TC Electronic MOJOMOJO OVERDRIVE Exceptional Overdrive Pedal with Extra Headroom, Precise Controls and a Voicing Switch

I mostly play jazz and funk music, so I don't usually require any kind of overdrive/distortion. I have a boss MD-2 when I want fuzz or distortion, but I really wanted something to give me just a little edge with my amp. I've been really playing around with the setting on the MojoMojo and it was exactly what I was looking for. With the drive knob low and low volume on my guitar, there was barely any fuzz or coloration at all, I played through some extended jazz harmonies looking for weird wave beating (that oscillation that happens when there is distortion or two notes are played together) and there was not much there at all. I felt like I could actually use this all the time while playing jazz if the drive and guitar volume are on low settings. When I roll on volume and add a little drive, this baby can growl too!. With the bass and treble knobs, and voice switch, many tones can be achieved from a heavy buzzy muddy waters tone to more of a clean trebly scream, to a really dirty almost crunch. Its very versatile, especially when playing with the guitar's volume level as well.As far as build quality goes, I haven't had it for very long, but the chassis is a gorgeous metallic brown (reminds me of an '89 caprice classic I had), and all the pieces feel well machined. the knobs are all solid feeling, with some resistance on the pots, so they don't feel spongy or loose or anything. Its also a relatively small pedal, much shallower than my boss or my wampler sitting on either side of it, but not so short patch cables are binding or anything. The red LED is also very nice if perhaps a little blinding.For reference, I was playing a LP style guitar, with PAF style humbuckers, running through a Wampler Ego comp., into a '65 deluxe reissue with Jensen blue speaker.*I went to my amp immediately after writing this review and plugged my Ibanez rg into the signal chain. Using the same amp and signal chain, I focused entirely on pickup settings 2,3,and 4, which on my instrument are all the single coil settings. I should also say that the pickups in this instrument are generally very hot, its a high output, ceramic magnet, passive pickup setup. The mojomojo handled it very well though without too much grit. Quite a bit of drive was needed to really distort the middle single coil, and it sounded good on all of the other settings as well.This pedal is definitely earning a permanent spot on my board, and at right around 50 bucks... this is a hell of a steal.Bottom line, it sounds good to my ears and it may sound good to yours as well. In a day and age when simple overdrive pedals can cost crazy amounts all on their own, a quality built pedal that is versatile at 50 dollars new isn't seen often at all. Even if you bought it and hated it, at this price point, its definitely worth a try.

It's a great pedal and it's definitely not another Tube Screamer. One of the things that stuck out to me is that this pedal is actually Randy Rhoads without the gain.The Enclosure is built well and sturdy. The knobs turn very smoothly. The Bass and Treble have notches at the midpoint or 12 o clock so when you turn them to noon, they notch into place.If you want Tube screamer boost where the high-mids are boosted and the bass shelved/tightend or Tube Screamer overdrive(non-Boost) This pedal is NOT it.The immediate stand-out was the amount of bass this pedal has. For me this isn't necessarily good or bad. I have a 10 band EQ after it and can shelve the bass or turn the bass off on the amp. The Treble is great but I think there could be more than what this has. The Treble isn't bad though.Another Standout was the amount of Gain/Drive this pedal has. It's way more than a tube screamer but somehow less than traditional distortion.Paul Gilbert likes this pedal because of the amount of Bass it has. He says the bass actually thickens the lighter higher strings, which it does! I like this pedal because it's literally Randy Rhoads distortion when used as a boost in the front of an already Gainy Marshall. I have it set as: Gain: Max, Volume: 3 o clock or 8, Bass: 0 and Treble: Max. It gives my guitar and amp more of what I already have and that's why it's so good. Very transparent pedal and I like this far more than Tube Screamers.The only con I have is the switch which in up position is standard mode and down is supposedly less bass. It sounds like it does nothing to me....and I run my amps loud so I should be able to tell! This is only minor for me because as I said earlier 10 band EQ and Amp EQ I can remove/add whatever amount of Bass I want. I'm willing to bet that there's a component or two within the circuitry that was the same or close to what Rhoads had in his MXR Distortion Plus! It makes my sound into a revving Harley!I absolutely love it for these reasons!