Thanks Hypes! The combination of the FYD Amps "Big Verb" and working hard to get the levels right while keeping the gremlins of compression at bay. Thanks for watching!
@@MehdiGlzAs a budget porn music soundtrack & foley artist, you'd be surprised how often I need a farting fuzz pedal or a drippy reverb. ...just kidding. Brown Chicken Brown Cow😂
I just got a TC HoF and wanted to thank you for demoing the tone prints. Very helpful. It's been a couple months since you posted. Hope things are okay.
Nice demo! Chris Minh Doky's "TheSolitude" is my staple for bass practice. A nice breath of air for my dry room. And it ducks when I play fast so it's always clear. Good stuff Chris and TC!
In the spirit of minimalism and these great pedals, I’m getting the Plethora from TCE to handle so many things while throwing a couple of mini drives, etc around it. I’m running it through my Bugera V5 Infinium “5-Watt” amp. 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration and reminders to keep an eye on “enough.”
I discovered Five Watt World in 2020 when I started my own dive into the stories behind guitars. My first video was the short history of the Stratocaster. Been watching regularly ever since. But somehow never got around to these early videos about the TC pedals. They sound incredible, but I've never heard you play before Keith! That's my favorite part of these videos!
Thanks for playing double coil/P90 guitars. Seems like so many demo single coil tele or strat sounds. I love that sound but it's been beaten to death and that's why I avoid it like the plague. I think I'd prefer the full size HOF II.
Just stumbled on this video while researching The HOF mini. You are helping to make up my mind on this one. Never realized you own so many PRS guitars though.
I've since sold them all. I took me ten years to collect them and three months to sell them and switch to the Strandbergs...and put five grand in the bank as well.
I just got this pedal. I like it, it should serve me well. I understand the Reverb types must be turned up to hear what they sound like, and then turned down to be used Tastefully. I went on CZcams and found a lot of good settings so it will save me time finding good settings.
@@alexo1998 I haven't had a chance but would love sometime. I'm in the wilds of New Hampshire and there are no Tone King dealers near by. If I end up with enough subs maybe we can get them to send me one, :). It'd make a great video.
I've played that version of that old Neil Young tune, "After the Gold Rush" since I was in college I think. For years I thought of it as my version of Michael Hedges', (a great Widham Hill guitar player) cover, but then I went back and listened to it and I was SO off the mark! :) So the good news is it evolved to being my version in the last 30 years.
@@fivewattworld It's not a very good joke. David Hasselhoff (80s tv actor) calls himself the "Hoff". He says don't "hassle the Hoff". so every time I see that pedal it's the first thing to pop into my head. It's my own personal joke I guess. Cheers. BTW have you tried any of the small Swart amps? I hear they're supposed to be killer.
@@asparagusbear3323 Ahhhh, thanks for the HOF clarification. My wife was like "of course, the pedal is even red like their bathing suits" I'm slow. I have played the Swarts at a shop in NC when I was down there on vacation. He was much smaller then. Really, really nice and I love that he's built some stereo amps. So little real innovation in the business anymore. I'd like to try a Laney Lionheart 5 watter. Tube reverb and tube trem...but really, I have everything I need.
Had this pedal for a few years on my board. Has served me well but there's some toppy overtones that bother me on any setting with this pedal. Always searching for a better tone print I can use as I like how easy and small this pedal is.
Thank you sir for this demo. I'm having a hard time trying to decide whether I buy this or not. This video is a life saver. Btw is there any way you can put shimmer in the HOF mini or is it for HOF 2 only?
There is a Reverb that Robben Ford developed that he used on the road instead of the tanks in the back line amps but also as the main verb with his Dumble that’s pretty nice but subtle.
Ok but nothing you’d personally say cops that sound convincingly? I like the Deluxe Reverb/Twin because of the way the amp works with the tank and sounds like an acoustic instrument with a resonating chamber on rev level 2-4. I’d like to find a pedal that nails that effect, because I’m not super blown away by the sound of the amps with the reverb off, which makes me think I could probably use a much lighter solid state amp if I could get that reverb sound externally.
The best way to determine “truly convincing” or “truly convincing enough” is going to be were you literally A/B the spring Reverb to in your Deluxe Reverb against not only the pedal and it’s presets, but also any editing adjustments you may make to the Toneprints. I think the surety that your looking for in the purchase of the product will only be verified or disproven.... ironically only after you’ve had the pedal for a long time and had a chance to explore and fully flesh out it’s almost endless reverb options. Go buy it. Take a chance. I don’t think you’ll regret it, “truly convincing” spring sound or not.
+Daniel Vazquez Thanks Daniel. I wrote that when I was playing around w the different reverbs. It’s really just me using Eric Johnson style spread triads to sketch out the melody. I think Iblearned them from an online lesson on guitarlessons365. He does some excellent EJ stuff over there. Glad you liked it. Consider subbing to see future vids. I’m still building. :)
Daniel Vazquez If you shoot me an email I could tab it out for you. Once you see the chord shapes I think it would all fall into place for you. “Fivewattworld@gmail.com”
Beautiful playing!! Gorgeous instruments, wish kinda ya cranked the verb played some blues to get whole effect. Not a fan of this pedal...I like the joyo space verb! I think that's what it's called
Hi Wiliam, Thanks. It's funny, I thought I HAD cranked the verb on some of them for a big effect but I have another subscriber who is always asking for more verb and more delay. You're not alone.
That guitar is one of the PRS David Grissom signature models I have. I've settled in to that model being my main guitar and am seriously and regularly thinking of selling off the others (have yet to do that off course.) I wrote that tune for this video, yet to title it, I plan to work on it some more add drums and work on the lead sections more.
Can you just use the reverb dial to alter the setting rather than have to use the tone-print? Or would you purchase an entirely different pedal in that situation?
You can alter the base reverb with the dials and the one that just came out has three controls. But if you want to have multiple reverbs at the turn of a knob a different verb might be better.
How's my accent? I couldn't seem to say "Linder" without going all Germanic. Not sure if it's the Dutch I've been studying. It felt like public radio from when I was a kid where Charles Haas would pronounce all the composers names with the accent of that home language/country. We're so funny about foreign languages here in the US. We're almost embarrassed of knowing something of another language. Our immigrant past I think. Well have to go study my languages, appropriately enough.
Jesus christ this pedal sounds absolutely terrible. Did people actually think this was good reverb 6 years ago? But Strymon’s Big Sky is even older and sounds a lot better still. These TC mini pedals have a really weak, muffled, THIN sound, the complete opposite of the lush, magical reverbs you get from Strymon, Meris, UA, Fractal etc. Maybe there’s a reason they’re so cheap and look like tiny plastic toys. Love this channel but holy crap this was bad!
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Your guitar sound is killer!
Thanks Hypes! The combination of the FYD Amps "Big Verb" and working hard to get the levels right while keeping the gremlins of compression at bay. Thanks for watching!
Thanks Hypes. Means a lot coming from you, a man that really knows good guitars sounds.
@@fivewattworld Yes, killer sound. I didn't make it through the video because I wanna to mess around with my HOF
Really appreciate the demo, someone playing guitar as opposed to endless fast blues solos that don't put such effects in context, great demo 👍
Thanks Mark, welcome to five watt world!
Indeed!
Not to mention those freaking "solos" sound like budget porn music
@@MehdiGlzAs a budget porn music soundtrack & foley artist, you'd be surprised how often I need a farting fuzz pedal or a drippy reverb.
...just kidding.
Brown Chicken Brown Cow😂
I just got a TC HoF and wanted to thank you for demoing the tone prints. Very helpful. It's been a couple months since you posted. Hope things are okay.
I’m good. We’ve just been moving. I’m working on a new vid. Hope to have it out later this week.
I’m not a huge PRS guy, but that triple P90 PRS is so sick! What a stellar guitar.
Great demo! Excellent Rhythm playing.
Ps
That red PRS is beautiful😍
She is a beautiful guitar but she’s gone with all the other PRS’s. I switched to Strandberg guitars for the ergonomics. Love ‘em (not sponsored).
Nice demo! Chris Minh Doky's "TheSolitude" is my staple for bass practice. A nice breath of air for my dry room. And it ducks when I play fast so it's always clear. Good stuff Chris and TC!
bumble yeti ok, now I’ll have to go check it out. Thanks for the suggestion.
Keith
In the spirit of minimalism and these great pedals, I’m getting the Plethora from TCE to handle so many things while throwing a couple of mini drives, etc around it. I’m running it through my Bugera V5 Infinium “5-Watt” amp. 🙂 Thanks for the inspiration and reminders to keep an eye on “enough.”
the guitars are works of art, literally
Very nice work, broski. You're looking a lot more natural and relaxed on this one. Well done!
Thanks. My workflow is settling in and I'm just more comfortable with the juggling of camera, ProTools, editing.
I discovered Five Watt World in 2020 when I started my own dive into the stories behind guitars. My first video was the short history of the Stratocaster. Been watching regularly ever since. But somehow never got around to these early videos about the TC pedals. They sound incredible, but I've never heard you play before Keith! That's my favorite part of these videos!
Thanks Mathew. I’m trying to play more now.
I am so impressed that you could say this sentence. "I have beautiful tube driven reverb in my FYD amps five watt big verb."
Thanks for playing double coil/P90 guitars. Seems like so many demo single coil tele or strat sounds. I love that sound but it's been beaten to death and that's why I avoid it like the plague. I think I'd prefer the full size HOF II.
Thanks for this! I'd have to beam all of these to the pedal otherwise to hear them.
It was nice to hear the great tone through your playing rather than playing at 120 mph and me not sure what you were doing.
Just stumbled on this video while researching The HOF mini. You are helping to make up my mind on this one. Never realized you own so many PRS guitars though.
I've since sold them all. I took me ten years to collect them and three months to sell them and switch to the Strandbergs...and put five grand in the bank as well.
Another great video bro!! Looove the tones!
Thanks man. I'm getting happier with the guitar tones on the vids as well.
I just got this pedal. I like it, it should serve me well. I understand the Reverb types must be turned up to hear what they sound like, and then turned down to be used Tastefully. I went on CZcams and found a lot of good settings so it will save me time finding good settings.
just found your channel...fabulous tones and well explained
Thanks man.
@@fivewattworld
Hey Keith: Have you ever taken a Tone King Gremlin through the paces??
@@alexo1998 I haven't had a chance but would love sometime. I'm in the wilds of New Hampshire and there are no Tone King dealers near by. If I end up with enough subs maybe we can get them to send me one, :). It'd make a great video.
Thanks for the very helpful demo!
Nice playing and thanks for the demos.
Thanks Jeff
Satchel from Steel Panther has an amazing tone print on that pedal
Thanks!
Beautiful tones!
love the "scandinavian" song ...
"Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles of course.
Rather enjoyed the amount of time you spent playing. Thanks.
Don’t have the money for a strymon but this fits the bill, and gives me choices 😎. Nice 👍🏼 demo.
Thank you very much for the video sir.
+Conrad de Vries. Hey Conrad, You’re very welcome. Thanks for the comment. If you dig the channel, think about subscribing. Have a good day.
I know this is about toneprints, but I love this music, maybe it is the toneprint, love 5:50, one of my favorites
I've played that version of that old Neil Young tune, "After the Gold Rush" since I was in college I think. For years I thought of it as my version of Michael Hedges', (a great Widham Hill guitar player) cover, but then I went back and listened to it and I was SO off the mark! :) So the good news is it evolved to being my version in the last 30 years.
The David Hasselhoff signature pedal!
I'm missing the joke here asparagus? Help a brother out.
@@fivewattworld It's not a very good joke. David Hasselhoff (80s tv actor) calls himself the "Hoff". He says don't "hassle the Hoff". so every time I see that pedal it's the first thing to pop into my head. It's my own personal joke I guess. Cheers. BTW have you tried any of the small Swart amps? I hear they're supposed to be killer.
Also I have a Victoria 5112 (tweed deluxe clone), it sounds great but at 12 Watts it's way too loud :)
@@asparagusbear3323 Ahhhh, thanks for the HOF clarification. My wife was like "of course, the pedal is even red like their bathing suits" I'm slow.
I have played the Swarts at a shop in NC when I was down there on vacation. He was much smaller then. Really, really nice and I love that he's built some stereo amps. So little real innovation in the business anymore.
I'd like to try a Laney Lionheart 5 watter. Tube reverb and tube trem...but really, I have everything I need.
Nice tones. Sounds great with headphones on
Thanks
Awesome video man!
Had this pedal for a few years on my board. Has served me well but there's some toppy overtones that bother me on any setting with this pedal. Always searching for a better tone print I can use as I like how easy and small this pedal is.
Thank you sir for this demo. I'm having a hard time trying to decide whether I buy this or not. This video is a life saver. Btw is there any way you can put shimmer in the HOF mini or is it for HOF 2 only?
Thanks Keith ⚓️
Keith, man you’re working your way through the back catalog! Thanks Keith
I've noticed you have a certain penchant for Drop D tuning ;)
One of my favs as well.
The p90 PRS is so beatiful. The sound and the looks.
Do you think i shoud get the mini or the normal size? Is the mini hard to tweek?
The full size is easier to tweak on the fly, but if you’re more set and forget then the mini is a great space saver.
Good ol' Dave's Lush Weiner. Does the HOF have a truly convincing spring sound that could sub for the tank in a Deluxe Reverb?
There is a Reverb that Robben Ford developed that he used on the road instead of the tanks in the back line amps but also as the main verb with his Dumble that’s pretty nice but subtle.
Ok but nothing you’d personally say cops that sound convincingly? I like the Deluxe Reverb/Twin because of the way the amp works with the tank and sounds like an acoustic instrument with a resonating chamber on rev level 2-4. I’d like to find a pedal that nails that effect, because I’m not super blown away by the sound of the amps with the reverb off, which makes me think I could probably use a much lighter solid state amp if I could get that reverb sound externally.
Alex Hand closest thing I've heard is the oceans 11 by ehx
The best way to determine “truly convincing” or “truly convincing enough” is going to be were you literally A/B the spring Reverb to in your Deluxe Reverb against not only the pedal and it’s presets, but also any editing adjustments you may make to the Toneprints. I think the surety that your looking for in the purchase of the product will only be verified or disproven.... ironically only after you’ve had the pedal for a long time and had a chance to explore and fully flesh out it’s almost endless reverb options. Go buy it. Take a chance. I don’t think you’ll regret it, “truly convincing” spring sound or not.
Great demo!! What's the song of the TonePrint church of Andy? Thanks.
+Daniel Vazquez Thanks Daniel. I wrote that when I was playing around w the different reverbs. It’s really just me using Eric Johnson style spread triads to sketch out the melody. I think Iblearned them from an online lesson on guitarlessons365. He does some excellent EJ stuff over there.
Glad you liked it. Consider subbing to see future vids. I’m still building. :)
five watt world All right, thanks a lot
Daniel Vazquez If you shoot me an email I could tab it out for you. Once you see the chord shapes I think it would all fall into place for you. “Fivewattworld@gmail.com”
I think Jim Rome does a great job in this review!
And who, may I ask, is Jim Rome?
Beautiful playing!! Gorgeous instruments, wish kinda ya cranked the verb played some blues to get whole effect. Not a fan of this pedal...I like the joyo space verb! I think that's what it's called
Hi Wiliam, Thanks. It's funny, I thought I HAD cranked the verb on some of them for a big effect but I have another subscriber who is always asking for more verb and more delay. You're not alone.
No more blues pls. Plenty of those videos already
The guitar is GORGEOUS!! what is this guitar at 1:13?
That guitar is one of the PRS David Grissom signature models I have. I've settled in to that model being my main guitar and am seriously and regularly thinking of selling off the others (have yet to do that off course.)
I wrote that tune for this video, yet to title it, I plan to work on it some more add drums and work on the lead sections more.
No Surf ?..
I am looking for a mono reverb to feed a Moog synth thru. This pedal was recommend to me by a couple of people.
The new mini has more control but the toneprints are the same. Hard to beat for the money.
@@fivewattworld Thanks a lot.
So, did they remove the asatoverb from the HOF Mini listings? I can only find that reverb under the HOF 2 now...
Huh, don’t know...if you load one that’s not compatible it just won’t function, then you just load one that does.
Can you recommend a HOF mini TonePrint for my '70's Champ (with Jensen SD speaker) to emulate a Blackface Twin reverb?
I like the Robben Ford reverbs a lot.
Are Toneprints interchangeable between different TC pedals?
For example can I put spectracomp toneprints on a hypergravity pedal?
They’re pedal specific
@@fivewattworld Thanks 👍
Can you get reverse reverb on this thing? I'm thinking of grabbing a used one. Thanks
I haven't seen the toneprint for it but it would be easy for you to browse through them online.
Does anyone knows the default setting of a HOF mini?
The default is the room reverb. Via toneprint app you can see it as one of the presets for the hof (it is indicated as the default sound).
Can this be paired with ibanez turbo tube screamer? Or fulltone ocd ?
Of course, w a small delay that could be your whole board.
Is there a shimmer tone print available for this unit?
There isn’t in that generation but the newer ones have it.
@@fivewattworld awesome, thanks!
Does it works with acoustic guitar?
Sure. I’d just try different toneprints until you find the right one for your gig.
all sounds amps is are in computer why by a pedal then
500th like...DID I WIN?
You should!
Can you just use the reverb dial to alter the setting rather than have to use the tone-print? Or would you purchase an entirely different pedal in that situation?
I mean, if I am not going to be using the tone-print facility then would I be better putting the money towards a more simple, but dedicated, pedal?
You can alter the base reverb with the dials and the one that just came out has three controls. But if you want to have multiple reverbs at the turn of a knob a different verb might be better.
Thanks a lot
The knob can be set to control different parameters, not only to the default wich is reverb volume. You do that via the toneprint app.
@@PaoloC. Thanks a lot.
the Linder piece...
How's my accent? I couldn't seem to say "Linder" without going all Germanic. Not sure if it's the Dutch I've been studying. It felt like public radio from when I was a kid where Charles Haas would pronounce all the composers names with the accent of that home language/country. We're so funny about foreign languages here in the US. We're almost embarrassed of knowing something of another language. Our immigrant past I think.
Well have to go study my languages, appropriately enough.
Jesus christ this pedal sounds absolutely terrible. Did people actually think this was good reverb 6 years ago? But Strymon’s Big Sky is even older and sounds a lot better still. These TC mini pedals have a really weak, muffled, THIN sound, the complete opposite of the lush, magical reverbs you get from Strymon, Meris, UA, Fractal etc. Maybe there’s a reason they’re so cheap and look like tiny plastic toys. Love this channel but holy crap this was bad!
Sounds all the same really... nice playing though