HB01 Hell Babe : Very ambitious pedal for its price

It has been a couple of weeks since I own this pedal and so far I am pleased with it.

Behringer tried to put several features into this pedal and somehow still managed to keep the price low.

The good:

The pedal sounds good and the controls are not just for the looks, they do make a significant change on the tone/sound. Thanks to its versatile Q-control and additional fine-tune control, it gives the user a big room for tweaking the tone. The optical control is easy to get used to and (probably) more durable because it does not rely on additional movable parts. The pedal seems solid, it does not feel like it might break any moment. But most importantly, I could dial-in the wah-tone that I wanted, and I guess that is what matters the most.

The bad:

Since it does not have an on/off button, the pedal goes off when you lift your foot. This is nice but it causes an abrupt tone change. The time it takes to go off can be adjusted with a switch under the pedal but it only delays/shortens the tone change. it is inevitable. For example after lifting your foot, when you are already in the middle of the next riff/melody, the tone suddenly changes. But do not be scared, the change in the tone is not too ear-bothering.

Overall, it is definitely a good buy for its price. It has significantly more ups than it has downs.