Electro Harmonix Electric Mistress

124 Guitarist January 2008
ELECTRO-HARMONIX XO PEDALS
£60-£134
EFFECTS
Stereo Memory Man
with Hazarai
PRICE: £134
ORIGIN: USA
TYPE: Echo and delay pedal
FEATURES: Eight modes
CONTROLS: Blend, decay, filter, repeats
and delay pots, Hazarai continual rotary
and push/push selector, tap/record and
bypass switches, status and beat LEDs
CONNECTIONS: Left and right inputs,
left and right outputs
MIDI: No
POWER: 9.6V DC 200mA PSU only
(included)
OPTIONS: Deluxe Memory Man (£169) or
Stereo Memory Man (£109)
Numerous UK dealers
(inc Sounds Great 0161 436 4799
& GAK 01273 665 400)
www.electro-harmonix.com
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Micro POG
PRICE: £130
ORIGIN: USA
TYPE: Polyphonic octave pedal
FEATURES: Two octaves, one below
and one above
CONTROLS: Dry, sub octave, octave up
CONNECTIONS: Input, dry output,
effect output
MIDI: No
POWER: 9.6V DC 200mA PSU only
(included)
OPTIONS: The POG Polyphonic Octave
Generator (£299)
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Holy Stain
PRICE: £60
ORIGIN: USA
TYPE: Multi-effects pedal
FEATURES: Two reverbs, pitch shifting
and tremolo, fuzz and drive settings each
with three colour types, plus clean
CONTROLS: Mix, amount, volume and
tone knobs plus three-way rotary colour
and dirt pots, mode and bypass switches
CONNECTIONS: Input, expression pedal
input, output
MIDI: No
POWER: 9.6V DC 200mA PSU only
(included)
OPTIONS: None
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Stereo Electric
Mistress
PRICE: £75
ORIGIN: USA
TYPE: Stereo flanger and chorus pedal
FEATURES: Independent or mixable
stereo modulations
CONTROLS: Rate, flanger depth, chorus
depth
CONNECTIONS: Input, main output,
stereo output
MIDI: No
POWER: 9.6V DC 200mA PSU only
(included)
OPTIONS: Deluxe Electric Mistress (£89)
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GUITARIST RATING
Holy Stain
We like: The price of this versatile
pedal is very competitive
We dislike: There’s almost too
much going on here
Guitarist says: E-HX’s first foray
into the murky world of multi-
effects processors is a muted
success, but the Stain does what it
does well enough
Electric Mistress
We like: Subtle and gregarious
in equal amounts
We dislike: The flanger doesn’t
‘jet’ quite a severely as you may
expect or require
Guitarist says: Among the
most enjoyable flanger/chorus
stompboxes available. Would
benefit from a level pot.
The Bottom Line
Stereo Memory Man
We like: The quality of the effects
plus the efficient looper
We dislike: Using the Hazarai
rotary encoder gets a little long-
winded
Guitarist says: Maybe more
suited to a recording studio than
a stage in the long run, the SMM
is nonetheless rather special...
Micro POG
We like: It’s compact and, most
important of all, tonally stable –
even at ultra-low pitches
We dislike: The price may be off-
putting
Guitarist says: It’s the best octave
pedal we’ve used in ages: from
organ to 12-string and beyond, the
Micro POG has it all
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