Product: Tech 21 CS Blonde
Price Paid: USD 190
Submitted
10/20/2009
at
08:24am
by
Kevin
Email: mrmojo at ms<dot>metrocast<dot>net
Ease of Use
:
7
It was fairly easy to use... The controls were interactive (not always a good thing)
Sound Quality
:
5
I played throught it using my Highway One Strat s/s/h config.
I hooked it up a few different ways... sounded best through me powered monitor.
I was pretty dissapointed in this pedal...
It did a few sounds pretty good (mainly clean and heavy...rather weak on the overdriven) but the guitar had to stay at full volume... if you backed off to clean it up it got pretty muddy... and you I had to set the guitar to such a low volume to ever get clean enough, like around 3. And the Highway Ones have the greasebucket circuits... so that is pretty bad for this pedal to still get muddy.
I have a V-Stack classic, and this thing can't come close to that in sound and performance!
Reliability
:
8
Looked well enough built
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Dont Know
Overall Rating
:
4
this is an average pedal at way above average price
Product: Tech 21 CS Blonde
Price Paid: USD 149.00
Submitted
03/05/2009
at
10:13pm
by
ed mason
Email: eduardomason<at>vesaliodm dot com
Ease of Use
:
10
Hello
To get a sound out of it? Come on!... This is a miracolous box, and it is easy to use...
Sound Quality
:
10
This time Tech 21 guys really nailed the Fender sound... I'm pretty sure guys at Fender Music must be really amazed by this unit... Never heard such a versatile "analog" emulator...
Reliability
:
10
I've never had problems with T-21... And when I've needed service they have been more than friendly...
Customer Support
:
No Opinion
Well, I said it already...
Overall Rating
:
10
Come on! I'm not telling you guys to throw all your pedals away or put them for sale... Kust keep them in the closet... Get a CS Blonde, and a nice reverb... Now, if you are not into Fenderish sounds, get a SC Liverpool - that must be the most interesting one in the lineup - ... I have bought the British (Marshall), and it is OK (for the price, they are all amazing) but I really don't dig the tone...
Only complaint about the Blonde: How come you include a preset called "Ted Nuggent"... And it is useless... So aggressive in a boring way... But - hey!- you get Champ and Blues De Luxe and Bassman and everything in between...
Go and buy one!!! Digital and expensive boutique pedals over 300 usd are a joke...
