Score of the day. 1977 Electro Harmonix Memory Man! :-)

[Disturber]

Score of the day. 1977 Electro Harmonix 4 knob Memory Man!

The unbetable price: 50 bucks!

The seller said he wasn't sure it was supposed to sound like this. And that it was beat like hell.

But it sounds just fine. These are kinda lo-fi, in a great way. Like an old tape echo. And it looks quite nice for a 35 year old.

The squelch button is missing. I found one lead on the inside. I guess they are supposed to be two? I'll look a little closer this coming weekend.

It works fine without it, so It's no biggie.

[Turdus]

I've not followed these since the 70's, and here's the reason why:

The year is 1979... my band is getting ready to play the high school talent show with me leading off with the most outrageous sounding guitar ever heard, thanks to my new Memory Man.... go to switch it on, and.... NOTHING!

Some kind of internal short. Oh well... the thing was cool, when it chose to work.

[Disturber]

Most old EH pedals can be a little funky. It's a thing to expect. I would not take this thing to a gig. But it's sounds damn nice and as a recording tool I think it can be really usefull.

But I was actually looking for something for rehersals, and gigs, when I came across this one. I have to find a cheap analog delay that is reliable for that kind of use. At those sound levels it does not matter if it's not "the best" sounding unit out there. It should be priced so I can afford if it takes the hit of a beer mug.

[MCChris]

But I was actually looking for something for rehersals, and gigs, when I came across this one. I have to find a cheap analog delay that is reliable for that kind of use. At those sound levels it does not matter if it's not "the best" sounding unit out there. It should be priced so I can afford if it takes the hit of a beer mug.

A used MXR Carbon Copy is your best bet there.

[serial]

Carbon Copy=sweet.

Looks great too.

[Never2Late]

Interesting....can you make a youtube video with some good audio of this thing and post it?

[Disturber]

I can try to do it later on. We are recording with the band right now so I am trying to get to the rehersal place when I have time over to lay down guitars. When that is done I'll try to record the Memory Man.

Here is a vid I found you Youtube of one of these things:

[gtone]

Congrats - great score at that price! I have a DMM from the '90's, but the vintage ones were the "grails". They did have a reputation for being a bit funky and unreliable, but far less so than the alternative at the time - tape echo. These sound much better than a Carbon Copy in my books...