All user reviews for the Vox Bulldog Distortion

Everything has been said in various opinions

It's a good size pedal, lamp, very strong and very well made.

UTILIZATION

The pedal is very simple, a clean channel, a two-channel distortion, one another ultrgain oD (1 and 2) With Level indy settings, low AQ, acute and voicing. That answers the finger to the eye and easily find all the desired sounds. You can really attack all styles.

SOUND QUALITY

The heart of the beast! Both say you really feel the influence of the lamp that gives this particular grain. And both say that I feel the difference since I use a transistor head.

It's simple we just explore all styles without problems and work sound as desired. From blues to metal "clean" I really get a lot of satisfaction, especially with my Gibson Les Paul but I would be curious to see her marriage with EMG.

No matter the settings the sound is for me between a Marshall JCM 2000 Crate and Voodoo, AA fact Laney edges. (Bitish what).

In short when I think of Boss pedals and company type, they can go get dressed with their shit without personality or warmth.

OVERALL OPINION

Everything has been said about the opinions disputes, I think this pedal unanimous.

purchased for the lamp I have customized the mieen, let me explain, I joined a mini power amp electro harmonics dedant (yes) returned to shoehorn it is true, keeping only the circuit board to win instead of the blow forced the décaller 2 footswitch to the edge of the short inscrition bulldog distortion:
result I have a head at the foot of amp / laptop and it repeats sending gas.
I will add a delay Boss DD 3 has the aveinir and voila, it is seen encorte space.
Sometimes I think I'm awesome, shit ankles! !

UTILIZATION

compliké not, we turn, we seek we find.

SOUND QUALITY

sending it well but channel 2 should reduce if not a bit too sharp but crillard lets out in the mix.
The first channel is really nice crunch.
It there's one thing above all: with single or double bin and it's different and especially you sculpt the sound volume with your guitar (like eddy van halen: 1 Mic / 1 volume of his guitars for 10 years and here)
I looked on youtube tests of this pedal: guys sometimes say that it has not enough gain, you look at what they play, fender single coil, the joke, you put in front of a gibson or ibanez for my part RGR 08 LTD / seymour duncan active ben there your gain! ! !
my setup has not yet caught fire, I am satisfied.
Many things tried before: TN SS 20: same as well but expensive Cygnus / blackstar ht dual / dist X: compressed but not too bad when meme
Metal Box off: expensive but it sent

OVERALL OPINION

c is not a correction but will put a correction in your bag when you leave scratches in repeats.

* 1 12AX7
* Rglages: Gain 1 / Volume 1 - Gain 2 / Volume 2 - Bass - Treble - Gain 2 Voice - Gain1/Gain2 Switch
* True bypass
* Power: AC / AC Power Supply 4 x AA batteries (allows 20 hours of use)
* Dimensions: 1 6.84 cm (6.63) (W) x 15.55cm (6.12) (H) x 6.4cm (2.52)

So much for those who would not have read before!

UTILIZATION

This is how even fairly simple, you rule and you branch you play, the buttons s'ultilise like any good amp with a footswitch (they make me even penss those marshall amp)!
For the edition of the sounds, it's pretty convincing!
The manual on him RAS!

SOUND QUALITY

A two possde know what channel (OD1 and OD2), when the channel is switched to a sound dj trs trs well and crunchy, the sound is bright and slamming, trs hot ( thank you the lamp) and dj is the bulldog without the agressivit when you turn the gain knob then losrque I put the second channel (Powwwaaaaaa) vl is the slap that I mang the sound is really great just what we can expect to play anything that makes mchant, I use an ibanez saber with a 15W amplifier and dj sounds good trs (I hate to be on the biggest amp), if you want big sound it is made for you!
In addition there are gain knob and completely independant volume which is back with two pedals in one (or a boost in addition to playing on the volume).

OVERALL OPINION

I have not had time to exploit it thoroughly, but I try before I buy a lot of pedals to Ditsö (I play punk / hardcore metal). The sound of the MT-2 or other ubber-metal, seemed dry and cold (a trs electronic sounds) than this one, it is certainly more expensive, but I do not regret my purchase, knowing that that is an excellent qualitprix for what it is!

PS: I know that is not to put 9 10 lol !!!!!!

For CHARACTERISTICS, everything does or says prcedemment can be read in DIFFERENT locations.
Well done, it's pretty solid in Parati, very easy plug.
The little blue light is beautiful scne.

UTILIZATION

I do not know o is the manual and I do not remember having had was very easy to use.
This is an absolutely ide gniale have concentrated in a single pedals overdrive and distortion.
For the edition of the sounds I plutt lazy, I'm my cl a position that suits me and I will not move really, I play plutt with microphones. This means if the multi-effects ultra complications can inspire me!

SOUND QUALITY

Voil "LA" pedals that any guitarist should possder.
If I had bought it the first, I would have a lot of money economy.
More difficult than I bias, may not exist, the pedals is a gem, is a concentrate of what we can do better (well, j'exagre may be!) .
A must try to convince himself, personally I bought without trying, the surprise was t total. I connect to a Twin Reverb, but happiness. I do not want to know technically if the little blue light makes the difference, but my ears are delighted ... I do not play better for all that, why j'enlve 1 point.

OVERALL OPINION

My opinion is that to convince the indcis, rflchissez do not go for it.
Other bins that I have distorted possder taient garish, it is all in the round and goes wonderfully with my Twin Reverb (ah, if they could make small ...!).
I finally found the distortion I was looking for.
Well, do not continue reading btement me, run quickly to buy this wonderful, life is short as hell ..........

Everything has been said.

UTILIZATION

Super easy to use.

SOUND QUALITY

The settings are super efficient, wide range of sounds through two channels.

Here's my equipment:
GL Premium Guitar (Start)>>> Cry Baby>>> Marshall Compressor ED 1>>> Ibanez Tube Screamer TS 9>>> Vox Bulldog>>> Fender Amp Dynatouch III 120 + w Eq GE 7 Boss in the loop.

This pedal "sends the wood", I get the hot-lamp-thank you, absolutely not screaming as reported by some Afiens.

OVERALL OPINION

Recently purchased secondhand (but like new) to another Afien, I do not regret that choice, on the contrary! I use it in a register that can go rock in a more "fit in" and it behaves perfectly. this choice I would do without hesitation.
As for the look, gets worse, right?

This is a pedal with a nice lamp 12AU7 with 2 channels: a crunch and distortion
An input jack, output jack ... It comes with 4 batteries (20 hours of use) but watch the 9 V transformer is not provided ...

UTILIZATION

Operation is very easy ... I got it last night and again two seconds I had found my sounds ... each channel has its gain and volume ... equalizer with two channels is global ... short easier you die ... The entrance to the battery compartment opens with a screwdriver ...

SOUND QUALITY

So be careful because the sound quality is exceptional .. c it's hot hot! I plugged into a Marshall JCM 2000 TSL (which has a huge sound) and there I really enjoyed myself! What presence! What potato on channel 2 (distortion)! I play rock and some metal (style Incubus, Faith No More ...) Well, she has been for this kind of argument, even if it is not based his chosen field and that meiux forget is for aficionados of thrash, death, etc.. I play with a Les Paul Standard and frankly monstrous c! I expect the combination to my VOX AC30 CC2 but I think it will be even better! For those who are screaming sound then I do not see here! That said, I have not tried it with my Telecaster or other guitar with single coils ...

OVERALL OPINION

I just bought it last night! This is a great pedal, nothing to do with an MT2 for example ... I have a GT5 obviously the distos are light years away from this toy! The Bulldog is most beautiful, with a metal box ... the only negative is that this coating leaves fingerprints on the carcass (c finally a little detail about anything at all!) I hesitated before buying it with an MXR M151 Double Distortion but now I really regret not my purchase ... its price is well worth its qualities!

Pedals for overdrive / distortion lamp (a loupiotte 12AU7 clear blue, it's pretty as all)
2 channels
input, output
socket power supply (not included)
indpendant gain and volume per channel
bass and treble EQ common to both channels (small BMOL but hey, it will rev accommodates well!)
voicing for the channel distortion (acts on mediums), no SETTING THE medium on overdrive channel, but no shortage at all
2 switches, one to trigger the effect, the other to trigger the distortion, two red LEDs caught himself
true bypass
possible use of batteries, and does not affect the sound, the light still means as well, it's hot as you like (or not for that matter!)
mtal case that inspires confidence
Designed to the very end trs pedals, 8 for the legalization common

UTILIZATION

Trs simple use, no need for manual (in fact it is a folded sheet 8 which serves as a guide for all languages ​​...)
very easy to find a good sound, a word the above
l can only put 10

SOUND QUALITY

I use the pedals on a marshall MG100HDFX + baffle that goes with ... the stuff of studio rpt 'what (not always possible to take his 80kg of gear every time, or even just the head amp), with a les paul standard or an average ibanez end up in SD SH6 bridge.
Regarding the first channel (overdrive), depending on the gain you can have a trslger crunch, just a bit messy in the sound, or we push for a more pronounced overdrive or a distortion carrment vintage gain background: rglage whatever the gain, the sound is really good trs: hot (I want to say brlant!) crmeux with a grain rather reminiscent typ marshall the lamps, vintage plutt (weird huh?). trs really good, but there is talk of an overdrive channel so clear for the really clear ... Ben, of course, it is not possible, we can not use this as a preamp pedals alone.
For distortion, then the one can do many things, it's still hot trs, and after the gain and voicing one can go from a distortion tranquillou with an accent still vintage trs a monstrous distortion , trs aggressive, trs prcise (HS6 power) through the good rock distortion a little plump, dribbling (thank you slurp the lp!) which recalls again the marshals lamps ... either: it is necessary that prciser for extreme styles I do not feel comfortable trs: it does not spit a lot of bass (not very much) and is more focused medium-high ( a surprise to beginners! trs but soon you realize that it is her characters, and fucking love it! a ring!) and its reserve of gain is not standard (although it can grow back without losing too much precision)
In this regard, it should not be hsiter down the treble of the amp (the transistor is marshall dj rev fast loud) and the bulldog, otherwise, well, the ears may not like.
I also tested on my head lamps (engl powerball) rglages the bin must be affine, we have to spend time if the sound is dgueulasse, but once c 'is done, again CHARACTERISTICS grain is still good with trs still smaller scale than the crunch or distortion of the head, bass really seem to default has sent at least ... it's good to change some of its occasionally but the sound of the powerball, well it always comes back! So from my point of view, it is a great pedals to boost transistor amplifier, the sound really wins heat, "authenticitquot, it really transforms through an amp! In my opinion it is all done able be used in concert, and even with the marshals who a trs transo rput bad '(not really MRIT, must compare like with like), there is to blush! As against a lamp amp would be a shame ... unless there is no big distortion, then it is the one that suits!
So try before you buy, but as long as you do not pay in Canadian or Scandinavian styles bcherons, one can only be satisfied!

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for ten months, I do fault it is prcisment type pedals I was looking for the use I make.
I tried it before the distos multi effects (Boss GT6), blah means, or head home digitech hot, not bad but it is not at all in the same range, and no miracle means.
So even if it's expensive, when even a good quality price, YES I would do this choice!

Disto hybrid (lamp / transistors) 2 "levels"!
OD1 distortion rather large vintage style overdrive very hot.
OD2 big distortion, very manly, very Marshallian (in the best sense)!!
True bypass, very well made.
the rest was written by alpha previously, except one point, the lamp is not a 12AX7 12au7eh!
the main novelty of this pedal and the integration of a circuit "owner" with vox that allows the lamp to work well even with batteries as a power source (low voltage) which was not evident until now.

UTILIZATION

Concise manual in several languages, no examples of sounds, vox calls your ears, and I do not give them wrong
The first footswitch is used to trigger the effect (default: overdrive 1) selected the second floor of a distortion or two! Easy!
the pedal is fully truebypass but I noticed that you hear a little click in the amp when changing the channel, nothing nasty, but it is audible!
the eq is shared by the two channels but one knob for medium assigned exclusively to the distal 2!

SOUND QUALITY

JCM 8OO !!!!!!!!!!!
stole what it looks like the most !!!!!
no doubt about the parentage of her, did a vox marshall, marshall's real good, it's not a Guv'nor!!
a mixture of jcm 800, which would copulate with a mode-four! more modern than the jcm but not really-mode oven either! In any case, it deposits, and really the musicality of the sound is fantastic, never heard highs as hot, really! beautiful, if you like the sound in the English amateur mesa, I believe that this is for you! the distortion is large but not hi-gain, but with this savagery distos own the real Anglo-Saxon, the palm-mute are "so British". I just did a concert and the sound engineer was thrilled for this pedal! I understand
Note that this pedal fits well with hyper scratch mount seymour / style duncan sh4 / 6, marrying hone their "brightness" are artificially others, it works too eh, but jtrouve IE is missing a lil kekchose in these cases!

OVERALL OPINION

I have been one month now, and to put my service in the group, really!
it is not a fatal saturax of death, but "punch" and "bite" it sticks to the skirts!
BULLDOG one, that never change
wicked will ..............
EDIT THE November 26, 2006: READ ALL THE TIME THIS DISTO NOT SUITABLE FOR THE THRASH METAL FROM (yes, they want to say trash )!!!!!!
SHIT GUYS, IT'S WRONG! I DO NOT PLAY THAT THIS STYLE AT HOME AS IN GROUP!
FREE TO YOU TO BELIEVE THAT ITS DISGUSTING TO A FAULT THRASHER IN my case, I make the rounds of MT2 (modified, factory, etc ...) AND OTHER PEDAL TO MAKE YOU SOUND CD GROUP SOLD OUT!
IS THE WIND!
THE BULLDOG BITE IS / Mangy / surly ALL REMAINING "CLEAN" Just right!
PERFECT FOR BUILDING WITH RHYTHMIC armored GROUP WITH bassist that can not NOIE MORE IN CURTAIN SPRAY crap!
CAUTION: IT WITH THE BREAD YOU break out the mouth!
CERTIFIED BY THRASH IMMRYR
wind at all.

A small pedal overdrive distortion low-voltage lamp.

UTILIZATION

The cakes not need manual

SOUND QUALITY

The little bluesy crunch to saturated fat. tanto tanto heavy grain vintage cool, however its a little cold with a Start on a twin reverb, not bad but good. that's what j'prefere versatility while remaining faithful to the goals against by the transformer should be provided for the price ... what he fucks a few of us at vox

OVERALL OPINION

I have a mesa v twin They are complementary but not value for money camera live vox.apres have tried the ibanez tube king from home in the same vein I would say ... a head start in vox

- PDAL tube saturation, two channels: Crunch / Overdrive (channel 1) and Distortion (Canal2)
- Connection jacks classic in / out
- SETTING THE indpendants volume and gains for each channel
- Rglage gnrale EQ: Bass a knob, a knob Treble
- Rglage "Gain2 voice" that adjusts the mdiums on the channel distortion.
- 2 switches with red LED to enable / disable the pedals and change channels.
- Case quite large, heavy duty
- Alim by 9V transformer (not supplied) or batteries.
- True Bypass
- ZERO noise, even when it is engaged with the gain a background ...

UTILIZATION

No need for manual (the one supplied in the box does not say much of the knobs of t'faon ...), rglages speak for themselves ... you can not use simple and fairly so intuitive ..
We go from one channel (crunch / OD) is (more) big distortion of the right switch, and bypass all the switches on the left.

SOUND QUALITY

Here is the heart of the matter ... and my reason to add my two cents to many opinions already registered.
This notice is intended primarily for owners of pdalier dsireux amliorer their sound, or those seeking a solution flights to record a sound a lamp in direct console / sound card via HP simulator. .. Many said it was worth on an amp, I think the pedals have a certain character and that everything is to find the amp that goes with it or add a good EQ.

For my part, I have a GT8 pdalier brings me much satisfaction at her, but I still want to improve the distos (which are far from being bad despite what is said ) and get closer to all-tube sound I was used for years before having me at the very edge GT8 ...

I plugged into the loop of the GT and uses a simulation Preamp as neutral as possible with an Equalizer. I must say that I immediately t very enjoyable surprise. I test a lamp other pedals in the same budget, I well liked in the AMT Tube Platinum which is not bad at all, but at the VOX Bulldog is simply the best for my taste:

Grain and heat lamp are felt immediately, and are well above what I tried before. Channel 1 allows you to go for a lightweight crunch has his overdrive "vintage" makes me think of AC / DC era 'Let There Be Rock ", and channel 2 takes over the or the overdrive channel 1 stops to go until the big Satus that fully satisfies my taste for the way Heavy Metal 80/90 to modern low-tuning now.

The knobs for Bass and Treble rglages do their job and really adds rich nuances in their respective frquences, the "voice Gain2" ddi distortion channel also allows you to play on for mdiums saturated fat, ranging from a round has a rich Mids its edge ... I read that it was not transcendent for palms mute ... well me anyway that fits me perfectly!

A mention also for specially noise by GNR pedals: ZERO, Nada, no noise, even with the gain a background a real pleasure!

Do not expect miracles with a tube pedals, AMT, Vox or otherwise, for the budget, you will never have a Mesa or a Marshall all-tube autentic pedals in one! But as discussed below, we get closer to the illusion, and it's perfect for taking direct sound card when recording is in or when I plug in my GT and in the Vox sound into rpeter.

I use the EQ WG to transfer some of its basic medium as the pedals for a more cutting edge rhythm (hence perhaps the palms-mute who pass very well for my taste). I rcupere the Medium by cutting the EQ of GT for solos and the sound is also very good.

OVERALL OPINION

Well it's simple, the best pedals of saturation that pass me in the foot!

I said not all know and have tried everything but I jou during my 15 years of guitar combos Fender, Peavey, Marshall, 2 amp lamp body while Marshall and Mesa or Crate, I have had many pedals Boss Heavy Metal, Turbo OD, Metal Zone, pdaliers Zoom, Boss GT8 GT5 and now with their many simus ... VOX is the best pedals in saturated ... it's not tube amps that I 'I cit of course, but if you have a budget and want srr amliorer the sound of your amp, or add a piece of your choice pdalier / equipment for recording "at home, "I think the pedals is really a good choice. It will, however, can be ncessaire to add an equalizer to tame her and carving your way, but once I find good rgl grain really good ...
I post samples covering different styles / sounds thanks to the pedals on the forum ... there's nothing like matching your ears to judge! ...

A last line that Imrryr absolutely right ... the pedals are in the belly! I like to play everything from Hendrix to Slipknot, and I can do it all thanks to the Bulldog, I love its versatility, and she is doing could not be better for muscle riffs ... check out my samples ... when you see those who say "too sharp" for my part .. ben some time has pass and I set my equalizer no problem.

It's a pedal overdrive / distortion tube in a beautiful chrome metal case. an instrument input, an output amplifier and a plug for the power supply (not included, that's why I put 8)

UTILIZATION

The configuration and editing could not be simpler (it is a distortion at the same time). with the switch selected on the left channel distortion or overdrive and the right switch enables or disables the effect. for the settings we gain and volume for each channel and a two-band EQ and contour in addition to the channel distortion.

SOUND QUALITY

I use this pedal with low (a precision and a Warmoth). Although this is a guitar pedal at the base, I is the best low saturation I've experienced. Whether overdrive or distortion, the light does wonders. We are very close to the BSE Valvèdre 100EUR but with less ...

OVERALL OPINION

I've had a few weeks. I really like the sound much, I just wish that the power supply cable is not provided for this award. I tried a lot of models (eg Boss ODB 3, MXR blowtorch, DOD, ...) but none of this pedal was worth it (apart from the EBS Valvèdre who is also a killer, but that costs more than 100EUR) . Obviously I would do this choice.

Tube overdrive pedal with 2 channels, overdrive and distortion. Separate gain and volume per channel, Eq common but a button on the voice distortion. Power to the standard Boss ... pretty cool for the strings of power. It is very large, about 17cm of 15 (the eye), it takes a lot of space on a pedalboard but hey, we chose these effects for sound, not the mouth ... well as possible.

UTILIZATION

Setup is very simple, moving from one channel to another with a switch and activate the effect with a second, you can of course change with the saturation effect off. The knobs are a bit light, however, and are quick to turn a kick distracted ...
The metal shell mirror is super class, but super messy, it keeps track and dust with it, and in addition it shows. By loupiote against the blue in the 12AU7 is really fun ... it's still a good gadget but it's class without too much inconvenience, let your next "jacky" take over.
The manual is very basic, it's an A3 sheet folded into 8 languages ​​with 12 on it, but no preset buttons described one by one. The switches are conveniently spaced so that we can press the two together that really having decided not by accident.
The volume buttons are big and gain and can be easily turned with the foot's practice, Eq much less, but in fact it is better ...

SOUND QUALITY

In general we feel that the distortion is generated by a lamp and not by transistors. It was not the breadth, depth, feel and the warmth of a distortion amp lamp, but it will be very close, especially in an all-tube, and a mix that we see the fire. The grain is usually very good, saturation very well done, somewhere between Marshall and Vox, very surly and sharp but the gain for rock cut, a lot of body and thick, very medium and large, we out very easily in a group and repeated on a tube amp is a joy.
According to the micro channel overdrive does not begin to clean but have a slight crunch and progresses until a rather large grain, close to a vintage distortion, but it is still in overdrive. Ideal for all that is very saturated, but before 1975/80. At low levels it is also very playable, but overall it's pretty cold and a little metal so it will not so much mellow bluesy crunch, crunch is a surly reminiscent of AC30 top boost, but with a gain close that of a plexi as it saturates much more.
The distortion channel has a button that allows voice to act on the medium to obtain a distortion vintage or modern, the extreme positions being almost unplayable (as the medium dirty, or not at all the meds) there is a range of comprehensive distortion sound, moving from an old to a Marshall's near-Engl (less bass and gain). The gain on the bottom or near bottom, the palm mute are not hyper transcendent, it's more rock than a foot of metal for sure, cepandant we can always do a little with it, but we can not Seriously, go beyond a saturation DICO RATM or Manson for example ... Rock so there is not enough bass for more extreme styles, although known to be very clean with a game quite serious and searched. Good point: even with the gain at the bottom it does not blow at all, even quite unsettling.
The EQ is very effective, and there, even the extreme positions are playable for serious can be very generous but not excessive drooling, treble can give her a very dull but very sharp, surly, hard to blow up the ears. Suffice to say that there is room.

Two problems that can be round: the first is the volume per channel. It will almost inevitably be to build on each channel since with the volume to 3 or 4 hours you get just the same as in bypass. It is therefore somewhat limited compared to its level clean.
Second problem, according to the amp used the sound can become hyper loud, unplayable limit. On some amps I had to have almost treble to 0 and the lower bottom and almost impossible to put a modern voicing even without lowering the treble. All this making a great loss of volume, I then struggled to have a modern distortion sound louder than the sound clean bypass. I do not have this problem on my Blues Deluxe, I can put Eq acute around 15h or 12h without any problems and I again have enough volume to be above the level of my clean ... M'enfin it's still just a little, especially since it tends to be richer in acute levels of high volume.
I lower my rating because of the volume leaves little margin and its compatibility with some exclusive amp. This will require to spend a lot of time searching for a balance between Eq and the voice of the pedal and the clean channel of your amp. I chose to remove a lot of my medium to its clean and not too push the voicing of the pedal to recover still room volume. But it's very debilitating to have a relatively low compatibility with the amps in the rehearsal room equipped I spend a long time to make my sound to the amplifier available, and often I have to finish with a clean sound very dark.

OVERALL OPINION

This is a great rock pedal body ... Many, many different sounds, this heat well, very well done as it has the amp. I have not tried many other models because I needed a dual-channel saturation and that it not run the streets. I had found the Jeckyll & Hyde a bit too transistors for me, but it was really quibble, for cons I wonder if it would not have been less difficult with the amp ...
For now I keep it because it suits me very well and that his sound on my amp is great, but maybe I sell it when I change amp ... Try it on an amp similar to his, especially not to blindly, it could be very very disappointed. There is an electronically modified to do to suppress the fever too loud, I did not, it is available on the forums on this pedal.

On Marshall AVT100, Fender Hot Rod Deluxe and Blues (and all their friends) and on FM212 There's good, on Marshall VS100, JCM200 and Fender CHAMP25 there's no good at all ... Go figure. It would be nice if everyone put the amp tested ...