I love that every time Mike demos a pedal it's like the first time he's ever experienced anything like it. He's seems to always be so excited about it. He's like a big kid. It always makes my day to watch him.
"Being" and "feeling" like a kid is what kept Mike young at heart. That's one of the rarest qualities in a person: to manage to carry that child-like attitude throughout life! I remember bumping into him back in the early 80's in Sam Ash store in Manhattan, where he brought one of his latest 'toys', plugging it into Ensoniq's Mirage and demonstrating it to the surrounding crowd. I'm shocked to see him in this video virtually UNchanged almost 40 years later: same hair, same fire in the eyes and same great attitude! Bless you Mike and many-many more years to you, my friend!
Mike defines badass, makes spectacular pedals, and doesn't ask for an organ to pay for them. What more could you ask for. Keep killin' those cigars. Love it.
Man, Mike is the real deal. First off, the guy seems to love music. Second, he is not only the CEO of a company but also a technical mastermind. Finally, he seems genuinely enthusiastic about his own product. Force of nature if you put it all together. Love my C9 so much I deep-sixed my GR-55 which in the end was a pain in the butt to use in a live situation. Keep on rockin' Uncle Mike.
I just like to come back and watch this from time to time just to remind myself of the absolute purity of musical emotion courtesy of Mr. Mike Matthews.
This is one of the best things I have ever seen and heard. That Twist & Shout was deep in the groove and, as we know, groove is in the heart. Deep joy!
No doubt about it at all - Mike Matthews is the coolest CEO of the coolest company. EHX are the best pedals out there - plain & simple. I'm hoping there are plans in NYC for a Mike statue...…..he sure deserves it for what he has done for rock and roll music over many decades. Those sounds we all love would simply not exist without him - think about that for a moment......
Amen Mr M. MATTHEWS, this man sold me the EHX C9 & Lester G (both for my guitar), I'm totally in love with... you can see this guy is FREE, he does what he feels, no matter what !
I just had a friend receive his and he put a yamaha reface yc through it and I couldn't believe the sound, he's an organist and using the drawbars and the lester K just blew me away What a sound ..
MIke, you are a legend and crazier than a box full of frogs! Much love and respect for making the world a much more fun musical place. Got quite a nice collection of EHX boxes and this is a must-have too.
One of my first pedals around '72 or '73 was a Big Muff when I was in high school. Own around three or four of your pedals today Mike. Thanks for the cool video Mike, and never stop rockin'!
Thank you for the great advert video! It was only until after I realized the insatiable dude on the keys is/was the CEO! The things you learn! I guess I now know what I'm getting for Christmas! Thank you Mr Matthews for all those great pedals. You've left an indelible mark on all the ears and minds of rock and roll. (You're a Chuck Berry fan too? Man! I love you!) Namaste from Canada!
@@EHX Mike!!!! WE CELEBRATE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, BROTHER!! !! DECEMBER 6th!! Happy Birthday!! I LOVE the Lester!!! Thank you Sir!! I hope to meet you one day! We're havin' beers! Namaste.
Sounds amazing man!! The way the email looked,I almost thought for a second you were going to say he passed! We've lost so many of our hero's,glad it wasn't him too. Peace.
I just love how you and the EHX team make these pedals that are true to the actual sound. The Mel9 sounds exactly like a true Mellotron and the Lester sounds exactly like you're playing through a friggin Leslie speaker! I could never find a Leslie pedal that sounded authentic. I hope I can be able to buy both pedals in the near future. Great job Mike!
I mean this olhead has got a cigar in his mouth kicking a box. he don't care bout nothing we got to say bout his lester G, I'm buying one just for him.
hey mike, you inspire many musicians from the new generation. when you get to play, just than you gonna live. quit your job at ehx and go on the road and follow your dream. you are really a good powerful exciting and most inspiring musician, really you are!!!
btw, my first EHX pedal was in 1970 when I was 14... twas a LPB-1 treble booster that was a small box w/a 1/4” male plug stickin out, dangling from my amp input, haha Im 62 now and my latest EHX purchase is a Super Ego+ ..... what fun... Ive got a bunch, but lost the LPB-1 somewhere along this journey... lol
OH.MY.G-string... What an inspiration you are Mr. Matthews, by this demo video of yours alone, I've just come to know you as the most authentically passionate person in the entire music industry/business. Period. YOU JUST GOT YOURSELF THE NEWEST LOYAL CUSTOMER SOUTH OF THE U.S. BORDER. Truly diggin' EHX! Greetings from Mexico sir!
I lost it when he picked up that gargantuan cigar. 😂 Never see him without one. You've done it yet again, EHX!
Mike Mattthews is amazing. I think he is my spirit animal.
^
+Charl Coetzee www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2014/03/07/rock-and-roll-russian-gangsters-rising-from-the-dead-the-saga-of-electro-harmonix/#2715e4857a0b723e2e0e1866
I love that every time Mike demos a pedal it's like the first time he's ever experienced anything like it. He's seems to always be so excited about it. He's like a big kid. It always makes my day to watch him.
I showed your post to Mike and he informed me to tell you
was very happy about your comment and said "Tell Phil to keep on Rock & Rolling !"
EHX glad to hear that he enjoyed my comments. looking forward to more demos.
"Being" and "feeling" like a kid is what kept Mike young at heart. That's one of the rarest qualities in a person: to manage to carry that child-like attitude throughout life!
I remember bumping into him back in the early 80's in Sam Ash store in Manhattan, where he brought one of his latest 'toys', plugging it into Ensoniq's Mirage and demonstrating it to the surrounding crowd.
I'm shocked to see him in this video virtually UNchanged almost 40 years later: same hair, same fire in the eyes and same great attitude!
Bless you Mike and many-many more years to you, my friend!
This man is a goddamn national treasure
best CEO ever.
when i’m older I want to be just like Mike Matthews.
Mike says Thank you Fred!
I will immediately buy every pedal this guy demos.
How can you not!
First time I ever shared an ad with a friend on FB - HA this guy is great, love him!
Same!!
This is, without a doubt, the best pedal demo the internet will ever see.
Mike defines badass, makes spectacular pedals, and doesn't ask for an organ to pay for them. What more could you ask for. Keep killin' those cigars. Love it.
“ I forwarded your message to Mike and he said to give you a BIG THANX”
If Mike Matthews is made into a pedal I will buy it.
lol
I love Mike. I wish he'd do more videos. What a character and great demo too.
I've never watched a better video in my life
Hi Shady,
Thanx a lot.
Rock & Roll,
Mike
You can just tell he LOVES how he loves what he does
Man, Mike is the real deal. First off, the guy seems to love music. Second, he is not only the CEO of a company but also a technical mastermind. Finally, he seems genuinely enthusiastic about his own product. Force of nature if you put it all together. Love my C9 so much I deep-sixed my GR-55 which in the end was a pain in the butt to use in a live situation. Keep on rockin' Uncle Mike.
Yo Joe,
Thanx for the very nice accolade
Rock & Roll,
Mike
Mike, great to have your response. Awesome that u would take the time.
Forget the pedal, I want Mike. You got a good thing going man!
I just like to come back and watch this from time to time just to remind myself of the absolute purity of musical emotion courtesy of Mr. Mike Matthews.
We did it. We found the best review on TH-cam.
Any review done by Mike Matthews is an instant top ten! Love the guy 🎹🎼
This is one of the best things I have ever seen and heard. That Twist & Shout was deep in the groove and, as we know, groove is in the heart. Deep joy!
Mike Matthews said Thank You!
You couldn't make this guy up, superb pedal.
No doubt about it at all - Mike Matthews is the coolest CEO of the coolest company. EHX are the best pedals out there - plain & simple. I'm hoping there are plans in NYC for a Mike statue...…..he sure deserves it for what he has done for rock and roll music over many decades. Those sounds we all love would simply not exist without him - think about that for a moment......
Hi Johnny,
Bill Ruppert has forwarded me your very nice comment. I really appreciate it.
Thanx & Rock & Roll,
Mike
@@EHX You're very welcome Mike - keep changing the world !
Amen Mr M. MATTHEWS, this man sold me the EHX C9 & Lester G (both for my guitar), I'm totally in love with... you can see this guy is FREE, he does what he feels, no matter what !
Ricky1968 VsSsV As rhythmically he kicks an empty box. ooh I like it. 3.14 VsSsV
We got a good thing goin' ova heer!
I could watch him demo stuff all day long! Man, I love it!
Most authentic demo guy ever 😆👌🏽
Mike said to thank you!
I just had a friend receive his and he put a yamaha reface yc through it and I couldn't believe the sound, he's an organist and using the drawbars and the lester K just blew me away
What a sound ..
So if you are going for the classic B-3 sounds with a keyboard, you want the K - Stereo version? Is that right?
MIke, you are a legend and crazier than a box full of frogs! Much love and respect for making the world a much more fun musical place. Got quite a nice collection of EHX boxes and this is a must-have too.
Mike read your post and really appreciate that you dig our EHX gear!
May have been the best thing I’ve seen in some time.
Mike said Thank you and Rock and Roll!
1. You convinced me to buy one. 2. This is an amazing video ! Needed some joy this morning - decided to look for a leslie pedal - and found this !
Hi Bruce,
Glad you dug this video.
Rock & Roll,
Mike
@@EHX Ordered ! Psyched !
I could watch mike play like this ALLLLLLL day!
You got a good thing going MIKE ! CHEERS!
This guy is music! God bless him! I DIG IT
Nothing but respect for this guy. Mike is a legend, I love this demo.
Mike Matthews is SO AWESOME!
This advert is running on my channel. and i now love you! :)
Would love to see Mike demo more pedals for Keys!
Mike I've been watching reviews ever since youtube came about, this blows all of them out of the water!! we want more!!
Mike said THANK YOU! and rock and roll.
I don't play the keyboard. will never need to buy a Electro-Harmonix Lester K. I came here because the ad was just bloody awesome "Man I love it".
Same man, I don't plan on picking up a keyboard soon as I never played but damn that ad is amazing
Lol the first ad where I watched the whole thing 😂
So I watched this Ad 4 years ago, and have just spent a good amount of time searching TH-cam to find it again. It's just so bloody awesome.
Holy crap! I want to be like that when I grow up!
+Brian Holloway We all do, and we all our grown up!
He is a one of a kind Brian.
The "kick a box" bass drum sold it for me...
Hilarious!
Trailblazing ("kick a box") Metronome.
One of my first pedals around '72 or '73 was a Big Muff when I was in high school.
Own around three or four of your pedals today Mike.
Thanks for the cool video Mike, and never stop rockin'!
I love how into it he got
BEST is always when Mike is doing the presentation of new pedals !!!
the living legend!
Thank you for the great advert video! It was only until after I realized the insatiable dude on the keys is/was the CEO! The things you learn! I guess I now know what I'm getting for Christmas! Thank you Mr Matthews for all those great pedals. You've left an indelible mark on all the ears and minds of rock and roll. (You're a Chuck Berry fan too? Man! I love you!) Namaste from Canada!
I told Mike and he was very pleased to hear you dig EHX gear
Rock and Roll!
@@EHX Thank you! After seeing him play it, I bought the "G" online immediately. It arrives on Thursday! God Bless you crazzzy animals!
@@EHX Mike!!!! WE CELEBRATE THE SAME BIRTHDAY, BROTHER!! !! DECEMBER 6th!! Happy Birthday!! I LOVE the Lester!!! Thank you Sir!! I hope to meet you one day! We're havin' beers! Namaste.
You're the kind of guy I enjoy being in a band with.....Love your enthusiasm!
Keep on rocking you glorious beast!
Wow! True B-3 tone! You could hear that Leslie coming through.
I've a dozen of EH pedals and tons of EH tubes and they never stop to amaze me !! Now I must have also this one... !!!!
Just kicking a box and did he just threw a couple f bombs there? hahaha!! This guy is amazing.
Mike is classic!!
Sounds amazing man!! The way the email looked,I almost thought for a second you were going to say he passed! We've lost so many of our hero's,glad it wasn't him too. Peace.
Beautiful thing, best demo
"And that's why I love Keith Richards"
Awesome..
I just love how you and the EHX team make these pedals that are true to the actual sound. The Mel9 sounds exactly like a true Mellotron and the Lester sounds exactly like you're playing through a friggin Leslie speaker! I could never find a Leslie pedal that sounded authentic. I hope I can be able to buy both pedals in the near future. Great job Mike!
Best thing I've seen on TH-cam for a long time :)) inspiring stuff Mike, thanks :)
Why Mike isn't in the Rock 'n Roll hall of fame!
such a good player!
Mike & Lester K.... Simply the Best.
Mike says Thank you!
Doze Chops. Mike just increased the value of every old keyboard on Craigslist by a factor of 10.
TheRumRunner
Mike is such an awesome keyboard player! I'm glad I bought my first guitar pedal from EHX :) I want a Lester now, lol
I'm using the Lester G on my Hammond M3 and love it.
Mike, Is difficult to say, what is more great You or your product!
Is there anybody who doesn't love this guy? I'm not a fan of the music, but holy balls, his enthusiasm is contagious!!
This has to be the most awesome video about pedals out there
I love this!! And the Lester even makes that jazzy little trill, lol!! Great video! Stay safe Mike! Shawn from the tarmac, Cleveland, Ohio.
I love Mike Matthews!!
I wanna see this pedal with the c9 or b9 pedal.
man, you're pedals rock, I love you guys, I only have the pitchfork, but I'm saving up :)
Well... It sounds amazing!
What a hoot! I am beyond impressed. Gotta get one of each, and uh, that fellow gets a gold star.
I really love this guy
A Muppet character should be made of Mike Matthews - this just makes me smile so much :D
this olhead makes me want to play old skool rock fo real!
I mean this olhead has got a cigar in his mouth kicking a box. he don't care bout nothing we got to say bout his lester G, I'm buying one just for him.
Please, more Mike Matthews on this channel!
Lots of potential in that pedal! Love to hear a delay behind it, maybe another dirt pedal.
Cool :) Einstein of keys, effects and stuff
Wow! He sold me! Gotta get one of these!
Geez, Mike, you rock! A Lester G is on its way to me, looking forward.
hey mike, you inspire many musicians from the new generation. when you get to play, just than you gonna live. quit your job at ehx and go on the road and follow your dream. you are really a good powerful exciting and most inspiring musician, really you are!!!
thanks Mike...
Musicians love EHX
Mike said Thank you!!
Thanks for all my great EHX pedals... we love you Mike Rock on🤟😎
Wow, great sound
Man, All you’s guys are GREAT! The comments here after watchin Mike get his groove on really put frosting on the cake! Hahaha...
Thanx Mike!
btw, my first EHX pedal was in 1970 when I was 14... twas a LPB-1 treble booster that was a small box w/a 1/4” male plug stickin out, dangling from my amp input, haha
Im 62 now and my latest EHX purchase is a Super Ego+ ..... what fun... Ive got a bunch, but lost the LPB-1 somewhere along this journey... lol
I love that guy.
Mike said : Please tell Dan I love him back
Saw Matthew couple years ago. With his Parrot Bird, Doing da original "BIG MUFF" Pedal. Still Jams.👍🏻🤙
Wholesome video
I want this version of simply the best in my life forever
Mr Matthews you're awesome person, I want sooo much to work in your company!
Luv my Lester G! Great Sounding pedal! Thanks Mike
This guy is EHX President? He should run for US President instead...
He should be the president of the Earth!
Mike Matthews is awesome I love this guy
OH.MY.G-string... What an inspiration you are Mr. Matthews, by this demo video of yours alone, I've just come to know you as the most authentically passionate person in the entire music industry/business. Period. YOU JUST GOT YOURSELF THE NEWEST LOYAL CUSTOMER SOUTH OF THE U.S. BORDER. Truly diggin' EHX! Greetings from Mexico sir!
Hi amigo from Mexico
Thank you very much for your comments.
Rock & Roll
Mike Matthews
I love this guy.
Well I'm sold
well I finally got one-----YEAHHHHHHHH
Love it. Haha. I met my wife because of him. She asked me about my big muff pi tshirt. Legend.
This is probably where Bill Murray got his inspiration for the grounds keeper character in Caddyshack!
"What an incredible Cinderella story. This unknown comes out of nowhere to lead the pack."
Would be cool to see a big box version of the Lester G!
legend
Mike said thank you!
@@EHX it is my honour! Lots of Love from South Africa!
sounds lovely
Great stuff Mr Mike!
Mike with and without beard. Groovy either way baby.....yeah.
What a man