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EH Deluxe Memory Man Reissue

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5/31/2000 11:22 PM
David P.	EH Deluxe Memory Man Reissue I have a line on one, but need to find out if this has true bypass or not--nothing on the EH website about this, but the owener claims that it does. Anyone out there know the answer? If it is not true bypass, how hard is it to do the mod? Thanks!!

6/1/2000 12:34 AM
aron	The EH memory man deluxe reissue is not true-bypass. In my opinion, it doesn't need to be, especially if you swap out the evil JRC4558 op amp (sorry, couldn't resist!). Check out my web site for true bypassing your EH and how to make it sound "sweeter". Aron p.s. look in the schematics page and search for memory man http://firebottle.net/stompbox/

6/11/2000 10:02 PM

A few years ago, I bought an original Memory Man for $25 at a swap meet. It turned out to be the tone-suckiest effect I have ever encountered! It was noisy and took all the high end off my guitar. Fortunately, I was able to trade it in on an acoustic guitar because the guy at the guitar shop thought the Memory Man was "really warm sounding".

This experience has kept me away from all EH products, vintage and reissue. Is this typical for Electro-Harmonix or did I just get a bad one ?

6/12/2000 1:59 AM
SteveG	Nope, it's typical. I had an EH Small Stone that sounded TERRIBLE when switched off. Kind of tinny, like the phase just stopped modulating, but was still in circuit. EH pedals really were a big pile of (occasionally great sounding) junk, and they must have trained chimps to do their soldering too, judging by the workmanship!

6/12/2000 8:00 AM

Nope, not the Memory man. Let me explain, as you may know, running your guitar through a buffer - in this case an RC4558 can actually preserve the highs rather than suck them out. So, when bypassed, the guitar continues to run through the buffer so it can drive longer runs and maintain tone. In my case, I like the tone of the TL072 op amp rather than the RC4558 and I replaced mine with a TL and I like the buffering.

As for the effect itself, yeah, the analog chip does produce delays that are darker in nature due to reduced frequency response of the delay. However, the unprocessed signal is fine. If you turn the blend knob to eliminate the delay, the tone is fine.

As I said, the analog delay portion is lacking highs - but this is what I like. If I want a digital copy of the note, I will use a digital delay or play the note twice! :-)

:-)

At certain settings you can hear noise but it's relatively low.

I love the Memory Man. I've never really liked too many digital delays.

For some reason I DO like my SE-50 which is totally digital.

Aron

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