Electric Mistress ...so close !

[Companyman]

Man, I have been watching an auction for a vintage 18v Electric mistress on evil Bay for a week and got out bid in the last 5 seconds !!! So frustrating , I have been lusting for that Gilmour tone circa "Animals " since the album came out !! The Deluxe model just doesn't quite hit the mark , the XO stereo model isn't even in the ball-park . I might have to settle for a Polychorus , good but different . Any one have one that they want to sell ? I have been searching the emporium ... alas no luck !


" Occasionally glancing up through the rain ..."

[Improviser]

I went through quite a few other pedals to try and get that sound...in the end I'm still using the original non-Deluxe EH Electric Mistress.

[sfx]

This old Echoflanger is getting pricy, but it'll certainly work for the sound you want. (note - not my auction)

http://cgi.ebay.ca/Very-RARE-Vintage...1%7C240%3A1318

[geetarman]

Just get one of these and be done with it you'll thank me later: http://www.hartmanelectronicstore.co...3&productId=24

[sfx]

Looks excellent, but I am very surprised he's building those with SAD1024 BBD chips still, those things are pretty much extinct at this point.

[Belmont]

what's the difference between the Deluxe and non-Deluxe tonewise?

[FAC]

Originally Posted by geetarman

Just get one of these and be done with it you'll thank me later: http://www.hartmanelectronicstore.co...3&productId=24

Agreed! Hartman Flanger. Make sure it is one of the more recent versions...no volume drop.

[TheLemon]

Theres a vintage Electric Mistress in the emporium right now..

[Companyman]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone ! Hey TheLemon , I searched the emporium and couldn't find an Electric Mistress , several Deluxes , but not the earlier version . Can you point me in the right direction please ? Thanks . Belmont, the differences in the tone , the Deluxe is more metallic sounding , for lack of a better word , it always makes me think of Goth music from the eighties , like Bauhaus , although I'm not sure if they used one ! the original has a more fluid , textural , almost chorus like modulation . Check out Pink Floyd "Animals" or Early Police

[TheLemon]

oh, on a second look it is a deluxe, sorry
but here's the link anyways

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/sho...d.php?t=472415

[Wooley]

Originally Posted by Companyman

Man, I have been watching an auction for a vintage 18v Electric mistress on evil Bay for a week and got out bid in the last 5 seconds !!! So frustrating , I have been lusting for that Gilmour tone circa "Animals " since the album came out !! The Deluxe model just doesn't quite hit the mark , the XO stereo model isn't even in the ball-park . I might have to settle for a Polychorus , good but different . Any one have one that they want to sell ? I have been searching the emporium ... alas no luck !


" Occasionally glancing up through the rain ..."

Try this:

powersnipe.com

This is how I got mine, and I essentially never lose an auction (only if I'm just not willing to go as high as someone else).

[snooze]

I'm looking for this kind of sound to. I understand it's hard to have the same sound (Gilmour) without an Electric Mistress??? I was looking for an Eventide Modfactor because I want to do all the Pink Floyd modulation with one unit.... impossible???

[Belmont]

DG used the Deluxe right after the Animals album,I've had mine for years and never thought of it as metalic sounding,yes you can get metalic sounds out of it like any flanger,but overall one of the best flangers around.the non-deluxe has me intrigued,I really want to compare them now,I always assumed it was the same circuit.

[Windup 43]

Originally Posted by Belmont

DG used the Deluxe right after the Animals album,I've had mine for years and never thought of it as metalic sounding,yes you can get metalic sounds out of it like any flanger,but overall one of the best flangers around.

Same here- I love the DEM Reissue, but I've never had the oppurtunity to try an older model. Matter of fact, I was never much of a flanger fan until I got my DEM (had a Boss BF-2 for years) but I am now

[Companyman]

I got outbid at $198.50 . I'm giving serious thought to getting the Hartman , but is the authenticity of the vintage worth torturing myself ? This will inevitably open up a world of debate about this fleeting thing we guitarists call "MOJO" ! As for the difference between the original and the deluxe models, perhaps it is this imagined "MOJO" thing again , but to my ears , the deluxe seems to be more insistent on your basic guitar tone . Distinctly "flanged" , the original seems to nestle up to your original tone and mesh with it , expands it unobtrusively , if that makes any sense at all ! :-)