Electro Harmonix Review: Frequency Analyser

History:

Purchase: R & B Music, Aberdeen, UK £120

What I Like About This Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyser: It's emphatically NOT for everyone! I had some cash burning a hole in my pocket, and had a scoot 'round the EHX website, where mention was made of DEVO, and Mudhoney's Mark Arm has submited an 'End of Western Civilisation' soundclip, all feedback and psychosis. I was too scared to ask to try it out in a shop full of earnest musos, so took it home, waited until my wife was out and... Sweet merciful God! Used 'sensibly' you can add a pleasing, harmonious over- and under- tone to lines, with practice and planning, you can get harmonic minors or country type fifths. Used non - sensibly, Sheer Bloody LUNACY! turn up a distortion pedal, rest your guitar (Bass in my case) against the amp, and decimate your audience with spacey howls, dog - scaring shrieks, and bowel loosening thunder! Emphatically NOT for everyone, but who wants to follow the pack?

What I Do NOT Like About The Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyser: What's not to like?

Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyser Quality Rating: It comes in a 10" by 4" metal box, stylishly screen printed, but probably not overly sturdy. It has one input, a direct out and an effect out, dials for mix, tune and fine tune plus a switch for bass only: i.e. that cuts out the over tones.

Review Summary: I'm giving it a five, because I love it for it's crazyness, it HAS serious possibilities in the field of melody and harmony which arguably raise it out of the novelty market, but for the 3rd time, it's NOT for everyone!

Rating of this Electro Harmonix product: 5

This Electro Harmonix Frequency Analyser Bass Guitar Effects Review Submitted By: Craig Pert

Review Date: 2003-11-26