tc electronic Honey Pot Fuzz Reviews

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

This thing makes a guitar growl like a savage lion. It says honey pot, but bees are pretty quiet and this thing roars. It's a real powerhouse and can rattle the windows. Cut back a little and it can play a nice soft overdrive tone. Great device and very user friendly with the large knobs.

Great fuzz tone and free noise gate included

Samples of the tone are abundant so I'll pass; what you won't hear in sound samples is how the pedal is EXTREMELY silent, even at the hardest setting. Compared to the distortion's base hum of my four guitar amps and the Metal Zone pedal, this effect is more silent than all.

I have a great Strat clone with classic Fender 57/62 pickups, the most shimmering of all, but not stacked, so they hum badly with moderate distortion, and almost unbearably with highest gain. So I had left it to nearly clean tones only but the Honey Pot allows for harshest sound without the irritating buzz, and now the guitar is used more.

If you are stuck with low gain because of noisy single coil pickups this is your savior. You can play hard rock and metal and forget the hum of old days. At the minimal setting the fuzz acts like a gentle crunch, gives more presence and bite to the bare clean tone.

The jacks lock very positively with good clicks, and the pedal drives so little current I left the rechargeable battery several weeks. Only the super short screws are a bit annoying but I made knurled replacement screws so no need for a screwdriver anymore. If you do that, beware that the screws must be only 4mm or 5mm deep or they will hit components inside.

The build is very strong, the foot switch is tough and positive, the knobs are not scratchy, no,issues. I can't insist too much on the silence of that pedal, it is such a relief to play the hardest tones and hear no buzz at all. Highest recommendation.

A decent budget muff

I A/B tested this against a Green Russian Big Muff. They were quite similar in sound, and the Honey Pot could definitely serve as a budget alternative. In addition to this, the pedal is built like a tank, as are all the TC Electronic pedals in this range.

Highly recommended as beginner fuzz pedal, together with the Behringer SF300.

Smooth

One of the most velvety fuzz pedals. Set tone liw and it can be the distortion for your rhythm parts. Set it high and just enjoy sweet dripping sustain on double stops.

If you need fuzz

then consider this pedal.

it sounds little different than many other fuzz pedals and it is not overdoing it.

works for me.

Yeah it's sweet as honey

Does exactly what it says: fuzz as sweet as honey, maybe a bit too tame for my taste. Supposedly based on muff circuitry, but missing that grit of that original. Stacks wonderfully with overdrive.

Incredible value fuzz

For the price you can’t beat this fuzz, very muff like

It's a great sounding Fuzz

More like a Big Muff but changeing settings the sound can vary from very subtle to very powerful, but even at the most extreme settings its stays pretty usable. I mainly have it on one setting and change the volume and or tone knob on the guitar to get different results. Very well built and sturdy. If you consider the price, it's an absolute no brainer.

Nothing wrong with it; not quite what I was expecting

Solidly built, knobs feels good, soft-touch switch is nice, all metal enclosure at this price is great. Typical TC quality, it's a tank.

I was looking for a cheap fuzz, and a lot of places online call this a Big Muff-style pedal - it's not. It never gets that creamy, violin thing going on, it's always a buzzy, vintage fuzz. The tone control is kinda Muff-ey (it's doing a lot of stuff, not just rolling off top-end), but with a bigger range - I think it'll probably work pretty nicely on bass.

Can't argue with that price though, probably going to check out some other stuff in this line.

Honey Pot Fuzz

Sounds great, a good muff-style Fuzz, clear and defined and a great price!

Crying fuzz

I use this pedal with a Blackstar 3W mini amp.

Between a pure distortion and a Big muff. It sound full in frequency.

Nice gear to play with.

great fuzz, can't be beaten at this price

The build quality of this pedal is insane, especially considering the price.

The sound speaks for itself, it's a typical fuzz pedal with a nice edge. rolling off your tone knob does wonders, and sounds sometimes even betten than turning down the tone knob on the pedal.

sounds great, great price, robust case, the only thing that could be considered a downside (and this applies to the whole pedal series) is the on/off switch that doesn't reacts the moment you press it but after you lift your finger (or foot).

Dark and furry

It really sounds great, super dark, warm and furry. And for the price point, yeah.

Fuzzzz

It's a wonderfully sweary pedal. Can't go wrong with this one.

amazing fuzz

I love it - great fuzz, mild and in the same time distorted sound

My Honey

Absolutely in love with this pedal. Take a trip to the 70's on this!! Sound is awesome, tone shaping is huge and no signal loss. Its also built to survive a nuclear winter as is all the TC stuff on this range.

At that price....it's like a gift!!! very very good!

Solid pedal in all meanings of the word!

Very "muffy" sound. Great for stoner riffing and Gilmourish soloing. Incredible value for the price.

Feels like a solid brick. If you drop it you'll dent your floor but the pedal will be ok.

TC Electronic interpretation of Boss Fuzz

I wanted to test TC Electronic budget series of pedals and I chose this one. When I bought it I thought it a clone of Big Muff - but it's based on Boss FZ3 (as far as I remember). Still it's similar type of Fuzz as Big Muff. A lot of gain and sustain.

Pros:

- Sound - between fuzz and distortion, full, fuzzy, long sustain. Really like it!.

- Build quality / operation - very good, everything works as it should.

Cons:

- Foot Switch - it works when you release it (not when you push it) - I don't like such solution