Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail PlusFrom real comments

Verdict distilled from 17 mentions across 12 aspects in comments under product review videos.

Positive sentiment53%
PROS 53%
CONS 47%

Rank based on 17 mentions across 12 aspects

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Buy this if...

  • You want an affordable brand-name digital reverb with Spring and Hall modes
  • You want a blend control to keep drenched reverb near unity with your dry signal
  • You're curious about experimental Flerb textures for swells or shoegaze sounds

What users love

Skip this if...

  • You want premium internal build quality with sturdy connectors
  • You dislike gimmicky reverb modes cluttering the pedal
  • You need maximum richness and depth from your reverb tone

What users complain about

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Natural, amp-like tone
Powerful 3-band EQ
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Exceptional reverb quality
High-quality warm pitch shifting
Strong aspirational appeal
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Excellent low-to-mid gain drive
Underrated favorite among owners
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Limited gain-staging flexibility
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Iconic, powerful kick drumWarmer, more alive analog characterCultural and historical influenceExtremely high collector priceAnalog noise and static requiring EQReliability concerns of aging hardware
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Warm, fat analog tone
Strong DAW/VST editor integration
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Transparent toneVersatile across genresWorks well across many guitar typesTwo-channel routing complexityDry signal bleed-throughInconsistent demo impressions
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Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
Flerb mode appeals to experimental playersConvincing demos drive purchasesBlend control for wet/dry balanceFlerb mode seen as useless by manyCheap internal build qualityLED placement is inconvenient
Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail Plus
Flerb mode appeals to experimental players
Convincing demos drive purchases
Blend control for wet/dry balance
Flerb mode seen as useless by many
Cheap internal build quality
LED placement is inconvenient

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Overall Impression

A simple, versatile reverb pedal that's easy to dial in. Commenters describe the Holy Grail Plus as a nice, simple reverb good for background ambience, with plenty of options to dial in a specific sound. The blend control lets players get drenched wet signals while staying closer to unity with their clean tone, addressing a common complaint about the earlier Holy Grail Nano losing volume at wet settings.

The Flerb mode splits opinion between useless gimmick and creative tool. Several users call Flerb useless, ugly, or unnecessary and wish EH would drop it from their reverb pedals, while others are specifically drawn to buy the pedal because of Flerb's unusual, experimental sound, especially for swells layered with delay or shoegaze-style textures.

Build quality and minor design details raised some concerns. One user who opened the pedal was unhappy to find plastic jacks connected directly to the circuit board, calling it cheap inside for the price. Others reported a fault causing dropout past a certain knob position, a high-pitched noise from the power port, and an LED placement below the knobs that gets covered by the foot during use.

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