Rocktron Hush Pedal

One knob. Easy to use. Plug in to your amps effect loop (Or if you don't have an FX Loop at the end of your effects chain.)turn on your noisiest pedals and turn the threshold knob till noise is gone.

I use this with my Marshall Valvestate 265R combo, and A Semi-Hollowbody with various solid bodied guitars and one 7 string. I set it up in my fx loop before my delays & chorus' and after my Eq and flanger. While this unit cuts out noise, it is not a noise gate. It IS a noise reduction unit. It's there to filter out noise and feed back. noise gates cut off the signal.

Never had to deal with them.

This is a good quality noise reduction pedal for under $80. It does what it says and if you can't figure out how to use it, it's your loss.

One knob, an on/off switch...very straightforward. I bought it used so I had to download the manual, which was thorough and helpful enough, but unnecessary in my opinion.

My setup:

Les Paul into Ernie Ball volume pedal to 535q wah to Guyatone PS3 phaser to Fulltone Ultimate Octave to amp input.

2 Boss digital delays (one short one long, short preceding long) in the parallel effects loop.

Fulltone Fat Boost followed by Rocktron Hush in the series effects loop. The amp is a Marshall JTM 60 combo amp.

The Fulltone fuzz/octave pedal is noisy when used in its stand-alone fuzz mode (with the octave-up feature turned off that is). The Hush pedal does greatly reduce, not eliminate, but greatly reduce the amount of hum from the fuzz pedal. It's only effective at doing so with the threshold knob turned nearly full clockwise. There is a slight but noticeable alteration of tone. I could live with it though if not for what it did to my phaser.

It absolutely ruins the sound of my phaser. If the threshold is set high enough to sufficiently clean up the fuzz pedal's hum, the phaser sounds lousy (muffled and muddy). If the threshold is set low enough to allow the phaser to sound OK, it's inadequate for silencing the fuzz pedal hum.

Too bad. I'll be returning it.

It seems well built.

I haven't dealt with the company.

I'd use it if it didn't ruin my phaser sound. I play with fuzz and phase on simultaneously quite often though. It means the Hush pedal is only useful to me when I'm ONLY using the fuzz. I'd prefer to turn down my volume knob and/or volume pedal to silence hum when I'm not playing given the Hush pedal's limited usefulness to me.

With one knob to adjust, it really is as easy as it gets. But the trick is to adjust that one knob when the pedal has something to work with. Read the manual, and have your other pedals activated.

More like an 8.5 as it isn't perfect, but it is rather close. It does take a very small amount off of the top end, but I only noticed it after I was specifically listening for it to do just that. Everything else seems fine AS LONG AS IT IS ADJUSTED PROPERLY. I 'auditioned' the Hush with a long line of various overdrives, fuzz boxes, and Leslie simulators. I tried an unrealistic hypothetical approach of having a Bad Monkey, Prescription Experience, and Univibe all on at once. NOISY!!!! Adjusted the Threshold AS PER THE INSTRUCTIONS, and was surprised at how quiet everything was. Not perfectly 'dead' quietly, but if the manual states 65dB of noise reduction, who am I to argue? The sound quality of everything on at once isn't something to even think about, but the quality of the noise reduction is something to smile about.

It's a Rocktron. All of their pedals seem built sturdy enough to take moderate abuse, and the Threshold control is recessed to avoid accidentally knocking it as you activate/bypass the pedal.

Has anyone had to deal with Rocktron Customer Support?

It is a fine pedal that performs as advertised. It IS a little large for the average pedal board, and it DOES take off a smidgen of your top end (which can easily be compensated for if it bothers you that much), but those seem minor in comparison to the benefits it bestows on you. If you have a line of noisy pedals IN FRONT of the Hush, it will get rid of most of the noise. If you bypass the Hush when in your clean/rhythm mode, you won't notice any change to your original tone. If not, and you always have your amplifier settings the same regardless of what guitar you are using or where you are playing, you will notice a 1db cut at about 3KHz. Overall, a great addition to your pedal board (if you have the extra space), and a prefered choice over noise 'gates'.

Thing I DO NOT LIKE about this pedal : Rocktron Hush pedal. Looks nice, but wait until you take it out of the package. It is clear they are trying to manufacture this as cheap as possible. It has a nice blue powerder coat, with no clearcoat finish!!! It smells like paint, and feels like you can scratch it right off. I assume they are saving some money by skipping the clearcoat process. As for Ease of Use ... it is easy, because there is only 1 knob. Read sound quality below for the bomb shell ...

OK, I read the reviews before I bought this pedal ... and was correct in thinking that when people turn the knob all the way clockwise, it does suck the tone ... that is a fact. However, I STRONGLY assume this knob was NOT meant to be turned all the way clockwise. NOW, that said, it DID reduce some noise, but added a bit of its own noise ... removed hiss, and added (what sounded like light static or subtle hum). AND no, this was not 60 cycle hum, this was something very unique to this pedal. So, for the money I paid, I was trying to remove ALL noise, but this took away some, and added a different noise, which was equally annoying. SO, I am returning it. I actually understand what this technology is trying to do. It removes 'non guitar' noise, and is supposed to let the guitar cut through, however what isn't realized is that when you are actually playing the guitar, you don't typically hear all of the squealing ... so for me, I am going to go with a NOISEGATE, not a HUSH unit. I want it to be dead silent when I am not playing, and when I am playing, I want to hear EVERYTHING ... This unit does not quite up the act when you are not playing, it adds its own annoying sound.

Reliability ... I guess it is reliable. Just showed up in the mail, tried it out, and am returning it. I wish (1) they had their own specific adapter for it (one of my quirks about my gear is that I buy the matching ac adapter for all of my pedals). They suggest a 2.1 mm adapter ... leaving room for MUCH error here. I would much rather buy an adapter from the mfr, knowing it is certified for use w/ the pedal, than trusting the garbage adapters out there that can hurt the pedal. And, as noted I also don't like that there is no clear coat ... so giving a 4 for reliability specifically in regards to room for error on the adapter, and poor finish.

Customer support - Didn't have to call them, so no opinion here.

Overall rating ... guitar player / collector for over 30 years. TONS of guitars, TONS of tube amps, TONS of rack gear (preamps, and fx) ... and believe it or not, when it is all wired up correctly, it is pretty quiet. I bought this specifically for a noisy randall amp ... and the pedal did not do the trick. I also don't like that they don't have a specific adapter, and hate the finish, so my overall rating is 4.

Too Easy - the best kind of easy

Excellant for NOISE REDUCTION, obvoisley people who buy this because they think it is a gate will give bad reviews. But these people should not have reviewed something they are using in the wrong way. I it in my FX chain in my mesa amp, the amp was noisy before - with & without distortion. The noise is almost eliminated.

not broken yet, seems to be built quite sturdily, but then again it's not the type of effect that you are going to jump on when prepearing for a guitar crescendo.

If you are looking for a noise gate then you should get a book on guitar effects "what they do and how to use them" because you should not be looking here. This is a processor that is like realtime DBX or dolby noise reduction. It removes signal noise & hum. This pedal is not to be used as a gate EG;

Gate - Shuts the signal off completely until guitar is played and it lets the signal through along with any noise & hum you may have. Depends on what your playing - the noise may not be audible due to what your playing overcomming the noise.

Noise Reduction - A more subtle effect that reduces the noise constantly - tries to irradicate hum & hissing etc. Will not work with overly excessive noise.

Pro's have been using this for years, not a 10 cause it's not the Rocktron super C.

1 on/off switch, 1 treshold knob. If you can't use this you probably can't even play guitar.

I am using this pedal with a Gibson SG plugged into a Marshall JCM900 (the pedal is in my effects loop, and I don't use other pedals). My amp was noisy as hell before, now it's dead silent. Remember that I keep my gain pretty low, and that if I get it too high, I start to get some noise. THIS PEDAL IS NOT FOR GAIN WHORES! But for anything up to the gain level of Weezer, this unit is perfect.

I bought the adapter with the pedal, which means I don't need to change the batteries. It has never let me down so I would definatly use it without a backup.

Never dealt with them.

I play anything from Weezer to System of a Down. If it were stolen, I would definatly buy another one ASAP.

Very easy to use and effective, but only under very specific conditions.

See Sound Quality.

Before buying this unit I read all of the reviews posted here. Though there seems to be a variety of opinions here, I would say they are all correct.

Under some conditions, it completely sucks your tone.
Under other conditions, it doesn't work at all.
Under the correct conditions, it works great.

WHAT THIS PEDAL DOES:

Eliminates noise & feedback without effecting tone.

WHAT ARE THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH THIS WILL WORK?

ONLY if you have a very noisy pedal BEFORE this pedal (e.g., think single coil run through old high gain distortion pedal).

WHAT WON'T THIS PEDAL DO?

It will not work if you don't have active noise.
-- if it is before a noisy pedal, it will do nothing
-- if it is after a non-noisy pedal, it will completely suck your tone
-- This pedal CANNOT be set and left on!

HOW TO USE THIS PEDAL

1. Make sure you have a substantial noise problem. It will not help for moderate or minor noise. It will suck your tone.
2. Place Hush anywhere between your very noisy pedal and your power amp. That is, it works equally well before or after your preamp, so you can use your effects loop if you want.
3. ONLY TURN THIS PEDAL ON WHEN YOUR VERY NOISY PEDAL IS ON. TURN IT OFF WHEN YOU TURN YOUR VERY NOISY PEDAL OFF.

This pedal WILL solve major feedback/noise problems very well.

Looks rugged enough. Haven't had it long enough to know.

Don't know

Excellent for one very specific (and important) purpose. Otherwise, harmful to your tone.

I have read reviews about this pedal from many people that bought this pedal and I am totaly discusted in how negative and clueless some people can be.
I nearly didn't buy it because of some really bad reviews that I read but I said to myself for 50 bucks its worth buying and letting myself be the judge! This pedal does exactly what it says. Very easy to use and it works without killing any tone.

I used the Hush Pedal through my effects loop on my Fender Twin Reverb that is modified with killer tone to the bone. I didn't want to lose any tone but I did want to eliminte noise from many vintage pedals that I have such as; Vintage original 1960's Clyde Mc Coy Wah, MXR Dynacomp, Boss CS-3 compressor, MXR Phase 90, Boss Chorus CE-2, Boss Overdrive SD-1, Ibanez Tube Screamer and a Micro Vibe by voodoo Labs. When I adjusted the threshold of the Hush pedal the noise died and the tone was there, exactly what Rocktron claims the pedal can do!! I wouldn't use the hush pedal on the clean channel because anyone that has noise on their clean channel has a problem with their amp!!!!

This pedal is made out of metal and very solid. I like the blue light and the blue color of the pedal! Blue is my favorite Color :) I dought even the worst road conditions or cold would harm this pedal.

Before I bought the pedal I emailed Rocktron with certain questions that I had and they where very fast and informative after they instantly replyed to my email.

I give this unit a 10 because I have tried other noise gates and pedals that claimed to clean up the noise but all they did was leave the noise while I was playing and cut off the sound when I would sustain a note.
This pedal does what it claims. Use this pedal in your effects loop click it on when you have overdrive with many noisy pedals and when you play the noise goes away while the tone still stays the same and when you sustain that note it wont kill your sound even after you finish playing that note :)Dead silent when I am not playing even cranked to 6 on a 100 watt Twin :)
What people have to realize is when you don't know how to use something don't blame the company or knock down the hush pedal!!!
I am so happy I bought it and didn't make a bad move by listening to bad reviews. I totaly recomend this pedal for anyone who wants to keep their tone and lose the noise!!
Good show Rocktron.

One knob, one switch, it's really simple.

Fender Standard Strat ->Dunlop GCB-95 -> Ds-1 -> CE-5 -> HUSH ->Vol pedal ->Peavey studio pro 112. I use the pedal mainly to cut 60's cycle hum when using distortion. It does very well. I'm really surprised the quality of tone cause I heard really bad things about noise gates.

It's hard to break, Wery well and solid built. Maybe the Threshold knob should look stronger.

I've never have any problems

It works pretty well. Now I can play my strat with distiortion without lots of hum. It really changed my life!

Simply to use. One knob......Plug in/Plug out.....

If you read what the manual tells you do to you WILL NOT be disappointed.

My setup consists of a Peavey 5150 Head into a Marshall 1960B 4x12 cabinet. Guitars are a Peavey WOlfgang, Les Paul, Dean V, Kramer Striker, Peavey Tracer Custom, to name a few.

I use this unit in my Boss Pedal Board that is running directly into my FX Loop. This is the way to use this pedal. The manual clearly states, "Do Not plug this pedel between your guitar and amp. IT WILL NOT WORK". I have my board set up with the following.....Boss TU-2 Tuner, Boss GE-7 Equalizer, Boss DD-3 Digital Delay, Boss Chorus Ensemble, The Hush then my Electro Harmonix Holy Grail Reverb. I know the manual says to put it in the chain before Delays and Reverbs but I cannot see any difference in my tone with it being after the delay.

This pedal does what it is supposed to do. It takes the Hiss and Noise out of your setup without sucking your tone.

Built sturdy so it should be able to last for years.....

Never dealt with them but they have been around for years so that should tell you something...

My band, Slider (www.sliderrocks.com) plays everything from 80's Hair Metal (Poison, Motley Crue, Def Leppard, etc), Classic Rock standards (AC/DC, Judas Priest, Van Halen, etc), Southern Rock (ZZ Top, Skynyrd, etc) to Modern Rock (Jimmy Eat World, Lit, Blink 182, Green Day, etc) so basically we are all over the map.

I got this pedal after our Soundman asked us to get a Noise Supressor since I use the 5150 and our other guitar player uses a Mesa Boogie.

With this pedal in the chain it takes all of that unwanted "High Gain" hiss out of your setup so it is a great addition to my rig and it makes our soundman happy.

If you use a High Gain amp buy this pedal you will not be disappointed.