Electro-Harmonix Freeze Sound Retainer Compression Guitar Effects Pedal  

Has all the features anyone would ever need on a pedal like this, except a battery pack. I think my favorite part about it is that you can activate the pedal and then unplug your guitar, and the effect will continue. I might scare somebody with that sometime (haunted amplifier). The tone is the same that comes from the guitar. Took me a minute to figure out how to change slow down the slow setting. But over all extrememly simple, easier to use than I expected, and super fun.

Great quality. Built like a tiny bomb shelter. Their are little rubber stoppers on the bottom which I don't have on any of my other pedals, so I thought that was cool and conveniant.

It might be a tad overpriced. Sure there is nothing else like it that I have seen anywhere, but I mean, how often can one use this thing? I don't know of any major artist that uses this thing, for me to play a song featuring this pedal. That being said though, the pedal can be used to, say, practice scales, fill in for a missing bandmate, add to a solo, or just experiment with it.

I have a tendancy to buy unconventional pedals. I have a Devi Ever Bit which makes my guitar sound like an 8-bit video game (kind of) and a flanger, but hardly anyone uses a flanger anymore, except for maybe one song. Both of those pedals got old for me, but I have a feeling this will last a while. It's just so unique it's fun. I like to turn down the volume and use it as a very subtle effect when soloing, it thickens it out a bit and makes the song sound less empty. And just a tip, this thing sounds amazing with an Ebow

It does exactly what it says it does--hold a note or chord as long as you want.  Very good for creating a 'sound on sound' effect similar to DG's Shine On in the Meltdown concert.

I've had this pedal for 8 months.  All of a sudden three weeks ago, the pedal just stopped working...light on, nobody home.  Contacted EHX, and arranged for a replacment w/no fuss or bother.  The pedal was used only in home, and light use, and there are a couple of reports on this out on the www.

Great sound, and good concept.  It opens up a lot of possibilities.

The pedal sounds great with electric or accoustic, an is perfect for a 'sound on sound' effect.  The fact that the pedal 'died' after a few months makes me a little nervous.  Do some reasearch, but definately worth trying out.

Play a chord and step on the foot switch immediately after, and the chord will be sustained until you let up. As you can imagine, this has somewhat limited applications -- if you want to sample and repeat more complex phrases instead of just one chord/note, you should invest in a loop sampler instead. That said, the Freeze does exactly what it claims, and there's no other pedal that provides this functionality.

As an aside, the timbre of this pedal is glassy and ghost-like. I find it pleasing.

Think of the Freeze as an improvement on the "drone string" paradigm. No more, no less.