BEHRINGER VT999 VINTAGE TUBE MONSTER
Well we have a company here famous for cheap pedals.It is equally famous for it's rock bottom
quality. Their plastic cheapie pedals were the cheapest you could buy in a store. Of course the same money on-line could get you a decent sounding and reasonably made product straight from China!!!
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$49.00 USD |
They recently bought TC Electronics. The discontinued product has been repackaged in a very, very nice metal case. But most of it still sounds like the crap it is.
So why is this pedal here?
HOW DOES A REAL 12Ax7 TUBE DISTORTION sound to you at
less then 50 bucks !!!!
NO!
It is not a typo. lol
But what does it sound like.
Well actually if it wasn't tube we would all take one big step back.
But because it's a real tube sound it can hardly be ignored. It needs a good listen.
It may be pretty ratty sounding but it does have a funky cool to it. LOL
Unfortunately I noticed it is run off of a good ol' 9v adapter.
Tubes need a lot of power to overdrive. This tube is just adding a little tone.
The whole thing is really not much more then cheap solid state OD
with a light bulb. LOL
It may be pretty ratty sounding but it does have a funky cool to it. LOL
Unfortunately I noticed it is run off of a good ol' 9v adapter.
Tubes need a lot of power to overdrive. This tube is just adding a little tone.
The whole thing is really not much more then cheap solid state OD
with a light bulb. LOL
It is very ratty as I said and it has very little sustain.
It does however give a nice authenticity to a classic blues thing.
And as the man says... the EQ is not bad and it even has a gate,
If you are thinking of putting it on your board....ouch !!! the thing is aptly named ...it is a Monster size pedal!!! lol
Looking around on Youtube, people are replacing the stock tubes and doing different mods to this. Replacing the tubes seems to make a big difference. But.. the form factor is still a major PITA!
ReplyDeleteSomeone showed some pics of the inside, and it's 90% air. They should do a mk2 in a new casing of half the size.