Electro Harmonix Hot Tubes Nano 4-stars Reviews

Sounds a bit fuzzy to my taste, but still a great pedal. Small and easy to handle, lightweight and can fit in your pocket.

Good Pedal when used with thte right Amp

This is a nice overdrive but really shines when it is used with a tube amp because it drives the tubes nicely and in my view it is sweet sounding.

Great little overdrive for little money

I purchased this pedal because I always wanted the original version of this pedal. Since I never got that one, I can't compare them, but I think this is a pretty good pedal for the money. Especially excellent on the higher gain settings with the tone switch off for some really dirty, almost fuzz-like tones. I tried some lighter gain sounds but haven't yet found anything that really suits me in that regard. But then again I never found a pedal that does this for me so maybe that just doesn't work with my setup. I always use it with humbuckers so it is possible that the lighter gain settings could be obtained when using single coils!

Electro Harmonix Hot TUbes Nano

This (very small) pedal delivers an extremely warm tube-like overdriven sound. It lends itself to classic rock, and even jazz, not to hard rock / metal in my opinion (for this reason I rate the sound only 4 stars). The warmer tones are obtained with the treble switched OFF. When treble is ON, volume needs to be increased, and even at the highest treble setting, tone remains very warm.

The construction is excellent, but the pedal switch (perhaps a bit too small) has a crunchy, noisy engagement that requires a bit of a stomp - which I find annoying (hence only 4 stars for handling)