I Visit Electro Harmonix

|January 23, 2010 | Gear, I Visit, Photos By J.Yuenger, Travels

I’ve been an enthusiastic user of Electro Harmonix pedals for years, so it was with great excitement that last month I got to take a tour of the Queens, NY facility where they’re designed and manufactured. Thanks to former EH head design engineer, hi-fi sound designer, guitarist, trapeze artist (!) and all-around thinker JC Morrison for making it possible.

Electro Harmonix Factory floor

Making Big Muffs! I have 3 or 4 well-used ones, so it was cool to see where they’re born

Custom tube tester, hand built by JC

A stack of NY-2A compressors

Engineer John Pisani explaining some of the new pedals he’s working on, including the V256 Vocoder and the 22 Caliber Power Amp

A prototype pedal in the design lab