The Browntone Electronics HOOCHEE MAMA is an overdrive pedal, covered here as part of the wider family of overdrive pedals. What is known about it comes almost entirely from a demo video posted by Delicious Audio in November 2017, and the same post notes that the maker appears to be defunct1. That matters for a player: with the company apparently gone, support, replacement units and official documentation are not things to count on.
Delicious Audio covered the HOOCHEE MAMA in November 2017, describing it as a Browntone Electronics overdrive pedal and pointing to a demo video by Gearmandude, who played a Suhr custom classic T antique into a Deluxe Reverb1.
The demo
The video was made by Gearmandude, a known name in pedal demos, and Delicious Audio introduced it simply: "the pedal will speak for itself!"1. The setup was a Suhr Custom Classic T Antique guitar played into a Fender Deluxe Reverb amp, a clean platform that lets an overdrive's own character come through1.
"Guitar used for the demo was a Suhr custom classic T antique into a Deluxe Reverb."
Where it sits
As an overdrive, the HOOCHEE MAMA belongs to the same broad category as pedals compared in Boss SD-1 vs Ibanez TS9 Tube Screamer, though no published source in this page's coverage draws a direct comparison between them. Players researching small-batch overdrives from makers that no longer operate will find the HOOCHEE MAMA documented mainly through that 2017 demo rather than through maker specifications1.
Videos
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Sources (1)
- Browntone Electronics HOOCHEE MAMA Overdrive, Delicious Audio, 2017-11-02
