I have gigged mine a few times now so thought I would post a quick review.
Good points:- Easy to dial in some very good classic rock tones on Channel 1
- Channel 2 has its own volume and gain control so can have that set up for a lead and gain boost.
- Tone control and ISF are good enough to cover most bases and the bass is nice and tight particularly with the ISF up a bit for a slight mid boost without sounding thin like some of the tubescreamer pedals I have.
- Very sturdy build plus you can unscrew the base, flip it over and velcro that side so it sticks very well to a pedalboard.
Not so good:- Channel 2 is a little bit darker and a lot more compressed than channel 1 so as I was using it as a lead tone it was a bit frustrating losing some cut. A separate tone control for channel 2 would massively increase the versatility.
- The footswitches are a little tricky. Close together and I think sometimes they dont operate 100%. It is the first time since I got one of the POS Bogner pedals that I have ended up with a clean amp by mistake.
- Lower gain sounds are not where the pedal sits best. By this I mean it doesn't do a great slight break up sound very well. Anything from early Black Crowes onwards is good though.
Edit: Thinking about it the switching would work better for me if the left foot switch was pedal on / off and the right toggled between channel 1 and Channel 2.Conclusion:
My go-to pedal is a
@handsomerik Carl Martin Plexitone style pedal (that I prefer to the original as it has a bit more mids and is a bit less fizzy) I left this at home on purpose so I was forced to use the LT. It did a sterling job, the tone hounds out front (my dad and a couple of guitarist mates) were complementary of the sound, one mentioned he would prefer a slightly brighter lead sound so I ended up using a Spark boost after the LT with a bit of a volume and treble boost.
Overall it is a great pedal, for the money you can't really go wrong. Buy one!
Gear used: Fender Bassman Reissue set clean, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe also set clean, Blackstar HT50 set clean. PRS DGT, Greco Les Paul.
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I was a big fan of the HT Dual but only with a different valve in it, I think it was an ECC82 that brought it to life but will need to check. Too big and silly power supply killed it for me in the end though.