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So I went back and forth on pedal options to work with my cleans. I finally decided to go with the Visual Sound H2O.
It's a two-in-one pedal, for those of you that don't know. The right side is an echo, with knobs for echo time, repeats, and level. It also has a switch for long or short. The left side is the chorus, with knobs for speed, width, and delay time, and a switch for normal or lush. Everything on the pedal appears to be very durable. The switches feel unlike any I've ever felt. They have a spring-loaded feel to them, but they seem to make contact only at the very end of their travel. I think I saw a YouTube review that talked about this, but I can't remember where it was. Anyways, everything seems to work pretty well.
No, it's not true bypass, but that doesn't appear to be a detriment to the tone. The pedal's tone is very interesting, in that it adds a bit of professionalism to the tone that I'm not used to hearing out of my Boss and MXR stuff. I wouldn't say hi-fi is the right word, and I definitely wouldn't say raw is the right word. It's not over-processed, and it's not noisy. It sounds like something you would hear on a record without any extra work.
The chorus is pretty impressive, and the delay sounds pretty good. But together, they sound fantastic. I really have only played it into the amp with cleans. The chorus does the shimmery thing pretty well, sort of a Metallica-esque clean tone. The delay really fills it out, too. They don't get along with an overdriven amp, though. Maybe this is what I miss about not having an effects loop. That being said, though, the pedal is very transparent as far as dynamics are concerned. When I hit the strings hard, it still starts to overdrive, whether the pedal is on or off. I had read a couple of reviews that complained about the buffer, but it's actually very, very good.
This is what I meant in the title. Apparently Visual Sound's Liquid Chorus pedal is one half of this pedal. Separately, the chorus is nice, but with the built-in delay, it really comes alive. It's a good thing I didn't settle on the Liquid Chorus. By the way, my Carbon Copy really sounds great. Texturing multiple delays together really adds some depth to the sound.
Really I was going for something to add some life and spaciousness to my clean tone. This pedal really did it, and the tone is well worth the price in my opinion. I have been able to do the warm clean tone pretty well with my LP, but the top end crystal quality you hear in recordings has always been missing.
Thanks for reading. And everyone who told me the Visual Sound stuff was nice, thank you very much.
It's a two-in-one pedal, for those of you that don't know. The right side is an echo, with knobs for echo time, repeats, and level. It also has a switch for long or short. The left side is the chorus, with knobs for speed, width, and delay time, and a switch for normal or lush. Everything on the pedal appears to be very durable. The switches feel unlike any I've ever felt. They have a spring-loaded feel to them, but they seem to make contact only at the very end of their travel. I think I saw a YouTube review that talked about this, but I can't remember where it was. Anyways, everything seems to work pretty well.
No, it's not true bypass, but that doesn't appear to be a detriment to the tone. The pedal's tone is very interesting, in that it adds a bit of professionalism to the tone that I'm not used to hearing out of my Boss and MXR stuff. I wouldn't say hi-fi is the right word, and I definitely wouldn't say raw is the right word. It's not over-processed, and it's not noisy. It sounds like something you would hear on a record without any extra work.
The chorus is pretty impressive, and the delay sounds pretty good. But together, they sound fantastic. I really have only played it into the amp with cleans. The chorus does the shimmery thing pretty well, sort of a Metallica-esque clean tone. The delay really fills it out, too. They don't get along with an overdriven amp, though. Maybe this is what I miss about not having an effects loop. That being said, though, the pedal is very transparent as far as dynamics are concerned. When I hit the strings hard, it still starts to overdrive, whether the pedal is on or off. I had read a couple of reviews that complained about the buffer, but it's actually very, very good.
This is what I meant in the title. Apparently Visual Sound's Liquid Chorus pedal is one half of this pedal. Separately, the chorus is nice, but with the built-in delay, it really comes alive. It's a good thing I didn't settle on the Liquid Chorus. By the way, my Carbon Copy really sounds great. Texturing multiple delays together really adds some depth to the sound.
Really I was going for something to add some life and spaciousness to my clean tone. This pedal really did it, and the tone is well worth the price in my opinion. I have been able to do the warm clean tone pretty well with my LP, but the top end crystal quality you hear in recordings has always been missing.
Thanks for reading. And everyone who told me the Visual Sound stuff was nice, thank you very much.
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