Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive Reviews

Why not?

I use this in my coverband. We mostly play older rock´n´roll were it's working fine. Don't buy it, if your into hardrock or metal.

celje

good sound for rock'n'roll and blues music, but the pedal is bad manufactured. Use it very carefuly

OK Overdrive

In my opininon this is an OK overdrive. It does what it's supposed to do. It probably can't compete with more expensive pedals but for 30 euro it's more than OK.

Look no further

This is the ultimate Tubescreamer. For 29€ you just can't go wrong. It's solid and good sounding. It's also a good modder pedal, since you can just open the whole thing up if something goes wrong or you get tired of it in it's standard form.

I've tested this against several other tubescreamers including an original TS9, Maxon OD808, Mooer Green Mile and others, it easily stands its ground. No TS ever sounds the exact same but if you don't mind that, this pedal is definitely for anyone who wants a TS tone for dirt cheap.

I absolutely recommend you to buy this even if you don't need it. I rarely do but it's just useful to have around for any situation that might call for it. Get this now!

Why four monkeys?

Today almost every metal guitarist have an overdrive pedal to boost their amps. I was among those who didn't... till today. My first overdrive pedal was built in usa and made by expensive brand, but I didn't like how it sounded. I felt los? of lowend and it changed the sound so much that my amp was loosing it's own tone. I sold it and haven't tryed any other pedal. But once I decided to buy a Harley Benton Vintage Overdrive just for fun and try because of it's low price. And it suprised me very much! Maybe it looks funny, yes - its cheap, yes - it's a copy of tubescreamer kind pedals. But it sounds like expencive high quality effect pedals. I'm wondering how they did it, but it lets the amp breath with it's own sound. The pedal adds more bite, tight and without any lowend loss. To my opinion, only one minus of the pedal is that the lower part of pedal's housing made of plastic. The second - the placement for the battery isn't done very well. But, this two facts means nothing, when you hear the sound and see the price.

Thumbs up!

Never had a true old Tubescreamer, so I don't know how it sounds compared to TS but I don't care - I love this OD! I use it both for regular and slide playing - it's my first choice on my pedalboard when I need a little bit of overdrive.

Harley benton vintage overdrive

The harley benton vintage overdrive pedal is basically a tube screamer pedal at an affordable price. It sounds great so don't be fooled by its price. It retains bass and does not have a raging mid-hump like some pedals out there. I would recommend this pedal to anyone who wants a ts808 pedal but is restricted budget-wise. I use it in front of my bugera 333xl amp, i use it more like a booster, with the drive knob around 3, volume level know around 7 and tone knob around 5. This works great for me. And gives me the sound ive been after. The pedal itself is sturdy with a nice green finish. It can be used with a 9volt battery or power supply. Well worth it!

Cheap Tubescreamer sound

There's nothing wrong with the Tubescreamer sound here. Obviously it's a rebadged Joyo clone of a TS whatever. The input was loose when it arrived, and the sound cut in and out. But a quick tighten sorted that out. The paint job and knobs are horrible. I might make a project of repainting it. I run it into my MXT Blue Box, for a bit more umph on my suboctave fuzzy goodness, but it sounds good on it's own too.

Great TS9 clone

Sounds great, great price!