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EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:28 pm
by friendship
Anybody use this? I was looking into one when they came out but disappeared into a k-hole of other pedals. I understand it's not really anything like the Big Muff, which is fine by me. I wonder about its potential as a gritty texture factory and stacking capabilities. I already have a pedal that does voltage starve and I like that effect a lot so that's cool. I've never used a bias pot but that sounds fun as hell too.

what's up

Re: EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 4:35 pm
by woolyh
I got one when it was released and yeah it's not Muffy at all. It was a long time ago but I remember it being very good at garagey 60's vibe fuzziness on the distortion side but I also remember not caring for the OD side at all >.>

Re: EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:06 pm
by friendship
woolyh wrote:I got one when it was released and yeah it's not Muffy at all. It was a long time ago but I remember it being very good at garagey 60's vibe fuzziness on the distortion side but I also remember not caring for the OD side at all >.>
Cool shit. Do you remember what it was about the OD side that didn't rub your rhubarb?

Re: EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:39 pm
by Ghost Hip
I had a bandmate who owned one. Definitely a garage rock fuzz machine. Had some cool textures to it for sure, and it stacked well with my other fuzzes when we recorded in studio.

Re: EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 10:54 am
by friendship
Cool, I'd be mostly using it for recording, since I'm not playing live these days.

Re: EHX Germanium 4 burg moof

Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 8:01 pm
by Kalopsia
I've got one. Pretty cool sounds, big range of sounds for sure. The volts knob is the coolest part. I'd say it sounds best with humbuckers, single coils sound a bit ice picky with this one.
I'm using it as a bass distortion too, the OD side gets you that LCD Soundsystem / soulwax grit, the distortion side is just crazy.

Regarding the OD side, I like it by itself, but when combined with the distortion side... Well I can't find any sounds I like...

there's a decent PGS demo on YouTube if you haven't checked it out already.