Electro-Harmonix

Electro-Harmonix
Company typePrivate
IndustryConsumer electronics
Founded1968; 56 years ago (1968)
FounderMike Matthews
HeadquartersNew York City, US
ProductsEffects pedals, amplifiers, acoustic guitars
ParentNew Sensor Corporation
Websitehttp://www.ehx.com
A guitar pedal board, comprising several EHX pedals, including a Big Muff, POG (polyphonic octave generator), a Stereo Pulsar tremolo and a Tube EQ.

Electro-Harmonix (also commonly referred to as EHX[1]) is a New York City-based company that makes electronic audio processors and sells rebranded vacuum tubes. The company was founded by Mike Matthews in 1968. It is best known for a series of guitar effects pedals introduced in the 1970s and 1990s. EHX also made a line of guitars in the 1970s.[2]

During the mid-1970s, Electro-Harmonix established itself as a manufacturer of guitar effects pedals. It was the first company to manufacture, and market affordable state-of-the art "stomp-boxes" for guitarists and bassists, such as the first stomp-box flanger (Electric Mistress), the first analog echo/delay unit with no moving parts (Memory Man), the first guitar synthesizer in pedal form (Micro Synthesizer), and the first tube-amp distortion simulator (Hot Tubes). In 1980, Electro-Harmonix also designed and marketed one of the first digital delay/looper pedals (16-Second Digital Delay) and a line of guitars in the 1970s.

  1. ^ "Electro-Harmonix". www.ehx.com/. Retrieved December 23, 2021.
  2. ^ "The EH Man's Electro-Harmonix Extravaganza!!". electroharmonix.vintageusaguitars.com. Retrieved October 6, 2020.