GEAR REVIEW
[ ROCKTRON MICRO HUSH PEDAL | Eric Dahl ]
KEY FEATURES
battery. Rocktron suggests that you place their
so it won’t eat space on your board or weigh
Micro Hush at the end of your pedal chain and
you down. Street price is $95.20, and for the
Provides up to 65dB
of signal cleanup
then dial in the amount of sound you want to
quality of the pedal and service it provides I
allow through. From the test unit that was sent
feel it’s a good deal. Plus, your congregation
One simple threshold knob
for adjustment
for review I like the solid build, simple control
will thank you when the hiss of your pedals,
and the smoothness of attack compared to
amp, or single coil pickups aren’t drowning out
Does not cut off notes like other
noise gates
other noise gates. The Micro Hush doesn’t cut
everything else in the service!
off your notes like some pedals do. It’s more
of a fade out like you would expect a note to
All of us have experienced hiss and pickup
decay after you play it. Dimensions are 3 5/8”
noise from our pedals, amps, and instruments,
by 2 1/8” by 2” and it only weighs 5.3 ounces
$95.20 Street
Rocktron.com
and nowhere is this more noticeable than when
we’re playing in a church or fellowship hall
when things get quiet! I have used and tested
a number of noise gates over the years, but
many of them also lost some of my nuances
of playing and seemed to shut down the sound
right when I was trying to be subtle! Rocktron
has been designing and building dependable
music gear for musicians since 1983, and their
first hit was the original Hush sound reduction
unit! The recently released Micro Hush is
designed for guitar and bass players with
limited pedal space, but the need for cleaning
up their sound. The Micro can provide 65db
of sound reduction and still keep your tone. It
has a true bypass foot switch, ¼” in and out,
and one knob for adjustment. It requires a 9v
power source, and due its size you can’t use a
Sep Oct 2016
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