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Koch PedalTone

Tube Guitar Preamp from Koch belonging to the PedalTone series

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philtheheat philtheheat
Published on 03/19/08 at 09:14
Value For Money : Poor
This is a pre-amp lamps. As many as four have accessible APRS dviss the shield by means of two wheel nuts.
There&#39;s even a lamp power (0.5W) which I will later.

Connectivity ultra complte. We can connect the BTE on anything:
- Live on an amp (to clean amp)
- In the effects loop of an amplifier (to FX return)
- A headset (headphones with simulator HP)
- In a console (with simulator HP)
In addition it has an effects loop.

It has 2 channels for a total of four switches. There&#39;s a wolf? No, it&#39;s the stuff of PedalTone: its versatility. It has a clean channel and a drive -> a switch. Then we have a boost switch which provides:
- Is an enhancer (lvation treble) when channel is still clean and strong as trs ilsont is a small switch can disable the rear enhancer that why? and well read on.
- A boost when you&#39;re in drive channel and it&#39;s big big distortion. So the little switch and disables if we switch that starts the boost / enhancer we go live from its unmodified clean the large distortion that spot.

The 3rd switch is called power amp and implements a small canal 0.5W amplifier that provides the best taste crunch to your sound and especially a warmer sound and is acitf you to be as clear channel Canal Drive .

The 4th solo switch is called. It plays only on the level of output, the volume what. a knob allows you to rgler the volume of your sound normal, and when you switch the solo switch your sound is at max. A rgler you the difference between the two. It&#39;s super convenient to go from a rhythm and a solo highlight in the acoustic space without touching one of your pet&#39;s (or distortion more or less, or anything else).

Oh a word even when the first switch that makes you go from channel to channel clean drive. On a guitar with single coil drive you get a crunch going from a lightweight disto correct, engage the boost and admnage.

UTILIZATION

I have pretty good dj Retailer above.

The config is super simple, but the manual is clear y&#39;en not really need. Once you understand what are the switches and power amp solo that change what we used to see, you understood everything. The small switch enhancer the rear, remember that it is only active in the clear.

The rest is a tough to weigh his two kilos. While there mtal-inclusive large switches. The LEDs are clearly visible even in daylight.

The knob of legalization are super effective means really the diffrence when they are not run like some amps or pedals or There&#39;s really only two rglages bottom right or bottom left .

SETTING THE Ditto for gain. And not super important, SETTING THE gain / volume and are dgalisation spars for the two channels clean and drive. Apprciable really. I play a Peavey Classic 30 and sometimes a fear of not having rglages spars.

SOUNDS

Ct is the ecstasy. Frankly, the price is clear, but we pay for it is I who say to you.
APRS trying a bunch of distortion pedals to m&#39;tais I finally stopped on the distortion of my amp lamps Exceeds quality in all that I could essay. The problem is that the 30 classic colors pretty sound and there is no rglage legalization of spar between clean and drive.

Pedaltone with all my problem are rsolus. Ms. need to overdrive pedals. Frankly with all the potential of four switches, if you can not find your happiness is that you do expr.

APRs may not like the sound is trs staff. For my part I play classic rock as they say so I&#39;m not in the metal with heavy distortion and trs trs Submitted serious, you had even seen my amp.
But I use the Pedaltone insrant directly in the effect loop return. It allows me to bypass the preamp the Peavey and much more color. Since Pedaltone is a pre-amp dj lamp I do not Intrets way to send the preamp of the amp. So I sound much clearer, more modern, more impersonal or some will say. For my part I am gaga.

And does not s&#39;arrte l. I plug my Pedaltone also live in a Rolan JazzChorus 50. What happiness!! Even in the distortion, you&#39;d think not, and if ben! The lamps in the preamp JC50 adchire serious.

I use guitars with trs diffrent and it&#39;s always the same happiness. Given my style of music if I play with Les Paul (humbuckers therefore) the drive channel without boost is more than enough to get a big distortion.
If I play with my or my strat tl (thus single coil) j&#39;enclenche the boost and frankly can not imagine you must listen! At all costs.

It&#39;s really the quality of work at the cost of all-tube amp first prize.
For me the couple PedalTone / Peavey classic fills me. I can just play and have all the sounds I rvais as on hard honest.

There is nothing I dislike about this corny. Clearly I love everything: the Constable super complte, the possibility to believe that they have read in my thinking, sounds fall.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for 5 months and I wonder how I managed to live without. Koch I knew the brand through a friend who bought a home Studiotone Koch. I tried it (Obviously) and I fell on my ass. I was about to buy me one (or at least thinking about it because the price is nice too) when I saw they were doing a pre-amp.

I tried a lot of pedals for over 20 years I played, the list would be long. I kept some from elsewhere: a TS9, a VOX V810, a Boss DS-1 among those that I still use. But really nothing to do with the pedaltone. we are in the course of large l.

The report qualitprix seems correct. Lev and the price is not the door of every budget is on, but for me it&#39;s pro. I have a POD too, I always find excellent I still play it with headphones at night sometimes to the recordings. But in an amp, live, only PedalTone gives me grain, dynamic The definition I seek.

I would do this choice with his eyes closed, hands and feet I will sign a chque lily white whatever you want to have a PedalTone.
I have nothing better than a test now, I am not a professional musician, I never jou on amps or prampli expensive that only the stars or studios can afford so you can find always someone to say that it&#39;s crap pedaltone ... Maybe, and then there is always the sole judge, who decides the end and we have always with us ...... our ears. It was she who shall decide.

FYI I bought the PedalTone without the essay. I tried the amp before Koch and when I saw the quality of stuff and I read the reviews on PedalTone hsit I do not. I never had before and I do not regret it. That&#39;s only j&#39;cris this review to give my point of view and help others make their choice.