Honey Bee Deluxe

[Robapov]

mine is finally here I am reallllllllly loving it, its good to get the honey bee back!

[Eskimo_Joe]

mine is finally here I am reallllllllly loving it, its good to get the honey bee back!

cool!

[melodichaotic]

I have one and LOVE it!!!! Amazing pedal. way better then the regular honey bee. its actually not quite as dark either.

That's funny, as the only real difference I could discern was that my HBOD DLX is a little darker sounding than my HBOD. Even after tweaking knobs around for an hour trying to replicate the sounds of my fav HBOD settings, I couldn't get it to sound exactly the same. I could get really close, but it always sounded a little darker, but also, being a touch darker, a little richer, smoother. So, I've decided it is just that each pedal is, naturally, a little different, no matter what level of parts and assembly QC you've got and my HBOD DLX is still very similar and quite tasty, just a bit more mellow. The BPB side, however, was the revelation to me! I've never really used nor cared about boosters much before, with the exception of things that boost certain freqs, like the booster side (Beano Boost) of an Analogman Sunlion, for example, but it is pretty sweet. It really helped make my solos cut through the mix nicely. And, bonus, unlike many other dual function pedals, the BPB side works independently of the HBOD side. You don't have to have the HBOD side on to engage the BPB side, so you can use to to boost anything without having the HBOD in your mix. Probably a lot of you already knew this and it, of course, makes good sense and makes the pedal way more versatile, but I had never really thought about it before. The PGC DLX (in Sustain mode)>FF DLX (RD II)(in the fuzziest mode)>HBOD DLX (only the BPB mode)>Toneczar Echoczar/Angelbaby stack was just freakin' killin' me!

You do know about the internal trim-pot adjusting the amount of gain for the Bee side, right? You didn't make mention of it...there's a substantial increase there, stock bee being fully CCW. The HB Deluxe is one of my absolute favorite BJF pedals, and yes the BPB side does a LOT for your tone, even set at unity gain..I keep it on all the time.

Since I've had multiples of many of his pedals, I found they will all have their unique character within each model, some brighter, some darker, some slightly more gain, some less, but I dig that he keeps it old school, tuning each and every one by ear...that way we all get a whole can 'o BJ in each one.

[melodichaotic]

It comes from the factory set fully CCW(stock HB setting)...crank the drive up from there and prepare to be amazed!

[Johnson]

Am I the only one who thinks there needs to be another run of these??!!?

[SteveA]

i'd certainly be interested

[Donner]

Yes the earlier HBs have a little less level or you could say the later/current ones go to 12
I was just playing #2 next to a current one next to an HB Deluxe
the early HB if the volume is turned up a couple points is the same - it sounds like a touch more headroom

so early HB with volume on 2 oclock is same as current at noon .....

HB Deluxe is a current HB with an extra, adjustable, pre-distortion gain stage that can be adjusted with the trim inside and I believe it comes from BJ adjusted all the way down - so what you get out of the box is a current HB with a BPB after it.

Turn the internal trim up and the Bee starts getting agitated ..... and all the way up it is a fully pissed off OD/Distortion pedal ....

add the Boost after and your amp gets the full stinger HB Deluxe goes to 20.

so you can get a fully raging distortion + driven amp sound.

But its all the same basic Honey just in different strengths .......

[bsic]

i'd certainly be interested

I would as well.... Bjorn- pretty please?!?

[mikepick]

I got on the list over a month ago and figure I have a long wait ahead of me.

[bsic]

Just mailed Harri and got on the list myself.

If anyone has one they are looking to sell, I would not be offended if you contacted me via PM :->