I love my Haymaker, it's my ALWAYS ON pedal when I am playing with my band. I use it in Mode B, with almost everything at noon, to give a nice boost / oomph to my base signal, then I add some overdrive, distortion or fuzz on top of it when needed. Mode C is also amazing, allowing you to sculpt similar sounds as the Wave Cannon, which is probably the best distortion ever created 🙂
def a mainstay for me. love all three modes, can cover a lot of ground. i love that he pulls out two different pedals to cover all that the haymaker does.
I actually did want to know what happened to the Caroline Haymaker drive, so thank you for the video upload. It's a great sounding pedal! Luckily there are are still a few out there on the second-hand market. 👍
Whomever your artist is that commented that it's too complex for an overdrive doesn't speak for everyone. I'm sure as a studio or touring musician they have access to hundreds of different pedals that they can use in the studio or on tour, but as a home musician I absolutely appreciate multiple modes to choose from. Please don't listen to artists only going forward!
I really like mine. I originally thought it was going to be a tubescreamer but it isn't that at all. Now, please do one of these for the Olympia! I have a Shigeharu and a Crom but I keep going back to the Olympia.
The high pass filter on the kilobyte havoc mode is so perfectly tuned. The megabyte didn't have the same filter to my ears and couldn't pump n chop the repeats like the kilobyte, but some awesome sounding pedals that look amazing and attract you to play and fiddle with em
My Haymaker is essential to the sound that I want and need from my Telecaster. Maybe the pedal's A-B-C options are too subtle for some players, but the Haymaker rewards patience and experimentation.
