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  • March 30, 2009 at 4:44 pm #77982
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
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    Holy Grail: Now In Diecast Chassis

    March 30, 2009 at 4:59 pm #95034
    julian
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    tempting!

    March 30, 2009 at 5:18 pm #95035
    secret_fires
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    I assumed that the Holy Grail was eventually going to be phased-out by the XO Holy Grail Plus, so this is a nice surprise. Now all I need is an XO Deluxe Memory Man and an XO Pog!

    March 30, 2009 at 6:14 pm #95036
    nightraven
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    meh

    sorry EHX

    … meh.

    not a fan of the series.

    March 30, 2009 at 6:27 pm #95037
    julian
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    Same pedal, smaller enclosure, standard power plug.

    It’s utilitarian and it’s all about the sound.

    March 30, 2009 at 7:19 pm #95038
    asatbluesboy
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    Well, unfortunately, yes, I have to agree with nightraven. I love those huge enclosures and those pesky phone plugs.

    Let’s hope the prices on the big-box versions drop. :thumb:

    March 30, 2009 at 7:29 pm #95039
    Scott Matthews (EHX Staff)
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    The world would be a sad and boring place if everybody liked the same things — but, with that said: if anybody should be loyal to the traditional enclosures, it would be me — but I really like the newer diecast chassis. My 2c! :)

    March 30, 2009 at 7:50 pm #95040
    electro-melx
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    Well, unfortunately, yes, I have to agree with nightraven. I love those huge enclosures and those pesky phone plugs.

    Let’s hope the prices on the big-box versions drop. :thumb:

    I think the opposite it likely……discontinued and collectable now mate. :)

    March 30, 2009 at 8:05 pm #95041
    asatbluesboy
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    Well, unfortunately, yes, I have to agree with nightraven. I love those huge enclosures and those pesky phone plugs.

    Let’s hope the prices on the big-box versions drop. :thumb:

    I think the opposite it likely……discontinued and collectable now mate. :)

    Noooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

    I’ll still pray for people to prefer the smaller footprint and BOSS-style DC jack. :prayer:

    March 30, 2009 at 8:10 pm #95042
    McHaven
    Moderator

    Now, lets say I want to put this one on a daisy chain. Am I able, or will there still be noise like the older Holy Grail?

    March 30, 2009 at 8:35 pm #95044
    Costch
    Participant

    That looks pretty cool. I would never buy a reverb pedal (good ol’ Fender spring is all I need) but groovy nontheless.

    March 30, 2009 at 9:10 pm #95047
    nightraven
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    Well, unfortunately, yes, I have to agree with nightraven. I love those huge enclosures and those pesky phone plugs.

    Let’s hope the prices on the big-box versions drop. :thumb:

    i actually dislike the sound of the holy grails (bar the holiest grail, although that one’s quite expensive to make up for it). it’s got to be either a digital, versatile reverb processor or a proper spring reverb. the only analog spring reverb simulator that i properly like is the T-Rex one.

    but yeah – the big boxes are awesome! this is all a big EHX plot to stop people modding the pedals since there’s no space in the squished up XOs ;)

    March 30, 2009 at 9:47 pm #95048
    raindog
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    …since there’s no space in the squished up XOs ;)

    … and SMD components

    March 30, 2009 at 11:18 pm #95054
    BlueSteel
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    i like the look of the big box one, but if its smaller with the same sound i’d get it!

    March 31, 2009 at 4:41 pm #95071
    John J
    Member

    I know a man who solders, de-solders and re-solders with nothing more than a magnifying glass, a pair of fine tweezers and a slightly-skinnier-than-average soldering tip. I’m not saying he likes it, I’m just saying it’s not as hard as you might think to mod the XO pedals.

    PS I love it, shame I already have a classic Grail. Not that the old one was particularly large, though… Where is the giant benefit in shrinking something that was small already?

    Still, Nano enclosures > MXR by a long shot because they have the power jack in a sensible place and because the effect doesn’t bleed through into the bypassed signal (although to be fair MXR has been getting better with their newer effects).

    Now all we need is a 6-knob XO Holier Grail, and a HOG-sized “Holy Grail Literally Containing the Blood of Christ” (or something along those lines, and only for completion’s sake. Like a Holiest Grail with Hazarai, there could be detune knobs and a filter with adjustable resonance, attack control etc – picture the HOG but with the ten voice sliders handling Long Spring, Short Spring, Large Hall, Short Hall, Spring Modulation Depth, Spring Modulation Rate, Hall Modulation Depth, Hall Modulation Rate, Spring Detune and Hall Detune. There could be a Dry envelope control and a Reverb envelope control, so that the reverb could slowly fade in and THEN the dry instrument could slowly fade in or vice versa – just imagine, it’s easy if you try). I think after that, there will be a Grail in every shape and size box you guys make, making it a true EHX mega-franchise!

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