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July 3, 2014 at 10:31 pm #120072EHX STAFFKeymasterQuote:I got mine yesterday..it doesn’t track well and isn’t as stable as in the video posted here, took it off the board already, I will get back to it when I feel like dicking around with it. Maybe it wants a Strat and not a Les Paul?
It tracks great and is very stable.
You can play it with a slide!
A Les Paul bridge pick up is perfect.
Not sure what your problem could be.
Lots of videos up now…July 3, 2014 at 10:52 pm #120073EHXinSeattleMemberQuote:Quote:I got mine yesterday..it doesn’t track well and isn’t as stable as in the video posted here, took it off the board already, I will get back to it when I feel like dicking around with it. Maybe it wants a Strat and not a Les Paul?It tracks great and is very stable.
You can play it with a slide!
A Les Paul bridge pick up is perfect.
Not sure what your problem could be.
Lots of videos up now…OK..I went into the amp with just the B9, it worked much better,now very stable, I think it might be something in my chain of effects that it didn’t get along with? I will slowly add things and see when it goes south. :o)
July 4, 2014 at 7:14 pm #120077backalleybluesParticipantGot mine from Sweetwater on Tuesday, and yeah, it’s a blast!!!
Couple things I have found with this pedal-
1) it tracks MUCH better on the bridge pickup-since I have only used it with a 100% organ mix, the guitar sound for me doesn’t really matter too much with the pedal on.
2) It likes a compressor in front of it, to help even out the picking technique. Frankly, this pedal is kicking me in the behind to get my picking technique cleaner, so it’s already done me a world of good!
3) It likes to be early in an effects chain-again, it likes to see a nice clean signal, so the less you have in front of the B9, the better (compressor excluded, of course!)
4) Watch your chord voicings! I’ve found that some chords (Maj7ths, in particular) just don’t process cleanly-playing smaller chords helps immensely, as do playing different inversions of chords to sound more “organy”. Thinking like and listening to organ players will also go a long ways in getting the most out of this pedal.
5) I haven’t really tried it out in a band context yet (tonight is the acid test!) but I have noticed at home that you don’t need a whole lot of distortion to make a “driven” sound-maybe a Tubescreamer type, with the drive fairly low, would be about all you would need…
More on this later this weekend, after tonight’s gig (3 pc blues band)…
July 4, 2014 at 7:31 pm #120078harperbassMemberbut no one knows if you can plug anything other than a trebly guitar? still wondering about the mic/harp thing. i’ve got lots of devices that work well w/ it, but a “real” organ sound would be nice, but if it can’t track long bends, i can’t use it, except on guitar…. EHS staff?!?!
July 4, 2014 at 10:51 pm #120080EHX STAFFKeymasterQuote:but no one knows if you can plug anything other than a trebly guitar? still wondering about the mic/harp thing. i’ve got lots of devices that work well w/ it, but a “real” organ sound would be nice, but if it can’t track long bends, i can’t use it, except on guitar…. EHS staff?!?!yes harp works great!
It bends what ever you put in.
There is even a pedal steel demo on youtube using a B9 and that bends like crazy.July 4, 2014 at 11:01 pm #120081JACSTRATMemberEHX Staff, Do you mean when I bend a string it will react the same (pitch shift) except for the organ tone? That would be mind blowing awesome! I’ve already got plans for this in my song writing! That bending ability would be the cherry on top of the whip cream!
July 6, 2014 at 4:03 am #120083backalleybluesParticipantOk now the gig report…
Yep, this pedal is a winner!!! I snuck it in past my drummer and bassist last night, and called off Back At The Chicken Shack for the opening tune… 1,2,3 ORGAN!!! Totally caught the guys off guard AND the audience, and every one dug it immensely! Tracked the same as it did at home, though the high notes tracked better on the gig. Probably used it more than I should have on the first set, but boy was it fun! One thing stood out though-when I switched to guitar afterwards, it was amazing how sparse the sound got-gotta work that part out…
Second set, and a buddy of ours sat in with us… He stuck to guitar while I played “organ”… Since my style of rhythm tends to use a lot of sliding partial chords and swapping inversions, I was able to get somewhat close to what a decent organ player would play, and it worked beautifully… Also played a number of solos where I phrased like an organist, and again, it came off really well!
My bassist came up to me afterwards and told me just how much he dug the B9, and this is from a guy who hates pedals!
Finally, how does it sound on the gig? No, it’s not the real deal, obviously… But it’s far closer than it has a right to be! I said it before and I’ll say it again… This is the best pedal to come out in YEARS!!!
July 7, 2014 at 6:51 pm #120093salisburysimonMemberDo we know when the next batch are due in the UK?
My local store (www.andertons.co.uk) had sold out just as I pressed the order button and it sounds like this will now be in again on 21 July.
Can you confirm please?July 8, 2014 at 12:48 pm #120094Ash TelecasterParticipantQuote:Do we know when the next batch are due in the UK?
My local store (www.andertons.co.uk) had sold out just as I pressed the order button and it sounds like this will now be in again on 21 July.
Can you confirm please?I’ve been wondering the same thing. They seem to be out of stock everywhere. I am in the U.S., Cleveland Ohio. Any thoughts on when they wil available in the stores?
Thank you
July 9, 2014 at 5:36 pm #120099harperbassMembersweetwater called me and said mid july, but i wouldn’t be surprized if it’s 6 mos….sweetwater pre-order price of 222.30 is great w/ free shipping but they don’t include that damnable wall wart…
July 10, 2014 at 3:00 am #120102Ash TelecasterParticipantQuote:sweetwater called me and said mid july, but i wouldn’t be surprized if it’s 6 mos….sweetwater pre-order price of 222.30 is great w/ free shipping but they don’t include that damnable wall wart…Thanks for the info!
I have ac on board. GC said they can ship one from another store. Maybe I’ll just wait.
July 18, 2014 at 10:18 pm #120115JACSTRATMemberI just got my B9 Organ Machine last Wednesday. In case you are wondering, yes, it is all that and a bag of chips. I have only got so crazy with it so far. Today I hooked it up to an old Japanese Casio Tonebank SA-38 keyboard. I was getting some over the top Hammond like tones. I did not have it on for long, I just wanted to see if I could hook up a keyboard to it. The buffered in and out on the B9 will allow the signal to go through. Even with headphones on it works. With the guitar you can even get a little string bend in. Arpeggiating chords sounds much like on a keyboard with this thing. Notes sustain forever on it. I have two songs in mind I want to use this with. One is original and, the other is a cover with my own arrangement. Thanks for coming up with this pedal EHX folks! If you can come up with one that sounds like a Fender Rhodes with maybe a baby grand tone thrown in for good measure, it will be pretty swell!
August 6, 2014 at 7:24 pm #120152ReverendDavidLeeMemberMine should be here within the next couple of days. I can’t wait for it to get here! Love EHX & you guys never cease to amaze me. Thank you for decades of great tone!
August 10, 2014 at 5:13 am #120157ReverendDavidLeeMemberMine arrived today! WHOA! EHX has outdone itself. I can’t get over how you accomplished this without a GK special pickup. I spent the entire evening enjoying (and tweaking) all 9 voices. Unbelievably excellent tone throughout the sweeps! Excellent job guys! I’m going to enjoy this for a very very long time!
August 14, 2014 at 1:51 pm #120167Ash TelecasterParticipantFinally got mine!
Had a gig at Twilight at the Zoo. Very cool venue! I pulled out an organ solo on a song. Everybody looked over at the keyboard who just shrugged his shoulders! It was great!
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