Home › Forums › Vintage EHX › ‘Rusty’ Zipper.

Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • April 1, 2009 at 12:39 pm #77988
    Pablo
    Member

    Allo Allo,
    a friend of mine is trying to sell me an original 70’s Zipper,
    just wondering if anyone knew anything about it or had any sound samples,
    thanks,
    Pabs.

    April 1, 2009 at 7:27 pm #95113
    Fender&EHX4ever
    Moderator

    Very nice, fat sounding, and easy to use envelope filter. It only does the envelope ‘up’, but it covers a nice range of frequencies. The tricky thing is to remember that you need to keep a battery in it, even if you are using a power supply.

    April 1, 2009 at 8:30 pm #95116
    Pablo
    Member
    Quote:
    Very nice, fat sounding, and easy to use envelope filter. It only does the envelope ‘up’, but it covers a nice range of frequencies. The tricky thing is to remember that you need to keep a battery in it, even if you are using a power supply.

    Classy, I’ve recently bought a Doctor Q also, is there much difference between the two?

    April 2, 2009 at 1:05 am #95138
    Fender&EHX4ever
    Moderator
    Quote:
    Quote:
    Very nice, fat sounding, and easy to use envelope filter. It only does the envelope ‘up’, but it covers a nice range of frequencies. The tricky thing is to remember that you need to keep a battery in it, even if you are using a power supply.

    Classy, I’ve recently bought a Doctor Q also, is there much difference between the two?

    I haven’t tried the Doctor Q yet. I imagine it’s very similar, but in a smaller enclosure, and less flexibility than the Zipper.
    I will say that I’ve been able to approximate the tones of the Zipper with a Q-Tron+, which is really EHX’s most flexible env filter pedal; but it’s also one that requires a bit of tweaking and experimenting to get the right settings. The Zipper is almost plug & play, so it’s convenient.

    April 3, 2009 at 1:02 pm #95193
    Pablo
    Member
    Quote:
    Quote:
    Quote:
    Very nice, fat sounding, and easy to use envelope filter. It only does the envelope ‘up’, but it covers a nice range of frequencies. The tricky thing is to remember that you need to keep a battery in it, even if you are using a power supply.

    Classy, I’ve recently bought a Doctor Q also, is there much difference between the two?

    I haven’t tried the Doctor Q yet. I imagine it’s very similar, but in a smaller enclosure, and less flexibility than the Zipper.
    I will say that I’ve been able to approximate the tones of the Zipper with a Q-Tron+, which is really EHX’s most flexible env filter pedal; but it’s also one that requires a bit of tweaking and experimenting to get the right settings. The Zipper is almost plug & play, so it’s convenient.

    nice.
    I think I’ll go for it then,
    cheers Fender.

    April 3, 2009 at 5:53 pm #95211
    Fender&EHX4ever
    Moderator
    Quote:
    nice.
    I think I’ll go for it then,
    cheers Fender.

    Enjoy! BTW, my favorite setting:

    LP/BP switch = LP
    Attack switch = 2
    Range knob = max
    Q knob = max

    This will give you the fattest and most dramatic filter – very vocal!

    April 4, 2009 at 7:41 pm #95251
    Pablo
    Member
    Quote:
    Quote:
    nice.
    I think I’ll go for it then,
    cheers Fender.

    Enjoy! BTW, my favorite setting:

    LP/BP switch = LP
    Attack switch = 2
    Range knob = max
    Q knob = max

    This will give you the fattest and most dramatic filter – very vocal!

    Guess what made it’s way onto my pedal board this morning! :thumb:
    That setting is pretty brilliant, just been playing Bill Withers all day at practice.

    April 4, 2009 at 9:33 pm #95266
    Fender&EHX4ever
    Moderator
    Quote:
    That setting is pretty brilliant, just been playing Bill Withers all day at practice.

    :thumb:

    Your thread inspired me to pull my Zipper out of the box yesterday and play around with it again after being stored for a few months. I played it in front of my Roland Space Echo RE-101. What an amazing combo. I could’ve jammed around on it all day :love:

    February 18, 2011 at 2:15 am #114362
    paco
    Member

    Hello, I just bought one for $80, it sounds good, I got a 1/8” adapter to plug it onto my pedalboard but I am wondering why should I need a battery in it ? I do not have one in it now and it sounds good.

    Thanks

    Quote:
    Very nice, fat sounding, and easy to use envelope filter. It only does the envelope ‘up’, but it covers a nice range of frequencies. The tricky thing is to remember that you need to keep a battery in it, even if you are using a power supply.
  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.