Model Ht - Research Review Repository

[thesjkexperience]

V1 is amazing with my LsL T-Bone (Tele) along with a little volume! SLightly less spectacular with a Strat, but I think the MHv1 is my most used pedal lately. The nice part is I dont have to gas for v2 or Ht!

[SteveA]

Is anyone using the new Ht with a Strat or Tele with single coils? How does it compare to the MH v1?

Thanks!

I thought i'd chime in here as i've used both with strat. There is definitely a difference. I liked the v1 a lot with the strat but the v2 is definitely less aggressive, smoother and has less heavy mid content. It's a different pedal. Same overall sound signature but different character.

[jdandry]

So I've been doing a bunch of playing on the HT, DRD and EGDM... First, the amp makes all the difference and the HT seems to be the most sensitive of the three. So amp are, a Snider 284... 30watts, big lows, slightly cut mids, warm to crisp highs, lots of headroom and a Maestro GA-16t..2x6V6,14watts.. standard tweed freq...growly mids, warm, raw...low headroom.
So I find the HT to be closer to the EGDM than DRD. Both the EGM and the HT have the amp sound thing going...meaning to me that they produce enough lows and highs to cover the full freqs. of a ampifer and very natural sounding. The HT's tone control is where its at. it produces a upper mid cut that will kinda give you a cocked wah sound...slightly, if your amp does not have a big enough lowend. like the Snider vs. the Maestro. But with a full freq. amplifier (as Cornish calls it), you have the lows to support the HT's mid content, the tone control gives you that classic British bark and clang and results in tight lows and then comes the trimmer to perfect the very importaint hi-highs. With the Maestro, the HT's mids are promident and backing off the tone helps to even out the low/mid/hi balance again. I really likeit at the lowest gain setting or maybe a touch more.
The EGM is still my favorite, it just seems really natural and just sounds right, I love the voice..with a smaller amp you can turn it fully counter-clockwise to get the big low and raspy highs or if I use the big amp, the voice takes away some of the big lows but keeps the fat midrange of the pedal. With my rig, its very VH with the gain cranked... I still need some time with the HT and the band, I'm sure that will be a whole different thing. I'd like to hear where the Honey Bee falls into the range, I've yet to play one....Maybe more thoughts later.
By the way..humbucking pickups and amps through a 60's Silver Celestion Alnico speaker.

[Donner]

So I've been doing a bunch of playing on the HT, DRD and EGDM... First, the amp makes all the difference and the HT seems to be the most sensitive of the three. So amp are, a Snider 284... 30watts, big lows, slightly cut mids, warm to crisp highs, lots of headroom and a Maestro GA-16t..2x6V6,14watts.. standard tweed freq...growly mids, warm, raw...low headroom.
So I find the HT to be closer to the EGDM than DRD. Both the EGM and the HT have the amp sound thing going...meaning to me that they produce enough lows and highs to cover the full freqs. of a ampifer and very natural sounding. The HT's tone control is where its at. it produces a upper mid cut that will kinda give you a cocked wah sound...slightly, if your amp does not have a big enough lowend. like the Snider vs. the Maestro. But with a full freq. amplifier (as Cornish calls it), you have the lows to support the HT's mid content, the tone control gives you that classic British bark and clang and results in tight lows and then comes the trimmer to perfect the very importaint hi-highs. With the Maestro, the HT's mids are promident and backing off the tone helps to even out the low/mid/hi balance again. I really likeit at the lowest gain setting or maybe a touch more.
The EGM is still my favorite, it just seems really natural and just sounds right, I love the voice..with a smaller amp you can turn it fully counter-clockwise to get the big low and raspy highs or if I use the big amp, the voice takes away some of the big lows but keeps the fat midrange of the pedal. With my rig, its very VH with the gain cranked... I still need some time with the HT and the band, I'm sure that will be a whole different thing. I'd like to hear where the Honey Bee falls into the range, I've yet to play one....Maybe more thoughts later.
By the way..humbucking pickups and amps through a 60's Silver Celestion Alnico speaker.

84s and Alnicoes is like home field advantage for the EGD

[thesjkexperience]

OK, I lied up above, so I am calling the MH Vt the VT through the review as it has the new trimmer.

I picked up 8/12 and have been using it a lot since Saturday through a Swart AST PRO and a Bludotone "Real '59" 4x10 tweed Bassman. I have been using a used, but like new, LsL T-Bone which is a totally hand made/carved Tele with a 1" thick neck 7.25" radius and 6105 frets. Absolutely amazing!

I love the clarity and full bandwidth sound of the VT! While the Model H V1 has become my go-to pedal over the last few months I always feel the sound coming out is the auditory equivalent of a dirty windshield. I always want to peal away that dirt like the claratin drug commercial on YT, but the tone and the way it makes my Swart sound like a stack makes it worth it. It is far less noticeable the louder it gets. I have also been feeling the DRD, and especially the EGDM, sound fizzy and fake through the Bludotone Bassman which is why the MH is used so much.

Enter the VT. It does have some similarity to the EGDM, but without the fizz and it sounds so clear and true! I remembered when I joined discussing with Bjorn about putting a trimmer in the DRD as it can be fussy with singlecoils at volume. YMMV I guess that conversation bounced around Bjorn's brain a bit and came out in the MH in a fantastically realized pedal. But, I have to admit I haven't touched the trimmer as it is already perfect.

I do want to try the MH V2, but I think the VT hits modern Keith Richards tones perfectly, but the MH nails Honky Tonk Woman as it has a bit more girth. I do slightly prefer the MH through the Swart and the VT through the Bludotone since it has no lack of bottom end already. Turning the Tone control CCW can get closer to the MH, but the clarity of the VT makes a perfect match difficult.

I should mention that I have tended to run the MH at 12 Volts, but for comparison sake have been running both at 9 Volts. I think the VT sounds best at 9V and the MH sounds like a HBOD with more gain at 9V.

Bjorn, you got the MH VT about as perfect as a pedal can get.

[Donner]

Ok everyone should have their upgrades by now ....

whats the consensus ??

Does VT solve all the problems ?

Is there still a life for V1 ?

who will win the superbowl ?

Why are my pants too tight ?

[thesjkexperience]

For 90% of what I do I prefer MHT as it sounds great at all volumes and doesn't color the sound as much at V1. I didn't have a V2 to compare it to, so ...

At high volumes V1 is still in the race, but if there were only one I think MHT is a better all around box. However, I only have Strats and Teles, so humbucker lovers may have different things to say.

If the Packers can protect Aaron Rodgers from the cheap shot Steelers D I think the Packers could do well. I say could because the Packers coach occasionally calls a lot of bad plays in an attempt to establish the running game. Bring the Lombardi trophy back where it belongs!

I dont want to "get into" the pants issue

[jdandry]

I've been using my HT every week at my gig. I really love the openness and clang in the pedal. I haven't had the chance to try a V1 or V2 but I like the frequencies in the HT. I've been trying out stacks and I can't seem to get anything going with either my DRD,EGD or FF3.5%. They seem to hit the HT too hard or something, still need to do more with the HT first in the chain. What has been sounding really good though is boosting the input of the HT with a EQ pedal. Just hitting with some extra level and I've been adding a touch of lower mids (maybe more like a V1 tone?). I find the HT to be a clean distortion, meaning more clang than saturation, even at high gain control settings which is great but the pedal sounds really good saturated also. When hitting it with the boosted level from the EQ, the HT starts to saturate. I need to look on the voltage posts to see what is the lowest voltage I can run it. Maybe it saturates more at a lower voltage like the DRD. I do really like it though, very natural and the tone control boosts classic british upper mids! Still want to try a HB....

[thesjkexperience]

My general stack direction is listed below. I rarely run any of the drive knobs above noon so they stack better. If I need more distortion I stack instead of getting it all from one box. I use the EGDM & MH v1 at 12 Volts (& the FGC) and all the others at 9 Volts. I have the SBEQ at the end with the volume rolled up for Boost or down for color change.

I think my favorite stacks would be MH v1 > MHT, MHT > HBOD, DRD > MHT

[mikepick]

O.K. so I got my MHt back today. I had to send it out for minor repairs. The tone knob wasn't working and Bjorn fixed it for me, thank you Sir for your excellent service!

So I really like this pedal. The trimmer knob all the way down smoothes out the overdrive and gives the notes a very nice bloom. With the trimmer all the way up it reminds me the MHv2 that has kind of a raspy more crunchy overdrive so to me the trimmer allows me to have two pedals in one. I wasn't sure at first since the tone knob didn't work, but now I know that this is my favorite MH out of the lot. Thanks again Bjorn and Donner for the awesome paint job and logistics.