I got a EH Germanium O.D. today

westtexasred · Post by **westtexasred** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:11 am

I have been hoping to score a used one and when I went to Music-Go-Round today. they had this one for $49.99. I have read onlone that some of these can be noisy unless you use a battery as a power supply but this one works fine.

I have just been using it with clean models on VOX VT30 but when mygirlfriend wakes up(she works nights) I will plug it into my little Silvertone amp and party like it's 1966!

Electro Harmonics Germanium O.D.(Link)

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jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:49 am

Of all the fairly new EHX designs this is one of the few I really like.

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:49 am

I had this pedal and sold it to Chicago Mike. It would pickup radio stations if I touched the case while it was engaged. I used an isolated power supply, but couldn't fix the problem. I like a very quiet signal chain, so I sold the pedal. Very sensitive controls made it tough to get the sound I was looking for. My MBM Fuzzface also has Germanium transistors and gives me lots of the same sounds plus some.

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:41 am

This seems to be a bit of a sleeper in EHX's range: came out to a chorus of disappointment, but I'm increasingly hearing what a useful and comparatively unique OD pedal it is. Think that sag is a little too OTT for my tastes (as far as overdrives go, at least) but I'd quite like the chance to mess with one. Can any of our pedal science correspondents report on how similar it is to a Rangemaster?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:53 am

i love how that dan miller guy looks like he's approaching the old vinegar strokes whenever he strums a guitar.

foll · Post by **foll** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 11:06 am

please put a fuzz in front of it and sag the overdrive, and tell us how Neil Young it is

Skip · Post by **Skip** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:06 am

foll wrote:please put a fuzz in front of it and sag the overdrive, and tell us how Neil Young it is

please do

Chicago Mike · Post by **Chicago Mike** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:42 pm

taylornutt wrote:I had this pedal and sold it to Chicago Mike. It would pickup radio stations if I touched the case while it was engaged. I used an isolated power supply, but couldn't fix the problem. I like a very quiet signal chain, so I sold the pedal. Very sensitive controls made it tough to get the sound I was looking for. My MBM Fuzzface also has Germanium transistors and gives me lots of the same sounds plus some.

I dig this thing a lot. I do think it works better on batteries though which is a bummer but oh well....it's friggin loud tho!

Really dig the dying amp sounds! They're really fun for that lo-fi shit.

dumb donnie · Post by **dumb donnie** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 5:02 pm

I was on the lookout for a cheap EH Germanium OD, but I ended up with an Earthquaker Crimson Drive instead. It has surpassed ALL of my expectations.

I still want to try out the EH though and $50 is tough to beat.