Hot British Pedal

Jam10

I did a search on the Hot British and couldn't find what I was looking for so I thought I would post this question. Does anybody own or have played a Hot British and what do you think of it.
A company called Radial Engineering makes this pedal and I was on their web site listening to some sound samples and this pedal sounds so amazing and has a tonne of versatility. It's a distortion pedal. I already have a Keeley Modded BD 2 and TS 9 so I don't know if I would need a Hot British but it does sound tempting. They sound really sweet!

mccreadyisgod

What was that Lavar Burton line? "Don't take my word for it..."

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Radial+Engineering/Tonebone+Hot+British+Distortion/10/1

Piper At The Gates

Radial Engineering's Tonebone series are great pedals. I have tried this out and it sounds sweet and has many great features. Another pedal along the same line is Tech 21's Character Series British Overdrive/Distortion, another excellent pedal.

Pacomc79

mccreadyisgod wrote:

What was that Lavar Burton line? "Don't take my word for it..."

http://reviews.harmony-central.com/reviews/Effects/product/Radial+Engineering/Tonebone+Hot+British+Distortion/10/1

Ha ha Take a look, it's in a book... reading rainbow....


I did a search for Hot British, and all I got was... well.

dunkman

Pacomc79 wrote:

I did a search for Hot British, and all I got was... well.

i thought that earlier when i read this thread...

ianvomsaal

I guess you didn't see the "Your Current Setup (Guitar)" thread posted by
Hurley3038 this past week. Well, if you take a quick look at my pedalboard
you'll see one http://forums.pearljam.com/showpost.php?p=5891045&postcount=28
I also posted some info about the Hot British pedal back on 7/25/08:
http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=296030&highlight=british
And also on 3/17/08: http://forums.pearljam.com/showthread.php?t=276493&highlight=british

Anyhow, it's a really really great sounding pedal - I use it all the time.
However, be aware that the stomp-switch, just like all of these kinds of
stomp-switches, can fail (mine did). These types of stomp-switches are a
bad design, and I wish that companies like Radial, Fulltone, Keeley, MXR,
Electro-Harmonix, Dunlop, and just about every other pedal-maker that uses
these switches would stop using them and switch to a better designed
switch like what the LEHLE switchers and the new pedals by Visual Sound
use (rated at at-least 2-million switches), whereas the regular stompswitch
used by many manufacturers is only rated for a few-thousand (in ideal
conditions) - my Hot-British switch started failing after maybe 500 stomps
(6-months), and I've replaced many other switches in other pedals because
they also failed (it's not really difficult to do with some soldering knowledge,
but it is a pain in the ass).
As I said, it's a really great sounding pedal (I love mine and would get another
one in a heartbeat if mine was stolen).
Cheers . . .

- Ian

Pacomc79

ian, have you seen those lehle videos where they run over them with trucks and stuff. Very cool videos.

ianvomsaal

Pacomc79 wrote:

ian, have you seen those lehle videos where they run over them with trucks and stuff. Very cool videos.

No, but it wouldn't surprise me - they're great switchers - Joe Bonamassa
uses their 1@3, and he's used it on tour for over 7-years without any issues.
That doesn't happen with normal footswitches - Boss & Ibanez (TS-9 style)
pedals use a similar kind of indirect momentary switching, which is why they
rarely have switching issues. As I said before, some regular switches last for
years and others not - it really depends on the switch and the usage.

mccreadyisgod

ianvomsaal wrote:

However, be aware that the stomp-switch, just like all of these kinds of stomp-switches, can fail (mine did). These types of stomp-switches are a bad design, and I wish that companies like Radial, Fulltone, Keeley, MXR, Electro-Harmonix, Dunlop, and just about every other pedal-maker that uses these switches would stop using them and switch to a better designed switch

The redeeming thing is that the switches are at least pretty easy to replace. I don't think I could replace the failed switch in, say, an Ibanez 9-series.

But for another $1.00, they could probably install something more robust. Stupid.

Pacomc79

For the purposes of fun demonstration.

http://www.lehle.com/frameset.php?country=us&lang=en

Lehle Pronounced Leela. I want to have a use for a 3 at one into a one at 3.... though anyone wanting to do the Eddie thing with 3 deluxes should probably shop the 3 at one while they are shopping the 3 bangers.

and the requisite thread appropriate link. I'd say most people are fans of the hot british.

http://www.tonebone.com/tb-hotbritish.htm I personally like the powerful tone shaping controls they give you on the tone bones that gives you the ability to find what you want if it's not quite there initially.


but..."you don't have to take my word for it... Lavar.."

http://www.radialeng.com/re-guitarists.htm