10 Greatest EHX Pedals You'll Ever Play

Electro-Harmonix has been at the top of the pedal game since the company was founded over half a century ago. Their pedals have been used on countless hit songs, and nearly every pedalboard in existence.
Today, I'm breaking down my list of the 10 best Electro-Harmonix pedals ever made, and providing examples of larger-than-life songs that were recorded with EHX pedals!
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00:00 The Electro-Harmonix Legacy
01:32 Pedal #10
03:20 Pedal #9
05:20 Pedal #8
07:15 Pedal #7
09:15 Pedal #6
10:47 Pedal #5
12:20 Pedal #4
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[@VertexEffectsInc]

What EHX would make your top 10 list? Let's talk in the comments! Table of Contents 00:00 The Electro-Harmonix Legacy 01:32 Pedal #10 03:20 Pedal #9 05:20 Pedal #8 07:15 Pedal #7 09:15 Pedal #6 10:47 Pedal #5 12:20 Pedal #4 14:14 Pedal #3 16:10 Pedal #2 18:30 Pedal #1 20:56 How to Support Us!

[@adonisboyd1997]

I'm super stoked to see this. You should definitely do a guitar pedal giveaway in the future, I'm sure someone is in need of pedals, just a suggestion. I love your guitar review and amp review videos.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@adonisboyd1997 Thanks for watching!

[@adonisboyd1997]

@@VertexEffectsInc Heck yeah of course.

[@stevenbatke2475]

No particular order: 1. Deluxe Memory Man 2. Big Muff Pi (various versions) 3. Attack Decay (new version) 4. Pog2 5. Micro Synth 6. Bad Stone 7. Frequency Analyzer 8. 1440 Looper 9. Mainframe bitcrusher 10. MEL9

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@stevenbatke2475 All great pedals!

[@GROCMUSICCO]

My first guitar rig in the early 80's was a Fender Super Reverb, Big Muff and Memory Man Deluxe. I didn't realize at the time that I sounded more like the Edge then Van Halen until I traded it all in for a Marshall JCM 800 and an Echo Plex and then wish I hadn't.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

We’ve all got stories like that.

[@jfmax2000]

Yeah.... That Was Some Nice Startup Gear There Dawwgg.. You Would Have Been Better Off Savin Up Then You Would Have Had The Best of The Two Worlds... But As They Say Hindsight is...

[@dragonpundit.6443]

Mine was Ampeg V2, Big Muff and an Ibanez delay

[@atonofspiders]

@@jfmax2000 why type like that?

[@klascojoe]

My first was a fender bronco amp and a Big muff. And a Greco hollow body. In the 70’s.

[@carsonyuh]

Ehx has 20 million different pedals and this dude put the big muff and electric mistress literally twice on a top 10 list.

[@jasondorsey7110]

They're his top 10, not necessarily mine or yours...the mel9 is magic

[@ImYourOverlord]

I love Andy Summers' subtle but present flanger sounds. His tones with The Police were gorgeous without ever being overbearing.

[@chrispfeifer7628]

Especially for us older players, EHX is a huge part of what pedal effects are. My first pedals were a MXR distortion, a Big Muff and a small stone. Later a boss delay. I can still see the duct tape holding the muff together and the wires sticking out to hook up the 9v battery

[@kidvalhalla6091]

The mention of duct tape really brought me back.

[@tomt55]

Another great list! It's very entertaining and educational seeing all these iconic EHX pedals in context, being used by these mega artists and bands. Thanks for posting this!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching!!!

[@xavierdouglas-smith3682]

Great video! The video clips you added to give context to the pedals are awesome.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you liked it!

[@Twirlyhead]

I owned the original model Polychorus with the built-in power supply back in the early 1980s. I loved it for it was great and I deeply regret not still having it. I was a big fan of its flanger setting.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for the info!

[@philf4086]

Really good video, the examples were enlightening! I did not know a couple of these.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@diaryofanaxeman539]

On my 14th birthday in 1979, my Mom got me an Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress Deluxe Flanger, a Big Muff and old LPB-1 . EHX made some of greatest pedals period .... David Gilmour, Andy Summers, Alex Lifeson and Robin Trower used the Electric Mistress Flanger .

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@jemwand2530]

Deluxe Memory Man used by Daniel Ash of Bauhaus on their iconic track, Bella Lugosi's Dead.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@samuelsoucy-bouchard6114]

I'm happy to see that the two EHX pedals I have are your top two! :D They are awesome indeed!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes they are!

[@pyroguitars1296]

Really good. Love your choice and use of clips. Subscribed. 😊

[@jimshunamon2512]

I'm an old guy who started playing in the mid 70's. EHX were the only pedals I used from the jump. And I bought every pedal they came out with as soon as it became available. I had the originals of the Big Muffs, Small Stone phaser, Deluxe Memory Man and Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger with me everywhere I went. One of my favorites was that LPB 1. You could stack two or three in a row and get some amazing multi-stage gain effects. I wish I had kept all of those pedals. Besides the vintage sounds they would produce they would probably be worth some decent money. EHX is still the pedal king!!!

[@s.l.derrick8005]

I just saw a deluxe mm for 600 an some bucks.

[@thenerdlabofficial]

Awesome video! The Small Stone is my go-to favorite phaser pedal. That color switch just nails the warmth and accentuates the sweep so well.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Good choice!

[@BlakeNix]

Great video! Learning a lot from your videos, very information dense. Big fan of Electro Harmonix' recent gear but this really fills in some blanks.

[@tmitz73]

Wicked Fun Episode Mason!!! Keep on Rockin' Bruddah, and Stay Groovy!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks! You too!

[@rich_b.1487]

I recall an interview with Ty Tabor of Kings X....he mentioned that he was able to get a synth-like nasal lead tone using an Electric Mistress and relying pretty much on the Filter Matrix function. Good example of this would be the guitar solo in "The World Around Me", but it is prevalent elsewhere in their early work. Thanks Mason, great vid!!! :)

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, really! Love King's X!

[@s.l.derrick8005]

Great vid. I bought a deluxe memory man in either late 70s- early 80s. Was my first effect pedal. Still have it. Still congratulate myself everytime i click the switch. Sold forever on eh products!

[@AmilcarBaxo]

Adrian Belew does unbelievable things in Elephant Talk, at King Crimson with this Memory man! He uses his elevated pedal! It's surreal!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!!

[@perothing]

The Electric Mistress was/is more than a flanger; it had an LFO/filter matrix that produces sounds from metallic to hollow pipes. The best example is the long guitar solo from Frank Zappa in 'Watermelon in easterhay' from the album Joe's Garage, which is totally based on the Electric Mistress. Without the Mistress, this beautiful solo was hardly possible. I had one of the first badges of the mistress in the 70s. Stupid as I am I threw it in the garbage bin after picking it up after 15 years since there was no signal. Not sure if the new ones have the same characteristics.

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I would totally enjoy more of these types of videos!

[@markfyt1]

Superb presentation! These are arguably the best “time capsule” pairings. They’re all as distinctive as they are influential. Kudos for including “Just The Way You Are” (Small Stone/Rhodes). Indeed, the innovation was by no means confined to guitar players. Thanks for putting this together. I learned a lot!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@charlesmaschi3238]

Awesome video. I have been playing since the 70's., I am a HUGE EHX fan. I was happy with your selection for the number 1 pedal. I have a AC powered EHX Memory Man from the early 80's, I used it at a ton of gigs, the pedal still works but the exterior is totally jacked up! Keep up the good work.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Rock on! Thanks for watching!

[@Starch1b2c3d4a]

Nice video, doc 🤘

[@jakollee]

Glad you mentioned the LPB-1 Power Booster! It was one of the first guitar “devices” I owned, I think around 1973 or 74. It looked a bit odd sticking out of the input jack of my Gibson 335, but it thickened up my tone and gave the guitar sustain that could turn to singing feedback, and there was nothing else around at that time that did anything like that! Great little device. More recently, I’m a big fan of the East River Drive, a TS 808 clone.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for sharing!

[@maxvoloshin_nefariousaquarius]

This might come from left field, but their newest looper, the 1440, is amazing. Out of all the loopers that have MIDI clock synchronization, the 1440 is the smallest in size. And after last year's firmware update, all of it's functions can be controlled via MIDI. I know that it's totally different than anything discussed here, but as someone that's getting into electronic music, this thing is a game changer.

[@zenwarfare70]

great video. You gave some new needs !

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@micktheman6]

I have a Pog 2 and old green Russian I can’t do my music without those two. The organ like sound of Pog and the thickness and sustain of the muffs is uniquely their thing.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Perfect combo!

[@MrFullCake]

For me the most underated pedal for EHX is the attack decay. The polyphonic swells turns your guitar into a synth ambiant machine.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice...yes, that is cool :)

[@raymatuza4026]

Dude! Awesome video! I had a very early Big Muff. Back in those days you could buy E-H pedals as a kit as well as assembled. Ancient History!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching!

[@henriqueantunes845]

Just missed the Sovtek Muff version on the list, but I can understand why it's not here. Awesome video again. Keep them coming!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Too much muff I guess 😂

[@dragonpundit.6443]

Great video, great examples, especially Billy Joel...always loved that Rhodes sound@

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@agerven]

Very nice! The EHX pedals are good, nice price and characteristic sounding. As a keyboard player i'm thrilled by the memory man series but even more by the Grand Canyon. That is such a loveable and rewarding pedal to play and use. i think more important than the order or ranking here is that you made an EHX exclusive list and give a very good audio impression of the use of each of the pedals. Was a real enjoyment to watch and hear!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you like them!

[@thedddemon]

Excellent presentation, cheers.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nphamus09]

You gotta love the lush, haunting tone of the Polychorus on 'Come As You Are'

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Oh yeah!!!

[@davidholden4543]

Just got the new EHX string9 pedal that I'm using with a lever harp and a pedal steel guitar. The adventure continues!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

👍👍👍

[@josietran2003]

Thanks Mason. My favorite is the Billy Joel selection. Brings back memories of sitting in the car as a kid while my dad blasted Billy Joel, Sheena Easton, and Kenny Rogers 😂.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes! Great tune!

[@andrebarragat]

Nice list man

[@guitarzan11litwin51]

Great vid as usual. I have a bad stone mummy face v1 It sounds amazing to me despite not being on the list. Thumbs up 👍🏻

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!!!

[@thewaltzinggorilla8533]

Great video. Made me realize that the phaser I've been looking for is simply the Small Stone. I would, however, put the Big Muff Ram's Head as Number 1.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching!

[@Matthew-qk1xi]

I have a Rams Head and small stone from ehx in my chain. That small stone has such a simple interface but has so much range, it eliminates any need for a chorus or uni vibe it covers all the bases.

[@tamirkeren6750]

I love EHX pedals. Such iconic sounds and keeping it affordable. On my board I have the Pitchfork which can do so much The Mod 11 and The holy grail reverb.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

So many great pedals!

[@Esrom_music]

Im a huge fan of th JHS youtube channel and I always wish he would talk about songs pedals appeared on. Awesome video

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching man, glad you dug the video!!

[@mariodriessen9740]

I love the combination of an Octave Multiplexer into an EHX Bass Balls with the dirt switch on and sometimes even all of this into the Frequency Analyzer. I used this for many solos.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

That would be cool!

[@KennethDonnellyStargazer21]

That had to be killer. The F.A. was so dense I actually sold one cheap 20 some years ago, but with bass...man post that sound on SoundCloud. I'm there (Stargazer21)

[@nsupchurch]

I always hated fuzz, then I realized it's the big luff I was after along. I'd say that pedal essentially defined the 90s alt rock genre. Tangent: the point you make about sounds that you can't imagine seperate from the effect because it's like a key part of the instrumentation (heart shaped box with chorus) of the song and makes the tone but the first time I heard Dean ween play tears for Eddie, it completely changed the way; I as a guitar player, approached phase as a tool. I always dug it, but didn't know where the sound could fit into songs and I basically started with his settings and went from there and it opened up a new pah way and now I have my own songs I can't imagine seperate from the effect.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea! Thanks for watching and your comment!

[@christophercheney1006]

The o.g. Q-Tron from the 90's. I know it isn't a straight up EHX invention, but, damn if it isn't my favorite envelope of all time (and I have way too damn many envelope filters). The fact that I was able to shelf my beat the hell up MuTron III/Bootsy in a box when they issued the Q was such a big deal! As always, great video video Doc!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Still a great pedal nonetheless! Thanks for watching!

[@glenkepic3208]

Great ! I'll go back to '73 when i ordered a LPB -1 (amp jack) for like $14.99. This to me is where it all started. Btw, It sounded great. Woke up a Gibson Champ alike i borrowed for months. Next, Red Script Big Muff, '75. Never liked what they became later but i loved mine. Yesterday And Today, UFO, Trower, Strat and a Magnatone all tube amp. Years go by, want a pitch shift for the ABB and TL stuff i loved. Boss Super Shifter suk'd (should have bought the Harmonist) but dug the Holy Stain. I haven't used it a while but it rocks. The fuzz was my fave for vintage Randy Hansen type tunes. Rock ON!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for sharing!!!

[@quicksesh]

I think you have hit them all on the head ... and it is great to see EH is still pushing the effects pedals forward and creating some modern classics ...

[@spacerockwizard]

When they were reissued, I snagged a 90's Deluxe Memory Man and its still my #1 delay. (I should have bought two of them). Prior to that I had been using an Echoplex. I also had a Roland SDE-1000.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They're all great!

[@a.abeyta6237]

Thanks for adding sound samples.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Our pleasure!

[@LiesThatBind]

I've got two EHX pedals on my board that I couldn't go without, The Big Muff Op-amp (reissue aka Billy Corgan's version) and the Ocean's 11. Thanks for the cool top 10.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice! Two great pedals!

[@rareform6747]

Old stand by LPB-1 into my Echoplex and LPB-2 1973 till 1986 💫

[@sandyturner1911]

I was at that Police show, in Atlanta. It was amazing.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I bet that was something!

[@joshhayes1750]

The Poly Chorus!!! I'm so glad you showed some Nirvana live footage with Pat Smear; he's got to be the most underrated sideman in music - a solid rhythm player & not at all a focus puller. Also, the Edge is definitely the king of the dotted 8th delay!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea!

[@andreitsybulsky9318]

cunning author made me swim in KZbin search for 1-st placed song. Trick with quality appreciated🤠

[@bryanabelbassist]

Great list man. Personally hard for me to think of great EHX pedals without a QTron, but you had solid picks!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

QTron is a MuTron clone, I tried to sick with stuff uniquely EHX.

[@bryanabelbassist]

@@VertexEffectsInc word, I actually didn’t know that! Makes sense now. Thanks man.

[@cardindalrichelieu]

I have both the Small Stone and the #1 Echo, and both are really good pedals.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Great pedals!

[@kenminerva]

Thanks, man! I like it when I see Kurt Cobain & Nirvana two times in this! Also like it when you mentioned Paul Gilbert when you're talking about the flanger. 🤘🏿🤘🏿❤️❤️

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!! Thanks for watching!

[@johncarli2810]

Excellent video, Mason! I agree with all of your choices for the top 10, but I would bump the V4 Big Muff ahead of the Electric Mistress and possibly even higher given its history. The story of the resurgence of that pedal because of the Smashing Pumpkins and how it caused Mike Matthews to start building the Sovtek versions which led to the comeback of EHX... Just a wonderful story and incredibly important to effects history. Thanks for making this video.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks so much for watching and the feedback!

[@bumblefritz]

The Polychorus is a fantastic pedal. I have the old "big box" style, it takes up a lot of pedalboard real estate but I won't take it off.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Great pedal!

[@Tumbelweed_Ferguson]

I agree with with you for #1 I used to have that and the black finger, memory man, deluxe big muff until they was stolen from me many years ago

[@VertexEffectsInc]

All great pedals!

[@Wileylikethehawk]

Cool video! Like many people who started playing in the 90s, my first pedal was a green Russian muff…. But I have a deluxe electric mistress modded by Howard Davis and it could be my favourite pedal of all time. So great!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea! Thanks for watching!

[@Wileylikethehawk]

@@VertexEffectsInc No problem! You guys put out some great stuff! ...And for the record, my favourite Big Muff is actually my Cornish P-1 :D

[@YoanhRodriguez]

Cool man, thanks.

[@ethanrummel7638]

Great video! For EHX, both the Pog and Big Muff saw great usage by Jack White. Would have been worth the mention.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!!

[@ryanfulldark2775]

Awesome vid! I’d point out the “Rock and Roll All Nite” clip was the album version from “Dressed to Kill”.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes. Originally, I had a live version sync'd up, but KZbin kept blocking it, so I had to find a clip that wouldn't warrant a take-down. This was ultimately what could be used.

[@KStarDid]

1- Deluxe Electric Mistress (70-80's ONLY) 2- Deluxe Big Muff Pi 3- Small Stone 4- MEL 9 5- Poly Chorus 1980 6- Pitch Fork 7- EDDY 8- MOD 11 9- Tubes Hot Tubes 10- Tube Zipper

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Great list!!

[@patrickimel3075]

Right when I started watching this the first pedal I started thinking about was the deluxe memory man thanks for the info about Andy Summers using the electric mistress I've always wondered what the hell chorus is that guy using

[@michaelterry9347]

Miss my deluxe memory man, used it to overdrive my vibro champ. Sounded great in the basement

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Classic

[@reylopez4050]

Great topic.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Wow, thanks!

[@hollowify_tensa_zangetsu]

I miss my deluxe memory man. I had a memory toy but I broke it. But before I knew about preamps as well as buffers. I sometimes turned the delay off to get the preamp into my clean tone. I just loved how it made my tone smoother or something

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They are great, another great one is the Rockett Clockwork, very nice replica of the DMM with the preamp.

[@Earlvis]

I had a Big Muff in the early 80’s when I first started playing. I wish I had it today.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Those are great!

[@resistor27]

I’ve got a Small Stone that’s gotta be 40 years old, works fine. I’ve also had a ‘70s Big Muff, LPB-1, Q-Tron from around 2001. Never really had any problems with any of them.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Great news!

[@flapjack413]

The Polychorus has long been my favorite pedal. I've owned the XO stereo version, the big box stereo reissue, and the original vintage SAD1024 version in both the Polychorus and Polyflange graphics. Was hoping to add the Echoflanger enclosure to the collection as well (all three are the same circuit with different names), but had to sell the Polyflange a while back when times were hard. I still have the original vintage Polychorus, though. I was lucky enough to find one in pretty much mint condition, and I will NEVER let that pedal go! The newer stereo versions don't come close to sounding as good as the original unit with that SAD1024 BBD.

[@STRATMAN1969]

Great vid .I love my DMM ,and my Big Muff,and nano muff .even my Switch blade + .But I have to give a shout out to my JHS modded Soul Food ,and The pitch fork .I absolutely love these two pedals . I feel like no one mentions Mud Honey when talking about the Muff .Lest we forget the Super Fuzz Big Muff lp . Also could I ask a separate question Doc? How do you split the signal for a wet/dry rig when using a switcher? I don't know if this is a ridiculously dumb question ,if it's really simple like it is with a AB/Y but I'm still learning about switchers ,and I'm currently building my first board with a switcher .I could use you're expertise before pulling the trigger on a musiccomlab MK-VI Thanks .

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching, as for the wet dry application, basically you’re going to treat the line out the same way that you would treat and effects loop send. Some people will use a insert loop for a volume pedal for this application or they may have to sacrifice a loop in order to achieve this depending on the switcher.

[@zengroove16]

The Hell Melter and Deluxe Big Bass Muff Pi are both in me Bass pedalboard and are fantastic imo 🤟

[@Ancaja123]

Polychorus is awesome, great on synths as well. The original Deluxe Electric Mistress does something tonally that NO other flanger has ever done for me...it's so unique but immediately placeable; grungy, loud, harsh, but ultimately psychedelic and full of energy. Cool to see these EHX underdogs regarded as they should be!!! Side note, it's a very 70s tone but my immediate thought was that billy joel was taking from the sound of 10cc's I'm Not In Love

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for the info!

[@jasondorsey7110]

@@VertexEffectsInc I like to use a stereo electric mistress but just as a chorus not a flanger, it stands out from the crowd a bit run through 2 amps

[@jeffwilson6297]

The two EHX mainstays on my board are the Soul Food and Micro Qtron. I have a Big Muff Pi but the music I'm currently focused on doesn't need it so I took it off the board. I also love the sounds I get out of the Worm, but the fact that its 24V and not compatible with most pedal board power supplies makes it a major PITA.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice! Most Power Supplies now have multiple 12V options that you can double for 24V.

[@stevielavietv8957]

Great video

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching!

[@punkrockwino164]

Well, I'm happy that the top 2 (well, newer versions) are on my board. I've got a LPB-1 an it's perfect for the application mentioned. However, I don't need that in my rig and went with a Soul Food for my overdrive tones.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice! It so hard to pin down 10 of the best...so many great pedals to choose from.

[@kameel68]

I've got a Big Muff Nano. It's a great pedal, but does not sound well on a Marshall jtm30. Should I use the Big Muff only on a clean amp?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They sound great into a lot of amps, could be how you have the amp EQ'd. I like Fuzz Faces into Marshalls.

[@williamgallerizzo6070]

I had very little money growing up. I even built my own high powered amp from a kit, and bought a used Wah for $15. My local electronics store had the original LPB-1 for about $12. I bought it for my acoustic electric to boost the small amp I used for those gigs. At some point, I was making more money and the treadle in the old Wah finally broke. I was looking for something unique I could use that could get a good funk sound going. I settled on a Small Stone for about $35. But as my old homemade fuzz was borrowed. I had to return it. So my parents bought me the only piece of gear they ever got me except my acoustic-ekectric. That was a Big Muff Pi which sounded as over the top as the homemade one, but more adjustable. Years later when I was getting my older son going on guitar, I got him a Muff Fuzz on sale for $5. The EHX boxes, except the LPB-1 are all still going strong. The Muffs and the Small Stone have a magic that is incomparable. Even the others I've acquired now over the 55 years, cannot compare. I have a similar MXR setup, but the EHX is so over the top with powerful response. And the feedback is incredible such that the old Wah that I made a treadle for from cast surgical metal drives the Muff and SS into an upper octave. I'll pass them on in my will and testament.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

They are great pedals...now they're worth way more as collectable :)

[@mistercheetah9717]

"Come as you are" is infamously similar to "Eighties" by Killing Joke... and Geordie Walker used a Deluxe Memory Man in stereo, ironically. That EHX connection.

[@ncd1967]

I love the Op Amp Big Muff sound all over Siamese Dreams.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🙌🙌🙌

[@l.e.b.3803]

Great and informative video!!! I gotta ask. What Apple Watch band are you using?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Rhino Brand :)

[@michaelswanson179]

@Vertex Effects great video! I asked this on the live right at the end but kinda got cut off. What plugs do you use for the Cioks power supplies? Are the just regular RCA jacks? Or would you just use the Kobiconn connectors on the pedal side of the cable?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

So, we have a video on how to DIY your own DC power cables, however for RCA the placement of the hot and ground wires are reversed to make it normal polarity. So on the RCA plug, the hot, center conductor goes to the sleeve. The ground wire/shield goes to the tip.

[@tomthumb4325]

I love Electro harmonix pedals I have four on my board they do the job admirably and are priced very reasonable compared to some of the so called boutique stuff out there I also have the Vertex tone secret on my board

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes! Great pedals all around here! Thanks for the support!

[@dillondaeson]

this was great

[@teresaravenshaw5477]

Would have liked to have seen some bassists on this list. Peter Hook for instance, was using a Clone series chorus years before Kurt Cobain.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice! Yes...we should for next time :)

[@korywannamaker5600]

this brings me to my opinion... ;) i started playin as a kid in the 70's, ive owned tons of pedals (still do) i was the kid in the early 80's going into all the guitar stores in So Cal. buying up all the old analog effects people were bringing in for trade ins to go the new rack mount digital route... i got ep3 echoplexes, Univox Univibes, hot foots, poly phase, 60's arbiter fuzzes, boss fuzz wahs, marshall superfuzzes, you name it... in the 90's people started offering me mad money for my pedals, as time went on i would find boutique builders who made better sounding versions and sell the originals, your talking pedals i bought for $35 or $40 dollars and im selling them for $800 , $1000 or more.... good times ;) I had some weird ones too i havent seen, like a Univox effectmatic or a Rotoverb. to this day i still use a 70's small stone, an electric mistress (like you have pictured) and my fave, a Microsynth... which i think might be an early precursor to the POG?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for this share, crazy how the tables have turned!

[@michael_caz_nyc]

Great stuff. Did Robin Trower use a Mistress on: "Somebody Calling" ( never heard a flanger used like that ) ?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Hmmmm...did he???

[@michael_caz_nyc]

@@VertexEffectsInc Very unusual sound. It happens in the the first 10 seconds ( I always wondered what Flanger it was ? ) Kinda like a Jet-plane and ends as a chorus???

[@shawnbbbross9439]

Nice review. Q: how can you tell, or 'verify' what pedal is used?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

A lot of it is from interviews with these players or photo documentation that's on the internet.

[@deancramer]

For the LPB-1, where did you get the info that Kiss used it back in the day? I've been a Kiss fan since '75 and a working musician for over 40 years now, having read lots of interviews with Ace and Paul, but never coming across a mention of this device. Thanks for your reply!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

It's pretty well documented even among EHX articles. There's also some videos that show it and document the sound on KZbin.

[@deancramer]

@@VertexEffectsInc Thanks, I'll certainly be looking for those articles.

[@suenagag]

Excellent

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thank you so much 😀

[@crazydman7987]

You can actually see the POG being used by John Mayer in his song “In Repair.” In fact, I think he has a whole video on how that song was written!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, I remember this!

[@bluetv6386]

Thank you Blue Santa!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Paul Bunyan Santa ;)

[@scooter5005]

Oh, wow, the Cathedral is essential for me! Grail, a Fender Reverb, Room, Hall, Plate, Reverse, a Mistress, & a clean echo, complete with configurable presets, tap tempo, stereo processing & an Infinite hold

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Good choice!

[@bart2881]

I have had a lot of ehx pedals, but now i am the proud owner of 4 of them. The main reason to sell my pedals was the size, but they have a better tone than smaller ones. Nos i have a Pog, Small Clone, Big Muff Pi w/tone wicker and my beloved DMM, which is my partner of life.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

So many great EHX pedals out there!

[@RByrne]

I love the pi w/wicker. For the cost it was well worth it. I've got a few others. The hendrix (forget the name)one is my next EHX

[@slmcmorris7902]

The KISS clip was the studio version that I read was recorded with a Fender Champ. The LP-1 is on the live stuff

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes, it was used live! KISS!! Thanks for watching Sean!

[@slmcmorris7902]

@@VertexEffectsInc Your show is awesome and informative. Thanks for sharing the wealth of info

[@grahamnunn8998]

As an Englishman (British, European really) I can't believe I have never owned an Electric Mistress since it was ubiquitous on my hero's boards! I may have to rectify it, I used my BF-2 more as a chorus back in '83 so will have to try one.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks for watching Graham!!