Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Was there no love for this box? Why was it discontinued? Actually the HC reviews were very complimentary. Anyone playing with one? I've noticed that they don't appear on eBay as often anymore. Related stuff: EHX Hot Tubes Manual hot tubes anyone tube/od distortions The Ultimate Tubepedal Thread http://guitarpedal.com/listen/el-hottubes.html http://www.puretube.com/T-DIST%20color%20cor.2.jpg Lord Valve Review @ AnalogMan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 What a woofy piece of junk that was. I couldn't dial a good sound out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 What a woofy piece of junk that was. I couldn't dial a good sound out of it. Woofy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It sounded like something covered in a blanket... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It sounded like something covered in a blanket... Ooo, that doesn't sound good. Did you try it with single coils? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Ooo, that doesn't sound good. Did you try it with single coils? Ha ha! No I got rid of it long before I had a strat... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SpectralJulian Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I want to try it out sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGareth Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 True story - I was in McCormack's music in Glasgow a few years back and was looking at some distortion pedals and I asked the guy if I could try "that Electro Harmonix one with the valves" he told me "aye the Hot Lips, that's {censored}e, this is better...." and he brought me out the English Muffin....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members melx Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 True story - I was in McCormack's music in Glasgow a few years back and was looking at some distortion pedals and I asked the guy if I could try "that Electro Harmonix one with the valves" he told me "aye the Hot Lips, that's shite, this is better...." and he brought me out the English Muffin....... I think that's probably why they discontinued it, similar to the Muffin, but not as good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Any soundclips out there? They didn't even make a demo of it with Peter Stroud Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CiceroTJones Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It sucked so bad it made a black hole and it has never been seen again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Any soundclips out there? They didn't even make a demo of it with Peter Stroud Try this: [YOUTUBE]DXoAMEeV0vw[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 It sucked so bad it made a black hole and it has never been seen again. Again, this is why 12AX7--or any preamp tube pedals are a total gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Northstar Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Again, this is why 12AX7--or any preamp tube pedals are a total gimmick. The EHX Hot Tubes I had had no internal 12AX7. The gimmick was the name. it was all solid-state. I am not in agreement with your statement though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 The EHX Hot Tubes I had had no internal 12AX7. The gimmick was the name. it was all solid-state. I am not in agreement with your statement though... So you actually had the vintage Hot Tubes, not the reissue with 2 12AX7s. The video froze up on me about 1/2 way through, so I didn't get to see anything having to do with the Hot Tubes. The guitar was pretty cool, but at 12 lbs., the thing would give me serious neck, back, and shoulder problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Again, this is why 12AX7--or any preamp tube pedals are a total gimmick. That might be true with some pedals out there; but I have the EHX Blackfinger and the Wiggler, and there's no gimmick with those boxes. They sound fantastic for the tone I want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Liberty Belle Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 the EH tube pedals get 200volts to em apparently,more than enough to create distortion. i like the tubes HT and i been wanting to buy one but ebay dont have em much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dinosaur Sr. Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Yeah, I'm a firm believer in the EHX tube pedals, they actually do sound different, doesn't feel like a gimmick to me as some other pedals do. The Black Finger is amazing, I'd have one if I wasn't worried about pedalboard space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sardocasm Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 That guy's guitar and setup sounded like shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 That might be true with some pedals out there; but I have the EHX Blackfinger and the Wiggler, and there's no gimmick with those boxes. They sound fantastic for the tone I want. Hahaaa, I should probably just remain mute on the preamp tube pedal thing. Do you guys play through tube amps or solid state? I find that tube distortion is too mushy sounding when i'm already playing through tubes....the ironic thing is that I like a solid state pedal, even into a tube amp. Plus, the cliche is that every tube amp is great, which is not true..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members gigant0r Posted April 10, 2008 Members Share Posted April 10, 2008 Original (non tube) version Hot Tubes is amazing pedal and it has nothing in common with tubed version (beside name). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 10, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 10, 2008 I scored a great deal on the new Hot Tubes (w/ 12AX7s), just got it in the mail, and tried it out last night through my Fenders. I'm loving it so far. It seems to be a very versatile sounding box. The Treble and Bass knobs are very interesting. Adjusting them seems to boost or cut the mids in their interaction, allowing you to get some great throaty, cocked-wah tones. Turning up the Bass, cutting back the treble, and turning up the Drive created some very Big Muff-like fuzz sustain. Turning down the Gain gives a nice clean boost. I dialed in some seriously aggressive sounding distortion, and some bluesy overdrive as well. I'd post some clips, but too busy right now, and I need to work on my projects with Seif and Melx. I can't believe they discontinued this beauty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dap99 Posted April 10, 2008 Members Share Posted April 10, 2008 I found a schematic for the older (sans tube) HT and it has both the 4558 chip as in the Tube Screamer and the 4049 chip as found in the Red Llama. I've been messing around w/ the Red Llama ciruit and looking at the various similar circuits (which all - including the RL - are based on Anderton's Tube Sound Fuzz) and it seems like it could be a cool sounding pedal. I'm no expert by any means, but based on some of the stuff I've seen and heard, I would image that the HT sounds cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members puretube Posted April 11, 2008 Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 I scored a great deal on the new Hot Tubes (w/ 12AX7s), just got it in the mail, and tried it out last night through my Fenders. I'm loving it so far. It seems to be a very versatile sounding box. The Treble and Bass knobs are very interesting. Adjusting them seems to boost or cut the mids in their interaction, allowing you to get some great throaty, cocked-wah tones. Turning up the Bass, cutting back the treble, and turning up the Drive created some very Big Muff-like fuzz sustain. Turning down the Gain gives a nice clean boost. I dialed in some seriously aggressive sounding distortion, and some bluesy overdrive as well. I'd post some clips, but too busy right now, and I need to work on my projects with Seif and Melx. I can't believe they discontinued this beauty. You`re on the right track (and: yes, I did get yer PM...) : the secret to this pedal lies in the relative position of the tone knobs relative to each other! (the EQ is totally different from ANYthing on the market...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender&EHX4ever Posted April 11, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 11, 2008 You`re on the right track (and: yes, I did get yer PM...) : the secret to this pedal lies in the relative position of the tone knobs relative to each other! (the EQ is totally different from ANYthing on the market...) Yes, it's so much different than any overdrive pedal I've ever played with. I am totally psyched to have it. How different is it from your original TUBE-DIST prototype? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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