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Does exactly what it promises and is supposed to
Bought this as an additional gain stage to my pedal board (live rig).
I have it in the signal chain after a (hand-built TS9/808, both circuits) Tube Screamer clone. I set up my amps clean, just on the verge of breaking up when the guitar volume is wide open. I have the Hot Tubes on all the time with volume and drive at "12 o'clock", and this does not override my amps at all, but adds a tonal characteristics and a bit of "warmth" to the sound. I use the Crayon side, volume and drive at "12 o'clock", to boost the Hot Tubes for crunch.
Both Crayon and Hot Tube stack well with the Tube Screamer. Since Crayon is a full range overdrive (as opposed to TS), it compliments the midrange of Tube Screamer really nicely. For my money, I back off on the mids at the EQ-section a little when doing this.
However you set Hot Wax up (from a hint of overdrive to full on distortion), it always sounds musical as opposed to a lot of mid-range focused diode-clipping overdrives, which to my ear tend to sound really harsh (my opinion and my opinion only).
For the price, this is really, really good. The building quality is what you would expect from EHX. Ever since I bought it, it has been an integral part of my live sound.
I have it in the signal chain after a (hand-built TS9/808, both circuits) Tube Screamer clone. I set up my amps clean, just on the verge of breaking up when the guitar volume is wide open. I have the Hot Tubes on all the time with volume and drive at "12 o'clock", and this does not override my amps at all, but adds a tonal characteristics and a bit of "warmth" to the sound. I use the Crayon side, volume and drive at "12 o'clock", to boost the Hot Tubes for crunch.
Both Crayon and Hot Tube stack well with the Tube Screamer. Since Crayon is a full range overdrive (as opposed to TS), it compliments the midrange of Tube Screamer really nicely. For my money, I back off on the mids at the EQ-section a little when doing this.
However you set Hot Wax up (from a hint of overdrive to full on distortion), it always sounds musical as opposed to a lot of mid-range focused diode-clipping overdrives, which to my ear tend to sound really harsh (my opinion and my opinion only).
For the price, this is really, really good. The building quality is what you would expect from EHX. Ever since I bought it, it has been an integral part of my live sound.
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