EMMA DiscumBOBulator

easy to use... there's no manual, but it's fairly no-brainer

I'm using it with a variety of basses + and Eden WT400 + 112 Cab and it is very clean and sound great

Good - never let me down

An absolute 10. They are great ...

The official website which I see others have been missing is:

http://www.emmaelectronic.com/v2/

Good value but also a pretty expensive pedal. But it's well worth it... I will not be looking for another for a while

It's a pedal, turn the knobs and find your sound. It's very easy to use

I use a Old Fender Bassman 100 with a Avatar 2x12 with Eminence the tonker speaker with a few pedals ( wah, OD, Delay, Filter, Octave) with a PRS Custom 24 with stock pick up. The discombobulator it's noisy, i've try with my amps, with other marshall and fender amp and still not noisy. The effect it's cool with guitars but with bass... So for me the pedals sound really good (sound like a EHX Q-Tron)

My discombobulator never broke so....

It's easy to use, but u can find many different sounds. Yet they're of very good quality.

I think autowah or envelope filter is underestimated as an effect. That might be because it's so difficult make an autowah pedal, which sounds good (or fantastic). I've tried so many and I've been disappointed so many times. When I bought EMMA I tried it in a music store and thought it was the best I`ve ever tried. So I bought it and for my surprise it is one of those pedals which you begin to like more and more every time you use it. It's great live and it's great when recording. It's not cheap, but one thing you just can't get is a good and cheap autowah! This, I think, is the first ten I've ever given in a review, but I just have to give it.

It's made of metal and I can count on it.

If it were lost or stolen, I'd just have to buy another one, because I don't have an alternative for it.

It's great, the harder you hit it the funkier it gets!

oddly enough it's so transparent that if you don't hit the strings too hard the effect doesn't do anything so you don't really need to turn it off. Maybe I have the sensitivity too high but still it's great fun. Soundsa wesome, see overall comments below.

Seems ok to me, had all sorts of trouble with my wah-wah pedal picking up weird airwaves so maybe I'll use the EMMA instead. Mind you I've only ever broken 1 pedal ....

never had to contact them but the manual si so friendly you get the feeling they are too!

I just discovered that it replicates the riff on U2's Mysterious Ways dead on, so I'll have to get that into our set, and if you use a slide on it you can get the mad bit out of The Joker!

Excellent sound straight out of the box, easy to use and a one page booklet with 4 very usable settings. Don't get any better than that!

I use this pedal with a Modulus Flea or old Fender P bass through a Eden cab and Warwick Pro Tube head.It's 1st in my effects chain which goes Emma-EH Micro Synth-MXR Micro Amp- DAM Overdrive. The pedal isn't noisy at all and has true bypass when not in use. The sound is the best envelope filter i've ever heard on bass. I've used an EH Bassballs, Q-Tron & DOD FX25 before and this Emma pedal is in a different league. I could never rely on the Q-tron or Dod to make the wah sound without nearly snapping the strings and they also had a loss of volume which was useless in live gig situations.

You can guarantee on the quality of the sound as opposed to the other filters i've mentioned but in terms of build quality there is room for improvement. The toggle switch became faulty on mine after the second day of buying it. It cut out whenever the toggle was put in the UP position.

When i discovered the fault with my pedal i emailed EMMA to see if there was an easy fix i could do myself. I'm still waiting for a reply. (maybe they don't speak English)?? Also they don't have a website to get info from.
Although i sent the pedal back to Charlie Chandlers where i bought it from and received a brand new replacement within 2 days which was Excellent service.

Buying effects pedals is one of the most frustrating things in the world. The excitement of bringing home a new box of tricks and creative opportunities then a week later it's not up to the job and ends up on ebay. Then like a spek of gold in a dung heap a pedal comes along that's actually worth keeping. The Emma is definitely for keeps and no bass should be without one in my opinion. I must admit i'm still tempted to try a Mu-Tron III but at twice the price i'd bet all the money in the world on it not being twice as good as the Emma. After all "if it's not broke don't fix it" and if it is broke don't waste your time emailing Denmark.

They don't come any easier I guess: Sensitivity, Width and Attack pots and an Up/Down mini-toggle swith. All work silently and accurate. The "manual" is refreshingly concise (a true one-pager) but "spot on" with 4 usuable examples to start from.

4-string custom Jazz bass (Alembic Activators, DR Fat Beams) or Alembic 5-string Signature --> Boss BCB60 pedal board (9V power included) containing: Boss tuner>THE EMMA>Tech 21 Bass Driver DI>Boss RC20 Loopstation> Boss OC-2 Octaver> Boss volume pedal into either Glockenklang Bass Art preamp or Spirit Folio Notepad mixer, both hooked up to an AKG Studio Monitor pair of headphones.
Pedal is dead quiet and bypass doesn't affect the signal. On/off step-on swiches silently, up/down produces a bit of a "plop" but I guess no one kneels down to change settings mid-air.

I deliberately ignore the request to avoid the "new gear rush" because for bass players, a lot of (non-studio quality) effects are true sound killers, draining all the liveliness and energy. So, when you're (still) on the lookout for a wah pedal that respects the quality and sound of your instrument, this is the one. NO low end loss! The low notes too get great "vowelly" wahs, nicely & evenly spread over the sustain of a note. Yet, just as easily it tracks fast playing / slapping. Very senstive to your playing too, so you can have the filter open up as much as you want just by changing your touch. Lovely.

Solid construction (all metal with a slab of rubber on the bottom). The on/off step on switch doesn't feel as sturdy as the one on e.g. my Bass Driver DI. A lot of course depends on how you treat your stuff (the BCB 60 pedalcase helps a lot)

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My previous "wah experiences" have been with a Boss AW-3 and a Boss Bass synth pedal but they're no real competition. I guess if you're looking for something that totally changes your sound (I like Bootsy for his funk, but not for his sound.....) this is not your pedal. When you want phat funky wah without impairing the ability to sound like a bass guitar, this is the one! Despite its price I would definitely get a new one.

very easy to dial in a tone you need for particular sounds, just be careful not to bump a dial w/ your foot or hand because the dials are very sensative. there's a wide variety of filter sounds to be had.

i use a, '83 ibanez am50 (semi-hollow)>discombobulator >analogman comp >2 ts9's >wah probe >dd-3 >fender deville 4-10.
If you like to funk you will dig this pedal. it's as dynamicaly sensative as it possibly could be, i put it in front of my comp to keep the dynamics. volume swells sound beutiful w/ this pedal. it tracks fast notes ala Pat Martino. i can make my guitar sound like a chicken, scratching sounds awsome, and im stoked to see how a chorus pedal sounds with it. finkerpicking yeilds trippy flavors as well as holding a chord and striking low mid, and high strings. you can recreate old auto wahs and it will sound just as fat, ive compared with my bro's vintage mutron and it chirps just as much funk. the down switch position yeilds even more sweet vibrations. if you are creative with music this pedal is worth puting on your board. i play my own mixture of jam containing: jazz, funk, disco, dead, rasta, trance. this peadal is an expresion tool.
i also have to say that effects are cool but they must be used to compliment your playing, there are too many crapy players out there that focus more on effects and gizmos than actually playing. don't buy awsome expensive equipment untill you have the chops to make good music. if you got nothin to say in music, this pedal isn't worth anything to you.

have only had it for a few weeks, i wouldn't buy a backup, too expensive, the only concern about this peadal is the small togle switch, ill see how it lasts.

no contact

i love this pedal, my band loves this pedal, the muse loves it, and the listener does too. im a quirky player and i love to play fast bebop type lines, snappy poly rythmic chord passages, volume swells, slow melodic tear jurking leads, noise sculptures, atmospherics, and greasy scrachty funk. i can use this pedal to accentuate all of these enigmas.
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This is a *long-term* follow up to my earlier review. Still love the Discumbobulator, but wanted to mention a few things now that this pedal is now back in production. The up/down toggle failed on mine, so let's hope Emma is using a hardier switch now. To bad there is no direct contact for Emma available. I would like to suggest to them that gooping up the bypass switch will make it a real PITA to replace when the time comes (there is a big gob of silicone snot on the back of the bypass switch). Can't blame them for sanding off the part #s on the chips, but long-term that makes for a problem if they need to be replaced. I am also not a fan of the foam covered bottom, as it makes it a hassle to attach velcro for pedalboard use. Overall I still think is probably the best value in envelope filter/ auto wah pedals on the market and would buy one again.

Simple to use. You do not need a manual, nor do you need the folded scrap of paper that comes with the pedal.

This pedal blows away any other "AutoWah" or envelope filter pedal. I tried them all, and it took a while lemme tell you, but finally I found this one. It oozes with wah. Every note and nuance I play (electric violin) this thing just spews funk and wetness. Really warm, really intense wah, regardless at what speed I'm playing. I must say I love the friggin thing.

Don't know. just bought it. seems well built and simple enough. And if Danish men are as good with their hands as the women, the thing's probably rock hard.

don't know. Danish women are usually very nice, and accomodating...

10. This pedal actually funks every note. Its wet. It blows away boss Dynawah, MXR Auto q, q-tron, and all the boutique pedals i tried but can't recall which ones.

I'm poor and I can tell you for $169 this pedal is worth every penny.(when compared to any other Auto wah/envelope)
also, danish women will wash your feet at night...

With only three knobs and one switch, this pedal is extremely easy to use. However, there are so many different sounds in this thing, and all of the controls work very sensitively with eachother. The slightest changes effects how the other controls react. There are knobs for attack, sensitivity, and width, and also an up/down switch. The instructions show four very useful examples to start with. Very easy to use...

This filter sounds awesome!! Probably the best I've heard considering the size and the price of the unit. I've compared it with a mutron, and a menatone, and the EMMA is by far my favorite. Sounds very thick and analog, as well as very clean and quiet. You can dial in just about any envelope filter sound you can think of. Im using this as follows: Gibson Les-Paul Custom>EMMA>TS-9>MXR EQ>MURF>Fender Bassman. It sounds great and works well with other effects. You can sound like Garcia, or create your own unique envelope sound. Great pedal!

Seems very well built, entirely by hand, and looks like it will last forever. The only problem may be with the up/down toggle switch being so small, but we'll find out with time. Definetly would not require a back-up,

I havent fiqured out how to contact EMMA directly, but you still get a warranty through Godlyke so the pedal is still backed up if anything were to go wrong. I've had it for almost 2 years, and have had no problems so far.

I play alot of jazz, funk, and rock and this pedal gets alot of use. I love the sound and the way it reacts with my amp. Very inspiring!