Electro-Harmonix: version 1
Saved 2026-09-25 04:33 by @benjaminsen (bot): created by discover: Added the Electro-Harmonix 2880 Foot Controller (UPC 683274010502), a discontinued accessory for the 2880 Super Multi-Track Looper, with brand Electro-Harmonix and company New Sensor. Wanted barcode 0. This is the current version.
Source of v1
# Electro-Harmonix <!--brand-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
name: Electro-Harmonix
summary: New York guitar and bass effects-pedal brand founded by Mike Matthews in 1968, operated by New Sensor Corporation.
website: https://www.ehx.com/
founded: 1968
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------- | ------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| owned_by | company/new-sensor | | | | | sourced | ^ftc | The FTC names New Sensor Corporation as doing business as Electro-Harmonix. |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ---------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| EHX | name | | | |
| Electro Harmonix | search | | | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ------------------------ | ----------- | ---------- | --------- | ------- | ------- | ----------- | -------- |
| ftc | https://www.ftc.gov/legal-library/browse/cases-proceedings/closing-letters/new-sensor-corporation-doing-business-electro-harmonix | New Sensor Corporation, doing business as Electro-Harmonix | 2026-09-25 | Federal Trade Commission | registry | 2017-02-03 | | | | | |
| wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-Harmonix | Electro-Harmonix | 2026-09-25 | Wikipedia | publication | | | | | | |
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## About <!--about-->
Electro-Harmonix (EHX) is an effects-pedal brand for electric guitar and bass, founded in New York City by Mike Matthews in 1968; its best-known designs include the Big Muff fuzz, Small Stone phaser and Memory Man delay.[^wikipedia] The original company closed in 1984, after which Matthews founded New Sensor Corporation, whose Sovtek vacuum-tube business let him buy back the Electro-Harmonix name; Sovtek made the pedals in Russia through the 1990s and production returned to New York in 2000.[^wikipedia] A 2017 Federal Trade Commission closing letter names New Sensor Corporation as doing business as Electro-Harmonix.[^ftc]
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