I also have an original Rams head Frequency Analyzer and am having a really hard time finding a proper power cord for it.The only way that most regular 2 prong cords would work is if you do extensive cutting and trimming of the “female” ends of the cord.Since these pedals run on 120V AC,there s no battery option available for them.I wish that EHX would reissue the proper extension cords for the F.A. as I’m sure that there are many musicians who are in the same boat that I’m in and can’t find a suitable and “safe” cord for old original Frequency Analyzers.

I have the B9 and C9 pedals and the Key 9 is the next pedal I’ll be getting,I already send the signal from each pedal to its own dedicated amp,running the Key 9 into its own amp would make the resulting sound put you into the Keith Emerson territory-at least in fullness of sound,if not the dexterity.If EHX came up with a Mellotron pedal,that would really put the icing on the cake-especially if you had 4 amps or you could make that 5 if you wanted a separate one for your guitar signal,every guitarist could really blow away audiences,with the combined sounds of 4 different keyboards as well as the original guitar signal.A Mellotron pedal would really be an incredible effect to use for lead breaks and when combined with the 8-9 voices of each of the other pedals,the tonal possibilities would be endless.

Hi Crawdaddy 57,I have a new C-9 pedal too (and run it in stereo along with my B-9 pedal through separate amps) and I’m slowly adapting to its learning curve.I have found that with the Mellotron setting that you have to turn the “Organ” volume up higher than the volume that you’d use on most other settings and turn the “Dry” signal off completely, in order to achieve a suitable effect volume.Have you tried tweaking the Mod and Click controls?By gradually tweaking these controls and experimenting with different settings you can get a pretty nice Mellotron flute tone.I have used it to play the flute part for “Nights in White Satin” and “For my Lady” by The Moody Blues with my guitar and the result is beautiful.You can also affect the effect by using different pickups some settings sound better by using the neck pickup while others sound better with the bridge pickup etc.Good luck with it.BTW:Sending prayers for your dad in hopes that he has a speedy and full recovery-Cheers.

P.S. I have several vintage E-H pedals too,with the oldest being a ’69/’70 Big Muff Pi (my first fuzz/distortion pedal),I also have one of the first Frequency Analyzers and an early Bad Stone phase shifter plus some others.

It would be impossible for me to pick a favourite or least favourite E-H pedal as they are all of pretty well equal importance and use to me.If there was one that’s limited in its use it would be my old first year Frequency Analyzer,it’s still a fabulous and cool pedal but I don’t use it much these days as the music that I play has no call for it.I have a first year Electric Mistress that still is an indispensable part of my effects chain.I often use my very early Bad Stone along with the Mistress with one set at a slow cycle and the other at a moderate speed and both of them operating simultaneously with the guitar signal going through my Big Muff Pi first.That whole chain of effects then goes through my digital delay creating a sound that is incredibly like Jimi Hendrix’s House Burning Down and Gypsy Eyes.The Muff,Mistress and Bad Stone are all of equal importance to me and they are all absolutely vital when I play a gig.

I used to have an original Crying Tone pedal from the mid 70s and I absolutely loved it but even so I traded it and a set of guitar headphones for a Vox Phantom XII-that was a deal that I just couldn’t pass up no matter how much I loved that wah.Unlike the new Crying Tone,the old one had 4 different wah voices,could have the wah play backwards and also it could be used as a volume control-I wish that E-H would rerelease that great pedal.