Visual Sound pedals...how are they?
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Bluesman
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I got the three of them and they are great. I also got the one spot adapter.
They are good only with tube amp.
They loose a lot of their sound quality and the tone isn't right with a solid state amp.
Rte 66= Excellent and a must for Blues players.
Jekyll & Hide= Not necessary. For distortion, the Tonebone British is the one.
H2O= Good stuff.
They are good only with tube amp.
They loose a lot of their sound quality and the tone isn't right with a solid state amp.
Rte 66= Excellent and a must for Blues players.
Jekyll & Hide= Not necessary. For distortion, the Tonebone British is the one.
H2O= Good stuff.
Fresh_Start
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Overall, I think both the H2O and Rte 66 are really good values. Each is 2 pedals in one and built like a tank.
I've never had a noise problem with the H2O. Both the echo and chorus have a nice analog-type feel to them. There is a design bug in the echo: if you plug the pedal in with the switch on short echo then switch to long echo, it pops big time once. I don't ever use the long echo anyway, so it's not a problem. If it's on long echo when you plug it in, no problem either.
The overdrive side of the Rte66 is great in front of a tube amp, but I agree that it falls short somehow in front of a solid state amp. Doesn't sound quite right even in front of my Tech21 TradeMark 10.
The compression side can be a bit noisey and seems to be very finicky about the power supply. As I posted on the old forum, I recently sent my Rte 66 back along with my One Spot. Bob Weil at Visual Sounds was great about it even though the warranty was long dead. He turned it around in about a week excluding travel time, saying it was the One Spot and not the Rte 66. No charge. Anyway, both sides work great now
BTW the "bass boost" on the Rte 66 is a really nice feature IMHO.
Chip
I've never had a noise problem with the H2O. Both the echo and chorus have a nice analog-type feel to them. There is a design bug in the echo: if you plug the pedal in with the switch on short echo then switch to long echo, it pops big time once. I don't ever use the long echo anyway, so it's not a problem. If it's on long echo when you plug it in, no problem either.
The overdrive side of the Rte66 is great in front of a tube amp, but I agree that it falls short somehow in front of a solid state amp. Doesn't sound quite right even in front of my Tech21 TradeMark 10.
The compression side can be a bit noisey and seems to be very finicky about the power supply. As I posted on the old forum, I recently sent my Rte 66 back along with my One Spot. Bob Weil at Visual Sounds was great about it even though the warranty was long dead. He turned it around in about a week excluding travel time, saying it was the One Spot and not the Rte 66. No charge. Anyway, both sides work great now
BTW the "bass boost" on the Rte 66 is a really nice feature IMHO.
Chip
Rich_T
Kyuss_Rockologist
I've got a H2O, and although it is a bit noisy with an adapter, live i use batteries, so its not a big deal for me. Its a really well made pedal, and the chorus is beautiful. Really watery and pretty. The echo is wholly analogue in character, and it complements anything. Great pedals, i recommend. Lots.
