Description
The Mad Professor Sweet Honey Overdrive (SHOD) rewards dynamic playing rather than knob-twiddling. Dig in and it snarls into overdrive; back off and it cleans right up, tracking pickup output and pick attack in real time. Dropped into an already-dirty amp, it thickens and pushes the tone; set ahead of a clean channel, it adds a controlled, musical grit that never feels forced.
What sets this pedal apart is the FOCUS control, which shapes both the feel and the EQ of the circuit. Rolled counterclockwise, you’ll need to play harder to break up, and the tone turns soft and rounded — ideal territory for jazz and blues phrasing. Push it clockwise and you get an earlier, easier breakup with a touch of treble lift, useful for cutting through a mix. Most players find 11 o’clock a good home base before dialing in to taste.
This circuit traces its roots to the BJF Honey Bee, but the Mad Professor take tightens up the low end and broadens compatibility — it’s been voiced to behave predictably across different guitars and amp platforms rather than favoring one setup. It also stacks cleanly with other overdrives and gain pedals, making it a flexible building block for boards covering multiple genres. This handwired build shares the exact specs and tone of the standard version, just assembled by hand.
- VOLUME: output level
- DRIVE: amount of overdrive
- FOCUS: breakup sensitivity and EQ voicing (CCW = mellow/harder to distort, CW = brighter/earlier breakup)
- Supply voltage: 7.5–18VDC
- Current draw at 9VDC: 5mA
- Input impedance: 260K
- Output impedance: 25K Ohms
- True bypass
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