New Old Pedal From ESGEe Day.
As some of you may know, I bought @eSGEe ’s Hum-Debugger pedal.
It came in the mail today
Here’s a pic:
First, and foremost...it DOES stop the hum! No kidding. The hum flat-out disappears. I played it with my Strat with true single coils in a room where I normally get a hum, and this killed the hum. Impressive!
It’s a true-bypass pedal, so even with no power supply, it will pass your guitar signal when it’s in the off position. That’s nice.
What about effects on tone?
Well, it does have an effect if you listen carefully.
When playing clean, any effect on tone is barely perceptible. It actually makes the tone just a slight touch brighter. However, it is pretty much the same as turning the tone knob one setting. I was able to compensate for any brightness by rolling my tone knob one setting (i.e., from 8 to 7). I didn‘t find this objectionable, at all.
When playing with a lot of saturated gain, I hear a little more of a tonal effect. The basic nature of the tone doesn’t really change, except you can hear what sounds like a hint of a phase pedal. I assume this is a consequence of how the pedal phase-cancels the hum. It‘s not a super-noticeable thing. But, if you’re listening carefully for changes as the pedal is engaged, you can hear this.
So far, I’ve only tried it going into a processor using headphones, not a real amp. I will try a real amp this weekend. I‘ll also play around with more locations in the chain.
At this point, I’m pleased with what the pedal does. I did expect some tonal effect when I bought it, as I had read this was possible.
I think Adrian offered it at a great price, and it’ll be mounted on my board, for sure!
More updates are coming.
As some of you may know, I bought @eSGEe ’s Hum-Debugger pedal.
It came in the mail today
Here’s a pic:
First, and foremost...it DOES stop the hum! No kidding. The hum flat-out disappears. I played it with my Strat with true single coils in a room where I normally get a hum, and this killed the hum. Impressive!
It’s a true-bypass pedal, so even with no power supply, it will pass your guitar signal when it’s in the off position. That’s nice.
What about effects on tone?
Well, it does have an effect if you listen carefully.
When playing clean, any effect on tone is barely perceptible. It actually makes the tone just a slight touch brighter. However, it is pretty much the same as turning the tone knob one setting. I was able to compensate for any brightness by rolling my tone knob one setting (i.e., from 8 to 7). I didn‘t find this objectionable, at all.
When playing with a lot of saturated gain, I hear a little more of a tonal effect. The basic nature of the tone doesn’t really change, except you can hear what sounds like a hint of a phase pedal. I assume this is a consequence of how the pedal phase-cancels the hum. It‘s not a super-noticeable thing. But, if you’re listening carefully for changes as the pedal is engaged, you can hear this.
So far, I’ve only tried it going into a processor using headphones, not a real amp. I will try a real amp this weekend. I‘ll also play around with more locations in the chain.
At this point, I’m pleased with what the pedal does. I did expect some tonal effect when I bought it, as I had read this was possible.
I think Adrian offered it at a great price, and it’ll be mounted on my board, for sure!
More updates are coming.
the pedal is pretty straightforward and boring....turn it on, and it works.