Vintage Overdrive : Great price for a great pedal

12 years ago

What to say. This pedal sounds just great. The price is unbeatable and with your eyes closed I would say that you cannot differentiate between a classic TS-808 and this pedal.

Setup 1:

Overdrive before clean tubeamp.

-> For me it sounds best with tone and gain at around 2 o'clock. Sounds very clear with nice harmonics. By increasing the gain some white noise occurs but is acceptable in this price segment.

Setup 2:

Overdrive to boost dirty tube amp.

-> by setting gain to 2 o'clock you achieve a very nice rythm tone for harder rock chops. going up to around 4 o'clock reaches a nice lead tone for faster solo chops.

Conclusion:

I feel no need to buy a much more expensive ibanez pedal.

Image Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive

Technical Data

  • Manufactured by Harley Benton
  • Released in 2011
  • Average price : $32
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