the ultimate reverbs, packed tightly in one cool pedal. With Hall of Fame Reverb, you are set for any situation that calls for a touch (or handfuls) of rich reverberation.

Hall Of Fame Reverb gives you 10 reverb types and a custom TonePrint for a world of inspiration. The reverbs comprise Spring, Hall, Plate, Room, Church and Ambience; from a subtle reverb to a full blown cathedral. Hall Of Fame Reverb features Decay, Color and Level controls, which makes dialing in sounds quick and easy. Hall Of Fame Reverb also has true bypass design, which ensures zero loss of tone when switched off, and features analog-dry-through which guarantees total tonal integrity of your dry sound, even with the pedal active. A small footprint, easy-access battery hatch, stereo in- and out and the highest-grade components complete this awesome reverb pedal.

In the music industry, TC Electronic is synonymous with the best reverbs out there – reverbs that you know from countless songs and classic albums. Hall Of Fame Reverb’s sounds dive straight into the sweet centre of those reverbs and can take you from a subtle little echo to an overwhelming and beautiful reverberating awesomeness that has you wondering if there’s a canyon hiding inside your pedal.

But there is more to Hall Of Fame Reverb than meets the eye. It’s called TonePrint. Via a simple USB-connection, TonePrint allows you to download custom tunings made by your favorite guitarists straight into your pedal, easy, free and fast. A vast and ever-expanding roster of the finest guitarists alive are working to give you their custom TonePrint settings.

TC Electronic Hall Of Fame Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

* TonePrint – instant access to custom pedal tweaks made by your idols
* 10 reverb types – a wide range of reverbs for a world of inspiration
* Stereo in & out – added flexibility to fit any set-up
* True Bypass – zero loss of tone
* Analog-Dry-Through – maximum tonal integrity and clarity
* Decay, Tone and Level controls – intuitive yet deep tonal options
* Easy battery access – makes changing batteries fun (well, almost)
* Small footprint – save precious pedal board space
* High-quality components – only the best will do when it comes to tone
* Road-ready design – ready to follow you wherever your playing takes you

I found this very thorough demonstration of the TC Electronic Hall of Fame reverb by tcelectronic (go Tore!)

You can pick up the TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb (available 4/13/2011) for $149.00 at Musician’s Friend.

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This is a review of the T-Rex Room-Mate tube driven reverb. This is a absolutely fantastic sounding reverb, something you would expect coming from T-Rex Engineering. The Room-Mate uses a 12AX7 tube at the heart and has 4 pre-set ‘modes’. These reverb modes are spring, room, hall and LFO.

Spring will give you that classic spring reverb from short and spanky to a long spring with plenty of decay
Room is a open reverb that will give you a nice amount of reverb
Hall will give you plenty of reverb for the concert hall sound
LFO is reverb with chorus in there

There are 6 pot controls – Mode, Level, Mix, Decay, HiCut and Gain.

Mode is what I mentioned above
Level controls the overall signal level leaving the pedal
Mix controls the blend of reverb
Decay controls how long the reverb lingers or decays
HiCut allows you to shave off some hi-end off the reverb to darken the reverb
Gain controls the input signal to the pedal

Here is the official product description of the T-Rex Room-mate:

The RoomMate is a sweet-sounding reverb pedal. Four guitar reverb presets are only the start of the rich, warm sound that this box delivers. A built-in 300-volt power supply takes the whole effect to the next level, powering a T-Rex tube that adds voluminous, earthy warmth to incredible detail and spacious true stereo.

For this demo, I again enlisted the help of my good friend Jimmy Rolle. Jimmy is using a Amercian Fender Strat through a Matchless DC-30. For these recordings we used a Shure SM57, Fathead SPII Ribbon Mic and a Shure SM81. SM57 and Fathead used a ART Pro MPAII PreAmp, all three channels were mixed and fed to M-Audio Firewire 1814 interface. We recorded 3 different clips. The first clip is the T-Rex Room-Mate played clean:

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

In the second clip, Jimmy is playing with a medium grit setting on the Matchless:

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

And finally, this clip is Jimmy playing on his gain settings. All three clips used the same mics, guitar, and amp.

Also available is a high quality MP3 clip at SoundCloud

Overall, this pedal sounds really good. The first item that struck me was how the reverb leaves your signal very clean. You only hear the reverb “behind” the note. Controls are easy to understand, and there are many quality reverb tones that can be had with this pedal. If you’re looking for a quality reverb, this might be the one. You can pick up the T-Rex Room-Mate for $369.00 at Amazon.com!

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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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The following is a guest post on the Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus by Brandan Isaacs. If you are interested in guest posting, please contact me!

Alright, there isn’t much to talk about for this pedal, because, lets face it, we know what reverb pedals do. However, there are a few things worth noting.

First off is what you can see. There are four settings: Spring, Hall, Room, and Flerb. Now, it stumps me, because it would make sense for the hall setting to be after room, because that is the order for how much reverb you can get, from smallest to largest, but whatever, no big deal. There are two knobs (from left to right), blend and amount.

The blend knob changes how your raw sound blends in with the reverb. The more blend you add, the more your sound gets put into the reverb sound. So, for instance, if you put it all the way to the right, it sounds like you’re listening to your guitar from the back of the hall (at least, in the hall setting). Turn back the knob, and you find yourself listening to the perfect blend of guitar tone and reverb. The amount is how much reverb is being put on your sound. Now, the first three settings for the reverb are what you would expect. However, the flerb setting is very different. It is still a reverb, however, it adds a flange to it, and makes it very space like, and I could see being useful for ambient sounds.

You’re probably wondering how the sound is on the reverb. Well, it’s a very warm, lush reverb, and if you close your eyes, you will feel like you are in a hall with the hall setting, and the room and spring settings are nothing to shake a stick at. They will also blow your mind as well. It doesn’t sound processed at all, in my opinion, and is some of the best reverb I’ve heard (at least, a reverb that comes in pedal form).

Overall, I’d recommend this pedal to anyone that’s looking for a reverb pedal to expand their sound. Like I said at the beginning, there’s not much to talk about, but what there is, it’s worth noting.

Brandan Isaacs has been playing guitar for 2 years and is a college student that is majoring in music and jazz guitar.

The Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus is available for $144.75 at Amazon.com

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The last few weeks I’ve been playing around with reverb. Never thought I ever would be.. but I am.. and I’m liking it.. a lot. I’ve been exploring some ambient guitar playing, and satisfying my guilty pleasures of ‘verb and delay tones.

Today I happened to catch this absolutely awesome demo / review of the Electro-Harmonix Cathedral stereo reverb pedal by Dave Weiner. This is a extremely thorough demo, where Dave goes into all the modes and controls, and I have to say this reverb pedal sounds incredibly good, and has some major options available. The ‘infinite’ option and the ‘freeze’ capabilities are cool.. and could be extremely fun. I also liked the ability to adjust the tone on the reverb.. to make the reverb portion darker or brighter.

Here is the official description of the unit:

The Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb pedal surrounds your tone with an aria of rich presence. It’s loaded with 7 different types of reverb plus digital echo, all of which work in true stereo. Full programmability lets you recall previous settings instantly. The EHX Cathedral Stereo Reverb lets you create the perfect space for your instrument or voice while offering an elegance that takes your music to a higher ground.

The Cathedral offers two spring modes: Grail Spring, based on the Holy Grail’s spring emulation, and Accu Spring, an Accutronics spring tank emulation. Top notch, professional Hall, Room, Plate, and Reverse reverb algorithms. Grail Flerb mode is the EHX Holy Grail Flerb with greater adjustability. Echo mode makes the Cathedral into a versatile 2-second digital delay. Up to 2 seconds of Pre-Delay, with Feedback allow for reverberant echoes. Tap tempo footswitch sets the pre-delay time with your foot. Instantaneous infinite reverb is yours by pressing and holding the Tap footswitch. Tone controls on the reverbs allow for further refinement of the sound. True stereo in and out.

Here is the video by DAVEWEINER:

You can pick up the Electro-Harmonix Cathedral Stereo Reverb for $217.50 at Musician’s Friend.

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At Musician’s Friend, I came across the Electro-Harmonix Classics Holier Grail Reverb. This is a clearance item, since this is no longer in production. So this pedal and deal won’t last long. I have to admit I’m a sucker for the ‘classic’ look of Electro-Harmonix. They’re big.. but cool.

The Holier Grail is the ‘big brother’ of the popular Holy Grail pedal with some interesting functions/features.

Currently on Musician’s Friend it’s on sale for $99.99. This pedal normally sells for $193.50, so this is quite a drop in price.. and definitely a bargain.

Here is the official description:

The Holier Grail effects pedal expands on the capabilities of the Holy Grail pedal from Electro-Harmonix. It contains 8 different reverb presets: SPRING, HALL, ROOM, and FLERB each at a LONG and SHORT reverb length. In addition to reverb, there is a GATE that ends the reverb tail early for an unnatural yet often pleasing reverb sound.

I found this great video with Peter Stroud by EHX:

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Hitting YouTube this morning checking out various delay pedals (my personal quest), I came across a cool reverb pedal. This is the T-Rex Roommate Tube Reverb.  I’ve been eyeballing T-Rex stuff for a long, long time. They definitely know how to do it, and this reverb pedal sounds pretty damn amazing.

Here is the official description:

The RoomMate is a sweet-sounding reverb pedal. Four guitar reverb presets are only the start of the rich, warm sound that this box delivers. A built-in 300-volt power supply takes the whole effect to the next level, powering a T-Rex tube that adds voluminous, earthy warmth to incredible detail and spacious true stereo.

Mix, high cut, and stereo out
To shape your sound further, the RoomMate features a mix control and a high cut knob for increasing definition or backing off on the highs, vintage style. And there is naturally a stereo out for the studio or stereo live situations.

Four signature sounds
Room-Mate’s mode knob gives you a choice of four signature presets.
1. Classic Plate is everything you want in a vintage medium plate reverb.
2. Warm Hall gives you a bigger sound with natural warmth.
3. With superb high-end resolution, Bright Hall gives you amazing detail.
4. Chorus with Warm Reverb is a sweet-sounding effect for bringing your acoustic guitar to life on stage.

Here is the video I found by TRexEffects:

You can pick up the T-Rex Roommate Tube Reverb Guitar Effects Pedal for $369.99 at Musician’s Friend.

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