Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic Review

Re: Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic Review

PUCKBOY99 said:
I ran mine thru a '66 BF Pro Reverb & a '67 Bandmaster head.

It got along very well thru both, although I'd give a slight nod to the FD II 10th.
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Does it blend very well with the sound of the amp? I find that the overall tone in old fenders is so clean and clear that pedals often "sit" on top of the sound and dont blend in well with it. Sort of too metallic sounding, as opposed to smooth.
 
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It actually blends very well. The beauty of the pedal is it doesn't disguise the original tone, it just enhances it, if that makes any sense.

It still sounds like a Fender amp or a Marshall or whatever you're running....only kicked up a notch or two.

It does lean a little towards the Marshall side, which is where I gave the nod to the FD II...which leaned more towards the Fender side of things.

The Plexitone got along very well with the Bandmaster & made my Edana scream.

In all honesty, they are 3 fine pedals & I don't think you'd go wrong with any of them.

I'd say if you've got a Fender & looking for a full fat OD, the FD II might be your box.

If you've got a Marshall type amp, the Plexitone will put a friggin smile on your face that will be hard to wipe off.

If you want something that does a little of both, the SFX is for you. Especially if you've got a single channel amp.
 
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that just the way i felt affter playing it. I'm glad we had the same impressions. I need to get one....
 
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drpietrzak said:
The Silver Dragon has the fizz and the gritty edge to it that the TTC does not that my Tweeds have a bit. The Silver Dragon does the ratty tweed to the Mesa recto fizzy with more bass emphasis for palm mute chug thing . The silver Dragon has not been as good for the leads as rhythm to me.

The TTC is more classic rock to smooth Mesa (Mark IV) lead tone with a smoother rhythm tone. I would say the Dragon is more preamp voiced while the TTC seems more power amp voiced to my ears.

Does that help?
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Absolutely..I often find the Dragon too aggressive and fizzy for my liking.And as you said the bottom end is huge..I always wanted it to be smoother and more classic sounding.Putting in the 12AY7 tube helped some, but looks like the TTC sound is something I would REALLY like:)
 
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Benjy_26 said:
How does it react when being goosed by a Tubescreamer type pedal? Anyone tried this yet?
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I use mine with a Maxon OD9 AFTER the SFX-03. Like this:

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(My SFX-03 is a beta sample, which is why it's big and orange and has the knob layout reversed).
 
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Ok guys dont make me sorry I dumped my Bad Monkey to get one of these.
I know I wont be sorry :)
 
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I will grab one again soon, you see them cheap enough all the time. I just needed some quick $. I'm weak like that :)
 
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I just finished playing with mine into the newly modded Franklin amp.

Schweeeeeetttt!
 
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I bet it does ,I really want to try it in my Silvertone.
 
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As far as Tube pedals go, The TTC is supposed to be one of those pedals that doesnt operate in" starved plate" current mode. I think the other tube driven pedals we are looking at that would provide some alternatives to the TTC are the Hughes and Kettner, the Mesa ,and possibly the Vox Cooltron Big Ben-I don't know about the Chandler Tubeworks. All these pedals, like the TTC, are to my understanding primaraliy tube distortions as opposed to overdrives, and although they are all supposed to go from mild to wild, they arent designed to give you a specific clean boost or a mild overdrive.My guess is that the TTC would be most like the Fulltone OCD as far as the transparent Marshallesque transparent crunchy sound which a few of you described. Can it bridge the gap to the Ts9 or Fulldrive II compression ? IMHO< the cheapest pedal to get an OCD or the TTC Marshall crunch is the Yngwie DOD 308; only 29 bucks.
 
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I have been working on a clean piece that I have been using the TTC as on the first channel as a clean preamp into my rack premap set in the SS mode. It has been working well. Now if I could just get my fingers to do as much. If I ever do I will post the link here. It is not being used as a boost though, just as a tube preamp in this case.
 
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Great comprehensive review Jeff.

Many thanks Terry for the comparison with the Plexitone. I have a Plexitone and it sounds great with my Marshalls. Being the GAS sufferer I am, I've been thinking about trying an SFX-03, but seeing as I don't even use pedals that much I think it would be wasted on me. :D
 
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Just cracked it open and it appears to be built like a tank! It must be 3lbs or more, well maybe not, but it feels it. Ok enough hijacking of this thread, sorry, Jeff
 
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Jeff won't mind. You didn't hijack it, you bumped it. :)
 
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No worries about the hijack at all...not really a hijack. I want to hear others opinions about it. I was also suprised at the size and weight of the pedal. It surely looks and feels like you got you're money's worth.

I am also going to try a Plexitone to compare the SFX-03 to. So far my only complaint with the -03 is that to set the crunch channel with enough gain to get into JCM territory, and then have the lead channel set just slightly louder and slightly more gain for compressed lead tones, the volume balance is off with the clean channel. Granted I'm not playing at gig volumes, and this certainly comes into play, and I need to spend some more time tweaking.

My issue has always been that I want a nice clean channel, a low level crunch channel (AC/DC type), a high gain crunch channel and then a compressed syrupy lead tone on top of that...essentially 4 modes. That is a lot to ask from one amp or one pedal in front of an amp.

I like a simple signal path, and don't really like running an OD on top of an OD, and that's why I'm interested in the Plexitone too. It sounds like an -03 with solo boost on top. The sounds I'm looking for are in the -03 I'm sure, I just haven't dialed in that ONE little balance.

Other than that one LITTLE thing, the SFX-03 is the best OD pedal I've heard to date....if you like that Marshall, tube driven OD sound.
 
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Jeff_H said:
My issue has always been that I want a nice clean channel, a low level crunch channel (AC/DC type), a high gain crunch channel and then a compressed syrupy lead tone on top of that...essentially 4 modes. That is a lot to ask from one amp or one pedal in front of an amp.
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I'm not sure you'll find that in the Plexitone either. It has separate Crunch and High Gain modes plus a clean Boost, so if you set your amp clean you get three channels (clean, crunch, high gain) plus the ability to boost the volume of any of them. If you're running your amp clean (and you should with the Plexitone - it doesn't like a dirty amp), the boost won't give you the extra compressed syrupy lead tone you're after. It'll just make your current selection louder. It is a really cool sounding pedal though.

For your requirement I would suggest setting the Crunch channel high (there's no lack of gain on either channel of the PT!) and using your guitar volume to get lower gain crunch, keeping the High Gain channel for the compressed syrupy lead tone. You could probably do that with the SFX-03 too - all you'd be missing is the clean boost.
 
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