Well, Mike and EHX have hit the lodestone. Do I have to say..once more?!!! Forum members might recall the Enchanter thread from some time ago, with some cool photos, and the discussion about developing a sitar effect for electric guitars. And I have been fooling around with some of those ideas BUT home electronics in my case are a poor joke compared with the majesty of the Ravish.
When will the Ravish be available in Europe, I wonder?

Extract from the Enchanter thread started the 6th May 2009:
“I once tried out the Danelectro Swami, having heard it made some sitar-like sounds. No comment. Recently I bought a vintage re-issue Ampeg Scrambler. During a session I hooked it up to a Fender Stratocaster, then in to the EHX #1 Echo through a Vox amp. I was amazed at getting a sitar-type sound which was very pleasing.

So, since we are up for ideas, I think it would be nice to have an EHX pedal named The Enchanter.
The Enchanter would enchant the player and the listener by enhancing the mantra and raga type sounds guitars sometimes approach, depending on the way they are played of course.

Oriental scales would take on a new life with the Enchanter.”

https://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/966/

Mike and the EHX have now more than fulfilled my/our hopes and expectations!

I love my Muff Fuzz Crying Tone 2

Thanks, Ron!

Sounds like you guys have got clean Green Mistresses. The one I am about to refurbish (for the second time since I’ve had it) looks as if it suffered a small explosion…but still works when all the parts are held together. I just sold my vintage DEM having decided I prefer the Green Mistress. It makes really warm, cool sounds and has slightly less twang in Matrix Mode than the DEM.

That seems a pretty good price. I bought mine way back when and it is still up and running. I can’t remember the original price, though. Maybe Ron could help on that one.

Yes, I love my Holy Stain and there is absolutely room for, let us say, a Deluxe Holy Stain version…..with memory sets and no more volume balance issues! I use mine a great deal despite its being somewhat quirky as to what goes in signal-wise and what comes out (!) depending on the HS settings and the type of guitar/instrument being used. My HS gets extremely sensitive when other EHX devices are invited to join the sound-making process….not to mention that the HS has a strong tendency to flatten out playing dynamics….so, there is a lot of room for improvement in a higher grade version.

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Someone sent me a big binder with schematics and other documentation, I scanned it and sent it back

Well, considering your fantastic web site, it is certainly fitting that you have been able to get such wonderful information. In my own experience over the last thirty-seven years of using a load of EHX pedals, each time one came back from a techie I would have to tweak it by ear. This sometimes resulted in several hours bent over the trim pots on the circuit board before reaching a satisfactory result, especially with my first three Memory Man delays from the 70s and early 80s. I often wondered if there were “true” alignments to follow giving more precise results, for example a pleasing sound balance between trim, bias and depth, but I never came across any either in England, France or Germany….and, yes, I have always been fascinated by the wilder aspects of the great EHX pedal family.