EH - Worm

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:40 am

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anyone played one of these? i think they sound amazing for the price of 100 bucks
only thing i dont like about it is it runs on 24v centre +

but for that price i can't resist

finboy · Post by **finboy** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 4:19 am

if i didn't have so many pedals that already do those things, i'd be all over it

Will · Post by **Will** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 5:07 am

It's really not good. The phaser and vibrato are not your traditional sine-wave type - it's a very on/off triangle wave. They sound really artificial at any speed. The tremolo is OK but has a HUGE amount of background hiss with the depth any lower then 10. And by huge, I mean nearly as loud as what you're playing and the hiss isn't effected by the trem. If you're just using it for weird sounds, it could be cool. It's nowhere near the sound quality of a single effect, though. The one I tried was unusable.

You'd be better off picking the 1 or 2 effects you really want and buying the Dano CC, used BOSS, or Guyatone version. Or spend the extra $100 and get a decent digital device like the BOSS ME-20.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:00 am

get the wiggler if you think this is cool. sounds WAY better and has tubes. we all love tubes.

Johno · Post by **Johno** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:24 am

I had one, was the worst pedal I ever owned.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 2:10 pm

oh dang, thanks for the input. probably saved me 100 bucks

letsgocoyote · Post by **letsgocoyote** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:40 pm

they just came out with an XO version though, so maybe they fixed the bad stuff. it has exp pedal jack too!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 9:21 pm

I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they fucked a lot of the new smaller pedals. The nano clone has so much background hiss it's ridiculous.

Will · Post by **Will** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:18 am

Mike wrote:I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they fucked a lot of the new smaller pedals. The nano clone has so much background hiss it's ridiculous.

True dat - there isn't anything in the XO series I'd consider usable except for maybe the LPB and the Little BMP.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:20 pm

DuoSonicBoy wrote:
Mike wrote:I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they fucked a lot of the new smaller pedals. The nano clone has so much background hiss it's ridiculous.
True dat - there isn't anything in the XO series I'd consider usable except for maybe the LPB and the Little BMP.

What about the xo memory man?

Post by **Mike** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 3:54 pm

sp3k wrote:
DuoSonicBoy wrote:
Mike wrote:I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they fucked a lot of the new smaller pedals. The nano clone has so much background hiss it's ridiculous.
True dat - there isn't anything in the XO series I'd consider usable except for maybe the LPB and the Little BMP.
What about the xo memory man?

It's not out yet.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:02 pm

Mike wrote:
sp3k wrote:
DuoSonicBoy wrote: True dat - there isn't anything in the XO series I'd consider usable except for maybe the LPB and the Little BMP.
What about the xo memory man?
It's not out yet.

weird, the only shop in portugal that sells electro harmonix is supposed to have it

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 5:32 pm

Do you mean the Stereo Memory Man with Hazelnuts or whatever?

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 6:38 pm

I think hes on about the XO Deluxe memory man.

sp3k · Post by **sp3k** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 8:25 pm

i'm talking about this one:

2 weeks ago I tried one of the old ones, and it's just the best delay i've ever tried. It has 2 problems, the price, and the size. That's why i wanted to know if this new one is still the shit

superfuzz · Post by **superfuzz** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:13 am

Im pretty sure you can still buy the old ones, and im unsure about a price difference. Dmms sound great, and havn't heard or seen a XO dmm in real life.

SpectralJulian · Post by **SpectralJulian** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 3:24 am

DuoSonicBoy wrote:
Mike wrote:I wouldn't hold your breath, unfortunately they fucked a lot of the new smaller pedals. The nano clone has so much background hiss it's ridiculous.
True dat - there isn't anything in the XO series I'd consider usable except for maybe the LPB and the Little BMP.

Stereo Pulsar is fine (though it could use a bit more headroom)
Polyphase is fine and I've found some cool uses for it (though it kind of sucks for convential phasing)
Clone Theory is cool (thought it is a bit noisy, I can only notice it when I'm not playing- so it doesn't bother me)
LBM and SMMH are totally rad.

I tried the LPB-1, like it.
tried the bassballs, thought it sucked
tried the soul preacher, thought it was meh
I've heard the nano clone and the Qtrons suck
I've heard the nano muff OD is alright but the positive ground kind of kills it for me
I've heard the bass big muff, the germanium OD, the knockout, the nano stone, the XO Microsynths, Micro POG, and the XO DMM are pretty rad

I think for a mass produced company that isn't hand building their pedals anymore and using cheaper components, the success rate is fine.