Tube distortion pedal

[M Fowler]

Behringer Vintage Tube Monster VT999 at Sweetwater for $49.99

The only thing I had to do was do some tube rolling. Dam good sounding pedal after you choose a good tube.

Did some tube rolling:
Telefunken ECC83 was warm good sounding
Ruby 12AX7AC5 was brighter with good distortion
JJ Ecc83 MG was terrible squashed sounding
JJ Ecc83 S was very good sounding
Tungsol 12AX7 was the best high gain tube of all of them KEEPER
Sovtek 5751 was the tube I did keep in the unit because it's lower gain and articulation

[xtian]

Thanks for the review, Mark! That's a marvel of miniaturization.

What's the plate voltage?

Is it powered by 9vDC or what?

And finally, can you tell how much DC current the rig is pulling?

[studiodunn]

I see room for additions

Thanks for the heads up. That looks like a great deal.

[M Fowler]

Thanks for the review, Mark! That's a marvel of miniaturization.

What's the plate voltage?

Is it powered by 9vDC or what?

And finally, can you tell how much DC current the rig is pulling?

I didn't even think about all those things so I will take some measurements.

The unit comes with a 9v wall charger which could be run through a charge pump I don't know.

[dcribbs1412]

Found a mod for this pedal if interested
It starts as a VT911 mod but it turns out its a Vt999 mod
supposedly tames some harshness, probably same as using a 5751 tube
http://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=3113

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[M Fowler]

Cool thanks.

The pedal can have some harshness, especially with the supplied Behringer valve that came with the pedal. I also experienced some harshness with two other valves.

[deeder]

You can give a try to a JAN 6072A GE black plate (12AY7).
http://www.ebay.fr/itm/142261687381?_tr ... EBIDX%3AIT

[gktamps]

Thanks for the lead to this pedal, Mark. Got mine and it sounds great with my JB Strat into my lower-gain Rockets. Lotta pedal for the money. Haven't even rolled tubes yet.

[M Fowler]

The pedal is useful to get a nice tube distortion on a budget.

I took another look around inside but too tight for me to mess with taking voltage reading.

[Malcolm Irving]

Looks like great value.

I love the way the advertising says the 12ax7 is ‘hand selected’. I guess that means the assembly worker has a box of tubes under the bench and puts their hand in to select one!