Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic

Well, it's very easy to use. I've got the manual, but haven't read it.

This pedal is only suitable for humbucker equipped guitars, Les Pauls etc. Earlier reviewer was right about the strat tones and this pedal. The bell like sound of a strat does not come through when this pedal is on. If you want a dark strat tone, you could use this, otherwise - forget it. For strat players I highly recommend Dean Markley Overlord Classic Tube Overdrive. That's for strats IMHO.

There are bass and treble pots, but the treble pot is useless, since the highest frequences are always cut off, when this pedal is on. This sucks. The bass pot is useful, though. All I can say is, I'm going to sell this pedal.

My kids could figure it out.

I think this thing sounds amazing. It is the most wonderful piece of gear I own.

Only one problem. They didn't design it right. The tubes are not changeable without sending it to Seymour Duncan. also the tube specs state that they will only last up to 1000 hours and if you play as much as I do that means every 1 to 1 1/2 years you will have to send it to get new tubes. Who knows how long and how much that will cost? Just something to think about.

Have not tried to contact them.

I think if they fixed the tube problem. It would be the most outstanding pedal ever.

easy like eating ice-cream - sparse info in the manual - but nobody will need a manual (just girls read it...)

wow... it's definitely a 10 for someone who's lokking for classic sounds. Very "tuby".

This is, why I'm writig the review: it??s perfect in front of a digital modeler. I use it with a AX3000G for recordings. The TT adds tube sound... as long as you choose clean settings on the AX. The big advantage is, that you are able to use the volume-pot on your guitar again, means: turn down cleans up the tone... brilliant, a vox model remains a vox, a fender a fender etc. So try it: choose a blackface model and let the TT do the rest - you will be satisfied!

Only disadvantage is a "plop" when you change the channels on th TT, especially whenn using delay / reverb on the AX... means: plop, plop, plop... ;-)

I can live with it.

So for me, sound rating is 10! ...and damn think about the price you have to pay for it... almost boutique tone for 200 Euro

can't tell you, it's new. I guess, if it stands the first 3 weeks without an error... it will live forever. It??s electronics... and it??s made in china...

will not need it... if it's damaged, it was just a 200,- Euro deal...

I play now for 30 years... not good because I'm one of the business guys, having no time for other hobbies. So, I'm a kind of "tone-hunter", having fun with the fine noises, you can get out of nice equipment. Crazy... but I think it's a problem of all this 45-plus players not beeing pros... The industry survives only we are here and buying the products. I play mainly strats (wow, you really can spend BIG money on that...) with tube amps, (actually a small Engl) have plenty of guitars in the house and buy from time to time nice gadgets, like this pedal.

Again: you can produce a very, very nice range of sounds from clean to distorted with this pedal. It gives you the advantage to use it as a preamp or an overdrive-pedal or you can use it as a booster... very versatile. Sound quality is boutique-level, depending on the following components.

Excellent buy!

I easily agree with the most favorable & in depth opinions & reviews of this pedal, with the exception of one very big issue. The different voicing on each channel, while is very nice in every way except they "EQ out" the clearest bell tone frequency realm Strats are so noted for. This sux big time, but other than this issue, the pedal is just awesome. I'm hoping it will be refined in future productions to fix my only issue with it, but I'm only giving it a 4 out of an otherwise 10 because of it.

Pretty easy to get a good sound, seeing as it sounds good no matter what settings you use (providing you use a decent amp and guitar). Global bass and treble controls, two channels with independent volume and gain for each. No need for it, but the manual is great too. And whoever wrote it had a sense of humour... "And for Heaven sakes, don't use it while you're sitting on the can..." ...I wasn't planning on it, but thanks for letting me know...

A lot of people complain about the global EQ... I haven't had a problem with it... The two channels are voiced differently, so you can tell them apart anyway, even with the same amount of dirt on both

Playing a Clapton Strat (with lace sensors) and an Epiphone Les Paul with Seymour-Duncan hotrodded jazz set of pickups through the Twin Tube Classic and into a Vox AD30VT amp... Amp modelling program was set on the blackface (Fender Twin Reverb???), set really clean. Also used a Tube Screamer (TS9DX) pushing the rhythm channel into overdrive and liked the result.

The tone of this thing is ...unbelievable. Kinda like a mix of a Bassman and a Plexi, but not really reminiscent of those tones enough to say it's modelled on those amps. It has it's own sound. The distortion is thick and creamy, but even at high levels of gain, it's still smooth. Not much razor-edge, buzz-saw sounds, so metal players might want to look elsewhere (Twin Tube Mayhem might be a better choice). It is a little bottom-heavy, but I'm mainly using my Clapton Strat with single-coils, so I don't care...

The rhythm channel goes from clean to moderate overdrive. The lead channel picks up where the rhythm channel left off and heads into supersaturated territory. I set the rhythm channel on a light overdrive, controlling the amount of distortion by picking dynamics and guitar volume. For those of you that don't know, the Clapton Strat has a 25dB midrange boost on the 2nd tone control... I use this to puch the cleans on the rhythm channel into distortion. Then the lead channel is another story... Super dirty... It has a bit more midrange to my ears, which is good for cutting through the mix a bit more when the time comes for a guitar solo (it's called the "lead" channel for a reason!).

I wasn't really trying to get a certain sound that I'd heard somewhere else, I was looking for my sound. And I got it!

The thing's a tank. Would gig without a backup of the actual PEDAL, but I'd probably get another wall wart... Just in case. Don't trust them, and a lot of people complain about that... But then again, it is actually an amp in a pedal, so you'd expect to plug in to power somewhere... Maybe just not with the wall wart... Oh well, the tone is worth it!

People also complain about having to send the thing back to Seymour-Duncan to replace tubes... What they seem to be happy to forget is the fact that the tubes are designed to last the life of the pedal.

Never actually delt with Seymour-Duncan, so I can't say

Play blues, jazz, rock, heavy rock... Everything except punk and metal. Suits these styles fine (not sure about jazz, don't really need distortion for that...). Playing for ...a while now and have a Clapton Strat, Epiphone Les Paul, Ibanez Tube Screaer and Vox AD50VT (like I said before). This pedal blows the Tube Screamer out of the water... It's just a great-sounding tube pedal, and inspiring to play through. Very happy with it.

Easy to use, yes. Versatile, great tones, and intuitive to use. Biggest concern is setting unity gain with unit off and being able to control the volume boost in high gain mode. Also, AM I THE ONLY PERSON OUT THERE WHO DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY MANUFACTURERS USE SWITCHES THAT MAKE LOUD CLICKS WHEN YOU STEP ON THEM? That was the deal killer for me. It's not an issue in a live setting but if you use this pedal while recording the click will turn up on your recording.

The Twin Tube has awesome tone. It can be clean (when the pedal's off), a boost, and an overdrive/distortion pedal. It has quite a range of tone and od/dist levels via the gain. I loved the tones just hated how loud the switches were.

Didn't keep it long enough to find out.

I think the Twin Tube is a versatile and usable pedal for most players. Personally, I used it to boost and drive my Takamine Acoustic-Electrics and loved the tones and versatility. I hated the LOUD switches. Tonewise, it blows away Boss pedals, is comparable to the Pigtonix Disnortion (although that also has a fuzz circuit), the Hughes & Kettner od/dist pedal, and Damage Control Liquid Blues pedal. It's beter than the Electro-Harmonix od/dist pedals (and they use the same stupid LOUD switches as well). I'm waiting to get an Emma Reezafratzitz but have heard that's among the best. If you don't care about LOUD switches, try out the Twin Tube. You do get the benefit of actual tubes in the circuit.

I have a Twin Tube pream and I have a BIG PROBLEM,
when I play about 1h, my pedal just swich on Bypass... thats NO GOOD!!!!!
I must play with my bend on 31december... and I don't no wath to do...
I pay 280 EUR for that pedal....
wath now..?
please help me people I must find out because that happen..
I use a Fender Twin AMP, and Jackson Guitar with EMD pickup
please send me E-mail on hendrix_studio@hotmail.com
THANKS!!!!!!

Sound Is the best!!!!!!!!!!

I must say RELIBILITY IS TOOOOOO BAD...
Last week I play with my ban, my pedal just swich on BYpass....

I dont now..... I wait for the help... and I will say that layter

I play BLUES and this is a pedal just created for me :))
I play about 10 years....
I hate becayse my pedal just swich on bypass alone... and I must wait 20 min to return it on!!!!!!
I have Anything i must to have :)) with TWIN TUBE, i can make a very nice blues sound
..
I love that sound, you now, I live for that, and that's my job!!!
I have only father, he play's Guitar like me :) and he says, thats the realy nice sound..
Please people, help me to resolve my problem, I worked a three mounts to make a buy that pedal... :(( please people now I have a BIG concert on 31 december and dont now wath to do.... may I use My FENDER TWEEN REVERB I MUST SAY THAT AMP ALWAY WORK PERFECT !!! :))
and My Claskson SOLIST :))

Easy and convenient to use.

Reasonable sound, not my cup of tea. It is low noise. I've heard better pedals without tubes in them. There are videos on YouTube which give you a good idea of the sound. Which doesn't impress me. It is a decent shred pedal. It is true bypass via relays, and doesn't click when you switch it in and out.

The Chinese toroidal transformer shorted internally, taking the wall wart with it. I bought mine used, I don't live in the USA, Seymour Duncan won't send me a schematic. I kluged a transformer and got it working again.
No, you can't depend on it.

I got a reply, no help.

It sounds a little muffled, I can't get a lead sound of it I like. Rhythm is fine. Easy to use. Unreliable. There are better, cheaper battery operated pedals out there.

It's like an amp, but on a pedal.

I really liked it in the store, at higher volumes it still sounded real good, but I didn't like it quite as much.

Here is the problem. I bought one a few weeks before a show. It died on me during a show, and it didn't just quit turning on, it cut out sound entirely bypased or not. That's not good. But I really liked how it sounded so I took it back to GC and they gave me a new one. Been using the new one for a couple months and during my last practice it started cutting out, and I had to remove it from my pedal board. Needless to say it wont be going back on... It's too bad, I like the effect a lot, and I love seymour duncan as a company, but I can't have something unreliable in a live situation.

Havne't delt with them. The people at GC were actually pretty nice. We'll see what happens when I try and return it.

This is tough. Liked how it sounded, the features were good, can't use it anymore because I don't trust it. Too bad.

Quite easy to use. Almost responds like an amp preamp.

Using this pedal on numerous live situations, I find the pedal sounds very transparent and overdrives my amp's preamp nicely. Nice juicy sounding compression and drive. I like the sound much more than solid state pedals.

No problems after months of steady gigging/rehearsal.

Never had to deal with them. I get a sense of security knowing the Company is well established.

I would definitely replace this pedal if lost or stolen. Definitely a permanent addition to my sound pallet.