Back in 1979, at the heart of the Cold War, Electro-Harmonix was one of a small handful of Western businesses invited to attend the very first consumer trade show held in the Soviet Union. Read the full story and learn how a band of NYC freaks literally brought the roof down in the U.S.S.R. For the full PDF, click here. The rest is history.

Adrian Belew (King Crimson, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Talking Heads, etc.) knows where to stick his Polychorus -- on a pedestal! Watch for it at about :30 seconds and then again just before 4:00 minutes into the clip (with a screen-cap below). Special thanks to Fender&EHX4ever over on the Harmony Central forums for the find!

More diecast goodness: the Worm, Graphic Fuzz and Frequency Analyzer are all now available in our tough and compact diecast chassis.

It's a little known fact, but a few years back we produced a very limited run of Big Muff Pi pedals customized for the experimental Scottish band Mogwai, thought you might enjoy seeing one...

Here's an absolutely hypnotic video of a true tube-head rolling his own. If DIY tubes isn't your thing, please be sure to check out our line of meticulously manufactured vacuum tubes.

This is just plain cool -- look for the Big Muff Pi at exactly 1:00 into the clip -- but don't blink! If you do blink, here it is:

A short excerpt from the documentary film "Fuzz: The Sound That Revolutionized The World" in which Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthews tells the story of EHX's first product, the LPB-1.

Mike also reveals the origins of "Muff," which we take care to use very sparingly: Bass Big Muff Pi, Big Muff Pi, Big Muff Pi (Russian), Double Muff, English Muff'n, Little Big Muff Pi, Metal Muff, Micro Metal Muff, Muff Overdrive, and Pocket Metal Muff (all featured in our Distortion, Fuzz, Overdrive category).

The clip also features Chris Ross (Wolfmother) and ends with J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.) showing off his unbelievable Big Muff Pi collection.