Henretta Engineering
For some of you, just having one or two
knobless pedals may not be enough. You’re
more adventurous than that—you need a
whole board without knobs. Knobs are just
safety nets that constrain artists, man! Well,
I’ve got some good news for you: Henretta
Engineering has you covered. The company
that gave us memorable stompboxes such
as the Choad Blaster and the Heisenberg
also has a complete line of tiny, knobless
pedals. And by tiny, I mean about the size
of a ring box. The small enclosures have
just a bypass switch and an LED to ensure
nothing gets in the way of you and your
music. You may be asking yourself, what
kind of effects could really work without
knobs? Henretta has the answer, and it’s
“all of them.” And by “all of them” I mean
all the essentials, namely compressor, filter,
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fuzz, boost, dirty boost, tremolo, phaser,
delay, reverb, and if the Tentacle is too
big for your board, try the Purple Octopus
analog octave up.
Henretta accomplishes this enormous
feat by including internal trimpots in the
pedals, allowing you to tailor each one to
your liking, giving you the ultimate
set-and-forget tool kit. There are a lot of
great full featured multi-effects units out
there, and the Henretta mini pedals are the
perfect antithesis to those. Henretta can
even create a custom unit with four of your
favorite knobless effects in one enclosure,
giving you the ultimate grab-and-go rig.
Having a simplified setup could really open
up your mind for new musical creations,
and these little gems can help you get into
that frame of mind.
Keep It Simple Stupid: Knobless Pedals that Can Transform Your Rig