Electro-Harmonix Holy Stain Multi-Effects Pedal Review

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(More customer reviews)I've had this for about a year. Since then I've bought separate pedals to replace each of it's functionalities. With this pedal you can only do Tremolo, Reverb, or Pitch Shift seperately, you can't stack them like a modern multi-effects (which is what EHX bills this as). There's no way to completely bypass the distorion+tone circuit and use say, the tremolo or reverb without having the tone shaped by the distortion. This pedal would almost be useful if it had a good distortion circuit. It IS an ANALOG distortion circuit, but without a gain control (yes, really, double check this before you buy it, since you have to use the distortion circuit to use the reverb/tremolo/pitch shift functionality, there is NO GAIN KNOB). You are stuck with the awful death metal "Dirt"and crunchy sounding "Drive". There is a mix knob, but the wet signal you're mixing into say, the reverb, has already been contaminated by the drive circuit's tone knob. The tone knob has a "clean" setting, but it's almost impossible to tune out.

That said, it has two really fantastic reverb settings, Hall and Room, which are fully adjustable. This is a pretty versatile reverb pedal, and if I'm not mistaken, the cheapest reverb EHX sells (as of this writing), if you can look past the distortion circuit's shortcomings. EHX makes great reverb pedals.

If you're just looking for a multi effects pedal, look elsewhere, you can buy this same functionality by buying economy pedals that do these functions separately for about the same price. This pedal does not get a lot of use from me.

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Righteous multi-effect possibilities emerge when Reverbs, Pitch Shifting and celestial Tremolo meld with pure analog Drive and Fuzz. The brilliance of the Stain lies in the dynamic interaction of its controls - create novel tonal metaphors. Stain the hearts of your fans!

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