I recently purchased a memory boy from Guitar Center and noticed right away it had a few problems. First off, it would not self oscillate with the feedback cranked. Secondly, i would get a longer delay time IF i had a patch cable plugged into the expression pedal input (i read about this on the ehx forums). I’m fairly certain that with the patch cable in i would get the full 550 ms, as without the patch cable the delay seemed way to short. If someone could send me a soundclip of a single note at exactly 550 ms (using a digital pedal) i could be certain.

I then researched these issues and found that many other users were having the same issues. Flick (ehx staff) posted:

“We are looking into the cause of the problem, there are a couple of things that might cause it.

The DXMB (Deluxe Memory Boy) will definitely not have this problem.”

Well that’s great that the DXMB will be flawless but what about all the poor people who purchased a memory boy?

At this point, i thought well there surely must be a recall of some sort. So i emailed Ehx, thinking they would send me a prepaid box to ship it over in. I got a response saying that they would wave return shipping.

At this point i was getting more and more upset, and i wrote a letter to send in with my pedal. I stated i was disappointed with the quality of this pedal, and that if there was a known issue with the pedal that there should have been a recall. I also stated that i did not think i should be responsible for paying shipping for a pedal i just bought new. I ended by saying i would love to hear from someone on this issue. I sent a copy with my pedal and a separate envelope with a copy of the message addressed to management.

Ten days later, i receive my pedal back with no note. No mention of a reimbursement for shipping in. Great! I plug it in. The self oscillation works. Yay!
The delay- UGH! I still only get maximum with a patch cable plugged in. SO what would you do at this point?

EHX staff: Why should i have to pay shipping for a defective pedal?
Why do i have to insert a patch cable into the expression pedal jack to get full delay?
Why would you start working on the deluxe version before addressing the issues with the first one?
What do i do now? Do i send my pedal in again and wait ten more days only to be left disheartened again? I’m so lost at this point!

As i said in my letter’s that i sent last tuesday, I love my other Ehx Pedals and always will, but am just so frustrated over this issue! Please, someone get back to me this time!