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August 15, 2009 at 3:20 pm #100604WatsonWoodMemberQuote:I just got a hold of a Memory Boy yesterday. I’ll be fiddling with it all weekend.
I just want to say to everyone at EHX,
BRAVO, you’ve created another masterpiece!
It is a present and future classic.
Sounds great. Where did you get it? From a store or on the net?
August 15, 2009 at 3:40 pm #100606Fender&EHX4everModeratorQuote:Quote:I just got a hold of a Memory Boy yesterday. I’ll be fiddling with it all weekend.I just want to say to everyone at EHX,
BRAVO, you’ve created another masterpiece!
It is a present and future classic.
Sounds great. Where did you get it? From a store or on the net?
Proaudiostar on eBay. Based on how much you like expression pedal control, I would guess that you’re going to love this pedal, WatsonWood. The possibilities are colossal.
August 16, 2009 at 2:05 pm #100629WatsonWoodMemberYes, I reckon I will love it. I have a heavily-modded vintage Memory Man, with a Pan Pedal set up as controller and modulator, and with a lot of the same features as the Memory Boy, all mounted in a custom steel housing. That job was done for me in the late ’70s and it is interesting to see that the Memory Boy explores the same territory.
August 17, 2009 at 8:22 am #100646ghostMemberHere’s another video, just came across — > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_jGLba0lQo
It does have a sample of the expression in and delay at full though (the grainy sound I was talking about) and the reviewer seems to confirm my belief that with the expression in/at full it’s actually 1000ms….
August 17, 2009 at 8:27 am #100647ghostMemberAh here’s some more……
Boy self OSC — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJYLgTVx8-w
Boy VS CC — http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnWLmzDuT74&feature=related
August 18, 2009 at 1:14 pm #1006740.50euroParticipantOn August, 14th I received the Memory Boy from Hotroxuk.com (great service!).
Surprise! It is a “Lucky Boy”! It has more than 2 seconds of maximum delay time, instead of the usual 550ms! And used in conjunction with my Moog EP-2 expression pedal, it has more than 4 seconds of delay!
At 3 o’clock of the Delay knob, you have 550ms; as you increase the delay time past the “Memory Man Territory”, the repeats become progressively dirty, fuzzy and sort of “ring modulated”; past 1100ms they’re just “too Atari style” for cleans, but they do wonders with my Sovtek Green!
I read of another Memory Boy with longer delays here: http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?t=2403913(the guy writing the first post says his Boy has 1 second of delay; mine has 2200ms).
I e-mailed Electro-Harmonix, and a very gentle John Pisani explained that there is no trim pot inside to set maximum delay time; my Memory Boy is just a “special one”.
Strictly soundwise, I think the Deluxe Memory Man is a better delay: deeper and with a better attack. But the Memory Boy is beautifully dirty, and does insane things the Man cannot even imagine! The square wave is fantastic, the range of the modulation depth and rate (via exp. pedal) are MUCH wider than with the Man; the Boy produces an endless number of chorus, leslie, vibrato, pseudoflanger, pseudotremolo, pitch shifter, ring modulator effects, and an endless number of SERIOUSLY CRAZY previously unreleased sounds!
Moral of the story: BOTH the Man and the Boy are on my pedalboard!August 19, 2009 at 2:43 pm #100723Flick (EHX Staff)ModeratorQuote:I just got a hold of a Memory Boy yesterday. I’ll be fiddling with it all weekend.I just want to say to everyone at EHX,
BRAVO, you’ve created another masterpiece!
It is a present and future classic.
Thanks!! You made our day.
We really appreciate the feedback both good and bad.
August 19, 2009 at 9:53 pm #1007460.50euroParticipantQuote:I just got a hold of a Memory Boy yesterday. I’ll be fiddling with it all weekend.I just want to say to everyone at EHX,
BRAVO, you’ve created another masterpiece!
It is a present and future classic.
Yes I agree… I’m sure the spectacular Memory Boy will be one of the best selling guitar pedals ever!!!
September 23, 2009 at 4:07 pm #101698AllAnalogParticipantJoined the forum just to rant about my new boy wonder. My Memory Boy came yesterday!!!
New $88 w/free shipping (Made a best offer on ebay)
First off, I play keyboards , not guitar. But many of my keyboards are pick-up based (Clavinet, Hohner Pianet T) and all of them are analog. Ive also tried on my line level keyboards and it works equally well with those. Most of my delay use is for an old 1973 Korg/Univox mono-synth
Ive been useing a DOD FX96 analog delay for years and loved it but its falling apart.
I play sorta space-rock, so i prefer longer delays and have always enjoyed the low-fi feedback of analog delays and the ability to make noise via knob twisting(which can now be done w/exp pedal on Memory Boy!).If your anything like me you’ll absolutely LOVE this pedal! And even if your not into the noises you can get nice clean delays. One thing that takes a sec to get used to:
DEPTH knob its strictly for modulation. If you dont want trippy modulation this knob must be down to 0.
(^In answer to an earlier post complaining about the modulation always being on, it can be turn off)In addition you get a great chorus effect and a decent vibrato. Both can be used alone or in combo with the delay.
I got an expression pedal and controlling the modulation rate with it is a blast. You can create a rhythmic modulation and play melody over it.
You can always switch and control delay time with exp pedal and do the space-ship thing hands-free!
Exp pedal extends delay time quite a bit as well.
Only one night of tinkering so far but I’ll update if I find anything negative.Honestly , this is an amazing deal. Im guessing theses $90-$100 deals will dissipate as the pedal becomes more well known, then youll have to pay $139 at guitar center, get one now !!!
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