Why Was This Pedal Discontinued? 

Great review I heard about mr2 guyatone. Supposed to have lexicon chip

Clearly they don’t understand digital pedals 🤣

Lol true 😂 👍

Wow you're so right. Listening to recordings is the only way people enjoy music..

Glad it was helpful!

Glad it was helpful!

Giant "Stay"

Much appreciated!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Good choice!

Sooo good!

Are you in touch with any of them? I'd love to interview them more, maybe do another video on this series of pedals? Perhaps you can put me in touch? mason@vertexeffects.com

The DigiTech and DOD properties were just sold to Cor-Tek (makers of Cort), and they plan to bring the brands back. Hopefully these products find their way back into the market.

@@VertexEffectsInc I can put you in touch with Tom Cram. He now owns and operates Spiral Electric FX.

@@ue4058 That's a step in a better direction. I just don't know if that magic can be harnessed without having the same team. Those guys were amazing designers and amazing players, as well. I used to jam with many of them. It was so much fun. I miss them all so much.

@@evowire That gang put out some great stuff. I have the Supernatural and most of the Cram-era DOD pedals. The new owners at least say they plan to reissue the existing IP, so maybe we'll see lines like the Hardwires return.

Thanks for sharing!

Totally agree!

Thanks for sharing!

For sure!!!

Thanks for sharing!

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I have the rv-7 but yes the Supernatural is awesome - the shimmer is killer!

Yes, great pedal!

Such a great pedal!

Love the delay too!

Great deal!

I like the HOF a lot...I think it gets a bad reputation based on some misuses of its best settings and not fully understanding things like the pre-delay and short/long settings via the toggle.

@@VertexEffectsInc Yes, the predelay toggle can get you into some trouble depending on the size of the room you're playing in.

Supernatural and Polara! Somehow haven't tried the RV-7.

Neunaber Illumine. Perfect blend of power and user-friendly.

Boss Reverb RV-6, simple and reliable, only iffy setting is the shimmer (can get out of hand unless you just tone it way down). This is one of the few pedals i didnt put with an either/or for alternatives when shopping for, but i also never really looked at this digitech rv7 tbh so looking forward to the review.

@@nickgarber30 they both come from the RV-7 and are mentioned in the video.

@@dannyllerenatv8635 great but it’s no Lexicon!

Sooo good!

They are both great

They're the high water mark IMO!

Yes! 80's Arena Rock Tones!!!

Cool!

Rock on! Enjoy!

It's amazing!

One of the best out there!!!

I don't agree because only the Spring setting is acceptable.

Great pedals!!!

If the amp is set clean then just use the reverb in front. If the amp is overdriven then best to avoid reverb

They're very similar...sorta the same basic algorithms. I don't think you need both. In some ways I like the Polara for smaller boards since it's a bit more compact.

Cool!

It’s a great pedal!!!

If you like 80’s rack reverbs, this is the move

Alga, I have & absolutely love the IMMERSE V2, got it when it first appeared. I'D best describe it as having a crisp, clean, jewel like quality. I run it 2 ways, either into a Strymon DIG, or into a Dawner Prince Boonar. Its my tip top number 1.

@@returnofthenative it's a great reverb no doubt, it's just not the Lexicon thing. If you want the 80's Rack Reverb tone, nothing will do it like the Hardwire.

They're all based on Dumble amplifiers with our respective flavors. I don't know the particulars on each of their amps, but ours is based on a 50W version of a Steel String Singer with some changes to exaggerate how I like clean amps voiced for pedals to run in front of. I suspect component wise we're probably all within the same range of high quality parts, transformers, speakers, cabinets, etc. All of our amps are made one at a time (by one guy) up in Toronto, Canada. We only make 4 amps per quarter and have only committed to putting out 12 total amps this year, and then we'll re-evaluate after that if we want to do it or not. This was just a passion project of mine to build the ultimate clean amp and something that I would be inspired to play everyday with all my favorite attributes. It's certainly not a high profit endeavor, despite the price point, I think by the time it's all said and done we're making maybe $400-500 an amp in NET profit before any marketing expenses are considered. It's a terrible margin, but I was willing to eat some profits to see if the concept was even workable long term. In any case, back to your questions, I suppose at a certain level, when you get up into the higher end boutique Dumble amps, you're sorta picking your favorite chef to cook your Ribeye...we're all cooking Ribeyes at the end of the day, but the way we flavor and season them, and how we cook them as "chefs" (or amp builders) might be a bit different brand to brand. Some amplifier builders aren't players...so knowing where the maker is coming from as a starting point to understand how they hear things can be a challenge with that in mind. Not to say they can't make great amps, but it's a consideration to weigh as your choose the amp you might want. I tend to gravitate more toward Pop music with some leanings toward SRV and John Mayer, but ultimately, I was playing in Top 40 bands so I liked clean amps that could work well with a lot of pedals and sound right for the era whether it be 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's, or now. I also make pedals and have been on a commercial level for over a decade as well as being a rig builder, so that also gives me a good idea on what the amp needs to be to work with most pedals, not just the ones I like as a player. Again, all considerations for you to think about before diving in on an expensive amp :)

Polara is basically the same pedal, super similar.

Check out our video on Volume Pedals...lots of good info there.

@@VertexEffectsInc thanks for the 411.

Right on!

Very cool

I would say the Spring Reverb is not it's best sound...most digital reverbs don't do it so great. If you want spring specifically I would go with the True Spring from Source Audio or the Fender FRV-1.

@@VertexEffectsInc thanks so much for your answer!

Glad you like it!

Not sure...if it's software you're probably screwed. Hardware stuff is fixable.

Great pedal, no doubt!

Thanks for subbing

It's great for the money...doesn't do Lexicon style delays however which is really the high-water mark.

@@VertexEffectsInc could you do a video that shows the difference between how the lexicon delays & the chip that's in the Reflecting Pool really sound?

@@MAP448 I think they were going for a different vibe altogether, not sure it would be so comparable.

Nice!

Cool!

They're great!!!

Very nice, I'd say it's better than the RV-7 for Spring sounds, but I prefer the RV-7 for Plate and Hall for sure.

Nice!

👍👍👍

Both are great!

Yes!!!

Yes, for Shoegaze it's key!!!

Yes, they have several classics!

False!!! The internal switching of the DC jack is very fragile and subject to failure on the Hardwire series. When that happens, the pedal will not work anymore using a 9v battery.

Yes! And it's mentioned in this video as an alternative.

Thanks for watching!

Agreed! 100%

Time to get it back!!!

Thanks for listening

Typically the M7 is the gold standard. I'm no saying it's the same, but designed by the old Lexicon guys that were part of the PCM series, and for sure the MPX series. The Bricasti has the best Spring Reverb of any digital reverb of all time. I would say that's where the RV-7 falls short.

@@VertexEffectsInc This digitech Reverb might be able to get those hotel california reverb guitar solo tones? I thought they were using a delay unit as like a reverb to give DEPTH which you don't hear the delay trails but it just adds depth. Joe Walsh guitar solo will keep changing adding reverb depth fading into dry and then back from dry to adding reverb. Engineers would use echo delay units as a reverb just to add track depth. You can hear how Joe Walsh guitar solo keeps changing from NO reverb to adding Reverb depth during the guitar solo. which crates an in out movement imaging effect for the listener.

Cool, you should try the RV-7!

At 5:15 explains some of the signal path. After the line out from the Doctor's Special it feeds a J Rockett Clockwork (bypassed, mono in/stereo out), DC-2W (stereo in/out), and then feeds the RV-7 (stereo in/out) on top of the amp, returning back to a GFI Stereo Cab Zeus set to V30's, closed mic'd with their SM57 setting, slightly off axis. So in the DAW, channel 1 is the Doctor's Special (mic'd) with all dry effects, then line out feeds the wet processing effects mentioned above feeding the Stereo Cab Zeus that feed channels 2 and 3 in the DAW (hard panned left and right) for the stereo wet effects.

The newer stuff, like the Hardwire and the later Digitech stuff before the Samsung buyout was all pretty good.

@@VertexEffectsInc All the stuff I had was pre-Hardwire (excluding my Whammy pedal reissue) and by then I was sick of their repair policy. You had to send to them and be without it for up to a month and any software upgrades had to happen whether you wanted them or not.

As the video states, for core reverb sounds, this is unbeatable. It very closely resembles the gold standard rack reverbs of the 80's which is the high water mark for guitar with reverb (outside of a spring reverb tank). If you want really exaggerated reverbs, as the video says, this isn't for you and you'll want a super modern reverb pedal to do that.

@@VertexEffectsInc Oh, I totally agree with that. Sorry I left that out in my original comment. 🙂

Thanks for sharing!

A bit different than the reverb, but they were good pedals.

It's a great pedal too, no doubt, but doesn't sound like the rack reverbs of the 80's.

It's a great reverb pedal no doubt!

It's great!

Never played it!

Supernatural is also great!

RV-7 is KING! 4 outputs, no but you could put two splitters on the outputs and get 4.

@@VertexEffectsInc digitech rack 19” quad.... 4 in 4 out... internal multi pedal routing.. 3 models made... get the BLUE one....best model.. have fun!

@@dddakapalejoegrindexofteny4026 if you wanna go rack'd sure!

I've had the RV-7 for years... Never leaving my board. 😉 Great demo!

@@carllasnier6328 It's sooo good!

Very true!

It really is!

Soo good! It was a sad day when they stopped making them!

I"ve managed to pick up everything but the TR-7 and the TL-2. The whole line was criminally underrated. Even the V10 power supply was good for the time. I'll get around to finishing the set one day

I have a supernatural on my board and had a DL-8 but forgot it at a rehearsal and lost it. I regret losing the DL-8. Got them on a stupid deal of the day for $69 each. The supernatural isn't as good as a strymon blue sky, but it does get into the same neighborhood.

Wow, thanks!

@@VertexEffectsInc You make some cool pedals, ever thought of doing a budget line? But way cooler than the other guys.

@@mrredritehand Nope...we haven't.

No pedal will fully replicate it, but it's derivative of that sound in a pedal format. I have a lot of experience with the PCM series delays and reverbs as well...in my mind they're the gold standard.