Rocktron Hush Pedal

Simple...

In a loop on my rack switcher. last loop prior to electroharmonix boost. I only have it in on 2 pedals, the zvex box of rock and graphic fuzz.

Not really bothered by a slight suck in the sound when these low fi pedals a booting it out. Very useful for tight rock riffs and just cleans things nicely when I stop playing to sing without screwing with patch changes.

Solid as the brick.....you know the rest

Based on an old unit that had a problem....ace and Im in the uk. Was polite and they were responsive.

A few guys on here have said the same and I think its true, you need to know your kit and think what you want the end result to be. Personally being able to switch pedals in and out of the circuit so the guitar is always as direct as possible seems to give me the best results. I also use low output good quality pickups on my guitar, I have found all the pedals I use more responsive to this and the Hush is no different.

One knob but placement in the proper spot in your signal chain is the key.Since it wont work ideally for everyone I give a lower rating.

I got this to add to my pedalboard and clean up the noise. The board ran into a marshall DSL 100. I had been very pleased with my rocktron rack equipment with hush so chose this pedal over a Boss noise gate..All my other pedals in the chain were true-bypass (I verified this with a meter).Well I was ver upset when I turned up the marshall! This pedal added more noise than it reduced! It would erase some of the hiss but only at the cost of my tone and added a low hum to boot :) I then plugged it thru the amp effect loop and it again seemed to kill the tone and add hum(even when I changed the loops gain setting).I was ready to send back to dealer when the other guitar player in the band gave it a try in a Peavy tube head effects loop . WOW it actually worked correctly. Now hes thrilled and I dont have to deal with a return to dealer.My Marshall head had recently by gone over by a professional Marshall tech and I called him about this and he said the fxloop was working properly .SO my view is that this pedals effectivness is based on how well it works in YOUR amps fx loop. Try before you buy and if it doesnt work then its may not be a bad pedal just in compatible with your amp! -Now I have gone back to using a Rocktron intellifex in my Marshall fx loop and the hush in that works great!?

No problems yet.Built like a tank.

This works much better than a Noise gate in my view.The eq dependant noise reduction is more natural and even cleans up the noise as you play where as a noise gate is either open or closed allowing most of the hiss thru as well.

Very easy to use. One button and one knob.

Ok, at first I tried setting this up at the end of my pedal chain figuring that it would clean up all the crap noise from my pickups and from my pedals. It didn't work out so well. Once I hooked the hush up through my effects loop...it was a whole new story. It cleaned up my horrible ground hum from my Gibson SG and made my chugging sound nice and tight. I actually like the sound I get out out of my guitar now.

No issues yet.

Haven't spoken to them

I think if you are not happy with the sound you are getting then you should play around with different setup options. Honestly, when ran through my effects loop...my sound is hardly changed at all. I play Metal and I get a nice chunky sound and when playing quick chords with abrupt stops....it is so tight. I guess it depends on what you are looking for and if you hav the patience to mess around with it until you get your sound the way you like it.

worked ok with my noisemakers ( distiortions...) but seemed to add a very slight distiortion or fuzz of it's own when I playd on my clean channel. Killed my shimmer man.

Easy to use but it is junk.

Just doesn't work on my B52 tube head and LP. I tried using it all over the place (effects loop, different locations in pedal chain) and all it did was nothing.

No way to tell - it is like placing a hamburger next to your rig - doesn't do anything.

Don't even think about it - maybe I had a lemon, but this thing is a joke.

very easy if you dont know how to use this pedal..quit playing guitar!

Awesome i dont see why its getting bad reviews it quuuuiiiiieeeeeetttt.My setup is as follows:fender american strat ultra,w/2 lil 59 and a prail,the hush,and boss super chorus and a fender roc pro 1000 soon to get my modified 76 reverb.

no problems

never dealt with.

i would definitly buy it again.

Very easy to use Hush The Pedal TWO BUTTON VERSION.. If you need instruction there is some great pointers below.

I use this live to keep the noise down from tube amps and noisy pedals. Works GREAT! You have basically two pedals in one. Set A for moderate to low noise reduct. for lower gain (or when you WANT some noise in high gain). B I set high for my highest gain stuff and it allows me to add dist. pedals to my amps dist channel without much noise. Nice!

Yes and Yes. Solid casing. Tuff enuf. Simple

This pedal is agood match for anyone wanting some fairly transparent noise reduction. High gain players NEED it. Kills the buzz in a good way.

I see a lot of bad reviews, but I disagree - I think the reviewers don't know what they are doing, and most said they gave up after 5 or 10 minutes! What morons!
First off, this is a great pedal, but I, too, messed up when I first tried it, but I didn't give up on it right away.
I plugged it in between the guitar and pedals - didn't do anythying. Then after the pedals, and didn't do much, SO THEN I READ THE MANUAL! I plugged it to my friend's Peavy Bandit between the pre-amp and power amp (there are jacks for that), and it worked perfectly!

I use the Hush Super C for my own rig, and was trying to subtly let the other guitarist in my band know there was something out there that would work for him to kill all of the noise and static without affecting his tone - a great pedal with a single knob (usually on top of his amp now, after dialing in the setting,

It works wonderfully - I have used it with a Peavy Bandit, Fender Twin, Fender Cybertwin, etc. I always put it either in the effects loop, or in between the pre-amp and power amps. Amazing!

This thing is built like a tank, and always works.

I have e-mailed the engineers and sales team Rocktron, and they have gotten back to me within 24 hours on anything. I was pleasantly surprised that they were so responsive. I am a computer network engineer, and have worked with a multitude of unresponsive tech support people!

My band plays rock from the past 3 decades, from clean, slightly gritty, to super distortion, and it works great for any style.

This pedal has One knob. Turn it clockwise for more noise reduction, counterclockwise for less noise reduction.

Pretty easy

I have a pretty big pedal board. My current set up is as follows: Ernie Ball Volume --> Cry Baby --> MI Audio Blues Pro overdrive --> Visual Sounds Jekyll & Hyde --> Electro-Harmonics Double Muff--Boss Super Chorus-- Electro-Harmonics Holy Grail Reverb --> Keeley Moded DD-3 --> Boss DD-5 --> MXR Micro Amp (Clean Boost). I use a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe 40watt all tube amp.
The problem I was running into was that with all those pedals I got this annoying buzz in my amp. It wasn't too noticeable when I was playing but when I wasn't playing there was this loud buzz. I tried everything! I tested every pedal, every cable, tried some different amps, changed setting....But I still had the buzz. That's why I wanted the Hush.
So I read a lot of reviews about this pedal sucking tone as the noise reduction was increased, so I was a little worried because I love my tone. But when I plugged in the pedal I must say, the pedal didn't seem to effect my tone at all.
The user manual (which I got off the Rocktron website) said to put the pedal at the end of all my effects and adjust the threshold accordingly. So I plugged it in, hit the switch, turned the knob about 3/4 of the way up, and the noise was nearly gone. Granted I still get a bit of the buzz when I turn the amp up to high volumes, but I play around 2 most of the time. I turned it up to about 8 on my amp and the buzz was still barley noticeable.

Most importantly...MY TONE IS NOT AFFECTED BY THE HUSH PEDAL

Just got it and no problems yet. It seems like one of those pedals that would last forever

The only thing I can say about customer support is that it was really easy to look up the user manual online

If you are having the same problem I did, if a pedal or a number of pedals are creating a undesirable buzz or hum in your amp. Then I highly recommend this pedal. It worked exactly as I wanted it to.

Mine is the two button, two knob version that allows for two different threshold settings and switching between the two. Its dead easy to use.

I don't know personally about the single knob version but mine works flawlessly. Some of the other reviewers here bad talk it, but it does exactly what it is supposed to do and as well as the boss ns-2, actually better because you have two settings available.

Here may be some possible reasons others are having problems.
1. You put this directly after your pre-amp/overdrive/distortion
devices. DO NOT put it at the end of your effects chain.
2. Noise Gates in general are designed for one purpose. They are
designed to minimize the noise level of your signal when you are
NOT PLAYING, either from medium to high gain distortion pedal
noise, or from single coil pick-ups. PERIOD. They will not
eliminate the noise while playing coming from cheap, cheesy, or
crappy high gain pedals that put out as much noise as signal.
Invest in better pedals.
3. You are using crappy power supplies or cables with ground loop
problems and/or transformer unfiltered noise.
4. Maybe the new pedals are crap???

OOORR.....
5. You're a chimp smokin gonje., or some thrash metal head with a
cheap ass guitar and a $20.00 quadruple rectifier amp blowin
power chords with the volume on frickin 11. Lay off the crack
man.

Works fine build like a tank.

Who needs them. Really. If it don't work, sell the frickin thing on ebay or pitch it.

If you can buy the two button one, DO It. Don't fart around looking at other crap. It does exactly what its supposed to do. And does it well.

I am as anal as it gets in regards to tone. I almost bought the decimator, but ran across this. My pedalboard rig consists of boutique and modded pedals and class A tube amps, old Fenders, and Marshalls.