Electro-Harmonix XO Holy Stain Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal

This thing is so good. The only minor drawback is that it takes a certain amount of dialing in of your various amp settings to compensate for the static maxed out gain circuit on the dirt side. But the reverb alone is worth the time and effort of fine tuning for use. Seriously. Buy it even if all you need is reverb. It's pretty killer.

I've tried many pedal and love the idea of a multi effects pedal but so many of the sound artificial to me and I HATE having a huge pedal board full of effect you only use once in a while. The Holy Stain has just the right balance and sounds GREAT! Love the reverbs, fuzz and distortion the pitch shift was suprizingly good and although I normally don't like a tremolo effect I found it useful as well. The reverbs are just like the holy grail, the distortion is reminiscent of the Proco Rat and the fuzz is very authentic as well. I love that you can blend the wet and dry signal. I bought mine use at GC and it's great!

To start with, I am not a great guitarist, nor do I do any live playing so this review will be based on playing in the home. I recently got the Tone Tattoo and the Holy Stain. You can read my review about the Tone Tattoo (it is great!). The Holy Stain, however, was not so good. First, it is noisy. I knew that going in, but I didn't realize what noise was until I got this buzz factory. It is super quiet and clean on the reverbs, pitch shifter, and tremelo. Too quiet even. You have to turn the volume way up to get sound at the same volume your amp was before you engaged the pedal. But if you try to engage the Overdrive or Fuzz at this volume you will be cleaning the blood from your ears off of your equipment. There is no happy middle, it is either too quiet or too loud. And the Fuzz and Overdrive sound like you are trying to play with your amp submerged in mud. I was playing a Fender Telecaster and Mustang through an Ampeg GVT52-112 which has a nice clean channel. Until you add this pedal. My review may be a bit harsh, but I want to prevent hearing damage, frustration, and anger from as many people as I can. Electro Harmonix makes great stuff, just not this pedal.

this pedal ruins my mesa dual rec tone so i unplugged it thank god i only spent a 100 on this .very noisy even on clean tone . i think i'm goin to tc electronix nova

This pedal is very cool. The reverb is some of the best in the business. I recently bought a Vox AC4 and wanted a reverb pedal. The Holy Stain has more than that! Analog distortion is great, but you can't switch between the two distortions with the footswitch. Also, you can't adjust the amount of gain. The tremolo and pitch functions are cool, but the reverb is not available when using either of those two functions. All in all a cool practice pedal with some great sounds, but not something I would intend to use live.

Un Pedal Muy Versatil, Lastima Que Los Cambios De Clean-Fuzz-Drive No Se Pueden Hacer Con Un Switch Como Lo Hacen En Los Efecto De Reverb-Shifter-Tremolo. Muy Bueno Si Es Recomendado, Eso Si, No Tiene Para Bateria PEro Viene Con Su Adaptador De Corriente.