Hungry Robot [hg+lg]

The Hungry Robot [hg+lg] is a dual overdrive pedal from Hungry Robot. It takes the two versions of the original Hungry Robot circuit, the high gain and low gain versions, replicates both, and combines them into a single small-footprint enclosure¹. Players who want the character of the separate HG and LG pedals in one box get both circuits here, and the pedal sits in the overdrive family alongside other Hungry Robot drives like The Lumen and the Mosfet Screamer.

What it does

The [hg+lg] runs two overdrive circuits in one pedal. Hungry Robot describes the internal signal chain as sending the input into the high gain side first, then cascading that signal into the low gain circuit¹. That arrangement means the low gain stage can be used to shape what the high gain stage produces, or the two channels can be operated independently¹.

Shaping comes from dipswitches rather than knobs. The pedal carries 12 dipswitches, and the maker makes a point of the flexibility this allows: "Now with 12 dipswitches, I dare you to find more versitility in a pedal of this size"¹. Dipswitch settings are set-and-forget adjustments, so the [hg+lg] suits players who prefer to dial in a sound and leave it rather than tweak knobs mid-set.

Background

The [hg+lg] is a dual overdrive from Hungry Robot that takes the high gain and low gain versions of The Hungry Robot, replicates them, and combines them into a small footprint pedal¹.

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