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January 29, 2009 at 5:21 pm #77648GaryInThailandMember
I’d like to see a good, comprehensive company history. There’s a Wikipedia article but frankly it omits a lot. I know that there have been major ups and also downs over the years.
I’ve encountered the company, and Mike, at various stages. I remember the Hall of Science on 48th St., for example. That was really wierd. Did anybody document your ‘led art’ from that time?
I also remember when the construction of EHX pedals was an open joke. Solder-blob city. When I bought my first Electric Mistress, my friend said “Enjoy it for the next year, because it won’t work longer than that.” He was right. History isn’t always pretty, but it’s important. I was also a designer at Lexicon when Mike scooped the features of my PCM42 at about 1/8 the price. Damn!
Then I was an editor at Electronic Musician magazine when EHX was officially defunct and Mike reduced to pedaling an optical swept filter under a different company name in a 10×10 booth at the back of NAMM. To tell the truth, he looked totally lewd with that cable hanging out of his mouth, and his box only worked in good lighting….
The company’s revival is awesome and there’s got to be a great story there too. VEry curious about the vacuum tubes story. You really should collect what info you can while it’s still available. I’d be happy to help. I’m a good editor and writer, as testified by magazines and books who’ve been willing to pay me. Let me know if I can help out.
Oh, and please do keep on truckin’. You guys are an inspiration.
Gary Hall
Hua Hin, ThailandJanuary 29, 2009 at 5:27 pm #92200The EH ManModeratorI had a history on my site, but I seem to have misplaced it.
EDIT: It’s there now. I just added it.
January 29, 2009 at 6:22 pm #92201julianModeratorHave any other guitar related companies had as much trouble with racketeers?
January 29, 2009 at 11:30 pm #92212BlueSteelParticipantA company history on the website would be great because wikipedia doesnt have much.
January 30, 2009 at 2:56 am #92214The EH ManModeratorQuote:A company history on the website would be great because wikipedia doesnt have much.EH used to have my history page posted on their site. Even with the A- I got on it in my college class.
February 4, 2009 at 12:18 am #92636BlueSteelParticipantQuote:Quote:A company history on the website would be great because wikipedia doesnt have much.EH used to have my history page posted on their site. Even with the A- I got on it in my college class.
Why did they get rid of it? it could be really useful.
February 4, 2009 at 12:53 am #92639The EH ManModeratorThat was quite a while back. Now you can read it at my site and I update it when I get the chance.
February 6, 2009 at 1:50 am #92758BlueSteelParticipantQuote:That was quite a while back. Now you can read it at my site and I update it when I get the chance.I’ll have to check that out sometime
February 20, 2009 at 6:34 am #93657KitraeMemberI have some EH history on my Big Muff page, but it mostly relates to the Big Muffs. I pulled info from practically every source on the web, music magazines, stomp box books, and talking to other collectors and sellers.
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