Electro-Harmonix

What can you do with a guitar, an amp, and an Electro-Harmonix POG2 Polyphonic Octave Generator pedal? A whole heck of a lot. GW Reviewer Michael Ross goes into more detail in his look at this unique pedal.  

Get a range of flange and a license to kill with the two new Electro-Harmonix pedals: the Killswitch and the Electro-Harmonix Neo Mistress Flanger. These new pedals join two others (the Deluxe Memory Man analog delay and the Stereo Talking Machine, Vocal Formant Filter) announced at the NAMM show.  

At the NAMM Show, Electro-Harmonix debuted four new pedals. Here is a look at two of them -- the Deluxe Memory Man analog delay and the Stereo Talking Machine, Vocal Formant Filter.  

Unlike chucknorrium, germanium is a real element (atomic number 32), but like chucknorrium, germanium, when used correctly, kicks some serious ass—especially when it's used in quadruplicate in the new Electro-Harmonix Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi. GW Editorial Director Gino Robair offers his thoughts on this impressively versatile distortion / overdrive.  

Here's the real crux of this review of the Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer effect pedal: which ice-themed super-villian cultural reference from the past fifty years does reviewer Gino Robair drop during the review? Mr. Freeze? Minister Blizzard? Al Gore? The answer may surprise you.  

Tommy Simms of Automatic Loveletter, just off the Vans Warped Tour, talks about his second favorite pedal, the Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy. We didn't think to ask why we weren't talking about his FIRST favorite pedal but we are slow on the uptake sometimes. The Memory Boy is a new addition to his chain actually and Simms wanted to put out the word.  

Ever since we watched the intro to this demonstration video, we can't seem to get EHX founder Mike Matthews our of our collective head. The new Electro-Harmonix Headphone Amp certainly isn't helping matters.  

Man, it's like, one moment I was jammin' out on stage, about to freak out the crowd with my new Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer sample-and-hold effects pedal, and then the next thing I knew I was blind, shivering, and in the arms of an unknown bounty hunter with the sardonic baritone chortle of my arch nemesis filling my ears. What a trip, man!  

What's old is new again, with the Electro-Harmonix Germanium 4 Big Muff Pi effect pedal, which boasts a pair of 1960s Germanium transistors, independent Overdrive and Distortion circuits, and more.  

The tiny new Electro-Harmonix 44 Magnum Power Amp, a 44W pedal-style guitar amp, is so small that it can be tucked and carried nearly anywhere.  

Gearwire staffer caught philandering with attache from MemoryBoy.com! American Pedal Research Council co-founder publicly shamed! Sordid details detailed in this exclusive Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy Analog Delay effects pedal video demo!  

Mike Matthews is betting that, once you get hooked on the Electro-Harmonix Iron Lung Nano Vocoder, there's no pulling the plug.  

You don't always want to brag about your "funky cajones," but for those special times when you do, there's the Electro-Harmonix Enigma: Q Balls For Bass. It's an envelope filter wrapped up in a distortion pedal shrouded in mystery.  

We give the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi With Tone Wicker a thorough going-over in this video demo. This newest iteration of the infamous Big Muff distortion / sustainer may just be the best sounding revision yet.  

We put the Electro-Harmonix 22 Caliber Power Amp through its paces in the Gearwire studio. Sure, it looks like another EHX stompbox, but don't be fooled, or you might set something on fire (seriously, be careful and read the instruction manual before use).  

The sanctified impression delivered by cathedral and chapel spaces brings about a sound that's full of life. The Electro-Harmonix Cathedral puts your instrument inside those halls anywhere you go.  

Legend has it that Memory Man had just spawned off an offspring that once graced the hall of Summer NAMM 2009. After much speculation, Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy has just been introduced and is about to go from their labs to your pedalboard.  

Jack Conte makes music all the time, whether it's on his own or with Nataly Dawn in Pomplamoose. He makes this music with all sorts of gear goodies that you get to see in his VideoSongs, which are cleverly edited documents of his recording process. In this interview, we talk to Jack about how the Electro-Harmonix Tube Zipper turns his acoustic guitar into one nasty screaming axe.  

Jack Conte is a San Francisco-based musician who, both on his own and as part of Pomplamoose, is a pioneer in the medium of "VideoSongs." Among other things, VideoSongs apparently require EHX gear. In this segment we focus on the Electro-Harmonix Bass MicroSynth, and hear exactly how much you can mess with an old holiday favorite.  

Those dirty teases over at Electro-Harmonix have put up preview pics of their two soon-to-be newest envelope filter pedals, the Electro-Harmonix Riddle Q Balls and the Electro-Harmonix Enigma Q Balls. Designed for guitar and bass, respectively, the new pedals are the product of the continued partnership between Mike Matthews and Mike Beigel, founder of Electro-Harmonix and creator of the Mu Tron III, respectively.  

While still not as small and collectible as pogs, the new Electro-Harmonix POG2 takes the original Polyphonic Octave Generator, squeezes it into a tighter chassis, and adds new features like "Attack" control and a programmable preset bank. Now, can we get some Sailor Moon graphics on the POG2, please?!?!?  

Guitarists are figuring out new ways of using old effects pedals everyday, but mixed-media artist (and former Urban Verve member) Robin Rose has found a use for the Electro-Harmonix Big Muff Pi that I assure you, none of us has considered before.

We almost went with the headline "High Gain Meets High Concept," but that's a little too gauche a way of introducing an art installation, wouldn't you say, darling? Say, I do hope the champagne is Korbel.  

What is it folks always say about pleasure deferred? Oh yeah, "it sucks." Mike Matthews agrees. That's why you can order your new Electro-Harmonix Deluxe memory Man -- in its revamped, compact, die-cast chassis -- now, and not a month from now as was originally planned.  

If your pedalboard's been getting crowded, there's no need to do away with lush delay. The new Deluxe Memory Man arrives in a new board-friendlier chassis.  

Lovers of guitar effects fall into two camps: those who espouse the sophistication and flexibility of the multi-effect pedal board, and those who worship the tone and individuality of stompbox systems. The new Electro-Harmonix Screaming Bird and Mole pedals are extreme fetish items for those of latter group: one pedal, one control, one transistor, one boosted frequency band (high or low).  

We talk to experimental guitarist Matt Sekel about his eight-stage effects pedal chain, starting with what he places first. Stay tuned to follow Matt's guitar signal pedal by pedal all the way to his amp.  

Hiding his beardless face in shame, Owen O'Malley brings out the glorious Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress to try and make it up to us. The shiny black and silver temptress surprises even Owen with her many secrets . . . let's listen in.  

Since compression isn't the most fun a guitarist can have with effects, many might be cautious before diving into purchasing a tube compressor like the Black Finger. Owen O'Malley is to show you what you're paying extra for.  

Bringing vocal harmonization and vocoding to more compact places than ever before, Electro-Harmonix shows off the Voice Box at Winter NAMM 2009, which is great for all those late nights at the office or for all the countless situations where I've had to vocode on the go.  

If Electro-Harmonix was an MLBPA pitcher, it'd get an earful from the manager for serving up the juicy meatball that is the Big Muff with Wicker. Let it be known that I eat meatballs for breakfast and crap out sports metaphors that never quite make it by mid-morning.