TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 Mini

The TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 Mini is a compact digital reverb pedal from TC Electronic, introduced in December 2019 as the successor to the original HOF Mini¹². It is built on the same Mini platform as TC's Ditto Looper and PolyTune Mini, so it takes up very little pedalboard space, and it keeps the hall reverb sound the family is known for while adding a pressure-sensitive MASH footswitch and next-generation onboard algorithms¹².

Out of the box it comes configured as a hall reverb, with three knobs, Decay, Tone and Level, shaping the time, color and blend of the effect²³. Beyond the stock sound, it is TonePrint enabled: room, cathedral and a new shimmer reverb are available, along with algorithms ported from TC's studio System 6000 processor and artist-programmed presets⁴.

The controls: Decay, Tone, Level and MASH

The pedal has three knobs in an updated layout compared with the single-knob original Mini¹. Guitar.com's Cillian Breathnach described what each does at launch:

The MASH footswitch is the headline change from the first Mini. TC describes it as controlled solely by how much pressure you apply to the depressed footswitch¹. Guitar.com likened it to an external expression pedal in a far smaller footprint: pressing harder or softer on the held-down switch changes a reverb parameter in real time³. Guitar World's mini pedal guide noted it can be used for swells and other expression effects⁷.

Guitar World's reviewer, Trevor Curwen, found it genuinely useful live:

Changing the reverb type: TonePrint

The stock sound is a hall reverb², but the pedal is not locked to it. TC's TonePrint system lets you load a different reverb into the pedal as its sound, and the same app handles editing and the bypass choice⁸⁹¹⁰. At launch, Guitar World reported the available reverbs included room, cathedral and a new shimmer, plus algorithms ported from TC's System 6000 processor⁴. Artist-programmed TonePrints are also part of the system, as they have been across the Hall of Fame line since the original pedal⁸¹⁰.

Loading works through the free TonePrint app: you select a TonePrint and beam it to the pedal, which then stores that sound⁸¹⁰. The same app is where you switch the bypass between true and buffered¹.

Power and connections

Power comes from a 9V battery or a 9V DC adaptor, with a 30mA draw; the adaptor is not supplied². That battery option is a change from the first-generation HOF Mini, which Premier Guitar's reviewer noted had no room for a battery inside and had to run off a 9-volt supply¹¹.

Connections are a standard input and a standard output, so the pedal runs in mono². Players who need stereo reverb have to move up the family: the full-sized Hall of Fame 2 has stereo inputs and outputs¹²¹³¹⁴, and the Hall of Fame 2 X4 has both mono and stereo outputs¹²¹³¹⁴.

History and versions: from the first Hall of Fame Mini

The Hall of Fame 2 Mini is the smallest member of a line that now spans three generations and several sizes¹²¹⁵:

• 2011: The original Hall of Fame reverb pedal, with multiple reverb types, stereo in and out, true bypass and TonePrint¹⁶⁹¹¹.
• October 2013: The HOF Mini, a tiny version with a single level knob, true bypass and analog dry-through, its default sound TC's Hall reverb^17181910.
• 2017: The Hall of Fame 2, the second production model of the line, adding the MASH footswitch¹⁵²⁰.
• August 2019: The Hall of Fame 2 X4, a larger, more feature-packed version with three footswitches, tone controls and shimmer²¹²².
• December 2019: The Hall of Fame 2 Mini, revamping the Mini to "2" status with MASH and the new algorithms⁴².

Gearnews described both the HOF 2 Mini and its launch partner, the Flashback 2 Mini delay, as smaller versions of existing effects²³. Within the current range, the HOF 2 Mini sits below the Hall of Fame 2, which is larger and more expensive but lets you select several reverbs instantly from the front panel rather than loading them one at a time².

What reviewers said

Guitar World's review of the HOF 2 Mini highlighted the MASH footswitch as a tool for onstage expression and listed its selectable true or buffered bypass and TonePrint editing among its features². The magazine's earlier mini pedal guide summed it up as "a tiny little stomp that covers nearly any possible reverb flavor you might need"²⁴, while noting that if you have the space for the larger version, it might be worth the upgrade⁷.

Guitar.com's Richard Purvis reviewed it as a digital reverb pedal and compared it against the Mooer R7 at £100, the Electro-Harmonix Oceans Eleven at £122 and the Boss RV-6 at £113 in UK pricing⁵.

Reviews of the family around it were broadly positive. Of the first HOF Mini, MusicRadar's Mike Astley-Brown cited its small footprint, the fact that it sounds as good as its full-sized sibling, and TonePrint editing as reasons to buy⁸, and Guitar World's 2013 review found its sonic performance identical to the full Hall of Fame, preserving the original tone with analog dry-through¹⁹. Of the larger Hall of Fame 2, MusicRadar's only criticism was that additional patch parameters lack knob control, which it called "but that's a minor complaint"²⁵.

MusicRadar also published a video introducing the Hall of Fame 2, the pedal whose MASH footswitch and algorithms the Mini inherits²⁶²⁷²⁸:

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