The TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz is a fuzz pedal built in a strong steel enclosure with top-mounted input and output jacks. MusicPlayers.com describes the pedal as providing analog warmth, saying "With strong steel enclosures and top mounted input/ouput jacks, these sturdy stompboxes provide analog warmth"1.
Sound and gain range
The Honey Pot sits at the low-gain end of the fuzz family at its minimum setting and opens out into full fuzz as you turn it up. TC Electronic's description of the top of the range is a distortion with "seemingly endless sustain" and a tone that is fat and nasty but with thick, sweet highs2. In its launch press release, carried by Premier Guitar, the company described the pedal as "full of fat, sweet and girthy sustain"3.
TC Electronic positions the pedal's musical territory broadly: it "spans all the way from The Black Keys and The White Stripes to 90's alternative rock up to Dark Side Of The Moon with creamy and vibrant sustain"2. Press coverage at launch placed it plainly in the fuzz camp: Delicious Audio listed it as a fuzz4, and gearnews.com described the Honey Pot as "a fuzz pedal (a Big Muff clone) with a lot of variable fuzzy sustain and more vintage-" character in its coverage of the analog range5.
Controls
The pedal keeps things simple. TC Electronic says that with only three knobs to master, it is quick to dial in, and the Sustain knob is the heart of it: it "lets you dial in the exact amount for those epic solos where you can hang on a bended note for a few bars"2.
| Control | What it does |
|---|---|
| Sustain | Sets the exact amount of sustain, for solos and holding a bent note2 |
| Two further knobs | Part of the three-knob control set2 |
On the board
Two practical points matter for pedalboard use. The jacks are top-mounted, which TC Electronic says makes the pedal ideal for the most compact pedalboard, since cables enter from above rather than at the sides2. The enclosure is steel: in its launch coverage, MusicPlayers.com noted the series has "strong steel enclosures and top mounted input/ouput jacks" and describes the pedals as sturdy stompboxes providing analog warmth1.
The Honey Pot Fuzz is housed in a strong steel enclosure with top-mounted input and output jacks, which TC Electronic says makes for a sturdy stompbox on a pedalboard2.
For more on where this pedal sits in the wider field, see the site's page on Fuzz Pedals, or compare it with Overdrive Pedals and Distortion Pedals at the lower and higher ends of its gain range.
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Questions
Is the TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz true bypass?
Yes. TC Electronic lists the Honey Pot Fuzz with True Bypass, so when the pedal is off, your guitar's signal passes through without loading or coloring the tone. Combined with its all-analog circuitry, that makes it a straightforward pedal to place anywhere on a board without worrying about it affecting your clean signal.
Is the TC Electronic Honey Pot Fuzz analog?
Yes. TC Electronic describes the Honey Pot Fuzz as having all-analog circuitry. It is a conventional fuzz pedal in that respect, with no digital processing in the signal path.
How many knobs does the Honey Pot Fuzz have?
The Honey Pot Fuzz has three knobs, which TC Electronic presents as easy to master. One of them is a Sustain knob that lets you dial in the exact amount of sustain for solos or for hanging on a bent note.
Where are the jacks on the Honey Pot Fuzz?
The input and output jacks are top-mounted. TC Electronic says this makes the pedal ideal for the most compact pedalboard, since patch cables come in from above rather than sticking out at the sides.
What styles of music is the Honey Pot Fuzz associated with?
TC Electronic says the Honey Pot covers a wide musical territory, spanning The Black Keys and The White Stripes, 90s alternative rock, and up to Dark Side Of The Moon with creamy and vibrant sustain. In other words, it is aimed at blues-rock, garage and classic fuzz sounds rather than extreme modern gain.
Sources (5)
- TC Electronic Announces 8 Analog Pedals, MusicPlayers.com, 2017-11-02
- HONEY POT FUZZ, TC Electronic
- TC Electronic Launches 8 New Analog Pedals, Premier Guitar, 2017-11-02
- TC Electronic Unveils Eight New Analog Pedals, Delicious Audio, 2017-11-02
- TC Electronics Analog Armada: A fleet of budget guitar effect pedals, gearnews.com, 2017-11-03
