All user reviews for the Tech 21 British

Pedal type preamp to directly attack a console, a sound card or return the loop of an amplifier.

Marshall amp simulation.

Total analog.

An input jack. An output jack.

EQ: Severe acute medium.
..... Level button for the output level.
Character ......... button to mark the character of the pedal or delete them.
Drive button ....... what would we be without guitarist drive button?

Missing is the ability to disengage the simulation of HP.

UTILIZATION

Config simple.

RAS.

Super easy to use.

Very practical and portable.

SOUND QUALITY

The knobs are very active.

The EQ gives a rich sound palette.

I started with VT Bass pedal the same series. His Nickel.
I then bought the Blonde (simulation Fender amp).
The British is even better I think.

It is always difficult to reproduce clear sound authentic.
The british simulates well the hyper Marshall amp.
The discovery is that we can get clear sound very good too.

The use of character combined with button button Drive Marshall offers all the sounds that we can know.

Be careful not to overload the input of the soundcard or the console, it comes quickly because the output level of the pedal is important (and that's good .... there is the signal).

The only small thing is, the simulation of HP, even very good, is not detachable.
I would have liked a less colorful without the simulation of HP.

My Home Studio speakers sound Marshall and the sound is super easy with those pedals.

My plan: Guitar -> Console Mackie with auxiliary in G sharp -> sound card.

The G sharp brings good reverbs and magnifies the original sound.

Cheap and really stunning.

OVERALL OPINION

Very happy.

I think after having a Tonelab and POD PRO character series pedals that sound great.

Better. Marshall Grain is there and the momentum is good.

Adding effects, a good reverb TC Electronic is almost perfect. Nothing to say.

The guitar is respected. The grain is nice. And as for the home studio for rehearsals live console, it sounds.

I have never been a fan of distortion pedals. They come of unnatural and never really nailing the tone to which most of them claim on their box. They have a natural tinty sound that comes off as bright and thin and not very pleasing to the ears.

This pedal was a bit of a surprise to me. These character series pedals from Tech 21 has been a bit of a hit or miss. Some have been decent sounding and very usable and others have not sounded very good at all.

This pedal is going for the 70's Marshall tones from plexi's to bluesbreakers to the all out high gain stacks . I have to say that did a pretty good job for a pedal.

UTILIZATION


Tech 21 SansAmp Character Series British V2 Overdrive/Distortion Pedal Features:

Authentic-sounding, tough tones, from Bluesbreaker to Plexi to '70s stack
Six level-, tone-, and drive-shaping controls (Level, Mid, Character, Drive, Low, and High knobs)
Switchable speaker emulation
Use as a stompbox, preamp, or standalone recording tool
Proven SansAmp quality and reliability

SOUND QUALITY

I was a little apprehensive before hearing this pedal because I am just not a fan of the the distortion boxes. When I heard this pedal kick it I was pleasantly surprise at how good this pedal was. Sure it was going to have the feel or the real tone of a bluesbreaker or a plexi but the voicing was right on and the drive of the pedal worked well with a clean amp.

This pedal does a decent job at recreating the Marshall tones from those old 70's records. You can hear the character knob changing the voicing structure of those amps from the plexi's to the stack Marshal's and such. That character control is a cool little feature that allows more options to be had in this little pedal.

OVERALL OPINION

At new these pedals come in at around $169. Not a bad price for this pedal. Is does have a very usable tone and the option you get if you are a Marshall fan are fantastic.

I would recommend this pedal to anyone with a clean amp and wants to get a decent Marshall tone and doesn't want to spend a whole lot of money to get there. You get a good pedal for well under $200 and the pedal works great going directly into your computer using the speaker simulator.

A-In / Out and a DC input (9volts) ON regret can be a DI output
-6 Adjustment knobs, 3 EQ (Lo, Mid, Hi), a volume, a drive and the famous knob character who does everything!
"It is the analogue
-Light and not too big, but more than MXR good.
"It is the Sansamp!

I put 9 for the absence of DI and the DC input on the side, behind it is always better ...

UTILIZATION

Why I bought this pedal? You plug it works and it sounds beautifully. All knobs at noon and we lower the volume or it will face and it sounds ever ... After the manual is there to show different kind of setting that already gives a very good idea of ​​the capabilities of the thing. A little explanation about "where to put the pedal to pedal in a chain" (after the fuzz before the delay, etc.)

It's easy easy

IF I were to put one - is that when you push the drive you really turn down the volume if there is a huge difference between the sound of the pedal and the clean base. But hey it concerns only a part of people who will use it. So ... 10

SOUND QUALITY

I start by putting a 10 because she is beautiful
Suitable to my style of music? Completely but what is most impressive is that it fits really great style of music. I can recommend to metals rather opt for the Californian.
The sound is low-fat was more likely to go towards the lens to see if it grows screaming fat.
I use it with a guitar and a gothic SG amps Fender Hot Rod Deluxe tube amp and it adds just that little warm side drooling a tube amp and it is divine.

So I used the distortion in the character of knob between noon and three hours (just before emulation JCM 800) a boost in the medium to 2 hours, cold at times, the drive to 3 hours and the volume almost at least to be able switch between clean and distortion mouth without it. Genial

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a month
"I have tried the Californian and the one that emulates the vox (remember the name) of the same make and then electro-harmonix, the Fulltone, Boss (beeeek)
"Without a doubt
-The + sound similar: the -, so really I'll quibble a second footswitch to be able to have a crunch and distortion. It is the dream but now
-Only one sound is a bit expensive, but you keep it all her life ...

Fully analog like any Sansamp.
Jack Connectors simplistic 6.35 IN / OUT and a switch (not seen if it were a true bypass).

OK for use in home studio, we would have liked an XLR DI output. And in addition to plug an amp, it would love a disengagement of the speaker simulation. But it is valid for the entire series and it does not interfere in anything.

UTILIZATION


Everything that is said about the Character Series may seem exaggerated. For my part, I 3 (VT Bass that I can not do without, Blonde and British) and after years of Line 6 modeling, I feel like I rediscover the dynamics of my instruments.

The sound is not good ... it is excellent. In any case better than all versions transistor Marshall stamped or numerical models I've tried (Line 6, Amplitube, Guitar Rig, Vox Tonelab, Logic Amp Designer ... I've always been disappointed by the modeling Marshall while it's on his other like Fender, Vox, Soldano ..). And it is 100 times lighter than my body double JCM 800.

The small plug "manual" is useful to start. 30 seconds and it was all inclusive.

SOUND QUALITY



I use it for good on rock sounds very bold (or I prefer Fender and Vox).

But it is worth noting that, contrary to models of Line 6, one can obtain a true pure sound "clear" Marshall with this pedal. I know that's not why we want the Marshall in general, but is significant in light or in slight crunch.

OVERALL OPINION


As already stated, I have a JCM 800 that I use anymore. I also have a POD XT and a Toneport that I sell presto. Because good amps and effects have a thousand things are going well but now I need to register my rock band and not need a thousand sounds.

It is expensive when viewed as an overdrive (and on this ground, it's still a killer) but as preamble for home studio or on stage DI is excellent value for money.

Most

- It sounds with all my guitars: Gretsch Hollow-body, Danelectro 59, Line 6 Variax, Fender Lead both live sound card or console in an amp like overdrive.
Edit: With Les Paul Reissue 58 of our guitarist is "guaranteed erection"!

- You can make sounds clear typed Marshall and bluesy crunch good "fat"
- You can send the timber without breaking the bank back
- The look
- Packaging (see my review on the VT Bass)
- The best transistor overdrive I've heard that it is in the amp or pedal (even better than my late Marshall Guvnor).
- Magnifies the sound and the dynamics of a low-end amp.

The -:
- Connection could be more pro with a real ID (a version Deluxe Programmable maybe one day?)
- Simulation of non-releasable HP
- The plug is misplaced (near Jack). Why this error of stupid design?
- Give a furious desire to have the entire collection (and these bastards out more emulation Hiwatt and Orange in a few months).

I would do this choice without hesitation.

This pedal is a prampli analog technology.
An entry, an exit ... , Accounts for a 9V power but little flat, very bad place if you want to use it in a pedalboard.
For rglages 6 pots, level, low, mid, high, character and drive.
Finally there is a speaker simulation, non-switchable (but dbrayable on the latest models)
The pedal is pretty (was it a matter of taste!) But especially well done, and solid as a whole.

UTILIZATION

The manual is brief but adequate. That is because blocks of 800 pages we do not read
He provided few rglages types which is a good Manir get to know the beast ... because it is!

SOUND QUALITY

MODEL The "British" series of "character" is intended to formulate a series of Marshalls JTM45 Bluesbreaker, plexis 60s, 70s metalface, JCM800 ... and although no doubt has done and does it well

OVERALL OPINION

As Plutt like "Fender addict" I turned to the Tech 21 "British" in need of Marshall type sound recording. I find it second hand on internet, the achte and wham ... I find myself with the best pedal of all those who pass me by hand (or underfoot Plutt), and there are many!
I played for years on a Bluesbreaker IMMEDIATELY and I found the same typical to this amp. I push away my investigations and the rest is the best vintage. Gibbons, Page, Bonamassa ... one would think. I find myself even gesticulate with my Start before the mirror of the wardrobe fawn Rorry Gallagher (heu. .. the dresses are not me!)
More srieusement, this pedal is excellent and I tried all possible combinations:

- Enters the clean channel of my amp (Fender '65 Deluxe, Fender Blues Deluxe RI, Vox Night Train) Nickel ... attention is clearly best to use the clean channel and the equalizer as neutral as possible otherwise it quickly soup!
- DIFFERENT test with guitars (Stratocaster, Telecaster 63 Gibson Les Paul, Les Paul Gold Top 56, Gretsch). Obviously with rglages lightly DIFFERENT according DIFFERENT caractristiques of guitars.
- Use the headset (molo with the volume of output!)
- In a slice table mix and exit to the PA
- Directly into the computer's sound card (Line 6 UX8)
- I have even pushed the vice until the record before the plugin in Cubase AmpliTube Fender "from IK Multimedia: is done!

So:
- I ordered the Tech 21 "The Blonde" - formulation of Fender amps
- I sold a lot of pedals: Boss '65 Deluxe, Boss Blues driver and even my Robert Keeley Time Machine Boost "says it all

Report qualitprix: excellent for a pedal. Now if you want the whole series: Liverpool (Vox), California (Messa-boogie), Oxford (Orange) etc. .. we will have srieusement dealer with his banker (me damn it, he no longer wants to talk to me!)
THE

- Analog modeling
- A 3 band eq
- A button "character" who ModelElement her to move from a vintage plexi type to a more modern type jcm 800
- Output level


UTILIZATION

So everything is clear
the buttons are sensitive (see the manual)
I plug in my sound card Line 6 UX1 and it sounds


SOUND QUALITY

Very good sound, friendly, no latency ... I use it to my sound card to jam to backing tracks and guitar riffs to save ... c the top.

AC out very well in my speakers or my headphones: is not better to play alone in the apartment at any hour with a good sound. Faced with an amp, it gives an overdrive with more precise adjustments.

His question, I prefer when the "character" not exceed the 13h (factory type plexi) with not too much gain, after I found the sound too distinctive, nasal ...

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for one day and I am convinced ... I think I'll test the other models.

Tech 21's British pedal is one in their 'Character Series' of amp modeling stomp boxes. There are a number of different pedals in this series, all with a similar look to them. This one is made up of analog components and has a single 1/4" input and output in addition to a nine volt power supply jack. One of the coolest features is that it's got a built in speaker emulation, so you can use it on it's own if you choose. It isn't rack mountable since it's a foot pedal.


UTILIZATION

The configuration of the Tech 21 British pedal is fairly simple to follow, but still allows for a good amount of differing tones between the parameters. These parameters include knobs for level, low, mid, and high EQ, character, and drive. That's all that you really need to know in order to manipulate the pedal, but it did take me a few minutes to get a hang of exactly how each of the parameters affected the signal. A manual shouldn't be necessary with this pedal.

SOUND QUALITY

While sound of the Tech 21 British wasn't as great as I'd hoped it would be, this is still a very solid sounding pedal. I love that it's possible to get a wide array of amp modeling done, ranging from traditional clean sounds to more amp-like overdrives and distortions. I guess that the pedal does sound kind of 'British,' but I'm not sure if it didn't have the name that I would have put that label on it. However, it definitely does have a sound vintage and would fit in well for emulating British invasion sort of stuff for sure. The cleaner sounds on the Tech 21 British are nice to have as an alternative to your amp's sound, but the overdrive tones are where this pedal really comes in handy. It's got a nice range of different overdrive sounds to choose from, so finding a few that you like should be pretty easy.

OVERALL OPINION

While I can't say that the Tech 21 British model would be the next pedal I would buy if I could, it's still a very solid and versatile amp modeler/preamp/guitar effects box. I've tried out a couple of different pedals in the character series that Tech 21 has to offer, and this British model is as good as any, it just depends on what you're going for. If you're looking for a simple overdrive box, I'd recommend something a bit cheaper, but if you want a more versatile amp simulator to work with, the Tech 21 British is definitely worth trying out.

This is an analog pedal, a pre-amp that seeks to emulate the Marshall sounds of old. There is simply a 1/4" input and output, as well as a D.C. adaptor input. This is different from most pre-amps in that it is a pedal, and can only be used when the switch is depressed.

UTILIZATION

Getting a nice sound out of this isn't too difficult. I've found that it's a pretty easy device to use once you've found your sound. There are six knobs on this pedal. Level, Low, Mid, Hi, Character, and Drive. Other than character, they are all pretty self-explanatory. The character knob is interesting, I have never seen that name applied to this effect, nor have I heard a pedal with this kind of adjustment. A salesman explained it to me this way; the pedal sounds more "modern" the more you increase the character knob. More on this in a minute. The user manual is very helpful and is refreshing, since it actually is written in a natural, conversational way.

SOUND QUALITY

I have tried this pedal with a few guitars, and I've actually found that my Favorite combo is with a Fender Twin and Les Paul. This is because the pedal is supposed to emulate Marshall sounds, and it just sounds strange when using an actual Marshall. I liked the pedal for what it was, but I found that I was a bit disappointed with it overall. For one, adjusting between sounds is tough, because simply adjusting the gain or lo/hi knobs would seem to always require adjusting the character knob as well. Also, I don't really like the later Marshall sounds very much, so the higher character settings didn't really work for me. Considering that it did rob me a bit of my Fender Twin sound that I love so much. Basically, this thing is cool but only if you really need a bunch of different sounding Marshalls, without actually buying them.

OVERALL OPINION

I like the range of sounds you can get with this thing, but I find mostly that it is really just a cheap Marshall knock-off. If you need that sound for a few things (like a one-off gig or two) but don't feel the need to actually buy a Marshall, by all means look into it. However, most of the time you would prefer the real deal.