I always wonder why the market has very few wah/vol pedal. I mean this kind of thing is needed. Glad to see companies like Hotone are putting out some effort. Sounds great as well.
Well i really wanted a wah/vol pedal until i actually got one lol there were alot of times i wanted to use the wah but cant because that meant maxing my volume back up.
@@keremtatar7304 I just roll the vol knob off my guitar when that conflict comes up. Most of the time I'd use the vol pedal, if I need a full mute its obviously the tuner, and when I need wah and lower volume I use the volume knob. The slight adjustment in tone from rolling off the volume knob is far outweighed by using a wah.
I’ve used a volume pedal since the mid ‘70s, wah for longer than that. To save space on the floor, I prefer to have both functions in one pedal switchable by foot. I used Morley volume/wah pedals for a while, but they were big and clunky, and they used little automotive bulbs for power, that were hard to get and burned out fairly often. They also point down in toe position, and in the days when I could stand up to play for 4-5 hours a night, that worked OK. These days I’m in a wheelchair, and that angled pedal isn’t comfortable for me sitting down! So for the last 20 years or so I’ve used Dunlop volume pedals-they work well, but they don’t do wah, and I don’t want to use a second pedal, so I’ve gone without wah for years, and I miss it! This Hotone pedal looks pretty cool-I may just have to get one!
I've been lookin' for this. And I've been hummin in it my head or when no ones around. Thank you for the sound test, sound test is the most important. Thanks.
The Hotone Soul Press II is a Wah, Expression, and Volume pedal in one. This thing is built like a tank! It's a very nice upgrade over the original Soul Press and the larger pedal size feels great under the foot. Thanks for watching! Timestamps and links below. 0:00 - About & Disclaimer (Sponsored) 0:22 - Jam Track 2:31 - Hotone Soul Press II Overview 4:47 - Volume Mode 6:52 - Wah Pedal Mode (classic mode) 7:49 - Wah Pedal (warm mode) 8:36 - Clean Wah Pedal “Q Frequency” 10:43 - Always-on Mode (Wah & Volume) 11:32 - My Hotone Soulpress II Review Official Site - www.hotoneaudio.com/ Amazon - amzn.to/3tlgYw0
Great review. Clarification, Q is for band width and height of the filter spike, not freq. Higher Q is narrower peak band with higher peak, lower Q is flatter up to cut off, then gentle roll off without as much spike.
Yep you control the freq with the wah (as with all wahs). The Q is making the shape of the peak - think of it making a mountain on the freq curve - can be a steeper or gentler mountain.
Definitely looks built for the road and the sounds you can access add a lot of options to your repertoire. Those volume sweeps really gives Shane's playing even more expression. Easy sell when you hear it.
Old review but caught my. While watching and agreeing on his favorite settings I went back to my studio and pealed mine off my pedalboard to check and you betcha.......classic setting "Q" at 2 o'clock. 👍
I like the warm setting... Sounds perfect for fuzz that usually goes too brittle on the top and where guitar resides in the mix. I usually have to trim off the top so I like that.
Great pedal but I wonder what the long term reliability will be like. I wish Shane would revisit some of the pedals to see how they held up long term. Lot of these chinese made pedals stop working after couple of months. PS. Shane, thanks for wearing shoes instead of being bare footed demoing the pedal :)
What sells me on this wah/volume/expression pedal is the Q control. It’s like having several different wahs in one! I wonder, however, how compatible the expression side of this pedal is because I could use it for my Uni Vibe type pedal or something else outside of Hotone pedals. Thank you for the cool video Shane! Cheers!🎸🎸🤘🏾🤘🏾
Yes! I works as a standalone exp pedal for Delay, reverb, anything w an exp input. Just use a TRS (2 black rings on the male portion of the jack) instead of standard cable(1 black ring). Works like any other exp pedal.. Killer bit of kit for sure.
@@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou Sorry to revive a year-old comment- but can this be used simultaneously as a wah and expression pedal so I can avoid having two on my board?
Anyone looking at the new Hotone Wong Press, this pedal is the exact same thing with very insignificant changes. the Wong Press has a $199 price tag vs. the $119 price tag for the Soul Press 2. I found a deal on a Soul Press 2 on Reverb for $100.
Nice. I think you should have demoed the volume side of the pedal after some dirt rather than into the crunch on the Marshall ...... which still sounded pretty dirty to my ears. I appreciate this kind of dual pedal requires a bit of compromise but instead of getting those lovely volume swells we got off=>clean-ish=>dirty which imho didn't show off the pedal's full potential. The wah sounded really good though. Maybe a follow up with the Hotone after your Royal Flush into a clean amp might be appropriate .... assuming you have the time and energy that is. 🙂
I sat thru this entire vid just to see how it functions as an XP and you never even bother with it, and their website isn't much better- I had to download the f'n manual for a pedal I don't even own just to see if it will do what I want. Point being, maybe cover the WHOLE pedal next time?
Villa Strangiato. Eh up Shane. I'm going to have to have one of these. Funny I asked you a week or to ago if you ever tried a Kilawah by Gigfx. Their kind of the same thing but the Hotone is right up to date, it looks better and no doubt whatever's under the bonnet are better quality components. The size is good to. Impressed with your review mate, you made me want one whether that was your intension or not. You sir have given me Gas.
Maybe you've learned this in the meantime: but you're using too much gain for the use of a volume pedal. At least for it to have a smooth/linear curve. With a clean sound, the volume curve will be smooth. With an overdriven or distorted signal, the volume will come in quite quickly ('the first quarter') and will then just add more gain as you go up. Unless you put it in the FX loop or after you drive pedals. It's like this with every volume pedal of volume pot!
Thank you for the video, It was a good in depth review. However I have watched multiple reviews on his pedal now and on many different you tube channels and in not one of them has someone demonstrated flipping between using it as an expression pedal back to a volume or wah pedal. Call me stupid for asking but can I plug in say a pitch shifter pedal into expression port and have it in my pedal chain use it for the pitchshifter and back to a volume and wah? How does that work if the pedal only has a vol setting or wah setting or combo volume wah setting?
@@LemonMeIon I think you missed the point of my question. I want to use it live as a volume pedal. And in the same song switch it to use with my pitch shifter pedal then back to volume Question How do you turn offvolune and use as oithshufter then back. There is not footswitch on the pedal for this function
Sounds pretty good and some useful features. The warm mode could be good as a contrast to more trebly bright tone, or for more jazzy roll off tone, especially on single coils and hollow body…just guessing.
Great range of wah tones but wish I could set the volume pedal range like I can the Q on the wah. I don’t want a full off but a would rather a more gentle volume controls slope.
Great review. My question is whether it is possible to use the expression function controlling HX stomp parameters. When I activate the wah it turns off the expression, and when I turn off the wah the expression works again. In this case I don't want to use the pedal volume function. Have you already tested this? Could you test?
Making a mod was my first idea, when I thought about using exp and wah; I thought about making it have max exp while using wah. Did you get your Hotone and did you make a mod? If so, what did you do? I'm actually thinking about buying one, too... Cheers
I read some reviews that say the wah is a little noisy? Can you confirm or deny with your sample? I plan to use a lot of game behind the pedal so I'm just wondering
With the overdrive on, you can't really hear very much about it's tone... I was about to get the SP2 but have heard that it has a gain jump (I've noticed this in a lot of Chinese pedals) and a slightly gritty sound (I'm playing medium sized gigs with a miked Blues Junior as clean as possible🙄)... is it going to turn my funk to crunch ? Thanks for your great reviews and yur cool vibe 👍
Is it possible to place the Soul Press 2 on a (transformer based) power supply? Or will this cause hum? The inductor in the old red Soul Press wasn't shielded at all...
It's an expression pedal it works however you set it up with a device that works with it. It will work as a wah or volume pedal for example with any multi-effects pedal or something like a Kemper.
Great review. I already have 6 wah pedals so I need this one too.
🤣🤣 agreed
Do you like it compared to the 6 other wah pedals? 😅
I always wonder why the market has very few wah/vol pedal. I mean this kind of thing is needed. Glad to see companies like Hotone are putting out some effort. Sounds great as well.
Well i really wanted a wah/vol pedal until i actually got one lol there were alot of times i wanted to use the wah but cant because that meant maxing my volume back up.
@@keremtatar7304 I just roll the vol knob off my guitar when that conflict comes up. Most of the time I'd use the vol pedal, if I need a full mute its obviously the tuner, and when I need wah and lower volume I use the volume knob. The slight adjustment in tone from rolling off the volume knob is far outweighed by using a wah.
I’ve used a volume pedal since the mid ‘70s, wah for longer than that. To save space on the floor, I prefer to have both functions in one pedal switchable by foot. I used Morley volume/wah pedals for a while, but they were big and clunky, and they used little automotive bulbs for power, that were hard to get and burned out fairly often. They also point down in toe position, and in the days when I could stand up to play for 4-5 hours a night, that worked OK. These days I’m in a wheelchair, and that angled pedal isn’t comfortable for me sitting down! So for the last 20 years or so I’ve used Dunlop volume pedals-they work well, but they don’t do wah, and I don’t want to use a second pedal, so I’ve gone without wah for years, and I miss it! This Hotone pedal looks pretty cool-I may just have to get one!
I've been lookin' for this. And I've been hummin in it my head or when no ones around. Thank you for the sound test, sound test is the most important. Thanks.
The Hotone Soul Press II is a Wah, Expression, and Volume pedal in one. This thing is built like a tank! It's a very nice upgrade over the original Soul Press and the larger pedal size feels great under the foot. Thanks for watching! Timestamps and links below.
0:00 - About & Disclaimer (Sponsored)
0:22 - Jam Track
2:31 - Hotone Soul Press II Overview
4:47 - Volume Mode
6:52 - Wah Pedal Mode (classic mode)
7:49 - Wah Pedal (warm mode)
8:36 - Clean Wah Pedal “Q Frequency”
10:43 - Always-on Mode (Wah & Volume)
11:32 - My Hotone Soulpress II Review
Official Site - www.hotoneaudio.com/
Amazon - amzn.to/3tlgYw0
Great review. Clarification, Q is for band width and height of the filter spike, not freq. Higher Q is narrower peak band with higher peak, lower Q is flatter up to cut off, then gentle roll off without as much spike.
Yep you control the freq with the wah (as with all wahs). The Q is making the shape of the peak - think of it making a mountain on the freq curve - can be a steeper or gentler mountain.
Definitely looks built for the road and the sounds you can access add a lot of options to your repertoire. Those volume sweeps really gives Shane's playing even more expression. Easy sell when you hear it.
Old review but caught my. While watching and agreeing on his favorite settings I went back to my studio and pealed mine off my pedalboard to check and you betcha.......classic setting "Q" at 2 o'clock. 👍
A very interesting pedal. That classic sound is SO 1970’s! Great playing as always, Shane.
The wah tone is really nice. Having the ability to sweep the frequency is pretty great. :)
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Always impressed with your knowledge another great review, thanks so much.
Thanks mate 😊
I like the warm setting... Sounds perfect for fuzz that usually goes too brittle on the top and where guitar resides in the mix.
I usually have to trim off the top so I like that.
I have/use this pedal and also can’t say enough about it. Very useable, versatile multipurpose compact wah pedal 🤘🏻
Rocks and rolls of voices, and blues music feels , two kind of sounds pedals ....great
I have the first version and i love it. But now i need the new one. 🤷♂️
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Cheers Mate! Those runners are as clean as your playing!
haha thanks! I actually gave them a wipe before filming because some things can't be unseen! 🤣
Great pedal but I wonder what the long term reliability will be like. I wish Shane would revisit some of the pedals to see how they held up long term. Lot of these chinese made pedals stop working after couple of months. PS. Shane, thanks for wearing shoes instead of being bare footed demoing the pedal :)
Thanks man. You convinced me to pull the trigger on one.
One hands of five , first hand 's of best ! Hotone wah pedals. Solids built .
Always important for a footpedal to feel good in the hand.
What sells me on this wah/volume/expression pedal is the Q control. It’s like having several different wahs in one! I wonder, however, how compatible the expression side of this pedal is because I could use it for my Uni Vibe type pedal or something else outside of Hotone pedals. Thank you for the cool video Shane! Cheers!🎸🎸🤘🏾🤘🏾
Yes! I works as a standalone exp pedal for Delay, reverb, anything w an exp input. Just use a TRS (2 black rings on the male portion of the jack) instead of standard cable(1 black ring). Works like any other exp pedal.. Killer bit of kit for sure.
@Jamal what does it do exactly? Does it widen or shorten the range or does it set the middle point of the range?
It works well as an expression too. Best if you can calibrate the pedal you’re controlling to the range of the sweep
@@Gearjunkie35JasonBallou Sorry to revive a year-old comment- but can this be used simultaneously as a wah and expression pedal so I can avoid having two on my board?
Very well designed pedal
Anyone looking at the new Hotone Wong Press, this pedal is the exact same thing with very insignificant changes. the Wong Press has a $199 price tag vs. the $119 price tag for the Soul Press 2. I found a deal on a Soul Press 2 on Reverb for $100.
Very cool pedal. Very versatile. Great video Shane.
I think it's much better if you call it Ho Tone, on account of the wah wah
Nice. I think you should have demoed the volume side of the pedal after some dirt rather than into the crunch on the Marshall ...... which still sounded pretty dirty to my ears. I appreciate this kind of dual pedal requires a bit of compromise but instead of getting those lovely volume swells we got off=>clean-ish=>dirty which imho didn't show off the pedal's full potential. The wah sounded really good though. Maybe a follow up with the Hotone after your Royal Flush into a clean amp might be appropriate .... assuming you have the time and energy that is. 🙂
Yeaw! The demo I was waiting! I realy want this one :D
Pretty cool pedal. Great Video... Greatly appreciate your channel
Just ordered one 👍😃
I sat thru this entire vid just to see how it functions as an XP and you never even bother with it, and their website isn't much better- I had to download the f'n manual for a pedal I don't even own just to see if it will do what I want. Point being, maybe cover the WHOLE pedal next time?
Villa Strangiato. Eh up Shane. I'm going to have to have one of these. Funny I asked you a week or to ago if you ever tried a Kilawah by Gigfx. Their kind of the same thing but the Hotone is right up to date, it looks better and no doubt whatever's under the bonnet are better quality components. The size is good to. Impressed with your review mate, you made me want one whether that was your intension or not. You sir have given me Gas.
I'm usually a straight into the amp kind of guy, but I would totally buy this pedal.... and that Tokai... and some of them Joe Barden pickups.
Dawg, this pedal rules!
Maybe you've learned this in the meantime: but you're using too much gain for the use of a volume pedal. At least for it to have a smooth/linear curve. With a clean sound, the volume curve will be smooth. With an overdriven or distorted signal, the volume will come in quite quickly ('the first quarter') and will then just add more gain as you go up. Unless you put it in the FX loop or after you drive pedals. It's like this with every volume pedal of volume pot!
hotone!!!!!!!!!! again !!!!!!!!!! love it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the video, It was a good in depth review.
However I have watched multiple reviews on his pedal now and on many different you tube channels and in not one of them has someone demonstrated flipping between using it as an expression pedal back to a volume or wah pedal.
Call me stupid for asking but can I plug in say a pitch shifter pedal into expression port and have it in my pedal chain use it for the pitchshifter and back to a volume and wah? How does that work if the pedal only has a vol setting or wah setting or combo volume wah setting?
agreed same question
I’ve tested this. The expression control is a passive function so it always works in any setting and even when not powered.
@@LemonMeIon I think you missed the point of my question. I want to use it live as a volume pedal. And in the same song switch it to use with my pitch shifter pedal then back to volume
Question
How do you turn offvolune and use as oithshufter then back. There is not footswitch on the pedal for this function
Excellent little pedals!
I like it. Esp with the strat.
Another very good demo video from Shane,
Hey man, great review but it would have been good to also see the expression mode.
Good demo but seriously disappointed you didnt demo the exp feature
I need this to make room for two more pedals😂😂😂😂
Fantástico pedal, saludos desde España ;)
Sounds pretty good and some useful features. The warm mode could be good as a contrast to more trebly bright tone, or for more jazzy roll off tone, especially on single coils and hollow body…just guessing.
Great range of wah tones but wish I could set the volume pedal range like I can the Q on the wah. I don’t want a full off but a would rather a more gentle volume controls slope.
Does anyone know if I can hook it up to my rig as both wah and expression, and toggle between these functions?
Ibanez 's , mrx 's, boss's , and many of brands. Wah wah wah .wah wah wah !!!!! This are super !!!!!!wah
Great review.
My question is whether it is possible to use the expression function controlling HX stomp parameters.
When I activate the wah it turns off the expression, and when I turn off the wah the expression works again.
In this case I don't want to use the pedal volume function. Have you already tested this? Could you test?
The expression control works all the time. I’ve tested it.
@@LemonMeIon Wow thanks. I really liked the sound and bought one on aliexpress. I'm waiting for delivery. I'm thinking of making a mod.
Making a mod was my first idea, when I thought about using exp and wah; I thought about making it have max exp while using wah. Did you get your Hotone and did you make a mod? If so, what did you do? I'm actually thinking about buying one, too... Cheers
Be nice ta have another option, where the Wah & Volume run At The Same Time!
is it made of plastic or metal?
I read some reviews that say the wah is a little noisy? Can you confirm or deny with your sample? I plan to use a lot of game behind the pedal so I'm just wondering
I didn't know something like this existed. I was wondering if I had to get multiple foot pedals which seems kind of stupid to do.
Great playing and review. How is the bypass? Does it change the tone when the volume is ON? Thank you!
With the overdrive on, you can't really hear very much about it's tone... I was about to get the SP2 but have heard that it has a gain jump (I've noticed this in a lot of Chinese pedals) and a slightly gritty sound (I'm playing medium sized gigs with a miked Blues Junior as clean as possible🙄)... is it going to turn my funk to crunch ? Thanks for your great reviews and yur cool vibe 👍
A question: When we insert a 9V rechargeable battery into the Soulpress 2, when connected to the source, is the 9V battery being recharged?
Hello, thank you for your review. When it is used as an expression pedal, does it work when both the pedal is on or off?
Yes, it is a passive function so it always works in any setting and even when not powered.
Expression...Volume.....All the Crybaby sounds..All the Morley sounds....Damn. That's a great piece of kit.
Ho tone, or Hot one.
Thank you for this video! 😊 is it possible to use the pedal with also the ampero switch connected to Ampero 2?
In theory could you rock two of these on the chain in different modes?
Nice pedal but where can I find that jam track?
Can I like BOTH Classic and Warm tones?? I’m a sucker for indicator lights!
Hey Shane if you get the chance could you review the Fender made in Japan Hybrid II series Tele or Strat
Which one is the best: Hotone Soul Press II or Joyo Wah II?
Is it possible to place the Soul Press 2 on a (transformer based) power supply? Or will this cause hum? The inductor in the old red Soul Press wasn't shielded at all...
Everytime I watch someone on TH-cam demo soloing I realize how much I overcomplicate soloing and end up making it harder than it needs to be.
it is all about phrasing
How is this one holding up? Still solid?
Hi bro. Do you still use this wah? Hows the reliability after a year? Thanks
Review expresion pedal plis
Nothing about the expression function?
It's an expression pedal it works however you set it up with a device that works with it. It will work as a wah or volume pedal for example with any multi-effects pedal or something like a Kemper.
Can you use the Hotone Ampero Switch and Wah together?
I agree
I love how they're making pedals to fit the feet of the typical 5 year old rocker.
Can i conect the Tone press with 18v ?
I use the expression output parallel to the wah or volume functionality? Thanks!
Yes, it is a passive function so it always works in any setting and even when not powered.
Awesome pedal, but how does it fare with a Bass?
It should have no issues with Bass. Most guitar/bass effects are interchangeable.
They claim this works with Quad cortex? have you tried? anyone?
Does it work for bass and does it have a mode where both volume and wah are on? I want a volume boost when I turn on the wah.
Tx.
Yes but it’s either or. I think the Ibanez wah has a boost built in when you engage the wah
really disappointed on the screws on the battery cpmpartment. very cheap. i bought this to be operated by battery
you sir can make a tin can sound like a 1960s vox wah.
Thank you, but what about the expression demo? That's an incomplete review 🥲
If there’s nothing to control using the expression side, I can’t showcase it.