American TrueTone : I sold my Blues Deluxe because of this pedal!

Yes I did. The demo I saw of it on YouTube and the reviews I read were sufficient for me to invest the princely sum of 30? for this pedal. Originally I was wondering if it might provide a more authentic and responsive tweed sound for recording than Guitar Rig software. I'd never been happy with that and it doesn't work well with a clean wah pedal I found. I also wanted to eliminate all possible AD/DA latency. Well, I'm happy to say it does!

But I also discovered something else. I could run it through my Boss tremolo pedal and old Laney 30w transistor amp (which has a great spring reverb in it) and get a brilliant, almost totally authentic tweed sound out of it at LOW volume. My original Fender Blues Deluxe, which is now sold, only got that sound when cranked right up. It was even too loud for my band's rather small practice room and just drowned out the PA.

The pedal itself is a solid orange enamel metal casing and a sturdy metal on/off switch. There are 3 eq controls, level and drive controls and a "voice" control that, when used judiciously in conjunction with the others, can seemingly change the "model" of amp you're emulating. There's almost a very subtle compressor feel about it and it operates noiselessly.

Conclusion: It's superb. The price is almost a joke. Yet another winner from Harley Benton.