Harley Benton AC TrueTone

VOX-ish toneon budget

To get most of this pedal, you need to run it as a preamp (so in FX-loop return jack) - then it sounds quite alright and VOX-like. Plugging it into an input it can be hit or miss I guess. If you treat it as an overdrive pedal, I would say that there are better options out there. It gets quite thin and sharp sounding at least for me. You can plug it in a direct box or into an interface, however there are no cab sims built in this, so you are going to need one unless you want to sound like garbage. I guess this pedal is for those who do not want to pull the trigger on a VOX-amp, but want to get a similar sound now and then. I have 2 VOX amps hence I plug in this pedal less and less as the time goes on. It just is not that amazing. Good - yes. Good for 30 euros - sure. On top of everything it takes more space than your typical BOSS size pedal.

Cant fault it

A full amp in a box. Great variation in sounds but difficult to switch between sounds easily. Small tweaks make big sound changes and you are spoiled by the amount of choice. You might need 2 or 3 of these to switch between they're that useful. I use this and the American on a pedal board. Can't fault it at the price.

good addition to my sound

I only wanted to add a kind of AC30 sound to my Roland Jc 22. Not other amp sounds, otherwise I bought a Mooer or Nux ampcabsim. Mission succeeded for 30 euro ! Compared to other AC 30 pedal and plugin sounds, this is really good. Much tone shaping. Very Fine.

Unbeatable sound for the price

I have at home a real VOX AC30 (which this pedal aims at simulating) and I can say that they really sound alike. The knobs are easier to use and the desired sound can be dialled in seconds.

It's also a very good substitute for an amp when recording or playing live, as this can be directly plugged into a mixing table and it's very portable. The only drawbacks are the fact that it's not stereo (as it's going to be at the end of your signal chain) and that it's quite bulky if you want to include it in your pedalboard, but these are not dealbreakers in my opinion.

Great musical tool.

Thanks for the quick delivery. I ordered three of these boxes. American, AC Tone and British, still working on them. They are what I need at this time. Makes me move around lighter. Thanks again.

Copy of the box ac30 amp and overdrive

This amp pedal is very good if you want to get that squeal and Brian mays tone. I use it on my boss katana on clean setting and then switch on the pedal and you get that amazing distorted vox sound.

This is just way better than it has any right being for this price

That's about it. It sounds great direct and can be manhandled into serving as a distortion pedal going direct into an amp. Twisting either the "voice" or "gain" knobs past three o clock will put you into the twilight zone of fuzz-like tones, which is fun.

It is probably far better than you expect it to be and not as good as a well set-up PC amp-sim can be - there is less high end for example, but this can be fixed with an EQ.

Feels like it's built like a tank.

Yet another great petal from Harley Benton!!

That is my third HB petal. You can get sweet and heavy tones out of it. Paired with The HB vintage overdrive into my THR5.. the result is awesome! I own another petal from the HB true tone series (the British one) and I'm already considering to buy them all!!

60s tone in a box

I was looking for something similar to the electro harmonix english muffn that wouldn’t break the bank. I play a lot of 60’s garage, rock and power pop. This thing nails it and can even do some hard rock genres. Great pedal for the price.

Amazing pedal for very little cash

I love this pedal. It sounds very close to the tone of a vox Ac amp. This even sounds great going straight into the PA. Great pedal.