Electro-Harmonix is a New York-based company specialising in the manufacture of high-end electronic audio processors. In addition to other instruments, the company creates products for guitar, bass and vocals but is most famous for their line of guitar effects pedals, capable of many different types of sound manipulation such as flanger and delays.
Even with the increasing abilities of guitar amps to “do more” in terms of effects capabilities, the Electro-Harmonix products are still as popular as they have always been. With creations like the Big Muff, Small Clone and the 2880 pedals as popular as ever, we hope the company has a lot more to give us.
Rock guitarist Carlos Santana first illustrated his skills when he shaped the band Santana in the late 1960s. The band’s second album Abraxas, which was released in 1970 went 5x Platinum in the US and was followed a year later by their third studio album, Santana III (1971) which also achieved a US number 1. Santana’s fusion of Latin and African rhythms blended into blues-based guitar lines is what gave the band their interesting sound and popularity. Throughout his musical career Carlos Santana has received a remarkable 10 Grammy Awards and 3 Latin Grammy’s.
Santana reportedly purchased an Electro-Harmonix Big Muff pedal in 1971 and was frequently associated with the Muff’s advertising campaigns. Santana is known to have used Fender Twin Reverb amps and many of the guitarist’s signature tones are said to sound a lot like a Big Muff pedal through a loud Fender style amp with lots of headroom.
24 05 2012 12:28
The Electro-Harmonix Crying Tone Wah Wah Pedal is the flagship pedal of the Next Step Range. This new wah wah pedal is unlike any ever made and now you can watch the new demo and see this enigma in action!
20 04 2012 02:03
The Electro-Harmonix Superego and Crying Tone Guitar Effects Pedals are brand new from Electro-Harmonix this month, and the'll be landing here soon.
19 12 2011 03:12
Linkin Park's Mike Shinoda takes us through his favourite Electro-Harmonix gear.
19 04 2011 05:15
We take a look at some of the unsung heroes of the guitar and bass fx world.
28 10 2010 02:18
Capture a frozen moment and turn it into a tonally unique sonic foundation...
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