The overdrive pedal that’s so good, they had to name it twice?
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Review
The TC Electronic Mojomojo Overdrive is a pretty interesting pedal that’s used by a number of amazing players from Paul Gilbert to Johnny Hiland.
It's been designed to have lots of headroom, which gives it an amp-like feel as it has such great dynamics. This has been achieved, according to TC Electronic, by using a circuit that ramps up the voltage to more than 3-4 times than that of an average drive pedal.
The controls are simple, intuitive and yet very complex in some ways as they interact very well with each other leading to a tonne of tweak-ability and variety in available sounds.
I particularly liked it as a mild overdrive, just adding a touch of character, but it can be used all the way from a pretty transparent boost, through to a full on overdrive with a touch of fuzzy goodness.
Let’s take a more in-depth look at the controls of the TC Electronics Mojomojo:
These are pretty standard with Drive, Level, Bass and Treble controls. There's also a Voice mini-toggle switch.
The Treble and Bass controls have a good range but nothing over the top, making all the tones useable. They interact well, so you're sure to find some tasty tones with your preferred guitar.
There is a lot of volume on tap, so if you want to push your tube amp and use the Mojomojo as a clean boost, it’ll do this no problem.
The Drive goes from clean to pretty full on, with those fuzzy tones mentioned earlier.
The Voice switch is a great addition as it takes away a little of the bass when needed, which is particularly handy if you’ve got a dark sounding guitar.