Visual Sound H2O Liquid Chorus & Echo

Fairly easy to use. The Echo side is a little tough to dial in. No real manual, just a sheet of paper with some settings. The Chorus is very easy to setup.

Well, it is a two-headed beast here. My primary amp for the last 8 years has been a Soldano HotRod 50+. I bought this as a cheaper replacement to my Yamaha Magicstomp that was destroyed. I was very disappointed when the pedal did not function properly in the FX loop of the Soldano. However in front of the amp (between the guitar and amp input) it worked perfectly fine. But, delay in front of an overdriven amp isn't exactly wonderful. I give it a 6 because of the FX loop issue. In front of the amp, I give it an 8.

Had it for one month. Just returned it last week. Worked perfectly in the physical sense, not musically though.

I went with the H2O because many years ago I had their J&H Ultimate Overdrive. During that time Visual Sound was a smaller company and it was easy to contact them. Now, I tried contacting them twice on the FX Loop issue. No dice. However, Soldano still picks up the phone.

If you are a clean player and are looking for more of a rotary-style chorus, this is it! Wonderful for that type of chorus. The Echo is nice for slap-back, rock-a-billy stuff. It diesn't play nice with the effects loops. It is very mechanically sound.

There are 3 knobs on each side twist'em till it sounds good, your drummer could do it, lol.

setup is; PRS CE into a Weeping demon wah to a Kustom '72 coupe, H20 and a Magicstomp on the loop. Both effects sound great, the chorus is just right, not overbearing and not so weak that you struggle with it. As someone previouly stated "very syrupy". The echo is fantastic on the short side, the long side gives you some pretty good delay. So far it works vey well with all the effects I've tried. Both effects add alot of flavor to my sound.

It's built very well. I don't forsee any problems.

I've had the H20 a couple of weeks now and wondered why the rocker switch for the short/long echos wasn't a button, so you could change on the fly. I e-mailed them thinking this has probably been asked a million times. A couple days later I get a response from Dave Mullins explaining why they use a rocker switch. I really appreciate a company that takes time to respond to the customer. I have no doubt that if I have an issue I will be taken care of. 10 for Dave.

Fantastic piece of gear, well built, I like the design, easy to operate, does what I need it to do very well. I think most people will be happy with it. I'm impressed that they took the time to answer a question that's probably been asked a million times. Sadly it's hard to find that nowadays. I know I sound a bit overzealous with my review, but I usually don't complain alot about bad products, However, when I find something I,m really happy with, I think it does more good to spread the word than to shout my complaints upon daef ears.
I will buy Visual Sound gear again. I would like to see a phaser/flanger, and a reveb/delay from them.

Easy enough. The sample settings for the Chorus are particularly useful to give you a starting point for finding specific sounds. I actually found the suggested Leslie setting to be pretty much as good as this pedal gets.

Effects chain: '62 Reissue Telecaster w/ Texas Specials (Single Coils) > Boss TU2 Tuner > Proco TurboRat > H20 > Vox AC30CC2. I also occaisionally run the H20 through the loop, but I can't tell much of a difference and I prefer to bypass the loop on the vox because the tone is just a little richer when the loop is bypassed.

I actually got this pedal as a gift. I had originally wanted a more dedicated delay pedal but decided to give this one a go since it fell into my lap and I did like the feel of the echo effect. As an echo pedal, it does its job very nicely. You can get great slapback effects, though that's not really my style. It works excellent to thicken up leads. It has enough echoes to use for simple ambient guitar lines as well. The echoes are really warm but it should be noted that this is not an analog delay. This side isn't amazingly versatile, but it works and it made me decide to keep the pedal. Oh, I'd also like to say that I like how you can twist the delay rate knob and have the pitch of the repeats bend like crazy just like old school analog delays.

The Chorus side is pretty nice, but I agree with some of the other reviews that say that it is not as good as some dedicated chorus pedals. The leslie sound is quite good, but it is difficult to get a subtle, shimmering chorus effect from the pedal. The Vox allows me to get a pretty bright sound, but when I kick in the chorus, even on low settings, the sound becomes dull. instead of complimenting the tone, it reprocesses it, which is fine for a Leslie sound, but not for subtle choruses. I also would like to note that, at least with my vox, there is very little difference in the two effects when they are placed in the loop or on the front end. The delay is capable of more echoes when placed on the front end, but that's all I've noticed.

I've had it for a year now and it has been extremely dependable. I use it and my other two pedals with a 1spot and I haven't had any problems. I have a friend who has had a Visual Sound Route 66 pedal for years. he has spilled everything you can imagine on it, dropped it, and kicked it around and it is still going strong. So if that is any indication, I shouldn't have anything to worry about in this category.

The guys at VS are easy to contact. I haven't needed to contact them, but my friend did one time and it was a painless process.

I play rock in many forms. As my equipment might suggest, I like to blend the old school and the new. I love the sound of responsive tube amps (which, if you get a solid version of the Vox AC30CC2, you get more amp than you could ever dream for a bargain compared to the "boutique" class A's that are out there). But I also love experimenting with sound effects and other weirdness. I don't have much money to buy tons of effects, but through creativity, it is possible to come up with some very interesting and usable sounds with the H20. however, my main problem with the H20 is that it does two effects pretty well but neither one is perfected. The Echo pedal cannot be used for sweeping delays or anything like that. The Chorus pedal is pretty good, but not as versatile as it could be. For 150 bucks, it'd be nice to have a sound I'm completely satisfied with. however, I find myself wanting to find a new delay pedal and perhaps even a new Chorus pedal eventually because, while this pedal is good, it's not great and still leaves something to be desired. Considering my limited funds, I think it works out well because I get two pedals in one, it takes up very little space, it is easy to operate and it is reliable. however, if it were stolen, I'd probably take the money and try to find a more dedicated delay pedal and a more dedicated chorus pedal. Don't get me wrong. This is a good pedal. But there are lots of good pedals out there but very few great ones. It's the great ones that I'm after now (that goes for my turbo rat, too).

This pedal is very simple to use. The knobs are self explainatory. I bought mine on EBAY from Visual Sound as a refurb/upgrade. They were fantstic to deal with.

I play in a cover/wedding band about 6 times a month (my full-time giggin' days are over). We have some 70's tunes that require that chorus effect, or fifties tunes where I use the delay as a slapback. It sounds amazing at both functions. Personally, I hate all chorus pedals. But the H2O has made me a believer in chorus that is functional and dare I say, beautiful.

I use a heavy-duty pedal board with a case so there is no problems. The pedal is constructed very well. I would not need a backup.

This is a great company to deal with. When I had some questions about the refurb, they answered through email promptly. They have a great website with various samples of their pedals in context (studio and live). This is a great company.

If this pedal was stolen, I would immediately buy another one. Again, I hate all chorus pedals, but this one is simply amazing.

Easy to control - self explanatory.

I use a Marshall DSL 2000. This thing MUST be looped. It sucks your tone if you run it in-line.

I've been gigging with it steadily for the past 6 months with no problems at all. (hope i didn't just jinx myself!)

I corresponded via email to one of the guys at Visual, Steve. He was very nice, very helpful.

I purchased a factory reconditioned model thru Visual's E-Bay store and paid a few extra bucks for the chorus mod. It was not worth it.

CHORUS: Everyone's tastes are different, but I do not understand the rave reviews about this chorus. And, it sounds nothing at all like the Police chorus (like a few of the people here said) It's not a tight, thick chorus. Yes you can make it sound like a leslie but I don't have too much use for that. It's more like a flanger - lots of sweeping swirl. I use it only occasionally.

ECHO: The echo is really really nice. Easy to control, and lots of variation, just like the good old analog delays.

OVERALL: It's a great peice of gear. Pro sound, and certainly roadworthy. My only complaint is the company boasts "true bypass" or I think they call it "virtual bypass" that's a lot of virtual crap. It robs your tone whether it's on or off and therefore MUST be run in the effects loop. And again, the chorus has it's moments but not exactly a shining example of what a true chorus should be. But, it IS a solid piece, awesome delay, works fine in the loop and takes up less space on your board than 2 seperate units would.

Easy, three dials per side, no troubles here,

I got this box two months ago, to replace my famed TC chorus, and my line 6 dl4. Both pedals sounded cold to me, and I needed something that took up less space. I've owned all the chorus boxes out there, save the analogman, and I can honestly say the h2o is my favorite. As my buddy put it, it's very syrupy. If you want the Eric Johnson subtle stereo chorus, this isn't for you, it's just a bit more dominant in your mix than the TC or fulltone. But, if you want a good police sound, or, my favorite, a leslie like sound, this is your box for sure. i just did a gig last night, where there were two guitarists on stage, and after the show, a well respected jazz sax player came up to me and said he thought there was either a rhodes or hammond on stage at times, he thought I had a leslie.
The delay side is also great, it sounds a lot like my old boss dd2, digital, but really warm, and not ear splitting like most new models. i would have liked a dampening dial, but that's just me being picky. It's not quite up to my memory man, but, what is, really? I'd give the chorus a 9.5 and the delay an 8.5

I've used it extensively, gigging at least three times a week, but I take good care of my gear, so I'm sure that helps.

I use two teles, one with humbuckers, and one with a b/bender, into vht valvulator, volume pedal, vox wah, true bypass mod, xotic RC booster, hermida zendrive, fulltone fulldrive, h2O, carr rambler amp. I am really into funk and R and B, and this pedal really fits that bill. I think I'll pick up another memory man, but aside from that, I love it and would highly reccomend.
Kurt

bought the H2O pedal in the afternoon, sounded great the same evening at the gig just going off the user guides presets. After further tweaking I'm finding some really useful sounds like the leslie stuff and rockabilly slap echo

Basically I play a Fat Strat through a Marshall TSL60 half-stack and I ran the pedal through the loop. Sounded great. I wasn't for sure how it would do in the loop but it did really good.I tried the pedal in the store and ran it direct and the only difference I noticed was that the delay had more repeats going straight into the amp. However if your interested I understand there's a moification you can do to the delay( not the chorus mods people are doing to the older versions) that actually really makes the delay louder with more repeats. But don't gt me wrong the, H20's delay is still very impressive, very warm with nice tailing-off repeats.
The chorus is worth the price of the pedal alone and I bought it for the delay. I've always thought my clean channel on my amp lacked something. I found it. The H2O pedal. It made my clean sound come to life. Through my loop it smoked my old Boss CE-2. One word(AWESOME)

The pedal looks like it's built like a tank.Switches are solid, great construction. Has worked great so far.

First of all, before I even bought this pedal I e-mailed the company with a couple of questions. I was curious if I could use the pedal in my effects loop. Bob Weil, company founder and owner e-mailed me after a few hours . I was blown away. With all the substandard products I've encountered and poor customer service I've dealt with, Visual Sound is something special.Bob answered all my questions and was pro all the way.

I've been playing guitar for about 25 years, Played in multiple gigging bands, owned a ton of recording equipment, and a lot of P.A. gear. For the most part I've been using rack mount effects through my loop, some pedals in the past, and never been happy with NONE of it,(you know the feeling I'm sure). For the price,it's almost like a boutique pedal that actually works.I'd replace it in a minute.Great Chorus and Delay that doesn't color your sound either.

It's not too hard to get a good sound out of the pedal. The chorus knob names are a little confusing. The delay isn't much past 180 in the short phase. I keep it in the long setting unless i want some slapback kind of echo.

I use this in an effect loop with delay, reverb, phaser, and volume. I use it on a tube and solid-state amp. The echo doesn't repeat enough for me. This is really is an echo not a delay. I ended up getting another delay pedal. I do use the echo on the H2O quite a bit, but not for big swishy delays. I use the chorus in two different settings. Leslie sound, and swirly weird stuff. I use it to get a Charlie Hunter rotary sound or a off kilter John Scofield sound. For the Leslie I crank the speed almost all the way,same for the width, the delay knob, (in the chorus), I set to 9'clock. For the weird swirl: the same on the width, back off to 1 or 2'clock on the speed, and up the delay to 10-11'clock. I gives a volume boost in the chorus effect.

I don't do batteries, I always use an adaptor or an effect board. This needs 300ma 9V. That's a little different..... Sometimes it needs to turned on, warmed up, then unpluged for the echo to behave as it should.
It's a big pedal and tall. It seems tough.

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I play jazz, rock, funk, r&B, blues. I really enjoy it and it's a unique pedal, two in one. I've had it for 1/2 a year and I would probably replace it if I lost it. I like to use it for subtle echo and mainly the leslie kind of sound. Pretty cool pedal!

This pedal somehow is DEAD EASY to get a fantastic sound out of. I don't know if it is just me, that it is intuitive for me for some reason but it is MUCH easier to get what I want out of it than my Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo unit...though that has a few more tricks, the sound is inferior to my style that the H2O.

I find the Echo really easy to work with, also the chorus is a piece of cake and every knob does what I expect it to, and keeps in a "reasonable" range. I bought this on a whim (this is the honeymoon phase, I will follow up in 6 months if I remember) after playing with it for an hour in the music store and now a few hours tonight.

The manual is really minimal...really only useful at all because they have some sample settings with styles named...extra points for mentioning it is only the INPUT that drains the battery (keeps the unit on) but doesn't apply to me, I use a power supply. Also good advice about how much current it draws (less than many delay units, but still relatively high...power supply recommended). All in all not bad...Their site has some more info.

Number one point...I don't know why so many of the reviews below talk about the "delay" unit...mine says "echo" and it sounds like an echo to me.

Anyway, I have gotten to be a hard grader, but I still have to give it a 9. This pedal is one of about three or four that I consider QUALITY in construction, but most of all sound quality. I can play with this thing all night. I can adjust it as subtle as I want, or make it pretty over-the-top. There is NO noise in mine, don't know what the other folks are experiencing but my amps, 3 different tube amps, are VERY susceptible to noise...the Boss GE-7 is unusable, and several other pedals at least on the lead channel. This thing is Beautifully quiet when on but not playing.

There are two outputs on this, one dry one affected, and because it is done correctly (buffering) I tried it out sending out to 2 different amps...WOW...this may have changed my whole setup. I am going to try it out at practice next rehearsal, but I LOVE the sound of this. I am currently using it in line with another "chorus" type effect, (one of the other quality pedals I am really pleased with) the Deja-mini-vibe. Though they are similar effects I can use any of them alone or even with each other. This pedals chorus does not (as far as I can tell) change the volume AT ALL...which is great, if I want a boost I use my volume pedal, or other pedals.

This pedal is really exceptional. Well worth the price. I used it just now Strat->Deja-mini-vibe->Crybaby wah->Ed-1 compressor->tubescreamer->volume pedal->Peavey Classic 30BT with the effects loop then -> H2O with one output to the effects return, the other output 2 into a Carvin Vintage 33.

I'm getting wonderful clean sounds, Hendrixy OD, or anything in between.

I can't judge that as I just bought it, but it seems sturdy as can be, the switched are rock solid and the layout is well thought out. I can't see a problem.

No opinion

I play Blues, Rock (Hendrix, SRV, older style blues, BB King style, hell...all the King styles..I try anyway)

Been playing for 30+ years, though when I was younger I couldn't afford pedals, not many anyway. Now I'm making up for it, in the last year have bought many and have gotten a lot of experience with pedals. I'm finding, with experience, that I would rather have fewer but the ones I have better...I am mostly done with Boss, thier pedals work but I keep feeling like dissapointed in them after a while...they degrade my sound (obviously not ALL, but many. I was glad though that they are out there, as they do whet your whistle for what kind of effect you really want to go for) and Ibanez. I like these kinds (like the H2O) pedals better. The only way I can describe it is, pedals like this one sound more REAL...sound more like an organic sound. I know they are using digital in the echo at least..or I read it here, but I A/B'ed it with my DE7 and it is a warmer, more natural sound in my opinion.

Right now, I WOULD buy this pedal if lost or stolen.

It helps me make music. Already. This pedal brings out more me, my style, my sound than most pedals I've owned. This is one I feel really good about.

Easy to use but it doesn't work very well.

The dealy side worked fine but the chorus didn't. Plugged into the front end of a THD Univalve it produced this god-awful tick or pulsing sound that varied as the speed control was changed. It didn't do the same thing into a RI Fender Twin but hey... It ought to work with everything. My age-old Boss chorus doesn;t do it.

No idea. Took it right back.

No idea

Since the chours didn't work the overall rating is about as low as it can get.