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Inside the Electro-Harmonix factory
CrunchGear —
Joel at BBG got some great footage of the Electro-Harmonix factory, makers of the Voice Box that we showed you a few days ago.
Apparently this little Mom and Pop in Long Island City makes most of the vacuum tubes for the world; an amazing feat in today’s transistorized world. Great stuff from a great company.
BB Video: Inside Electro-Harmonix, guitar pedal engineers and vintage vacuum tubes
Boing Boing —
... Video crew] edited out all the footage where I was wanking around with FX boxes, looking mournfully at the camera and whining that "Hey, this box doesn't make me sound as good as it does when people with talent use it. What gives?"
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Joel Johnson Visits Electro-Harmonix
GEARFUSE —
... . Did you know that Electro-Harmonix is the largest manufacturer of vacuum tubes in the world? Neither did I. Check it out and see if you can spot any pedals you may have heard of. Link
Inside Electro-Harmonix, Makers of Fine Big Muffs, Vacuum Tubes and More [Video]
Gizmodo —
... Our buddy Joel from BBG took a field trip to Electro-Harmonix's main lab and test facilities, where they design their legendary music effects pedals and maintain the world's largest vacuum tube business. ...
