Barber Electronics LTD

Could not be better sounding.

Perfect for everything but heavier rock styles. Can't be improved on.

Tough as most good pedals.

I've spoken with them on the first try.

Blues/funk/R&B/country styles.

Very easy to use.

I use custom made Strats and Teles all with SD humbuckers (Lil 59, 59 and JB in the bridge and vintage Stack, 59 and jazz in the neck) and an Orange AD 15/12 (and an Orange AD5 at home). This pedal is almost noise free even with drive maxed. I find it impossible to get a bad sound out of it. It really let`s your amp and guitar shine since it`s soooo transparent. Doesn`t colour your tone just beefs it up. Even though it`s a low/mid gain pedal you`re able to get quite enough drive for heavy blues and classic rock (if you`re into metal look elsewhere). Works well with different effects.

Would gig without a back up. Seems to be very sturdy and well made.

Never dealt with them

I play classic rock, blues and funk and have been playing about 22 years. During that time i`ve gone through lots of drives (Boss, MXR, Marshall, VOX, Ibanez, Maxon, Fulltone, Mad Professor, HBE, MI Audio, Retro Sonic, Analogman and Keeley modded and the list goes on....) and majority of them have been really good overdrives. However in my opinion this beats anything i`ve tried before hands down. Would replace it immediately if it got stolen. I also have a Barber Burn Unit EQ which is another superb drive from Barber (i highly recommend it too).

Its slightly more complicated that i'm used to. The trim pots on the inside open up more scope to fiddle with the sound. When i first got the pedal i didnt touch them but it had more bass in it than i normally like so i took the back off and messed around for....HOURS. Eventually i found a sound i liked so i put the back on wont touch it now. Because of this I'm giving it an honest 5 out of 10 because its not that simple

its a beautiful overdrive. Hasnt got masses of gain but thats not what its for. Its kind of like a tubescreamer, but it just sounds more 'alive' than a tubescreamer. Its probably the most natural sounding overdrive i've heard, and i've used a lot or them. My set up is fender hot rod deluxe, fender telecaster with kinman pickups, and a whole bunch of other gadgets. I use a big muff for any fuzzy-wuzzy stuff. I bought this pedal because i was absoloutely sick of all the overdrives i've owned, they all sounded rubbish with my equipment. I ended up using an SD1 which sounded ok, but killed my clean sound. I've also tried ts9, proco rats (old and new), all the boss pedals, keeley pedals (some are ok, some are not), crowther hotcake and a whole bunch of other things. Tone is subjective and its highly dependant on the other equipment you own. The LTD just sat up and said "hello, i'll do it without any fuss thank you". Its got a huge dynamic range, remarkable actually, if you play quiet then it sounds quiet, if you dig in then you can really feel it. My only slight complaint is that there is still a bit of a mid hump in there, however barber make the LTD SR which in hindsight i wish i'd got instead....which i might still do actually. Apart from that this is THE best overdrive i've ever played so far

its also got the most amazing build quality to it. seriously. its just beautiful, I'm giving it a 10 here

no idea yet

lovely, lovely, lovely, lovely pedal. Cant recommend this highly enough. for light gain sounds which sound natural and really dynamic i'm not sure it could be beaten. Nor can it be beaten on price, i paid ??119 for this. Beautiful overdrive.

Excellent sound from the git-go. This is a player's box all the way - jack in and start groovin'. I own the "SR" version ("Special Recipe"), which is advertised as having a "flat EQ" curve. This appealed to me because for low OD i prefer to EQ in other ways, and especially, i want the GUITAR to be the dominant sound; so i didn't want the box itself to add or subtract much, if anything. The "Tone" pot is nice because it doesn't muffle the highs as you move CCW. The "Drive" pot is smooth in the way it introduces OD. (All Barber pedals that i own or have played behave this way ..... very smooth sound, not harsh.)

Vintage players, as well as modern blues/jazz players, will love this box. For those desiring a low-to-moderate OD, the LTD is a great choice. I play a semi-hollow body Reverend Club King; Fender Strat w/Joe Barden pups; G&L ASAT Classic; and PRS Mira. Personally i enjoy the LTD most with my Reverend .... this guitar has moderately-strong HumBuckers, and with the hollowbody's resonance, the LTD just makes this guitar sound beautiful through my Fender and Genz-Benz BP-30 amps. But, it really works superbly with any guitar....so, you won't be dis-appointed, as long as you're looking for low/moderate drive, not that crappy, over-the-top "shred" sheet.

Barber products are built to LAST. They're built with top-notch components. ...nuf said.

Barber staff (Ronni esp.) are responsive, and quite informative, via e-mail (AS LONG AS you have something of value to talk about.) I'm sure that Barber et al would stand by their products.

The LTD is a good match for me and my guitars/amps. My preferred musical styles - blues, modern jazz and alternative - are aptly suited for the LTD. The LTD works well as a front-end to another OD pedal as well, which i routinely apply. The LTD, as are all Barber pedals IMO, is fairly priced too. I really feel that you can't go wrong with Barber.

Easy? Easier than other pedals. No doubt.
I only needed to run it through my amp and play... result - I am simply love in with it. You are not going to need the manual. It??s simple;

I dont like to use many pedals because I like the natural sound of my amp and my guitars - Fender Blues Deluxe and Gibson Les Paul Standard Plus and Fender Telecaster Deluxe. Great guitars!

I always used the drive channel of amp. I never liked the drive pedals because a lot of them donit have a natural sound. For this reason I avoided them.

Today, after many attempts I finally have found the REAL DRIVE PEDAL.
I bought the LTD and the Direct Drive, sincerely, these are the REAL DRIVE pedals. If you are looking for a natural drive, your seach is over!
My friend, Buy these pedals. You won??t regret buying it!!! You won??t.

The LTD sounds well with either guitar. My favorite is the Les Paul. The Tele is a great guitar though.

I tried some pedals before to buy the LTD - TS9, Drivemaster, Voodoo, etc...) but none of these pedals could make happy.

My advice is to use the LTD and the DD.

I can depend on it. It seems solid.
If one day my LTD breaks in my gig, I can simply use the drive channel of my amp.

Never dealt with Barber but I have read good reviews about him.

I have been playing i have been playing for many years.
Buy this pedal If you love the sound of your guitar and amp.
I love it.
I need it.

Extremely easy to use. Easier than other pedals

I have an Analogman King of Tone, a Diamond J-Drive and the Barber LTD. These 3 pedals all sound EXACTLY IDENTICAL when compared at a fairly low volume through my Deluxe Reverb amp. The Barber cost me a $110. on Ebay while the Analogman cost $450.
I actually like the Barber better because you can change the distortion without it affecting your volume or tone. The other 2 pedals can't do that.
All of these pedals sound amazing. Your guitar sounds the same except overdriven.

Don't know. Just got it.

It seems to me that once an overdrive pedal reaches a certain quality it's pretty much impossible to get any better. If your guitar sounds exactly the same except overdriven - then that's as good as it gets.
So the Barber is equal to my other boutique overdrives except it's the cheapest. It's a win-win situation.
My conclusions were made comparing at low volumes because I don't play rooms that require my amp to be cranked.

It takes a little tweaking to dial in the sound you may want. The manual is very clear on all of the 8-9+ internal controls. If you want more sound shaping control than from a 3 knob stompbox, this is it!

Since there is no review for this OD, I have decided to do it. The mod gives so many tweaks, I'm not going into all of them. The mid trim pot was the first thing I adjusted and it works! Although it might work a different mid freq than the inherent one. Overall I was able to obtain(by adjusting everything internally) the finest OD stomp I have ever played!! I play it through my Lonestar & YCV40wr. It does low gain & medium gain so well...I want another one for both. It's clear and articulate. No fizzy artifact. Amp like. Transparent.

Built like a tank.

I called once and the man himself answered the phone.

It's a "10"! Been playing over 35 years and play blues, rock, fusion and progressive etc. If it were stolen I'd buy 2 more. It beats my Keeley BD-2 & SD-1, MI audio Blues pro and the Monkey just to mention a few. The sound of it just inspires me to play more. Oh yeah, it stacks really well. Better than any other pedal I got. If your reading this then your thinking of getting one? I read the LTD Silver or SR sound pretty damn good also. If you own a black one, for $60 you will have a superb pedal. I also modded my DD also. Ahh so much control, a tweaker's paradise.

This unit has three knobs, and is very easy to use.

The Barber LTD series are advertised as low to moderate gain overdrive pedals. As such, they are not targeted to serve the metal, or nu-metal market.
What they do exceedingly well, is provide a range of boost from transparent juice to a richly detailed drive. The resulting tones sound more like the amp turned all the way up, rather than a more "toothy" pre-amp distortion.
This range of distortion is very musical and usefull for calssic rock, blues, country, and jazz styles.
I'm using the silver LTD in combination with a Line 6 Verbzilla pedal and a Fender Bassman 4-10 LTD Reissue for my guitar rig, and a black LTD Special Recipe in combination with a Fender Steel King for my pedal steel rig.
The Special Recipe has does not have the midrange "bump" in it's reference EQ. Both LTDs provide beautiful detail even in chords, and a terrific singing quality without noticable compression.
They are very quiet, and exhibit no "tone-suck" when bypassed.

The internal layout and construction of the Barber is first-rate, and I would expect it to last a lifetime. No backup needed. Never had a problem.

Haven't had to use Customer Support.

I am an active musician on stage and in various studios, on guitar and pedal steel. I play jazz, blues, and some country. I've been playing since 1964.
I spent 20 years selling music equipment, both in retail and as a factory rep, so have played or gigged with almost everything out there.
My gear consists of: Gibson ES345, ES137, and Les Pauls. Ovation acoustic/electrics. Marlen and Texan pedal steels. Fender Bassman 4-10 Reissue LTD, and Steel King amps. Barber LTD Overdrive Pedals, and Line 6 Verbzilla Pedals.
The Barber is the most musical overdrive I've heard to date, and I would definately buy it again.
Obviously, overdrive/distortion tone is very subjective, and there are many fine pedals out there. These just sounded the most natural to my ear.
Thanks for your service! Anecdotal information is very helpful in choosing from such a vast array of products out there...

3 knobs..the basic tone, volume and drive. fiddle till it sounds right.

ok...this is my first review on Harmony...I just had to give props to this pedal. Live so many, I have for years searched for that perfect overdrive pedal...THIS IS IT FOR ME...sold all the common yellow and green boxes this one does it all from a rather clean boost to Texas heat gritty. Can't go into metal zone but I've got a vintage Proco Rat for that. I wanted the overdriven tube sound and this gives it to you in spades. The sound is rich, full and harmonic, never thin or buzzing. No bad sounds across the drive range and the tone chages are subtle..just leave it at 12 and adjust the amp instead. Noise...yeah just a tiny bit, but only really at full drive. I play through a mesa express (great range sounds on its own) and use the LTD to "thicken" up the amp or drive it at lower volumes. bottom line...great pedal, best I've played.

built like a tank....should stand up to the typical abuses, but I'll say no opinion since it has not been gigged yet.

no sure...haven't needed it. Barber came very highly recommended to me from another player who has spoken to the shop often.

Not much more to say...I have found "the sound" end of my GAS for overdrive pedals. been playing off and on over 20 yrs, alone and in bands, blues to classic rock to modern pop, use a Tele, HB Reverned Charger (excellent guitar btw) and a Epi dot 335 copy, all sound great though this pedal. Would buy it again in a heartbeat.

Rally easy to tweak to find your tone.
No patches, simple pedal simple manual.
Stock Silver LTD

Sound Quality is the best I have ever heard from an overdrive pedal.
Easily tailored to fit perfectly on a track. Harmonics seem to jump out of this pedal.
I placed the LTD first in the chain and it's transparent when off and adds no hiss or hum when on.
I use it thru a Boogie Mark IIB head with an Intellifex in the effects loop and a Earcandy Sovereign 1X12 Cabinet and a Peavey Rockmaster with a Xpression in the effects loop into a AA165 Bassman to a Mesa Boogie 1X12 Cabinet. I run them both simultaneously for a thick wall of guitar sound.
The LTD Silver opens the heavens to rich harmonics and adds a thick power tube sounding distortion. It's like getting all new gear adding this pedal.

I've only had it for a month but it's built like a tank.
I would gig without a back.

I spoke with David Barber prior to purchasing this pedal. Let's face it most pedal are noisy and it is a concern. He said it wasn't and told me if I didn't like it I could send it back. He was right. It is absolutely quite.
They can be upgraded for more tonal definition, but with the internal presence and Bass adjust I was able to adjust the LTD so there was no actual guitar tone change but gained harmonics and add a degree of power tube like distortion.

I've played Solo, Duets, Country Bands, Jazz Bands, Rock Bands. Metal Bands, any kind of music to make a living. I currently write and record for background music for TV Shows, along with Writing and selling music. 30+ years on the road has left me in failing health(but memories are mine to keep)
Personally I think pedals are noisy pieces of shit, this one changed my mind.

Very easy once you have it set up for your axe.

Why did I even waste my years trying to get subtle warm thick juicy overdrive tones from those lifeless Boss, DOD and ibanez doorstops? This is a lush beautiful open sounding overdrive which is second to none. I can control the gain using the volume control on my guitar, something which I'd never do with my little yellow boss boxes.

I often use a volume pedal to bump up the gain on this little fellow and the LTD responds wonderfully to that too. This is the only OD I've bought and used, and use almost every day and in gigs. All my other OD's have been sold or sit somewhere in a cupboard.

Barber pedals are some of the best made on the planet. They look killer, feel solid and tough, and play great.

Never used.

The best OD bar none. I won't trade this for anything else on the planet.

Very easy: three controls (volume, tone, drive). But pay attention to the "Tone"-Control. It works in a special way (see website).

This is heaven, if you like the Hendrix and SRV sound. You don't get much gain - if you want to play Death Metal, look somewhere else... But if you you want to play Jazz, Blues or Blues Rock, this is the one you need. When you're playing chords, you can hear every single note, even if you choose serious crunch. No muddy sound at all! Using it with my little practice-amp, even with low volume it sounds as if Hendrix is sitting next to me. Unbelievable! I'm very happy, that I could get this pedal from the german distributor, who recommended me this overdrive. Great work, Barber Electronics!

Well, I just got it, so I can't tell you anything about this. But it seems to be very solid.

It sounds like heaven and beats all light overdrives, I've ever tried out. Most important: My guitar (custom built strat) sounds absolutely natural with the LTD. It's also very dynamic, like a good amp. No noise at all. Chords stay chords and don't sound muddy. I can't recommend this pedal enough!

There's just three controls but you need to tweak the two internal trimpots to suit the guitar. The settings are pretty different for my Ibanez hollowbody vs my strat, but I dialed in something to suit both.

I use an Ibanez artcore hollow body and a strat with single coils. This is the first low gain OD I have used and loved so much, it gives me a warm, juicy liquid overdrive tone for leads and I can crank up some biting crunch using a booster before the LTD. The beautiful thing about this little black box is it doesnt change your guitar's tone, doesn't add anything overpowering like the tubescreamers, boss ds-1 nastiness, boss sd-1 character etc. When I stomp this LTD it sounds like I've just cranked the amp a little bit, it gives me huge sounding chords and notes without high gain.

The barber pedals are some of the best built I've seen, ever. Compare these to any of the usual boutique pedals, and other analogman, keeley, ross, skreddy stuff and you will see the attention to detail and quality that's gone in here. I bet it would never die on me.

never used.

The absolute best natural sounding low gain OD I have ever used.

This is about as easy of an od pedal there is to get a good sound. Controls are clearly marked and are self explanitory, volume, tone, drive. I recomend using Barber's own settings as a good starting point and slowly move your way from there. The only control nob that is somewhat counterintuitive is the tone control but even that is fully detailed on their website.

My unit is completely stock, no mods, and I haven't even played with the internal trim pots but I don't really see a need to do so at this point.

For me it is easy to get od drive settings that range from Hubert Sumlins purring tones from his work with Howlin' Wolf, to early Jimmy Page tones and when the drive is fully cranked, SRV TS 9 / Maxon 808 tones. You can also get early Marshall and cranked Vox like tones but you have to play with it a bit.

The LTD mates very well with my Voodoo Lab Anolog Chorus, the only other effect I use. I have tried mating my Marshall GUV II to the same chorus pedal that the results were just nasty sounding. In my opinion mate anolog effects with anolog effects, digital with digital and you'll do just fine.

Speaking of hiss, the LTD is pretty darn quiet all things considered that is until you really crank up the drive setting and even then the hiss is far less than you may get from some of the Dunlop / MXR effects.

Please note, I am running the LTD through a hot rodded '74 Fender Princeton (blackface mod, 20 watt power boost and 10" ceramic speaker all by Tone Tubby / A Brown Soun)and I am using Fender's Vintage Voltage cabels so I am more than pleased that there as little hiss as there is.

Tone gets a 9 because some people may find any anolog hiss unexceptable.

Has a good rep and a five year waranty. Got to like that.

If I am to take a backup with me I'll take my Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive because of their simular tonal characteristics.

Haven't had a need.

For me this pedal is a great match. I play country, blues, jazz, rock 'n' roll and for what I want out of a low gain od pedal the LTD is pretty darn cool. If I want to really blast then I'll take out my Marshall GUV II and venture off into Zakk Wylde Land.

This is my third, and hopefully last od pedal. I have owned the Voodoo Lab Sparkle Drive (which lives on my effects loop for my Rivera), a Marshall GUV II (hey, it's a stack in a box) and until I returned it for the LTD an Xotic AC Booster.

Before setteling on the Barber LTD I played the Xotic AC Booster for about five days. Prior to taking the AC Booster home I played both the AC Booster and the Barber LTD back to back for about an hour in the store. I thought the AC Booster was very clean, very quite, and it was nice that you could use it as a clean boost and by most accounts use it as a distortion pedal too. In some ways, especially with the lower gain settings, I liked the AC Booster just a little better than I did the LTD, just a little bit more clear but when I brought it home that's when my opinion changed.

The AC Booster had little or no effect through my Rivera M 60 112 when ran through the effects loop and would only alter the tone buy going direct. While using the AC Booster with my Princeton the low gain and clean boost settings settings were as I had expereinced them in the store, quiet, clean, nice breakup, little tone altering, but as the volume levels increased and when the gain level was turned up, even after trimming the bass and upping the treble settings the AC would flub my speaker something awful. The distortion feature of the AC is just nasty, harsh, muddy and unplesant, thumbs down man.

I returned the Xotic AC Booster and played four od pedals back to back for a half hour, through the same amp and with my Strat until I made my decision. I played the Toadworks Lil Leo (it's a good pedal if you are trying to emulate either super cranked tweed and or silverface tones) the HAO Sole Pressure (more of a clean boost than an od pedal but the three position "warm", "bright" and "normal" was very cool if your amp does not have these features), the Barber LTD (again) and the Xotic AC Booster (again) and I went home with the LTD.

Using the same volume settings, same amp, same guitar, and increasing the gain settings on the LTD as high as it would go I couldn't get my speaker to flub the same was as it did with the Xotic.

I am now able to set my Princeton up so sound a lot like my Rivera but in a 50 lb lighter package. Good bass responce, nice highs, very clear and quiet.

My only gripe is I wish the LTD had a top loading AC input like the Voodoo Labs because it is out of the way from the instrument cabels but that is a minor gripe.

As far as the Xotic AC Booster goes, it's a nice low gain od pedal that can be used as a clean boost. As a clean boost goes I think it is much nicer than the Voodoo Lab but as a distortion pedal it is sub par, especially if you condister it runs for nearly $70 more than either the Voodoo Lab or the LTD. When I want a high gain od pedal then it's Marshall time baby!

Absolutely easy, three knobs, and two trimpots inside. No big deal.

This is the best smooth low gain OD I have ever used, bar none, period. Having wasted more than $2000 on overdrive pedals ALONE, I am sick and tired of searching for 'that next pedal which will be the greatest'. I have found it, and this is it.

It works great with both single coil and hot humbuckers. My strat sounds like heaven through it. My SG sounds killer too.

This is a deep and full sounding overdrive which doesnt fizzle out and sound metallic raspy like those stupid boss and ibanez units at low gain. At the same time it gives me the sustain I need without a compressor. I can never get this with cheap mass produced boss, digitech etc.

Awesome build, feel and LOOKS!

Dunno never used them.

This is a killer overdrive. It is the absolute best for low gain SRV kind of stuff and as a booster, but it will NOT do high gain like Slash, Zakk etc. This pedal is not meant for that. Work within its limitations and you will not need another, except for higher gain stuff which I do ... I have 4-5 OD pedals I swap when needed.

Three knobs, extremely easy to use. Two trimpots inside the pedal, also extremely easy to set up and close. Very customizable, but very easy pedal.

I have found sound nirvana. Unbelievable, but I have no more GAS.

My axe is a fender standard American strat with Kinman AVn woodstock pickups, going in to the barber LTD, a TS808 and a chorus, simple and sweet setup. It goes into a Laney LC15R tube amp.

A fender with single coils has a sweet natural tone with an incredible range of subtleties and tonal variety. The best grit pedal for a strat is a mild overdrive which doesn't change the character or subtleties of the natural strat tone. Think SRV, and amazing number of blues players who came before and after him. It is stupid trying to use a single coil strat through a mega hyper fuzz distortion type of pedal and expect great results.

I have spent so much time and money on this quest for the holy grail of overdrives for my strat, my head aches even thinking about it, and my bank / wife is not happy either. I think they all have something to smile about now.

After experimenting with the standard stock pedals, boss od, distortion, sd-1, etc, the tube screamers, and many botique pedals including the liquid sunshine, crowther audio pedals, banzai, MXR, maxon, etc, nothing gave me the tone I had in my head, till this little black LTD box.

It makes a simple strat sound so full, so rich, so clean, and so warm. It has tone oozing out of its pores, and a juicy thickness to the tone which is absolutely perfect. Just *how* the heck do they get this kind of thickness and sustain in a pedal with so little gain? I can't imagine how I have wasted so many years getting frustrated with those stupid boss ds-1 type of pedals, making do with their harsh barbaric tones, and telling myself this is going to sound "better" on stage.

I plugged in, switched it on, and was transported to tone heaven. I couldn't stop playing till 1.00am last night and my wife was not too pleased.

I have found the tone I was looking for. I need nothing more in life. Anything I write about this pedal is too feeble an attempt, words can simply not express what I feel in my hands, ears, and soul when I crank my strat through this pedal.

Looks and feels like a tank.

Never needed.

If you're any sort of guitarist who has ever used an overdrive in his/her life, you owe it to yourself to try this pedal just once. I challenge you to stop playing, or even control yourself after that. You will be a gibbering lunatic chanting the "ltd ltd ltd..." mantra.

I cannot tell you how happy I am with this pedal. I have been searching for this *exact* tone for the past 12 years. Now that I have found it, I can die a happy man.

Playing through this pedal is like playing through nothing at all, just pure clean tube amp tone. It preserves the pristine tone of your guitar without adding or subtracting anything, at the same time, getting as close to a tube amp as is mechanically possible by any pedal I've ever used.

Just get this. Thank me later.

Very simple and well explained in the manual-tone P.M. is for more bass, A.M. is for more treble. Volume-makes the amp get cranked, drive-amount od gain. It also has two inner trim pots for bass and presence, but i'm satisfied with the factory settings.

This pedal is a godess. Superb tone. I'm playing it with a Strat(Kinman Woodstock plus set) through a Fender Deluxe Reverb Silverface from 1968. I searched alot for a really transparent low gain overdrive just to crank my Deluxe Reverb a little bit more. This pedal delivered that to me, and more. I can have tones from SRV, Hendrix, Gallagher, Točak etc...I put the volume around 2-4 A.M. tone about 1-2 A.M. and drive at 10 P.M. My amp sings together with me!
I couldn't be happier for this price, this is a best buy, not because it's cheap, but because it has a superb tone! It's true bypass also.

I think i can depend on this babe, but I can't tell anything yet.

I was on the Barber shop forum, and Dave Barber is also there. He helped alot, and seems like a great guy!

Blues/Rock must have. I'm delighted.

Well shown, three knobs, two trimmers, easy to dail in and forget.

I ust gibsons, a paul and soon a 335, both refitted with imprerial humbuckers, a tele with fralins and a B-bender, and a G&l legacy with andersons. My pedals go from, vht valvulator, ernie ball volume, budda wah, fat boost, carl martin comp, hermida zendrive, the ltd, a line6 mm4 and a roland SDE1000 delay, into a boogie mark I set clean. I ust the ltd as my primary overdrive, with the gain around 8 the tone around 2 or 3 and the volume wherever. I love this pedal with humbuckers, not to say singles aren't equally nice, but I use my zendrive for the strat and tele mostly. With the fat boost, I can get a very convincing Larry Carlton lead tone into the Ltd. This really is an open and natural sounding pedal, and I am really bonding with it quickly.
I previously owned a direct drive, and loved it, so Dave is really nailing the tone I'm after.

All the barbers I've had have been well made, and he stands behind his work.

I've heard nothing but fantastic stories about his CS, and everytime I've emailed, he's been quick to respond, something I haven't had from many other companies.

A very round fat overdrive, capable of being a clean boost all the way up to a primary gain box as I use it. I've thought a lot about ditching the fat boost and getting another one of these, but we'll see.
Kurt

Easy to use pedal. level, tone, and drive with internal presence and bass trimmer pots. True bypass.

Not a bad sounding low drive pedal. Very tube screamer-ish with less mid hump and better tone changing capabilites. Still sounds transistor-ish with a plastic coloration that can really be heard on hard transients / pick attack. That's the problem with solid state that will never be fixed until op amp chips are redesigned. Read up on dielectric noise and you'll figure out why solid state will never sound as pure and crisp as tubes. Tubes are the purest form of amplification that don't suffer from the hard plastic dielectric noise that plagues all transistor pedals. I wonder if TRT Musicoat would work on the IC chips? I might give it a try sometime...but that stuff is NOT cheap. I treated my tube audio amp and CD player and it really did wonders for the sound and clarity.

In its price range, its notches above your typical Boss, Maxon, Ibanez, Zoom, etc. pedals. It can't match a really good tube preamp or tube overdrive pedal.

Not bad, but still sounds sterile like most transistor pedals. Not open sounding but very compressed. I'll stick to my Big Ben pedal.

Easy. The tone knob is slightly different in that above 12 o'clock it adds highs and reduces bass while below 12 o'clock it adds bass while cutting hights, but this is a great feature and it's easy to get used to. The internal trim pots are nice. I increased the bass on the internal trim pot ever-so-slightly.

I use a 62 RI Tele into a TU2, LTD, Barber Direct Drive, Visual Sound H20, EH Smallstone Phaser, into a Vox AC30cc2. The LTD is replacing a Toadworks Death Rattle. The Direct drive worked great for my full-on rock tones, but the Death Rattle's tweed channel was too much of a compromise of my AC30's tone. I got the LTD, put in the chain, and suddenly couldn't believe I could ever play without it. I LOVE how subtle the controls are. The gain has a wonderful sweep from clean boost to light crunch and everything in between. You can really fine-tune the amount of overdrive. I leave it at about 1 o'clock. I keep the pre-amp gain low on my vox and then really crank the power amp section. With this setting, the LTD drives the preamp nicely when I dig in to the strings while still allowing the power amp to do its thing. I also kick in the LTD with the direct drive on, as well, when I want a boost for a solo. Very responsive pedal. It is not entirely transparent, but no pedal really is. It really does enhance the sound of my guitar and amp, though. Oh, I might add that the LTD really works to make notes super-defined in high gain situations, as well.

The only thing I do notice is a slight mid-jump when I turn it on. It was affecting my amp in upper mid area. By increasing the internal bass pot, it seemed to ballance out the upper mid jump so now it is a lot less noticeable. The difference is subtle, but with the adjustment, the sound is much improved.

I got my Direct Drive 1st and I felt so confident in it, there was no question as to which low-gain pedal I would get. Barber all the way for reliability.

Awesome. fast to answer questions and such.

I play rock. The LTD is a wonderful addition to my rig. It allows me to crank the power amp section of my amp, drive my preamp with the LTD, and forget using an attenuator or having the soundman yell at me to turn down. It's smooth and natural and simple to work with. it works well with other pedals. Best of all, the LTD is the perfect pedal to help build a foundation for all the other tones I could possible need. It is not versatile tone-wise on it's own, but it acts like a great single-channel amp. It sets the stage for me to build whatever tone I want. It beat out the Crowther Hotcake (great pedal, but doesn't have the subtlety in the low gain area that I wanted), Keeley Modded Blues Driver, a second Direct Drive (the LTD and direct drive might be made by Dave Barber, but they are very different pedals), and it replaced my Toadworks Death Rattle, which will soon be up on ebay. I love the LTD. With the direct drive, I've got my basic overdrive needs completely covered. Oh, did I mention that I got it for $75 used? Easily worth the $119 new. If stolen, I would replace it immediately.

As soon as I plugged my guitar into it and played a few notes I knew there and then this was a pedal to keep. Simple and effective does what it's supposed to do. I attempted to open it up to check out it's innards and mess with the adjustabel pots, but felt I had no use for them yet and just kept with the stock tone. The internal pots are very usefull though.

Amazing sound quality. Even with the overdrive knob on full, chords are clear and articulate. String attack is very sensitive. Single lead notes are smooth and creamy sounding with enough bite to stand out in a full band situation. This pedal will compliment any good tube amp, guitar and many styles of playing hands down.

This pedal seems durable enough to stand up to most rugged circumstances and has a 5 year warranty. I personally don't abuse my gear so it should last a long while.
Just don't spill beer on it.

I am sure if I have any problem with this pedal down the road there would be no issues of getting it repaired by the company in a professional and timely manner.

I play rock music. This pedal is great for my style. If it were lost or stolen I would get another.
I pair up the Barber LTD with a Maxon 0D9 on my pedal board and use Maxon as a "over-the-top" boost distortion to get more grind and feedback. The LTD is perfect for more subtle guitar lines and to get just a bit of overdrive attack when needing a dynamic build into heavy parts of a song.
This is an exceptional pedal.
If you get the Barber LTD you won't be disapointed.

Simple three knob pedal- volume/tone/gain. This is a low gain pedal. Its easy to get a good sound from this at any volume. Really smooth. However, being a low gain pedal it is sensitive to the volume of the amp, so the settings in the bedroom are way off in a live volume (reference only to tube amps).

Setup is Tele/Strat/335 >Keeley dunlop Wah>Toadworks MrSquishy> Barber LTD (replaced a Keeley Boss BD2 Phat)> Jennings boost>Vodkamods MXR phaser> Johnson Chorus (yep, thats right- $5 and it's killer)> Ibanez AD9> Traynor YJC80 modded w/tubes and Celestions V30's with a Boogie 2x12 extension cab. <P>
Pedal is like any gain pedal- Hissy when maxed out- but this is a low gain pedal so it shouldn't be maxed out...

Tone is completely relevant to your rig. This takes your tone and saturates it. My rig will saturate the tubes, but it sounds like a wet fart. The LTD takes the clean dripping harmonics and just flavors it- very appropriately.

The MFG says 12o'clock on the tone knob is neutral- I've found that to be a hair brighter than neutral- but no problem.

Seems solid. Boutique stuff usually is- aside from the DPDT switches. With as much as these boutique things costs- they damn well better be giggable- or usable to chock the wheels of my truck, shim my bed, and double as drink coaster! So far so good.

No experience with them. That's good!

I play a little bit of everything. My rig "naked" does the fender bassman clean and the Marshall JCM800 on the dirty side sans gizmo. For a really tight blues/country/southern Gospel/southern rock tone it needed some help. Barber LTD was the solution. I have quit looking - seriously. I found it. I've been playing for close to 20 years. I play right and left handed- due to an injury- so i've played crap and i've played the fantastic. If it were stolen, it would be thony piece of gear that I knowI could and would replace immediatly. All the oher stuff took years of searching to find that "special" piece.

the one and only bitch is they put the power jack on the side of the damn box. I use Onespot power supplies and the cords are almost too short.

If you need a tweener pedal- this is worth every penny.

Just speachless about how you can get with such chip pedal such great sound.

Everything at 12 'o clock and ready to rock. Twin already has 3 chanels so i have plenty of combination. Effect sounds just perfect for SRV style you can get very nice sound, more transparant than Tube screamer.I 've used Fender Twin amp with Fender standard strat with Van Zandt true vintage pickups
I can get easyly the sound of many artists but what for me most important was is that i could get very good sound of my idol- Stevie Ray Vaughan.

Yes , sure i can. As matter fact next week we have studio recording, and i'm gonna use just LTD between guitar and amp and nothing more.
I 'm sure that i don't need any kind of backup with this pedal .

This one is brand new and i hope that i won't have problems with it

I play blues, nothing else but blues especially Texas blues. This is perfect match for my setup, very valuable pedal on my pedal board.
For other effects i use Vox wah pedal , Tube screamer deluxe, Hughes & Kettner Rotosphere MK II and Boss TU 2 tuning pedal.
If it were stolen i would call the same shop right away to order two more ( one as booster and one as drive pedal) and of course i would kill this one that stole my pedal ( :-) joke of course )but i think that i realy would'nt like that. The pedal is amazing, it sounds great, it's ligthweighty, what more can i say.
I've tried Fulltone's drive, Alberta,Red snapper, allready have Tube screamer but this one is perfect match for my setup. Other pedals are not bad at all don't get me wrong but for my playstyle ,my kind of blues is this THE BEST.
Barber LTD is great pedal . This is not selling provocation it's just true.

I spent about a 1/2 hour dialing in the internal trim-pots & monkeying with the knobs & after wasting thousands of dollars on pedals over the years, THIS PEDAL RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is a LOW-Gain pedal, but really has enough gain for anyone that has some overdrive already in their rhythm mix. CLEAR TRANSPARENT TONE!!!!
I use this with a Peavey Butcher (the best sounding JCM 800 on earth) & a Classic 30 w/EL84's. This pedal could also be used to dirty up a JTM or Bassman. Anything that needs some Crunch. It's almost like the old grey DOD 250 preamp BUT BETTER! This is the best $120 I've ever spent on gear. You can dial in your tone quick & easy & get the tone you want. You don't have to settle for Crap pedals. If you want Thin Lizzy - AC/DC tone this is it.

Ask me in a couple years!

Talked to them a couple times & seem like they'll take care their customers.

For Hard Rock / Punk Rock this is the pedal. I've been playing forever & the past 5 years I've gone thru at least 20 Overdrive pedals. You can be 100% happy with your Overdrive/Solo pedal. It sounds good with my Tele, Les Paul & 335. A Reverend Drivetrain 2 is almost as Transparent as the Barber LTD - But, not quite. I will ride off into the sunset with this LTD & Drivetrain 2, the rest is going on Ebay. Don't waste your hard earned cash on Modded Boss, DOD or Ibanez pedals. If you mod a pedal with tone issues you'll still have some tone issues.
Do some testing at your local guitar shop & stop wasting your money!

3 knobs, 1 switch, 2 trim pots.
I dont know if i like the idea of the trim pots. I do like the idea of having the extra flexibility, but i dont like fiddling with the innards of the pedal all the time, i would rather they were mounted on the top somehow...... but that's me being picky.
Other than that, this is pretty simple, though the tone control is pretty unusual and offers a lot of different sounds.

I added this in my pedal chain, in place of a Danelectro FAB overdrive which i had bought to use as a pedal for mildly distorted rythms and lead lines which would have a bit of grit but not too much. The FAB is actually a pretty nice little unit though a bit too flat, and the volume is hard to balance.
I popped this in, and at first i was unsure, it seemed a bit different from what i was expecting. It really is a low gain device, i was so used to overdrive/distortion pedals which really cranked up to thick distortion that this seemed a bit too soft at first.
HOWEVER..... 10 minutes into playing around with it, i really started to hear what it was doing, and how responsive it was. The next thing i knew it was 3 hours later, and i was still playing with this pedal.... wow.........

It is a nice strong little unit.
Seems sturdy, good solid switch and controls, should last forever :)

This is a wonderful little overdrive pedal.
It is very musical, very harmonic, very responsive and very exciting to play with.
It's one of those pedals that make you want to play more.
It really is true that the more you pay the better you get, especially with companies like Barber who put so much time and effort into these things.
The LTD is perfect for getting those wonderful 70's style warm but crystal clear guitar tones that the likes of Dave Gilmour, Beck and even SRV had.
I am really impressed by how much it responds to the guitars volume and tone controls, and how clean it is in the pedal chain. Mine has a neat little green led.
I will not be replacing this one, i would buy it again in a shot.


Buy it..... Love it.... :)