All user reviews for the Behringer Vintage Tube Overdrive TO800

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UTILIZATION

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SOUND QUALITY

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OVERALL OPINION

I just mailed the notice to clear a big misunderstanding: THIS IS NOT A TS 808!
I have a TS-5, a TS-9, a TS 808 800 and the TO so I can compare!
First observation by plugging;

The sound is not bad, far from it rather hot and bold, the slight boost in overdrive means (as his inspiration). But the resemblance stops there, if we push the tone of knob beyond 12 hours the sound gets "spicy" and aggressive (in the bad sense), the dynamics have just eaten by the "real" here is completely dissolved , sound as a whole is "end" and a little synthetic, treble and bass are acidic too hard.

Let's take a look at the pcb to understand:

The original (ts 9 a circuit with maxon acronym in this case):


The TO 800:



We still see a slight difference right?

Finally, this little pedal still an asset, its price, for my part I got it for € 19 (not the cheapest store that I know ...) a small price when you hear the sound money all comes out okay!
So you do not mind lugging around the, I use it also like that, out of the question that I fixed on my pedal board but to go jam with friends in a manner "road" is perfect. ..
A good little pedal for those who want a bit of a warm tube amp low end or add a little gain on a transistor, a ridiculous price can buy it without asking too many questions and not be embarrassed on the day sheapissime its plastic case will be found crushed under a big plate!

Analog

tube screamer-like

UTILIZATION

A classic 3-button overdrive gain, level, tone

SOUND QUALITY

Played on a Start and a Tele on a Peavey Classic 30 amp .... and transistors

OVERALL OPINION

Overdrive really nice.

Attention gentlemen nags, it may seem fragile, but ..... this pedal will not interest the nags

compared to a ts-like mxr, there's not much different ...... except for some frequencies and less as the price (80euros difference)

I put 8 because for the price (about 30 euros), c something crazy
frankly, now I see myself not put 100 euros in overdrive

<p class="bbcode-cite"> Quote: <span>EDIT: finally maybe I'll put 100 euros or more in an OD, for more transparency. But she has a real personality this pedal and I still love it</span>

<p class="bbcode-cite"> <span>Finally I put a Fulltone OCD 100 ....... but I kept the Behringer, to boost the OCD</span>

<p class="bbcode-cite"> <span>Considering the price, go for it!
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This is a pedal that uses the same operational amplifier (AO) as the original: RC4558 the coup it would be a clone.

UTILIZATION

Utisa very simple.

SOUND QUALITY

I use an amplifier to boost Blackheart BH15-112 with the following settings: drive = 1 Tone Level = 4.5 = 9.5 and j'obtient a great vintage sound from blues to hardsoft (depending on the settings of the drive BH15-112 ) be it with an SG, a Custom77, a whale or a fender squier custom p90.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this config since 2008 and I am satisfied, I rarely change the settings of the pedal, I prefer changing the settings in the amp depending on the guitar used. What I like most is that it delivers warm sound with this tube amp.
Against it by a brittle plastic pedal, I do not know how long the switch will keep switching ... I prefer the D'Autrepart avecun PSU power because the battery is too bad to change.
For the price it is good and I would do this choice. Having said that we begin to find other clones on the cheap through brands like Belcat, Eagletone ...

Ovedrive type "tube screamer"
3 knobs: tone, volume, gain
input / output jack
taken to put a trap 9v battery 9v
Small flat on the quality of manufacture, but given the price ...

UTILIZATION

Pedal very easy to use, the volume is adjusted, the rate of saturation and tone

Small flat on the tone seems useless to me because the sound becomes worse if one moves from the center

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal sounds really spell correctly.
I use it at this time in concert as boost pending buy better.

So like the tube screamer, it can be used in 2 ways

Into overdrive on its clear.
This gives a very creamy bluesy sound very nice if you have a good basis for clear sound

In boost
It makes the sound a bit sharper on satus a little fat and adds a layer of gain.

As apparently the original sound is enough medium and becomes a bit fuzzy when you push the shutter drive.

Too bad the tone is not very persuasive.

OVERALL OPINION

I had purchased an additional order from thomann to avoid shipping charges, at which time it was on sale for € 15.

I do not regret this purchase as it well help me out.
This is not the pedal of the century but it gives a sound serious enough to get good sound if the rest of the chain is of good quality.

Better than some ibanez ts7 or sub-TubeScreamer they came out.

I have not compared with the TS9 reissues or 808, I guess the difference must be the same.

I advise all blueseux apprentice or those who need a little more gain on the amp crunch Marshallian and have a tight wallet.

I put 8 for value for money

It is a tube screamer "by behringer" for details, see below. Accuracy: Analog!

The casing is plastic, of course, but those who find "cheap" should be 200 kg loggers who play with shoes cast is not possible ... Although attached to a crank, there's no worries!

on the other hand, it is true that the knobs are a bit lighter, but generally, once we found a good sound, it affects relatively few cases.

It's low cost, no reliability problem for me, so I put 5.

UTILIZATION

Nothing more, nothing less than a TS or ibanez maxon, a classic of classic guitar pedal.

You can find easily what you seek, so I put 8.

SOUND QUALITY

I use it primarily as a boost, ie very low gain, volume up.

It allows me to increase the gain of my amp (clean and crunch) as my distortion pedals (RAT, Fuzz Face DIY).

It is compatible with everything! Allows to vary, alter its sound, it adds midrange out of the mix. In short, it is essential to any self-respecting Pedalboard good.

Most importantly, she has nothing, but then nothing to envy in terms of sound quality with different models they copied, it does nothing more either, so I put 8, come on, I put even 9 , BH engineers deserve it!

OVERALL OPINION

I already had the opportunity to test other Behringer, whenever I was disgusted sound, inaudible (special mention for their flanger! Yuck) But then c 'is a great surprise!

It may therefore be described as perfect copy, as they arrived for x times less expensive to create the same sound as the models. Difficult to 10 for the sake of hardware, including knobs and LED dazzling, but it deserves its 9 in total.

Here we present an analog overdrive with its name and color are reminiscent of a bestseller Ibanez ...

Not much to say. From classic.
A tone, gain a Level: necessary and sufficient.

on the other hand, and what this plastic pedals are very cheap ... This is confirmed by 100% plastic knobs that are too light do not turn round and have the game
Incidentally, it is not delivered in a box but in a transparent blister like a cheap toy ...
But hey, this is not the most important ...

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use, so.
Not bother to extend too much on the issue.


SOUND QUALITY

Ouch!
This is where it is striker, because the song does not relate entirely to feathers!
I own an Ibanez TS9, and it clearly has nothing to do, or even remotely. Green color and evocative name will remain the only clear commonality between the two.
Not only the miracle "Tube Screamer at 25 €" has not occurred, but in addition, there is not even the vaguest resemblance whatsoever, and I did not feel like having for my 25 €!
The sound is compressed, without any scale, and the dynamics is severely eaten. As long as we stay with the Tone below 1 / 3 and with very little gain, it remains almost usable. Not pretty, but usable. If you go up the gain, you end up with a sizzling crunch hyper transistorized really very ugly. And if you go up the tone, the sound is not only disgusting, but it becomes more shrill.

In the end, I see only two possible uses for this pedal actually:
- A bad boost for the channel of an overdriven amp
- A pedal-to-use way to get very specific sounds very "special", very bombastic (in this register is only unflattering to what was intended as a "analog overdrive" I sometimes branch).
Its more than a caricature, then, a great amp is not enough to save.


OVERALL OPINION

I have this thing for two and a half years. I have not sold it because I do not wish harm to anyone.
I bought it because I wanted to base, coupled in series with my TS9, the SRV. It is ultimately almost unusable as it sounds bad.
Although it is very inexpensive, value for money remains in my view, disastrous. Compared to other brands of pedals "cheap" (Artec, Aria, Danelectro ...), it was not even for money.
Those who seek a sound way TS9 or TS808 gain time to move very quickly on their way. The miracle did not happen.
Incidentally, it was almost immediately reliability problems. Sometimes more means of turning it on ... then it comes back ... the power plug has never worked ...
Avoid it, so ...

Copy of the famous by Behringer TS808

UTILIZATION

ABS plastic green, 1 gain, 1 tone, 1 volume, is simple.
Manual useless, just plug in and turn the knobs ...
For nags who confuse stomp and kick pedal to avoid, for others, it's OK. I use it for 2 years, turning the knobs regularly in all directions and no reliability problem.

SOUND QUALITY

I use it mainly to give boost to the thickness and sustain to an already saturated and it's done its job.
I have not tried the original, difficult to compare.

I reproach TONE mainly limited action as beyond the first quarter, I find her shrill and unpleasant.
I did the test compare with an emulation of a TS808 after DIGITECH RP350, which is exactly the same!

That said, the schematic of TubeScreamer Ibanez is known worldwide and on the net, so not difficult to reproduced the original. Which leaves me skeptical when the various reviews that say the very distant from the original ... snobbery?

OVERALL OPINION

I use regularly for 2 years, and for the price I can only advise!