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December 19, 2008 at 7:49 pm in reply to: order all the EHX pedals you’ve owned from favorite to least favorite #89181jgs61Member
’79 IC Big Muff
Stereo PolyPhase
Octave Multiplexer XO
Soul Preacher Nano
Stereo Pulsar XO
Little Big Muff XO
Graphic Fuzz RI
Small Stone RI
70’s PolyPhase
Sovtek Big Muff
Dr. Q RI
70’s Clone Theory
Sovtek Small Stone
Holy Grail
Q-Tron
Russian Big Muff
Big Muff RI
Deluxe Electric MistressThe first four I still have and use, the rest are all gone.
jgs61MemberCool. I think I’m going to go back and pick up one of the wahs from him tomorrow. I’ll try to get him to get on the ball with the Freedom Amps. He doesn’t seem to be in a hurry to sell them and they’re just hiding in the corner of his store. He hasn’t had his amp tech look at the working one yet, so once he does, he says he’ll decide a price. I doubt it’s going anywhere anytime soon.
jgs61MemberOk here’s what happened… The Freedom Amps don’t seem to specify whether they are guitar, bass, or PA. My guess is guitar. They are black, no reverb, Vol/Tone/Bite controls… IIRC. I assume Bite is gain. I don’t know, because the one that apparently works is not charged and he didn’t have a cord to charge it. But the socket looked like one that you could easily get at Home Depot or Lowes… but I could be wrong. It was heavy for it’s size and definitely has a 10′ speaker. The other that is broken is exactly the same thing, but some parts have been removed. He told me some guy sold it to him for like $50, as long as he could take some components… go figure. He’s been meaning to fix it up and find a cord for the other, but hasn’t gotten around to it. He did say that the last time he played the working one, it was loud as hell, so it’s around 55 watts.
So I didn’t get to play it… bummer. HOWEVER… the dude had an old Crying Tone and I did get to play it. That thing was crazy! I think it’s the 2nd version of the Crying Tones. It had the external footswitch right above the toe. It had the three controls… Mode/Tone/Reverse. It was a pretty wild wah. In typical EHX fashion it had extreme Q control. The only catch seemed to be that it had two non-orignal knobs. He was selling it for $200. I played a Maestro Boomerang too. I liked it but the Crying Tone is hard to pass up. The Boomerang is $150. I’ve wanted a wah, so I might have to get one of these. It’s a bummer about the Freedom Amp though… maybe I can get him to find one of those cords and get it going.
jgs61MemberThe ones I’m referring too are the 70’s ones. They are both black, but I didn’t notice if they were guitar, bass, or PA. I’ll remember to look. I can’t believe they are 55 watts. They didn’t look like they would be that loud.
Should they have their own power cord? I mean, if it’s rechargable, obviously the power cord is detachable. I would think the cord would be specialized. I better see if they have the right cord.
jgs61MemberI dont know. The guy is kind of eccentric. He has tons of old stuff stacked behind all these new Kustoms and Peaveys and nothing has price tags. I got distracted talking to him about some enormous rare Ampeg he just got and forgot to ask. They were pretty busy too. I’m going to go back tonight before he closes to ask about a bunch of stuff he has. He’s also got a Boomerang wah I’m interested in and some old Valco amps. I can’t imagine it would be more than $300, but I could be wrong. I’ll report back. He’s literally got a plethera of old amps and it’s all covered up by fucking new Peaveys! haha
jgs61MemberThanks to you both! I was ready to return it, but I’m glad I didn’t.
I agree, the high input gain is useful if you want more of a boost than a straight compressor. However, it was not getting along with some of my guitars until I adjusted it.
jgs61MemberI offered him $300 for it… haven’t heard back yet and probably wont. haha
jgs61MemberQuote:Quote:Don’t take this as criticism, but I can’t understand how a pedal’s appearance matters a hill of beans if it does what you want.well, it matters because I don’t actually need the pedal. If it was a sound I was really going after, it would be a different story. I’ve seen the demos and it seems to make some cool sounds, but I’ve got all the cool-sounding pedals that I really need. But, it would definitely be fun to play around with. It’s hard to justify, to myself, spending $280 on something just to fool around with, anyway but I could maybe talk myself into it, if it didn’t look so blah.
My feelings exactly. If I’m going spend a few hundred bucks on something that won’t be used all that much, then I at least want it to entertain my eyes.
I’m also somewhat prejudice towards boutique pedals. I really don’t like to buy them. The only reason I’m considering the Attack Sustain is because the effect it is based on is so expensive and so rare.
jgs61MemberYeah, I’ve seen the Pigtronix Attack Sustain and unfortunately I’m a shallow SOB who doesn’t like many boutique pedals… haha. Besides, the Attack Sustain is uggggly. However, if I get desperate, I’ll probably suck it up and get the it. I’ll just have to hold out hope I can find a vintage Attack Decay at a good price or that EHX reissues them. That’s a bummer about the delay ICs… didn’t know that. Definitely something to consider.
December 9, 2008 at 7:12 pm in reply to: Ideas for the next batch of diecast RI pedals and possible EHX pedals of the future. #88791jgs61MemberIt’s probably been said, but the ATTACK DECAY needs to come back! I would love to get my hands on one of these. I don’t care if it’s die-cast or sheet metal, it just needs to come back.
jgs61MemberMystery solved. Oh well, big box DMM it is!
jgs61MemberWhy would it only be availble in part of Europe? That seems kind of strange. Hopefully one of the staff members can shed some light on this. I certainly hope they dont discontinue it. I haven’t bought a big one because I’m holding out for the smaller boxes.
jgs61Membercool. thanks.
jgs61MemberI play several different guitars, but my Jazzmasters are my favorites. I also love old Hagstroms. I can’t put my finger on it, but I would definitely agree that EHX users and Fender users are often one in the same. Although, apparently Steve Vai’s Weiner uses EHX and I don’t really see him as much of Fender user… but I could be wrong. I think no matter what style you play or what gear you play, EHX has a a good pedal for you somewhere.
jgs61MemberQuote:Quote:Btw, any idea when EHX stopped using the Op-Amps?John
EHman would know for sure, but I think they stopped when the company dissolved in ’83, then returned to transistors for the Reissue when the company revived in the 90s.
I have a Deluxe Big Muff Pi (blend switch version) from about 1980 or so, which I believe is also an Op-Amp Muff. I wonder if it’s the same circuit, apart from the compressor of course.
I’ve got some pics of the circuit on mine… http://gallery.me.com/johns61#100398
Maybe it’ll help you compare.
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