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The Electro-Harmonix Club. Part deuce.

hey, what does everyone think of the Holy Stain? I'm looking to add another pedal to mah collection and it looks pretty cool.

Strangely, the digital effects are the best part of the pedal. I like the reverbs and the trem, the pitch shift has a bit of latency. I've had trouble getting a sound I like out of the distortions, not to mention the noise they create (the clean channel is pretty quiet). The dirts are very touchy and have no input gain control which I believe makes it real difficult to dial in 'that' sound. I use mine for the output of my HOG, and it works well for that. It is a decent pedal for the price, and if you're not sure about dedicated reverb, trem, or pitch shift, it may be a good intro for you. For the price, there are a lot of good sounds in it, but I really want to use the dirts and it has been tough to do so.

YMMV.
 
I've got these two beautiful new additions to my board and I am trying to add either a pulsar or a Q tron as well.

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Welcome back, Valerus.

I wanted to update my little mini review on the Holy Stain. Ever since I put my new English Muff'n at the end of my chain and have hardly turned it off, the dirts now sound pretty good no matter what I do with them:hyper::bassist:. I still have to tweak my input to get the right amount of unclean, but even if it's not where I want it it still usually sounds pretty good. YMMV. The ODB-3 that I'm re-auditioning is suffering a worse fate, however. :hmm:

Oh, and new stuff GAS.:help: