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dean · April 7th, 2003, 11:34 PM

Awhile back, I was using a Brown Princeton and wanted a reverb with it. My local vintage shop let me take home three units to ABC: a new Dano Spring King, a vintage Fender Reverb unit, and a Holy Grail. I was going to get either the Spring King or the HG. In the end, the Fender unit sounded best, of course. The Spring King was solid but didn't have the range of the Fender or the HG. The Holy Grail was excellent - especially for the $$. It really is useful having both Hall and Spring setting, and the Flerb setting is kinda fun.

I didn't have any trouble with the Holy Grail and an overdriven amp, but I didn't do that too often. For the price, it is versatile and has better sound than any digital reverb I've tried, and it has much greater range than the Spring King.

In the end, I sold the Brownie and picked up a '68 SF Princeton Reverb - I just couldn't function without the true Fender reverb in the amp.

Have fun with your search!

Dean

April 7th, 2003, 11:34 PM	#3 (permalink)
dean Tele-Afflicted Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Twin Cities, Minnesota Age: 60 Posts: 1,985	Holy Grail works well Awhile back, I was using a Brown Princeton and wanted a reverb with it. My local vintage shop let me take home three units to ABC: a new Dano Spring King, a vintage Fender Reverb unit, and a Holy Grail. I was going to get either the Spring King or the HG. In the end, the Fender unit sounded best, of course. The Spring King was solid but didn't have the range of the Fender or the HG. The Holy Grail was excellent - especially for the $$. It really is useful having both Hall and Spring setting, and the Flerb setting is kinda fun. I didn't have any trouble with the Holy Grail and an overdriven amp, but I didn't do that too often. For the price, it is versatile and has better sound than any digital reverb I've tried, and it has much greater range than the Spring King. In the end, I sold the Brownie and picked up a '68 SF Princeton Reverb - I just couldn't function without the true Fender reverb in the amp. Have fun with your search! Dean __________________ "I used to be clueless, but I've turned that situation around 360 degrees."