TC Electronic Collaborates With Paul Gilbert on a New MojoMojo

June 6, 2021 · 8 sources

TC Electronic announced a new signature edition of its MojoMojo overdrive pedal, made with Paul Gilbert. The MojoMojo Paul Gilbert Overdrive is designed to reproduce the same tone Gilbert uses on his own personal MojoMojo, with the guitarist's name on the front of a purple finish¹²³.

The pedal is a high-gain signature version of the MojoMojo, tweaked to Gilbert's taste². Where the original pedal carries a Voice switch, the signature edition drops it: as Guitar World reported, "Paul always uses the same settings on his MojoMojo, which meant there was no need for the additional Voice switch found" on the standard version³. Guitar.com likewise noted that with just one voice, the pedal has been slightly tweaked to provide an overdrive sound for Gilbert's taste⁴.

The changes over the standard MojoMojo include:

• An extra gain mod switch
• High headroom
• Precise controls
• True bypass functionality
• Easy battery compartment access³⁶

Delicious Audio reported that the Danish builder asked Gilbert to work on a special edition of the pedal bearing his name, "including an extra gain mod switch, high headroom and precise controls"⁶.

There was no word on price or availability at the time of the announcement³.

The MojoMojo has a long history with Gilbert. Guitar World noted in October 2019 that the MojoMojo was "Gilbert's old fave," and that guitarists were already speculating a prototype JHS signature overdrive he was working on then would replace it⁷. At NAMM 2020, JHS's Paul Gilbert PG-14 was presented alongside the MojoMojo as a pedal Gilbert also uses extensively to get his drive tones⁸.