10 Greatest EHX Pedals You'll Ever Play
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Electro-Harmonix has been at the top of the pedal game since the company was founded over half a century ago. Their pedals have been used on countless hit songs, and nearly every pedalboard in existence.
Today, I'm breaking down my list of the 10 best Electro-Harmonix pedals ever made, and providing examples of larger-than-life songs that were recorded with EHX pedals!
Table of Contents
00:00 The Electro-Harmonix Legacy
01:32 Pedal #10
03:20 Pedal #9
05:20 Pedal #8
07:15 Pedal #7
09:15 Pedal #6
10:47 Pedal #5
12:20 Pedal #4
14:14 Pedal #3
16:10 Pedal #2
18:30 Pedal #1
20:56 How to Support Us!
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What EHX would make your top 10 list? Let's talk in the comments! Table of Contents 00:00 The Electro-Harmonix Legacy 01:32 Pedal #10 03:20 Pedal #9 05:20 Pedal #8 07:15 Pedal #7 09:15 Pedal #6 10:47 Pedal #5 12:20 Pedal #4 14:14 Pedal #3 16:10 Pedal #2 18:30 Pedal #1 20:56 How to Support Us!
@adonisboyd1997
2 жыл бұрын
I'm super stoked to see this. You should definitely do a guitar pedal giveaway in the future, I'm sure someone is in need of pedals, just a suggestion. I love your guitar review and amp review videos.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
@@adonisboyd1997 Thanks for watching!
@adonisboyd1997
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc Heck yeah of course.
@stevenbatke2475
2 жыл бұрын
No particular order: 1. Deluxe Memory Man 2. Big Muff Pi (various versions) 3. Attack Decay (new version) 4. Pog2 5. Micro Synth 6. Bad Stone 7. Frequency Analyzer 8. 1440 Looper 9. Mainframe bitcrusher 10. MEL9
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
@@stevenbatke2475 All great pedals!
Ehx has 20 million different pedals and this dude put the big muff and electric mistress literally twice on a top 10 list.
@jasondorsey7110
8 ай бұрын
They're his top 10, not necessarily mine or yours...the mel9 is magic
My first guitar rig in the early 80's was a Fender Super Reverb, Big Muff and Memory Man Deluxe. I didn't realize at the time that I sounded more like the Edge then Van Halen until I traded it all in for a Marshall JCM 800 and an Echo Plex and then wish I hadn't.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
We’ve all got stories like that.
@jfmax2000
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah.... That Was Some Nice Startup Gear There Dawwgg.. You Would Have Been Better Off Savin Up Then You Would Have Had The Best of The Two Worlds... But As They Say Hindsight is...
@dragonpundit.6443
2 жыл бұрын
Mine was Ampeg V2, Big Muff and an Ibanez delay
@atonofspiders
2 жыл бұрын
@@jfmax2000 why type like that?
@klascojoe
2 жыл бұрын
My first was a fender bronco amp and a Big muff. And a Greco hollow body. In the 70’s.
I love Andy Summers' subtle but present flanger sounds. His tones with The Police were gorgeous without ever being overbearing.
Especially for us older players, EHX is a huge part of what pedal effects are. My first pedals were a MXR distortion, a Big Muff and a small stone. Later a boss delay. I can still see the duct tape holding the muff together and the wires sticking out to hook up the 9v battery
@kidvalhalla6091
Жыл бұрын
The mention of duct tape really brought me back.
I owned the original model Polychorus with the built-in power supply back in the early 1980s. I loved it for it was great and I deeply regret not still having it. I was a big fan of its flanger setting.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
Deluxe Memory Man used by Daniel Ash of Bauhaus on their iconic track, Bella Lugosi's Dead.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
Another great list! It's very entertaining and educational seeing all these iconic EHX pedals in context, being used by these mega artists and bands. Thanks for posting this!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!!!
I'm an old guy who started playing in the mid 70's. EHX were the only pedals I used from the jump. And I bought every pedal they came out with as soon as it became available. I had the originals of the Big Muffs, Small Stone phaser, Deluxe Memory Man and Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger with me everywhere I went. One of my favorites was that LPB 1. You could stack two or three in a row and get some amazing multi-stage gain effects. I wish I had kept all of those pedals. Besides the vintage sounds they would produce they would probably be worth some decent money. EHX is still the pedal king!!!
@s.l.derrick8005
3 ай бұрын
I just saw a deluxe mm for 600 an some bucks.
On my 14th birthday in 1979, my Mom got me an Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress Deluxe Flanger, a Big Muff and old LPB-1 . EHX made some of greatest pedals period .... David Gilmour, Andy Summers, Alex Lifeson and Robin Trower used the Electric Mistress Flanger .
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice!
Awesome video! The Small Stone is my go-to favorite phaser pedal. That color switch just nails the warmth and accentuates the sweep so well.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Good choice!
Great video! The video clips you added to give context to the pedals are awesome.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!
Really good video, the examples were enlightening! I did not know a couple of these.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
I'm happy to see that the two EHX pedals I have are your top two! :D They are awesome indeed!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes they are!
Great vid. I bought a deluxe memory man in either late 70s- early 80s. Was my first effect pedal. Still have it. Still congratulate myself everytime i click the switch. Sold forever on eh products!
Superb presentation! These are arguably the best “time capsule” pairings. They’re all as distinctive as they are influential. Kudos for including “Just The Way You Are” (Small Stone/Rhodes). Indeed, the innovation was by no means confined to guitar players. Thanks for putting this together. I learned a lot!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
Adrian Belew does unbelievable things in Elephant Talk, at King Crimson with this Memory man! He uses his elevated pedal! It's surreal!!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
Awesome video. I have been playing since the 70's., I am a HUGE EHX fan. I was happy with your selection for the number 1 pedal. I have a AC powered EHX Memory Man from the early 80's, I used it at a ton of gigs, the pedal still works but the exterior is totally jacked up! Keep up the good work.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Rock on! Thanks for watching!
I recall an interview with Ty Tabor of Kings X....he mentioned that he was able to get a synth-like nasal lead tone using an Electric Mistress and relying pretty much on the Filter Matrix function. Good example of this would be the guitar solo in "The World Around Me", but it is prevalent elsewhere in their early work. Thanks Mason, great vid!!! :)
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, really! Love King's X!
Great video! Learning a lot from your videos, very information dense. Big fan of Electro Harmonix' recent gear but this really fills in some blanks.
Wicked Fun Episode Mason!!! Keep on Rockin' Bruddah, and Stay Groovy!!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! You too!
For me the most underated pedal for EHX is the attack decay. The polyphonic swells turns your guitar into a synth ambiant machine.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice...yes, that is cool :)
You gotta love the lush, haunting tone of the Polychorus on 'Come As You Are'
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah!!!
Glad you mentioned the LPB-1 Power Booster! It was one of the first guitar “devices” I owned, I think around 1973 or 74. It looked a bit odd sticking out of the input jack of my Gibson 335, but it thickened up my tone and gave the guitar sustain that could turn to singing feedback, and there was nothing else around at that time that did anything like that! Great little device. More recently, I’m a big fan of the East River Drive, a TS 808 clone.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!
Just missed the Sovtek Muff version on the list, but I can understand why it's not here. Awesome video again. Keep them coming!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Too much muff I guess 😂
I would totally enjoy more of these types of videos!
Really good. Love your choice and use of clips. Subscribed. 😊
Dude! Awesome video! I had a very early Big Muff. Back in those days you could buy E-H pedals as a kit as well as assembled. Ancient History!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
Very nice! The EHX pedals are good, nice price and characteristic sounding. As a keyboard player i'm thrilled by the memory man series but even more by the Grand Canyon. That is such a loveable and rewarding pedal to play and use. i think more important than the order or ranking here is that you made an EHX exclusive list and give a very good audio impression of the use of each of the pedals. Was a real enjoyment to watch and hear!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you like them!
This might come from left field, but their newest looper, the 1440, is amazing. Out of all the loopers that have MIDI clock synchronization, the 1440 is the smallest in size. And after last year's firmware update, all of it's functions can be controlled via MIDI. I know that it's totally different than anything discussed here, but as someone that's getting into electronic music, this thing is a game changer.
I have a Pog 2 and old green Russian I can’t do my music without those two. The organ like sound of Pog and the thickness and sustain of the muffs is uniquely their thing.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Perfect combo!
The Electric Mistress was/is more than a flanger; it had an LFO/filter matrix that produces sounds from metallic to hollow pipes. The best example is the long guitar solo from Frank Zappa in 'Watermelon in easterhay' from the album Joe's Garage, which is totally based on the Electric Mistress. Without the Mistress, this beautiful solo was hardly possible. I had one of the first badges of the mistress in the 70s. Stupid as I am I threw it in the garbage bin after picking it up after 15 years since there was no signal. Not sure if the new ones have the same characteristics.
Thanks Mason. My favorite is the Billy Joel selection. Brings back memories of sitting in the car as a kid while my dad blasted Billy Joel, Sheena Easton, and Kenny Rogers 😂.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Great tune!
Nice video, doc 🤘
Great video, great examples, especially Billy Joel...always loved that Rhodes sound@
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
great video. You gave some new needs !
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
I think you have hit them all on the head ... and it is great to see EH is still pushing the effects pedals forward and creating some modern classics ...
Great video. Made me realize that the phaser I've been looking for is simply the Small Stone. I would, however, put the Big Muff Ram's Head as Number 1.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I was at that Police show, in Atlanta. It was amazing.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
I bet that was something!
Great vid as usual. I have a bad stone mummy face v1 It sounds amazing to me despite not being on the list. Thumbs up 👍🏻
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice!!!
Im a huge fan of th JHS youtube channel and I always wish he would talk about songs pedals appeared on. Awesome video
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching man, glad you dug the video!!
Just got the new EHX string9 pedal that I'm using with a lever harp and a pedal steel guitar. The adventure continues!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍
The o.g. Q-Tron from the 90's. I know it isn't a straight up EHX invention, but, damn if it isn't my favorite envelope of all time (and I have way too damn many envelope filters). The fact that I was able to shelf my beat the hell up MuTron III/Bootsy in a box when they issued the Q was such a big deal! As always, great video video Doc!!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Still a great pedal nonetheless! Thanks for watching!
I love the combination of an Octave Multiplexer into an EHX Bass Balls with the dirt switch on and sometimes even all of this into the Frequency Analyzer. I used this for many solos.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
That would be cool!
@KennethDonnellyStargazer21
2 жыл бұрын
That had to be killer. The F.A. was so dense I actually sold one cheap 20 some years ago, but with bass...man post that sound on SoundCloud. I'm there (Stargazer21)
I have a Rams Head and small stone from ehx in my chain. That small stone has such a simple interface but has so much range, it eliminates any need for a chorus or uni vibe it covers all the bases.
Excellent video, Mason! I agree with all of your choices for the top 10, but I would bump the V4 Big Muff ahead of the Electric Mistress and possibly even higher given its history. The story of the resurgence of that pedal because of the Smashing Pumpkins and how it caused Mike Matthews to start building the Sovtek versions which led to the comeback of EHX... Just a wonderful story and incredibly important to effects history. Thanks for making this video.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for watching and the feedback!
Thanks for adding sound samples.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Our pleasure!
I've got two EHX pedals on my board that I couldn't go without, The Big Muff Op-amp (reissue aka Billy Corgan's version) and the Ocean's 11. Thanks for the cool top 10.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Two great pedals!
Excellent presentation, cheers.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks, man! I like it when I see Kurt Cobain & Nirvana two times in this! Also like it when you mentioned Paul Gilbert when you're talking about the flanger. 🤘🏿🤘🏿❤️❤️
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!! Thanks for watching!
I love EHX pedals. Such iconic sounds and keeping it affordable. On my board I have the Pitchfork which can do so much The Mod 11 and The holy grail reverb.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
So many great pedals!
I always hated fuzz, then I realized it's the big luff I was after along. I'd say that pedal essentially defined the 90s alt rock genre. Tangent: the point you make about sounds that you can't imagine seperate from the effect because it's like a key part of the instrumentation (heart shaped box with chorus) of the song and makes the tone but the first time I heard Dean ween play tears for Eddie, it completely changed the way; I as a guitar player, approached phase as a tool. I always dug it, but didn't know where the sound could fit into songs and I basically started with his settings and went from there and it opened up a new pah way and now I have my own songs I can't imagine seperate from the effect.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Heck yea! Thanks for watching and your comment!
Nice list man
Great list man. Personally hard for me to think of great EHX pedals without a QTron, but you had solid picks!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
QTron is a MuTron clone, I tried to sick with stuff uniquely EHX.
@bryanabelbassist
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc word, I actually didn’t know that! Makes sense now. Thanks man.
When they were reissued, I snagged a 90's Deluxe Memory Man and its still my #1 delay. (I should have bought two of them). Prior to that I had been using an Echoplex. I also had a Roland SDE-1000.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
They're all great!
Great ! I'll go back to '73 when i ordered a LPB -1 (amp jack) for like $14.99. This to me is where it all started. Btw, It sounded great. Woke up a Gibson Champ alike i borrowed for months. Next, Red Script Big Muff, '75. Never liked what they became later but i loved mine. Yesterday And Today, UFO, Trower, Strat and a Magnatone all tube amp. Years go by, want a pitch shift for the ABB and TL stuff i loved. Boss Super Shifter suk'd (should have bought the Harmonist) but dug the Holy Stain. I haven't used it a while but it rocks. The fuzz was my fave for vintage Randy Hansen type tunes. Rock ON!!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing!!!
Awesome vid! I’d point out the “Rock and Roll All Nite” clip was the album version from “Dressed to Kill”.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes. Originally, I had a live version sync'd up, but KZread kept blocking it, so I had to find a clip that wouldn't warrant a take-down. This was ultimately what could be used.
cunning author made me swim in KZread search for 1-st placed song. Trick with quality appreciated🤠
The Poly Chorus!!! I'm so glad you showed some Nirvana live footage with Pat Smear; he's got to be the most underrated sideman in music - a solid rhythm player & not at all a focus puller. Also, the Edge is definitely the king of the dotted 8th delay!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Heck yea!
Cool video! Like many people who started playing in the 90s, my first pedal was a green Russian muff…. But I have a deluxe electric mistress modded by Howard Davis and it could be my favourite pedal of all time. So great!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Heck yea! Thanks for watching!
@Wileylikethehawk
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc No problem! You guys put out some great stuff! ...And for the record, my favourite Big Muff is actually my Cornish P-1 :D
I have both the Small Stone and the #1 Echo, and both are really good pedals.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Great pedals!
1- Deluxe Electric Mistress (70-80's ONLY) 2- Deluxe Big Muff Pi 3- Small Stone 4- MEL 9 5- Poly Chorus 1980 6- Pitch Fork 7- EDDY 8- MOD 11 9- Tubes Hot Tubes 10- Tube Zipper
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Great list!!
Great video! For EHX, both the Pog and Big Muff saw great usage by Jack White. Would have been worth the mention.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
Old stand by LPB-1 into my Echoplex and LPB-2 1973 till 1986 💫
The Polychorus is a fantastic pedal. I have the old "big box" style, it takes up a lot of pedalboard real estate but I won't take it off.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Great pedal!
Right when I started watching this the first pedal I started thinking about was the deluxe memory man thanks for the info about Andy Summers using the electric mistress I've always wondered what the hell chorus is that guy using
Miss my deluxe memory man, used it to overdrive my vibro champ. Sounded great in the basement
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Classic
The two EHX mainstays on my board are the Soul Food and Micro Qtron. I have a Big Muff Pi but the music I'm currently focused on doesn't need it so I took it off the board. I also love the sounds I get out of the Worm, but the fact that its 24V and not compatible with most pedal board power supplies makes it a major PITA.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Most Power Supplies now have multiple 12V options that you can double for 24V.
I agree with with you for #1 I used to have that and the black finger, memory man, deluxe big muff until they was stolen from me many years ago
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
All great pedals!
I miss my deluxe memory man. I had a memory toy but I broke it. But before I knew about preamps as well as buffers. I sometimes turned the delay off to get the preamp into my clean tone. I just loved how it made my tone smoother or something
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
They are great, another great one is the Rockett Clockwork, very nice replica of the DMM with the preamp.
Well, I'm happy that the top 2 (well, newer versions) are on my board. I've got a LPB-1 an it's perfect for the application mentioned. However, I don't need that in my rig and went with a Soul Food for my overdrive tones.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! It so hard to pin down 10 of the best...so many great pedals to choose from.
The Polychorus has long been my favorite pedal. I've owned the XO stereo version, the big box stereo reissue, and the original vintage SAD1024 version in both the Polychorus and Polyflange graphics. Was hoping to add the Echoflanger enclosure to the collection as well (all three are the same circuit with different names), but had to sell the Polyflange a while back when times were hard. I still have the original vintage Polychorus, though. I was lucky enough to find one in pretty much mint condition, and I will NEVER let that pedal go! The newer stereo versions don't come close to sounding as good as the original unit with that SAD1024 BBD.
Great topic.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks!
Cool man, thanks.
I’ve got a Small Stone that’s gotta be 40 years old, works fine. I’ve also had a ‘70s Big Muff, LPB-1, Q-Tron from around 2001. Never really had any problems with any of them.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Great news!
Great video
@VertexEffectsInc
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
I had a Big Muff in the early 80’s when I first started playing. I wish I had it today.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Those are great!
this was great
Great vid .I love my DMM ,and my Big Muff,and nano muff .even my Switch blade + .But I have to give a shout out to my JHS modded Soul Food ,and The pitch fork .I absolutely love these two pedals . I feel like no one mentions Mud Honey when talking about the Muff .Lest we forget the Super Fuzz Big Muff lp . Also could I ask a separate question Doc? How do you split the signal for a wet/dry rig when using a switcher? I don't know if this is a ridiculously dumb question ,if it's really simple like it is with a AB/Y but I'm still learning about switchers ,and I'm currently building my first board with a switcher .I could use you're expertise before pulling the trigger on a musiccomlab MK-VI Thanks .
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching, as for the wet dry application, basically you’re going to treat the line out the same way that you would treat and effects loop send. Some people will use a insert loop for a volume pedal for this application or they may have to sacrifice a loop in order to achieve this depending on the switcher.
Polychorus is awesome, great on synths as well. The original Deluxe Electric Mistress does something tonally that NO other flanger has ever done for me...it's so unique but immediately placeable; grungy, loud, harsh, but ultimately psychedelic and full of energy. Cool to see these EHX underdogs regarded as they should be!!! Side note, it's a very 70s tone but my immediate thought was that billy joel was taking from the sound of 10cc's I'm Not In Love
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info!
@jasondorsey7110
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc I like to use a stereo electric mistress but just as a chorus not a flanger, it stands out from the crowd a bit run through 2 amps
The Hell Melter and Deluxe Big Bass Muff Pi are both in me Bass pedalboard and are fantastic imo 🤟
I enjoyed this video, but I do think a great band that definitely deserves a mention on any EHX roundup, a band that even did demos for EHX as I recall, is Ween. T
@VertexEffectsInc
Жыл бұрын
Great suggestion!
Thank you Blue Santa!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Paul Bunyan Santa ;)
Completely agree regarding the deluxe memory man being the number one spot. I want a big box unit so bad, wish I’d of purchased one years ago while they were still cheap but I had a boss dm-2w and thought that was all I needed. Nothing could replace the deluxe memory man though, it’s just so unique and I love it. I ordered the deluxe memory man xo and hopefully it gets me most of the way there, I hear subtle differences in shootouts but nothing too dramatic. I’d still love to get my hands on a big box version. I own a big box stereo memory man but the delay time is shorter and you cannot have both modulation and echo running simultaneously, I use a boss ce-2w for modulation and it still sounds great but I want modulated repeats. I may sell off a few pedals or the xo and stereo memory man to buy the deluxe memory man big box version one day.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
It's a great pedal, no doubt!
this brings me to my opinion... ;) i started playin as a kid in the 70's, ive owned tons of pedals (still do) i was the kid in the early 80's going into all the guitar stores in So Cal. buying up all the old analog effects people were bringing in for trade ins to go the new rack mount digital route... i got ep3 echoplexes, Univox Univibes, hot foots, poly phase, 60's arbiter fuzzes, boss fuzz wahs, marshall superfuzzes, you name it... in the 90's people started offering me mad money for my pedals, as time went on i would find boutique builders who made better sounding versions and sell the originals, your talking pedals i bought for $35 or $40 dollars and im selling them for $800 , $1000 or more.... good times ;) I had some weird ones too i havent seen, like a Univox effectmatic or a Rotoverb. to this day i still use a 70's small stone, an electric mistress (like you have pictured) and my fave, a Microsynth... which i think might be an early precursor to the POG?
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this share, crazy how the tables have turned!
I had very little money growing up. I even built my own high powered amp from a kit, and bought a used Wah for $15. My local electronics store had the original LPB-1 for about $12. I bought it for my acoustic electric to boost the small amp I used for those gigs. At some point, I was making more money and the treadle in the old Wah finally broke. I was looking for something unique I could use that could get a good funk sound going. I settled on a Small Stone for about $35. But as my old homemade fuzz was borrowed. I had to return it. So my parents bought me the only piece of gear they ever got me except my acoustic-ekectric. That was a Big Muff Pi which sounded as over the top as the homemade one, but more adjustable. Years later when I was getting my older son going on guitar, I got him a Muff Fuzz on sale for $5. The EHX boxes, except the LPB-1 are all still going strong. The Muffs and the Small Stone have a magic that is incomparable. Even the others I've acquired now over the 55 years, cannot compare. I have a similar MXR setup, but the EHX is so over the top with powerful response. And the feedback is incredible such that the old Wah that I made a treadle for from cast surgical metal drives the Muff and SS into an upper octave. I'll pass them on in my will and testament.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
They are great pedals...now they're worth way more as collectable :)
The KISS clip was the studio version that I read was recorded with a Fender Champ. The LP-1 is on the live stuff
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, it was used live! KISS!! Thanks for watching Sean!
@slmcmorris7902
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc Your show is awesome and informative. Thanks for sharing the wealth of info
Great and informative video!!! I gotta ask. What Apple Watch band are you using?
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Rhino Brand :)
Love this video. I have nine EHX pedals and if you will indulge me I will list them: Pitch Fork+, Cock Fight, Superego+, Attack Decay (reissue), Op Amp Big Muff (reissue), Poly Phase, Grand Canyon, Oceans 12 and Glove. Also through my modelers (Helix and Fractal) there's Big Muff Pi and Ram's Head, Memory Man, Electric Mistress and Small Stone.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
So many great pedals there :)
01:32 #10 : Poly Chorus 03:20 #9 : LPB-1 Power Booster 05:20 #8 : POG all versions 07:15 #7 : Deluxe Electric Mistress Flanger/Filter Matrix 09:15 #6 : Small Stone Phase Shifter 10:47 #5 : Small Clone 12:20 #4 : Big Muff v4 14:14 #3 : Electric Mistress Flanger/Filter Matrix 16:10 #2 : Big Muff Ram's Head 18:30 #1 : Deluxe Memory Man
Would have liked to have seen some bassists on this list. Peter Hook for instance, was using a Clone series chorus years before Kurt Cobain.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Yes...we should for next time :)
Glad to see you used Billy Corgan as an example for the OP amp Big Muff Pi. However, the video clip you used of Cherub Rock is not the Big Muff. Billy used a Marshall JMP-1 preamp into a Marshall power amp during the beginning of the siamese dream tour. The Big Muff was used mainly in the studio.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Originally we had a different clip planned that I had spoken to in the video that we couldn't get around without a copyright issue, so we pivoted to something that resembled the album but was in a live performance situation.
I have had a lot of ehx pedals, but now i am the proud owner of 4 of them. The main reason to sell my pedals was the size, but they have a better tone than smaller ones. Nos i have a Pog, Small Clone, Big Muff Pi w/tone wicker and my beloved DMM, which is my partner of life.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
So many great EHX pedals out there!
@RByrne
2 жыл бұрын
I love the pi w/wicker. For the cost it was well worth it. I've got a few others. The hendrix (forget the name)one is my next EHX
I love the Op Amp Big Muff sound all over Siamese Dreams.
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes!!!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
🙌🙌🙌
"Come as you are" is infamously similar to "Eighties" by Killing Joke... and Geordie Walker used a Deluxe Memory Man in stereo, ironically. That EHX connection.
I really enjoyed this video! Thanks for doing it and talking a little about each of them and very glad you played some snippets so we know what songs to check out to hear it in action. I would LOVE to see you do one like this on MXR pedals as well
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
There is one on MXR Pedals.
Drinking game: take a shot every time you hear the word "iconic." Love your videos! Thanks!
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Haha. Thanks for watching Jahn!
@Vertex Effects great video! I asked this on the live right at the end but kinda got cut off. What plugs do you use for the Cioks power supplies? Are the just regular RCA jacks? Or would you just use the Kobiconn connectors on the pedal side of the cable?
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
So, we have a video on how to DIY your own DC power cables, however for RCA the placement of the hot and ground wires are reversed to make it normal polarity. So on the RCA plug, the hot, center conductor goes to the sleeve. The ground wire/shield goes to the tip.
Great stuff. Did Robin Trower use a Mistress on: "Somebody Calling" ( never heard a flanger used like that ) ?
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Hmmmm...did he???
@michael_caz_nyc
2 жыл бұрын
@@VertexEffectsInc Very unusual sound. It happens in the the first 10 seconds ( I always wondered what Flanger it was ? ) Kinda like a Jet-plane and ends as a chorus???
I love Electro harmonix pedals I have four on my board they do the job admirably and are priced very reasonable compared to some of the so called boutique stuff out there I also have the Vertex tone secret on my board
@VertexEffectsInc
2 жыл бұрын
Yes! Great pedals all around here! Thanks for the support!