Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive 5-stars Reviews

Does what it should do!

Let me start by saying I built an entire back up pedalboard from HB pedals for less than the cost of ONE pedal from my main pedalboard!

That said…

This does exactly what an overdrive should do… give you that little extra boost!

Put this in front of one of a tube amp and it sounds sweet.

Put it in front of one of the HB “True Tone” pedals and it can make them sing!

NICE!

Low price Overdrive.

It does exactly what is says on the tin! Works and sounds great. Buy one, you will not regret it!

classic overdrive

gives a classic drive tone. It was a good price. fun for playing classic rock.

Does what it says on the green tin.

I believe I could have spent more cash on a big name brand, but this little box gives me all the grit I need. The price is right as well.

Even better than original

Well well well, who could have known. We all know the original tube screamer, we all know how much loved it is, but we do also know the price of such a nice little thing. Is it possible to get similar options and sound for way less money? I would definitely say that it is possible. In my humble opinion the Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive even sound a bit warmer in the mids. A bit more vintage. But that's what i get out of it. So figure out by yourself. Or try one of these A/B Testing Videos. Of course it does not look as cool as the original one, but hey, you get a lot for the money, so lets not expect too much design wise.

Perfect TS clone

Does what it needs to do at a fraction of the price of the original. Low noise, decent components, good build quality. PCB soldering a bit messy but cleans up nicely if you're handy with a soldering iron. Sold my original TS and kept this, and bought a few more pedals. Had this Joyo clone for years now... still solid!

Great OD Pedal.

The HB Vintage Overdrive is a great tubescreamer clone.

People on a budget will really love it.

For me it sounds almost as good as some of the more expensive TS out there, but I mainly use it to tighten up the sound since I play a lot in low tunings like Drop B and it does that great.

The only thing it could improve on the the clicking sounds of the button when you press it, but since it's always on for me I'm not to bothered about it.

For that price is a very good choice of cheap tubescreamer. Solid box with nice tube overdrive sound. But there is a hum if drive is too high, and if its on zero is just a little crunchy its not cristal clear and knobs are (flippery). Anyway I gave 5 stars.

Excellent overdrive pedal!

Good price/performance/quality ratio. I'm using it for pop and light-rock songs.

My favourite

Actually, this description can be the most authentic from me, thanks to a blind test with which I tricked my friends :)

The story is about the Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive and about the Maxon O808 pedals. I hooked up both and asked them to guess which one's which. It was funny to see experienced musicians (who actually just play and don't examine) to fall out of the game :D

The conclusion is that You hardly tell the difference between this and other pedals. And for the price it was a good decision to give a shot. I basically use it for recording guitars (with mics), and although it deos its job, it also can be stated that it is very subtle. It cleans up the mess, so You can turn down the gain on the amp, and still You have the power required.

I've just got a Marshall amp you I plugged out this pedal, but it's only a pride issue which will be over.

No negatives can be mentioned.

Good quality

Excellent sound and very sturdy l

Incredible Sounding Booster and Overdrive

I bought this to boost my Peavey Triple X Ultra channel for a tight and responsive low end and screaming sustain. This pedal performs this job absolutely great. Put simply on a drive channel with the boost settings its a "Make my tone better" switch for high gain metal/hard rock sounds. It also works great to push a clean channel into slight crunch or overdrive, it sounds much better this way than using the Crunch channel on my amplifier. When switched off it doesnt colour or suck any tone like many cheap pedals can do. Build quality is stellar and it feels very robust and the knobs and switch have a very reassuring resistance to them and feel satisfying and of high quality.

Only complaint and it is purely in the interests fo full disclosure since I could not be happier with the pedal for the price truthfully, is the fact that the cover and it's clipping mechanism for the battery compartment is quite a flimsy plastic. However the chassis of the pedal itself is solid metal. At this price point though the battery cover is really a non issue.

Super Sound for an small price!!!

This pedal simply rules! It's built like an tank, easy to use and the sound is super! And that for an small price!

Excellent Overdrive

For its incredible price, it is the perfect pedal to get for an overdrive or a slight boost. It even takes a 9V battery. It sounds almost as good as the TS9, it does however gets a bit muddy in high volumes and drive. It has a solid metal case with a slightly scratchy footswitch.

Other than that, you are getting 90% of a TS9 for 10-20% of the price.

Perfect for people on a budget.

Well worth it!

sound good. looks good. great price

Great

Yes it's a clone but is in fact very good, was worried that it might not take a hammering but loads of use and still works fine. Tone is good and I have this first in the chain followed by a rat so we go from warm and tasteful to in your face

Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive

Well the pedal on my lamp 15 W of Laney sounds. Assignment from boost to blues. Very cool sounds together with Harley Benton Crunch Distortion - from soft overdrve to fuzz passing to an edge pure solo as far as you will unscrew gain.

The casing is strong, regulators the smooth, color at the high level. A supply from the battery and power supply unit.

I recommend to use on the tube amplifier, the most real warm live sound there, transistor kills him. A worthy choice for the beginning guitarists and for house occupations, especially for minimum price.

Great TS clone

What can't be said about these pedals that hasn't already been said. They are affordable and are a descent TS clone.

I've been using this for some time and originally bought it to just test one out but have put in on my pedal board and I'm happy with it.

It seems to be built very well and quite sturdy. The addition of the tone control gives you a nice range of sound options and the overdrive is fairly transparent. You won't get heavy distortion sounds from this, it's an overdrive and more for classic rock and blues.

If you want a simple, well built, affordable and nice sounding overdrive this ones for you.

Bang for your buck

Great sound and power. Harley Benton have done it again. Prices are to die for, great quality.

great drive pedal for the price

Its not a fashionable boutique pedal, but its well built and does exactly what it says on the tin. Great sound once youve played with the dials - it tends a little towards 'wasps in a jar' if you push it, but thats probably personal taste. Hasnt let me down. I like it.