ONE CONTROL Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Overdrive Pedal User Manual
- October 27, 2023
- ONE CONTROL
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ONE CONTROL Honey Bee OD 4K Mini Overdrive Pedal
Specifications
- Input Impedance : 370k
- Output Impedance : 50K
- Power : DC9V Negative Tip 2.1mm Barrel Type
- Current Draw: 3mA
- Size： 47Wx100Dx48H mm
- Weight： App 160g
For the 20th anniversary of the original BJFe Honeybee Overdrive, Björn Juhl
has now brought the sound of his classic low-gain overdrive to the One Control
Mini pedal platform, featuring both the classic Honeybee warm syrupy texture
with Modern/Vintage Switch and a special new Custom version, with enhanced
gain and a hot crimson finish. Gold finish is classic, Crimson finish is the high
gain variant. One of the most popular customer requests from the original
Honeybee OD was for enhanced treble response. While many guitarists love the
original “Nature” knob, Björn has equipped the new HBOD4k Mini with both Bass
and Treble controls. This new design will enable players to dial the pedal in
more easily with a wider range of amplifiers. After the original run of 200
BJFe Honeybees, Björn started to change the original circuit in response to
requests from guitarists worldwide. You can have both flavors of the Honeybee
OD with the 4K Mini – simply flip the switch on the side between Vintage/Modern
and experience the original sound of both Honeybee circuits in our Mini size
enclosure to allow the HBOD4K Mini to fit on any pedalboard setup. The most
important feature of the HBOD4K Mini is the SOUND. Björn has spent the last
few years doing extensive research on the components and construction
techniques required for One Control pedals, especially the Mini size
enclosures. The circuit cannot simply be copies from the older versions – it
must be completely redesigned and voiced by the master himself to get a tone
that meets his approval. There are no “mojo components” or other superstitious
circuit mysticism in this approach. And for this 20th Anniversary of arguably
his most popular effects pedal, he is proud to release the most affordable and
easiest to use Honeybee Overdrive ever.
The original Honeybee was released on December 4, 2002 and was highly inspired
by the sound of an old Supro amplifier that Björn was extremely fond of. For a
truly natural sounding low-gain overdrive, the Honeybee is one of the best in
the world. It responds wonderfully to the player’s touch and dynamics and is a
great pedal for “stacking” with other effects like fuzzes and distortions.
Played into a clean to slightly crunchy amplifier, the HBOD 4K Mini can give
you all the classic “crunch” tones as well as that almost clean tone that is
yet dripping with harmonics and sustain. This is where the Honeybee flies.
Pushing a dirty amp with the Honeybee will help bring additional harmonic
components to your tone as well as some additional gain. This can help to
bolster your rhythm parts in the mix and push your solos out front with some
more low-mid penetration and clarity without an appreciable increase in
volume. The HBOD 4K Mini can even be used like an “AIAB” (amp-in-the-box)
style pedal – just connect the output of the Honeybee directly to the power
amp input of any amplifier and get that old Supro-style grind with even solid-
state amp setups. A slight low-mid bump helps to round the tone. The
Modern/Vintage switch gives you two entire Honeybee sounds – with VINTAGE mode
you can have the sound of the earliest Honeybees. A mild and classic overdrive
tone that is sweet with the “luxury trebles” that Björn is known for. MODERN
mode is the sound of the current Honeybee – slightly higher gain with a wider
low-end response for a more contemporary sound.
CUSTOM HIGH GAIN VERSION:
In addition to the 20th Anniversary HBOD4K Mini Standard, we have also created the new CUSTOM version with a limited-edition crimson red color. Tonally, this version will bring you additional gain and push in the low-mid spectrum with a thicker tone. This version also has the VINTAGE/MODERN switch, so you get both original Honeybee with high gain and modern Honeybee with high gain. With both pedals, you can easily have four different variations of the classic Honeybee tone at your feet.
Controls:
- VOLUME – adjusts the overall output with unity gain around 12 o’clock
- DRIVE – adjusts the intensity of the distortion. At 12 o’clock, distortion is mostly produced by picking dynamics
- BASS – Adjusts the low tone frequencies
- TREBLE – Adjusts the high frequencies
- VINTAGE/MODERN: switches between the custom sound of the original Honeybee circuit (VINTAGE) and the current model Honeybee (MODERN)