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Pulsar Reissue

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    Pulsar Reissue
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Pulsar Reissue

Review By:
Edgar Blood
Edgar Blood on 2/23/08 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
EBAY MOTHA (insert "F" here)UCKA!!!
Price:
$55.00 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
Now i don't know about all this true bypass. and hissing and noise thst people are talking about. it's an analog tremelo, deal with it. When not dicking around with settings, i primarly have the wave at 12:00, a symetrical wave form, the speed always changes so i dont care (But anything past 12:00 is uselessly fast), and the depth at it's max. Now here's the thing about the Depth Conrol, anything past a little past 3:00, it's stops working correctly, doubling the rate and creating s#!*... i dont know why. whatever, i just found where it didn't start effing up and left it. then i put it on the square wave. re-creates the "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" intro. pointless right? WRONG, this is why i bought this pedal, to create whacky awesome sounds. i can make feedback sound like a heart rate moniter. beat that. Coupled with my Whammy WH-4, i can make my audience ask the greatest question a guitar player could want; "How did he do that?" and "WTF!?!?" and of course you can set it up to make great beautiful sounds that are generic tremelo sounds, blah, blah, blah. but i love how EHX takes there effects and makes them OUTRAGIOUS! it's be a 10 if the depth control wasn't weird.
Reliability/Durability:
looks like a muff, plays like a muff, but it's a tremelo. don't think it'll be dying anytime in this millenium.
Ease of Use:
Takes some getting used to. Some small things that kind of got annoying, but once mastered, are very usefull! -Shape (Wave form) -Rate (Speed of trem) -Depth (how much it affects your signal) -Wave shape switch (a ascending and descending wave, and a sqaure, almost ""on-off" wave) unfortunetely, the "manual" is, well, not a manual. kinda ghey.
Customer Support:
never dealt with them,
Overall Rating:
Great pedal for many uses. dont buy it if you suck at guitar, i guess...
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Pulsar Reissue

Review By:
Edward-2mLL_
Edward-2mLL_ on 2/23/07 1:00 AM
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Sound Quality:
First, some people say that this pedal is versatile. Well thats a bit true with all functions accept the depth knob, this knob doesn't do a lot it ruines the whole pedal. You cannot get this pedal silent between the pulses, forget machine gun sounds or playing "how soon is now". Your stick with somewhat moderate tremelo sounds. Second, dont buy this pedal because it has a shape knob this knob is fun for about an hour but after that you will never use it. Well ok maybe you will but you can do without trust me. Third, !!!THIS IS THE REASON WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER BUY THIS PEDAL!!! People who think or say that this pedal is true bypass are wrong, very wrong. This is why, If you put it between your guitar and your amp it cuts 5 db( I don't know exatly how much but it's easy noticeable)of your sound. A lot of people don't notice it however because EVEN IF YOU PUT IT ON BYPASS "THIS WORST PEDAL EVER" ALSO CUTS 5 DB OF YOUR SOUND!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So you don't notice it before you put your guitar directly in the amp. They do this ofcourse so when you play with it and you turn the pedal off(on bypass), your sound won't get louder. But don't mather this is something a pedal should never do. Also this pedal ofcourse is very noisy all kinds off hissing noise comes from this pedal. Some people say that easy to overcome just buy a noisesuppressor.What?!?!?!!?!?!?! Buying another pedal because a this pedal sucks noway!!! But I must admit this pedal has some nice sounds that got me hypnotized for a few houers unfortunatly it has so many design faults its no fun using this pedal. I returned it the next day
Reliability/Durability:
In my opinion this pedal is already broke when it leaves the factory. I only had it for a day so I don't know how long it will last.
Ease of Use:
This pedal has only 3 knobs so how hard can it be right? wrong There are no numbers along the knobs, so ist very hard to get the exact sound a second time. Also the knobs do very strange things that are not very logical. There are a lot of settings on this pedal nobody wil ever use, because the have no use. The rate knobs doesn't do anything before its turned halfway up. The debth knob does very strange things if you turn it further than 3 quaters. The rate wil go up and the debth wil decrease. First I thought it was broke. I emailed elektro harmonix and the sayd it was normal. And the manual?what manual? there is one peace of paper that congratulate you thx al lot
Customer Support:
The replyed on my email 2 days after. Thats ok
Overall Rating:
This by far the worst pedal I ever played on. I didn't know that they still made products that seemed to have so much flaws in them. Some people are happy with this pedal because its cheap. The TR-X Vintage Tremelo has even more functions than the PULSAR and has no design flaws. People in favor of the Pulsar say that it is really vintage and it has a mind of its onw. Vintage isn't always better in fact most of the time its not why you think people moved on? The should remake this pedal keeping the nice vintage sounds and remove all the flaws. And I understand when its nice that your guitar has it's own carakter and your amp, but you don't need pedals that do weird things that you don't need. Don't buy this pedal if your planning on having lots of sounds. Only buy this pedal if your absolutely sure you will never get those vintage sound out of any pedal. And you really need that one sound.
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Pulsar Reissue

Review By:
Oculus Orbis
Oculus Orbis on 9/3/06 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Long & McQuade (great bunch)
Price:
CAD90.00 CAD
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Sound Quality:
THIS PEDAL IS GREAT!! So much variance in terms of sound. Fantastic quality, virtually no volume ghange(on most usable settings) Okay, everyone and their mothers have been griping that it's not true-bypass...have you stopped to look INSIDE the unit?  Apparently not. The EHX Pulsar IS IN FACT TRUE-BYPASS.  And now the issue w/the disengagement clicking.  There IS clicking when unit is off.  the LED is powered by battery, wired to switch, ALOT of true-bypass pedals are wired this way with the LED. The problem lies in this particular pedal having an LED which flashes based on settings, and a battery powering whether unit is off or not. This coupled w/an amplifier boosting the signal = TA-DA! creepy phantom oscillation. So battery or Adapter, you will get a quaint controllable clicking Possible Cures: 1) Use pedal AFTER pre-amp stage(so the noise isn't boosted) 2) Have this fantasic unit analyzed and re-wired by a $professional$ (whoops, I mean "professional") 3) Use a separate bypass/loop box 4) 2 words, 4 syllables:  NOISE SUPPRESSOR 5) don't power unit(makes a fancy looking line coupler) 6) DEAL WITH IT (small price to pay for good trem) Sounds GREAT ...and CHEAP! Rating : 8.64694565730280...
Reliability/Durability:
depend on it. box will live, nuts will loosen, paint will die. gig w/out backup
Ease of Use:
Pedal can, and will make wild and crazy sounds(in a good way) VERY versatile...so versatile in fact, I suggest you find a fine-tip felt pen and mark settings you love, Because you may never find them again. Manual explains ONLY control function. -No unit augmentation-
Customer Support:
???
Overall Rating:
I A/B'd this big guy against some other items... ZVEX Seek-trem   :    Great tone, but does too much of one thing (for me).  no variable waveform,  seek-trem great for song parts, the sync-ing is as the french say "coule-asse". Beats EHX in size. BOSS TR-2 tremolo   :    Awesome if you are looking for ye olde tremolo of amps long past. Wave knob goes from triangle to "square", noticable volume drop,  Rate pales in comparison to Pulsar.  The "square" was too soft-edged for my taste, prefer clarity of Pulsar.  TR-2 kinda "tube-ish" If you can overcome the noise issue, it's good stuff
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Pulsar Reissue

Review By:
ME-1In9d
ME-1In9d on 6/8/06 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
$94.95 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
I cant complain it sounds like a tremolo.  Many people have the problem of the noise it makes when its not engaged and the noise it makes when tweaking the knobs, I solved my problem by conecting the pedal to the efects loop on my amp, if I used it directly to the amp it created the nasty noise it produces.
Reliability/Durability:
Well I bought it a month ago.  havent had a problem yet, it has a metal casing prety tough.  I have a little concern with the input and output jacks they seem to grab the lines really hard so when pulling the line out im afraid I might brake it or something but if you hook it up to be steady with the rest of the pedals in your pedal board then no prob. !
Ease of Use:
Well what can I say its very tricky to get the right sound out of it, but if you like experimenting with the knobs then this is the pedal.
Customer Support:
Havent had to contact them yet.
Overall Rating:
I play alternative rock.  I listen to very strange music jeje.  Cant complain much about the pedal it gets the job done.
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Pulsar Reissue

Review By:
Alex-ilFZo
Alex-ilFZo on 5/9/06 1:00 AM
Reviewer Background:
Purchased From:
Price:
$90.00 USD
Features:
Sound Quality:
Excellent. There is absolutely no sound coloration, no noise and no volume change from the original signal. This was actually a little surprising as most guitar pedals don't work quite right for bass (cutting off the low and such), but this one is perfect. Also, great in an effect loop as it can do everything from subtle vintage trem to crazy helicopter noises. My favorite sound is ebow >> env. filter >> big muff >> pulsar. Bass >> GR-20 >> Synth Wah/Env. Filter >> Big Muff Pi >> Opto Stomp >> GEB-7 >> DD-6 >> Pulsar >> RC-20xl >> amp I use a variety of basses as well as chapman stick and upright electric, this pedal works on all.
Reliability/Durability:
I don't use it as often as some of my other pedals, but it was my first (odd choice, I know) and has withstood the last couple years quite nicely. I would go on a gig without a backup -- it's built like a tank and I don't use it as much as it deserves.
Ease of Use:
Fairly easy to use once you get an understanding of the pedal. One knob changes the shape of the wave, the other changes the speed. Also, there is a switch for going between square and triangle wave modes, and obviously a stomp switch.
Customer Support:
Dunno. Never had a problem.
Overall Rating:
I play pretty much everything, and if there's a weird way to do something, I'll give it a try. That said, it's also great for subtle usable-every-song sounds. I had a guitarist friend use it with My only real problem is that it's a little too deep -- huge tweakability -- which occassionally leads to some distance between usable or desired sounds.
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