10 Greatest EHX Pedals You'll Ever Play

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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!

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@kingVibe111]

The mention of duct tape really brought me back.

[@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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@richie_b-1234]

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!

[@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.

[@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!

[@jemwand2530]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!!

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@nphamus09]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Oh yeah!!!

[@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!

[@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]

👍👍👍

[@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!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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)

[@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!

[@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!

[@sandyturner1911]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

I bet that was something!

[@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 😂

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@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!!!

[@xavierdouglas-smith3682]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you liked it!

[@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!!

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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 ...

[@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.

[@Elagabalus711]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!!

[@stratjed]

More than merely a genius. He is a Legendary Wizard. Right down to his Larger-than-life personality and life story.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Hear, hear

[@erwanmirabeau6751]

Waow ! Great review ! I was very surprised to hear that Summers used an Electric Mistress as everybody says it's a Boss CE1 ! But you look sure about that particular point ! IMHO "When the streets have no name" is the perfect example where you can clearly hear the Memory Man played by the edge. Another pedal less known and great on keyboards is the Bassballs, so gritty ! This thing sounds like no other !! Also, regarding Billy Joel and "Just the way you are", I truly think he used a MXR Phase 90 rather than a Small Stone . He "borrowed" the sound from ten CC's "I'm not in love". The Phase 90 is "creamier"and subtle compared to a Small Stone. But Jean Michel Jarre used an early version of a small stone in Equinoxe and Oxygen on an Eminent organ strings sound which was later the Solina String Ensemble (or ARP Solina string Ensemble).

[@richardsanderson9883]

Summers definitely used a Mistress

[@josephweldinger3231]

Hi. I'm a big electro-harmonix fan, and own a few dozen of their pedals. I do not use any other brand. I play in stereo through two Marshall all-valve half-stacks, and I do not use solid state distortion, anything buffered, or digital. Here are my 10 must have pedals: English Muff'n, Hot Tubes (valve version), Black Finger (valve version), Flanger Hoax, Deluxe Electric Mistress, Stereo Clone Theory, Stereo Polyphase, Super Pulsar. Knockout, Graphic Fuzz (EQ only). Thanks.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

You got some great stuff there!

[@josephweldinger3231]

@@VertexEffectsInc Thanks. I forgot about the Wiggler. So, I guess that makes 11 must haves.

[@ileutur6863]

@@josephweldinger3231 such a shame, you're missing out on a world of sounds by arbitrarily limiting yourself to 20th century tech

[@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!

[@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!

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@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.

[@videomove]

nice video - especially digging the example bits!

[@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!

[@tmitz73]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thanks! You too!

[@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 :)

[@jackb348]

Mike is a genius and a true badass. I would tell anyone to go read his bio on the EHX site. It all started with a friendship he developed with one James Marshall Hendrix. The rest is history.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

He was!! Thanks for watching Jack!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Jack, there are some thing you can do, and some mods to reduce the noise floor. Guys like Mick Davis who designed a lot of these EXH pedals still does mods and repairs if you end them in to him.

[@andrebarragat]

I would put big muff first. But It Really doesn’t matter. Its a great vídeo.

[@stevenbatke2475]

If I had to survive using only one brand of pedals (don’t know why I’d ever be left with such a Sophie’s Choice), it would definitely be EHX. Vintage and new, they make some groundbreaking stuff.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Heck yea! Great pedals no doubt!

[@alexander_winston]

If my Big Muff Pi and Memory Man disappeared off my pedal board I would go into a cold panic.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

@@alexander_winston ha! DMM for me for sure :)

[@mr.astrophysics9115]

Mike Matthews..Jim Dunlop and Michael fuller are electronic geniuses pure legend

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Indeed!

[@rareform6747]

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

[@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!!

[@honkytonkinson9787]

I would totally enjoy more of these types of videos!

[@Guacavelli]

Glad to see you used Billy Corgan as an example for the OP amp Big Muff Pi. However, the video clip you used of Cherub Rock is not the Big Muff. Billy used a Marshall JMP-1 preamp into a Marshall power amp during the beginning of the siamese dream tour. The Big Muff was used mainly in the studio.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Originally we had a different clip planned that I had spoken to in the video that we couldn't get around without a copyright issue, so we pivoted to something that resembled the album but was in a live performance situation.

[@derekhuntingtonmarti]

I enjoyed this video, but I do think a great band that definitely deserves a mention on any EHX roundup, a band that even did demos for EHX as I recall, is Ween. T

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Great suggestion!

[@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!!!

[@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!

[@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!

[@jonlohrenz5446]

I realized something recently about Kurt Cobain and the usage of the Small Clone pedal. Although he clearly used it a lot, the studio sounds on the Nevermind are probably rack chorus sounds added during the mastering. If you listen to the Butch Vig mix compared to the final mix by Andy Wallace, there were clearly chorus sounds added after all the tracking was done. Could it be we’ve been fooled into thinking the chorus sounds on Nevermind are from the Small Clone pedal when they are (mostly) not?

[@VertexEffectsInc]

ha, interesting observation Jon!

[@mattphillips538]

Small Stone phaser was my first ever pedal. Set the depth to LOW and rate to 12 O'clock and you'll never even need a chorus

[@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.

[@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 :)

[@philf4086]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad it was helpful!

[@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.

[@MrDoobie12286]

I have an old small stone, second gen I believe, with the cool wooden box. Such a great pedal.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Very cool!

[@soundmapper]

I think a big muff should be #1. Probably the #1 fuzz pedal of all time. Doesn't get more iconic than that.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Thats certainly up there!!

[@jeffreyhall76]

I’d have to agree

[@frankbizzoco1954]

Some of the most exciting pedals recently was the reissue big muffs. They're much smaller than their original counterparts, and sound very similar. I have the Rams Head myself. Paired with the Mistress, and Comfortably Numb falls out of your guitar. Of course other pedals help, but those two are the most important for that particular sound. The only thing you need is Gilmour's fingers lol. He is a maestro of bending and phrasing.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Agree with all this!

[@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!

[@alejandroantunezdelacruz5095]

RE: She Looks to me - "The three guitars [from She Looks To Me] of the harmony at the end were made with the English Muff'n, passed through the Analogue Systems phaser and mixed into two channels, panned well left and right." "There's also an organ-like sound in the second chorus [of She Looks To Me], made with POG." - Guitar Player, November 2006

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice! Thanks for sharing this!!!

[@roderickhager8154]

I bought every EH I could find in the early 80s knowing that they would b valuable one day. Big muff, clone theory & electric mistress. The inefficiency of the early electronics makes the magic and they are in mint condition.😅💪🎸

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Nice!

[@a.abeyta6237]

Thanks for adding sound samples.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Our pleasure!

[@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.

[@jahnbon]

Drinking game: take a shot every time you hear the word "iconic." Love your videos! Thanks!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Haha. Thanks for watching Jahn!

[@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!

[@dragonpundit.6443]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@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.

[@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!

[@michaelterry9347]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Classic

[@bluetv6386]

Thank you Blue Santa!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Paul Bunyan Santa ;)

[@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!

[@andreitsybulsky9318]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@ncd1967]

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

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Yes!!!

[@VertexEffectsInc]

🙌🙌🙌

[@TheTeddyboy1977]

Billy Corgan used a Marshall JMP-1 live in 1993, Big Muff in studio for Siamese Dream. You didn't hear a big muff in that clip.

[@thedddemon]

Excellent presentation, cheers.

[@VertexEffectsInc]

Glad you enjoyed it