MGR/Anonymous « Marshall Vibratrem »
Published on 01/15/04 at 15:00Bought at Dawson's in St. Helens, Merseyside for a little over 40 pounds about 3 or 4 years back.
Got the VT mainly for the trem. effect but really like the pedal because it 'sweetens up' my amp sound. Was last night playing a Fender Telecoustic through a Roland keyboard amp & the vibe mode on a low setting very much rounded out and gave a bit of much needed flavour or character. Hard to define but it just improves the character of what you play. Can use the vibe setting for those bluesy licks a la Clapton or B.B King.
I read grouses about the tone switches being fiddly. In reply, I would say just find a setting you like and keep to it. Don't mess with things on stage - you got enough things to think about as it is. Thing is with switches, it is so tempting to play with them. Stop it now. Put stickers on the pedal so you know where your best sound effect is.
Small grouse: tremolo is a great effect but you wouldn't use it in a lot of songs
(unless you're Chris Isaak).
Very well made unit with v.usable sounds for not a lot of money.
This pedal keeps up Marshall's good name, I think. I do own other Marshall pedals, however and I do use them a bit more because the Trem sound is a bit specialist.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
Got the VT mainly for the trem. effect but really like the pedal because it 'sweetens up' my amp sound. Was last night playing a Fender Telecoustic through a Roland keyboard amp & the vibe mode on a low setting very much rounded out and gave a bit of much needed flavour or character. Hard to define but it just improves the character of what you play. Can use the vibe setting for those bluesy licks a la Clapton or B.B King.
I read grouses about the tone switches being fiddly. In reply, I would say just find a setting you like and keep to it. Don't mess with things on stage - you got enough things to think about as it is. Thing is with switches, it is so tempting to play with them. Stop it now. Put stickers on the pedal so you know where your best sound effect is.
Small grouse: tremolo is a great effect but you wouldn't use it in a lot of songs
(unless you're Chris Isaak).
Very well made unit with v.usable sounds for not a lot of money.
This pedal keeps up Marshall's good name, I think. I do own other Marshall pedals, however and I do use them a bit more because the Trem sound is a bit specialist.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com