Boss RV-5

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:44 pm

One of the better reverb pedals i tryed. Pretty expensive but i got i in second hands.

Any other pedals that are as great as this one?

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:53 pm

Boss RV3.... is lovely !! I like mine a lot.

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:55 pm

What do you mean by "any other pedals that are so great"?

Reverb pedals or any kind of pedals?

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 10:56 pm

I've had the RV5 and the RV3 and the Holy Grail Nano blasts both of them into oblivion, IMO. It's about the only thing I'll use instead of/in addition to a good spring reverb.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:00 pm

Holy Grail doesn't have longer delays though.

Personally I like the slightly 80s synthetic-ness of the Boss Reverbs / delays. All purely preferential.

mastermorya · Post by **mastermorya** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:06 pm

I sold my Holy Grail Nano and bought the Behringer Reverb Machine, which is a copy of the L6 Verbzilla. I like the Reverb Machine a lot for its crazy "cave" setting. Plus its like $40 new. The Holy Grail Nano was definitely good, but pretty limited in terms of controls, because the HG nano only has one dial.

I really want the RV-5, though. The modulated reverb on it is peerless and wonderful, if you are into that sort of thing. I am looking to get a used one when I have the cash to spare.

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:10 pm

Behringer reverb machine is hard to beat for the price

gypsyseven · Post by **gypsyseven** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 11:15 pm

How about this Boss FRV-1?

Jaded · Post by **Jaded** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:02 am

All the demo's of the RV-5 i've seen have been great, the modulated, spring and gated reverbs sound awesome.
Making me think of upgrading my digiverb. While i love it, it does tend to distort when pushed too hard. It's between a hardwire reverb, RV-5 or an RV-2 (love the lo-fi-ness of it).

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:33 am

lorez wrote:Behringer reverb machine is hard to beat for the price

thinking about ordering one of these tomorrow. good idea?

gaybear · Post by **gaybear** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:37 am

Josh wrote:
lorez wrote:Behringer reverb machine is hard to beat for the price
thinking about ordering one of these tomorrow. good idea?

yup

Great for the weird sounds, but also has some decent regular reverbs too.

Josh · Post by **Josh** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:40 am

sweet, wanna drench my guitar tone in reverb, my peavey's reverb doesn't work, and the acoustic doesn't have reverb. so this would be a good substitute for that spring reverb sound?

plaidbeer · Post by **plaidbeer** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 6:25 am

I mainly liked the RV-5 for the modulated reverb. Most of the other settings were ok, but didn't stand out to me vs. other reverbs I've used. I wish the M9 had a reverb similar to the modulated setting on the RV-5.

I've had the RV600, too and if I had to choose between it and the RV-5, I'd go with the RV600 as I like it better overall. Really liked the cave setting, in particular.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:47 am

I vote behringer RV600

Simon · Post by **Simon** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:15 am

TC Electronic Hall of Fame Reverb - Pretty versatile and has the church setting which is worth the cost of the pedal alone. I've got a EHX Holier Grail too but it's too big for my board and is a bit unreliable, the Hall setting is the best I've heard though. Never tried a RV-5 but read good things. Same goes for the Verbzilla also.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:16 am

gypsyseven wrote:What do you mean by "any other pedals that are so great"?

Reverb pedals or any kind of pedals?

Reverb pedals of any kind.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:21 am

Josh wrote:
lorez wrote:Behringer reverb machine is hard to beat for the price
thinking about ordering one of these tomorrow. good idea?

I use modulate effect on my rv5 all the time. Its one of the best effects combinated with the delay. Love that sound. So yes i would say its a great idea but i only tryed the boss rv5.

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:20 am

weeping_moon wrote:
gypsyseven wrote:What do you mean by "any other pedals that are so great"?

Reverb pedals or any kind of pedals?
Reverb pedals of any kind.

Digitech Hardwire is pretty good. I also liked the Marshall Reflector I had for a while. Reverb isn't really my thing though, i'd rather get a delay pedal and set up for reverby type sounds when I want them.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 1:50 pm

gypsyseven wrote:How about this Boss FRV-1?

I have one and it's great. If you want a nice spring reverb sound this is perfect, but that's all it does obviously.

honeyiscool · Post by **honeyiscool** » Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:16 pm

mastermorya wrote:I sold my Holy Grail Nano and bought the Behringer Reverb Machine, which is a copy of the L6 Verbzilla. I like the Reverb Machine a lot for its crazy "cave" setting. Plus its like $40 new. The Holy Grail Nano was definitely good, but pretty limited in terms of controls, because the HG nano only has one dial.

I think that's what I like about it. It reminds me of amp reverb. Just one dial, but it offers me all the control I need. Plus, when the HG Nano dial is turned to 10 on the spring setting, it's pure mayhem.

johnnyseven wrote:Digitech Hardwire is pretty good. I also liked the Marshall Reflector I had for a while. Reverb isn't really my thing though, i'd rather get a delay pedal and set up for reverby type sounds when I want them.

I like the Reflector a lot, too. Honestly, I think reverb is kind of hard to hear at stage volumes anyway at low settings, so I just use a bit of it to soften the attack and drench it when I need to.