American TrueTone : Great bargain for anyone

9 years ago

I have to point out my situation before we go into the discussion: I'm not rating this pedal on its abilities to be a great overdrive pedal. I wasn't looking for an overdrive pedal at all.

I'm a professional guitar player, I do this for a living and I play with solid state amps due to too many trips to be able to afford bringing around my tube amps. Now in my situation I was looking for a pedal that could take an already really good sounding solid state amp (DV Mark Micro50) and make it even better. This pedal did the trick.

My intention was to use this pedal as a "preamp" pedal, putting it in front of my amp to simulate a preamp stage on an amp. Even though this pedal has somewhat too much drive for me (hence the 4 star rating in the "features" section) it soes the job amazingly. The EQ really sounds sweet, the voice knob gives you the correct midrange frequency that you want and it just sweetens up your amp.

To anyone who's looking for something to better shape an amp tone, THIS IS IT.

Image Harley Benton American TrueTone

Technical Data

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