I have been meeting musicians who use lots of kinds of pedals lately, and have gotten kind of a renewed interest in them. I'm usually a plug direct into the amp guy, but I recently purchased Electro Harmonix Big Muff (Russian Version) and Small Clone (chorus) pedals that I am quite pleased with. I also have a Turbo Rat which comparing to the Big Muff I'd have to say is more versatile sound-wise. You can get some great sounding 'ripped speaker' sounds from the Big Muff that are awesome though, not to mention tons of sustain.
There's something very aesthetically pleasing about Electro Harmonix's pedals, though I have heard mixed reactions about some of them. I'm currently thinking about scoring a Memory Man sometime in the future.
I'm curious to hear anybodys' experiences with EHX pedals.
These new ones might be quite cool, though they're probably beyond my price range:
The Hog:
The Electro-Harmonix HOG is a totally polyphonic guitar synthesizer, giving the user complete control of up to 10 interval pitches. Musicians can unveil an entirely new tone potential with anything from extreme sub bass to powerful multi-octave chords, including fifth and third intervals. Dedicated Filtering and envelope control, with numerous setup options, make the HOG a must-have performance instrument. And NO special pickup is required and NO glitches are created.
Features include:
10 intervals of pitch can be mixed by using 10 surface faders, which may then be played polyphonically with perfect tracking: · 1 octaves down · 1 octave + a perfect fifth · 2 octaves down · 2 octaves up · Original pitch · 2 octaves up + a major third · One Fifth up · 3 octaves up · 1 octave up · 4 octaves up
Six unique expression modes are accessible via the Exp button, expression pedal and MIDI. Octave bends, step bends, volume control, user defined Wah-Wah, Filter control, plus two unique freeze modes: With Freeze Gliss, an expression pedal freezes a chord while letting you play over it having your frozen notes gliss to meet your new notes. The Freeze Volume freezes a chord allowing you to control its volume, with an expression pedal, as you play on top of it.
An external “whammy” pedal and a momentary surface mounted Exp button, allow for real-time access and manipulation of all of the above expression modes. A new level of performance interaction.
Dual Envelope generators that work with both the higher and lower frequency ranges. Allows unique contours of attack and release in two different harmonic regions.
12 dB per octave 2-pole low pass filter and resonance controls manipulate the tone while also being a critical element within the expression modes.
Surface Foot access for True Bypass, expression control and envelope engagement.
Store performance presets when you use the optional external Electro-Harmonix foot controller.
2880:
The Electro-Harmonix 2880 offers the familiar control setup of a multitrack digital recorder while adding flexible looping capabilities and track manipulation control. Multiple loops, in stereo and mono, can be pitch shifted, reversed and manipulated on four recording tracks. These four tracks can then be moved to two mixdown tracks, freeing them up to be reused. Flexible punch in/out is available on any recording track, allowing the musician to achieve "Looper Perfection" with the 2880.
The 2880’s non-compressed audio utilizes a 44.1 k 16 bit CD fidelity while providing audio storage of 480 seconds for each of the six available tracks when using a 256 megabyte card (expandable to 2 gigabytes). With external in/out midi clocking, it also provides automatic format conversion to Mac or PC via USB.
Complex multitrack loops may be created and overlaid in a performance situation with ease. With more tracks, more control and more power, the 2880 is
Looping Heaven.
Flanger Hoax:
English Muff'n
Taking its roots from legendary British guitar amplifiers, the English Muff’n recreates their majesty and classic tone with spot-on accuracy. Rather than approximating these amps like "emulator" products on the market, the English Muff’n employs vacuum tubes, including one glovered 12AY7 cascading into another, to produce true Brit-valve sounds that are full of richness and natural saturation. You’ll come to rely on this amp-in-a-box...a bloody masterpiece!