Yerasov GT-2

That's a Russian version of the famous SansAmp GT2, as the manual says (in Russian, off course). That's an amp simulator.
It's very easy to use, like an original GT2. I'm giving it 10, because I had no problems with it.

Tested it with Peavey Predator USA (Fender Custom Shop Texas Special pickups) and Yamaha BB VI-s bass (Precision-like, made in Japan) connected to the 150W powermixer and 2 12" Celestion speakers.

AWESOME clean sound with Fender's amp simulation, far better than the original SansAmp. SansAmp doesn't have such a big balls here, Yerasov does the job far better with the same settings. The best clean sound from an analogue amp sim I've ever heard.

A very authentic Marshall sound - SansAmp is equal here... That means: professional quality. From crunch to a rock'n'roll overdrive they're equal and ass-kicking.

Mesa/Boogie sim needs some improvement - it's not that "blowing-your-head-off", like in the American GT2. Not that deep and intensive overdrive/distortion.

Yerasov GT2 is an analogue pedal, so sometimes it's a bit noisy. A bit more than SansAmp GT2 in some settings. Level output signal is greater in Yerasov than in SansAmp.
The controls are more sensitive in Yerasov. That means: a knob turned to 12 o'clock in Russian GT2 is equal with 3 o'clock or full boost in SansAmp.
So - you should never turn the control knobs more than 3 o'clock in Yerasov GT2 or it will be quite noisy.

All of the SansAmp's trademark sounds are available in Yerasov - but they need some gentle work with knobs to reach them.

Overall - Yerasov GT2 is the professional amp sim. Anyway, Mesa/Boogie simulation (a heavy overdrive/distortion) is not that deep like in the original SansAmp. American GT2 is a bit muddy, comparing to the Russian amp sim. Yerasov sounds are more expressive - especially with clean settings (Fender-like) and crunch or that nasty rockin' overdrive (Marshall-sim).

A typical Russian construction - that means: built like a T34 tank. Quite heavier than Boss, very solid. In fact it's case seems to be a Boss copy.
I use it live, in the studio and during the home recording session without any backup. SansAmp GT2 is retired now and lays somewhere in the chest...

Before buying, I wrote some e-mails to Yerasov. Their boss, Alexander Yerasov answered them personally. He's a very kind and polite man, very friendly and helpful.
I've got also a warranty card (1 year long), but I don't care. This unit seems to be solid and well built. Anyway - in case of some damage it must be returned to Russia to repair it.

I play rock'n'roll, jazz rock, folk rock and postpunk music. Yerasov has got a fantastic value and it costs 1/4 of SansAmp's price. In fact this IS the Russian SansAmp - in many ways it's equal with Tech21's GT2 and in some other ways it's much better.

I owned many guitars/basses/amps and effects, started playing in 1994. My favourite pedals were Boss and especially Ibanez, but now I'm going to change my pedalboard's setup. Now I want to buy also Yerasov Chorus and Delay.

Anyway - the on/off switch in Yerasov GT2 should be better. It's quite noisy and not very good responsive. It should be changed and replaced with something better. There's also no rubber washer in the hole near the screw which is removed during the 9V battery change. So metal hits the metal everytime the effect is turned on/off. Boss pedals are better here and Mr. Alexander should do that little improvements of his GT2.

If it were stolen or lost I would buy it again. I just love it's sound and that's my main effect pedal now (as I said - SansAmp lays somewhere in the chest, retired). It's very helpful pedal when you don't have or don't need an amp. Works fine also as an overdrive/distortion effect. You should buy it, too... You won't be disappointed.

P.S.
Remember that in Russia their banks doesn't have an Euro support - so you must pay them in Dollars, when you're ordering Yerasov GT2!

Like any distortion pedal.

PhilPro MS-20 (Partsland/WSC hardware), Crate GT30 combo.

Perfect device for playing "in line". Real meat distortion instead of damned transistor buzz and fuzz of all other distortion pedals that i've tried. It also sounds perfectly with combo. Almost any sound - from hi-gain "industrial" razor-sharp uncompressed distortion with lot of hi freqs and muddy "modern" sound with lowered guitar tuning to soft crunch and overdrive. But remember, unfortunately this is only distortion pedal, it really can't be used in clean mode as speakersim with other distortion pedals. Of course you can try to do this but you'll take absolutely flat and noisy transistor buzz and nothing more.

Russian electronic devices are invulnerable even for nuke, i know this!

Not needed.

I play generally any modern heavy music (with synths, lowered guitar tuning etc...). Alt-rock, or alt-metal - i don't know how to call this correctly. Yerasov GT-2 is first pedal that give me sound that i search for lot of time.

I've playing since 2000 year, count this on your own. =) My other gear are: Crate GT30 combo, ZOOM PD-01, BOSS MD-2, BOSS MT-2 pedals, lot of soundcards in my PC (generally Live! and Audigy), lot of hand-made distortion, EQ and other sound devices.

And finalyy, this is russian clone of well-known Sansamp GT-2, but it's done on russian transistors and chips and gives a bit different sound. And of cource it costs only 50$ (!) instead of 170$ for genuine GT-2 with almost same sound. MUST-HAVE pedal.