Mr. Foxen Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Anyone rocking one? What's it like? Especially in comparison to the VT bass? Quote
EskimoBassist Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 (edited) Apparently it's just pure Entwistle in a pedal - sounds good to me! Youtube video demos are few and far between, here's one but the audio quality is pretty crappy: [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1WKe5xPFI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1WKe5xPFI[/url] Edited June 17, 2012 by EskimoBassist Quote
Truckstop Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 So it's a Massive Amounts of Gain and Treble pedal? Truckstop Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted June 17, 2012 Author Posted June 17, 2012 Yeah, did hit up youtube first. Found my new favourite pedal reviewer (warning: contains swearing): [url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0TsdvOxlpI"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0TsdvOxlpI[/url] Quote
mxm Posted June 17, 2012 Posted June 17, 2012 Excellent review - grumpy, sweary and honest ! I use the VT pedal, it's mental and I love it. It's perfect for any Who or NIN style moments of self-indulgence. Quote
Tech21NYC Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 The Leeds is designed to sound like a Hiwatt vs the Ampeg sounds of the VT Bass. I like the Leeds for bass. YMMV. I usually set it for a very mild overdrive. It can be a very clean pedal if you want and has a nice high end sparkle. It's always best to try for yourself. Quote
Mikey R Posted June 19, 2012 Posted June 19, 2012 I got the Blonde to complement the VT, Im wondering if I should have gone for the Leeds instead. Humph. Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted June 24, 2012 Author Posted June 24, 2012 [quote name='Tech21NYC' timestamp='1340117689' post='1699363'] The Leeds is designed to sound like a Hiwatt vs the Ampeg sounds of the VT Bass. I like the Leeds for bass. YMMV. I usually set it for a very mild overdrive. It can be a very clean pedal if you want and has a nice high end sparkle. It's always best to try for yourself. [/quote] Does it have the speaker emulating roll off like the VT? Quote
bartelby Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 [quote name='Mr. Foxen' timestamp='1340497385' post='1705410'] Does it have the speaker emulating roll off like the VT? [/quote] Says it has Speaker Emulation: Quote
Gareth Hughes Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 It can be turned off in the second version. I like it a lot. Found the VT to be too dark for my liking. Quote
Mr. Foxen Posted June 24, 2012 Author Posted June 24, 2012 More thinking about where the roll off is. some fanes are very bright, others aren't, as a point of comparison to the VT. Quote
Gareth Hughes Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Ah, that be stuff I know nothing about then. Quote
Mikey R Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 [quote name='Gareth Hughes' timestamp='1340536792' post='1705681'] It can be turned off in the second version. I like it a lot. Found the VT to be too dark for my liking. [/quote] Really? Ive got my V1 set to 'clank' and I love it. Quote
Gareth Hughes Posted June 24, 2012 Posted June 24, 2012 Yeah, I'm probably in the minority here but even at clank settings I still find something inherently dark about the Ampeg sound. I'm a 6K+ kinda guy Quote
sk8 Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 often wondered about this pedal as i love my Hiwatt custom 200 but not the weight! Quote
hookys6stringbass Posted June 25, 2012 Posted June 25, 2012 I use the Leeds pedal and I love it...so much so that I sent it off to Mike putnam in the states for a few mods .... It's got a DI,phantom power and ground lift now .... If they ever do deluxe version im getting one.... Quote
fretmeister Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 [quote name='EskimoBassist' timestamp='1339962380' post='1696939'] Apparently it's just pure Entwistle in a pedal - sounds good to me! Youtube video demos are few and far between, here's one but the audio quality is pretty crappy: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lb1WKe5xPFI[/media] [/quote] I like that a lot! Quote
The-Ox Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 Entwistle's tone had changed by the time he got to Quadrophenia, can it replicate the growly tone of tracks such as The Real Me? that manual does say it can get a cruncy tone like in Won't Get Fooled Again I suppose Quote
acidbass Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 I think they have gone specifically for JE's live tone from the Leeds era e.g. slab Precision through driven Hiwatts. His tone on the albums was a lot cleaner on record. Sounds good to me tho! Quote
The-Ox Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 cheers Danny nice one! I guess this would go nicely with the frankenstein bass they do over at the basscentre Quote
The-Ox Posted November 5, 2015 Posted November 5, 2015 how does this compare to a sansamp or a VT? Quote
Cosmo Valdemar Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1446741120' post='2901963'] how does this compare to a sansamp or a VT? [/quote] The Leeds is part of Tech 21's Character range, along with the VT bass. Essentially they both do the same thing, although the VT bass is designed to sound like an Ampeg and the Leeds, a Hiwatt stack. I've owned both but sold the VT - it's a superb pedal as many on here will confirm but I'm just not a fan of that Ampeg sound. The Leeds suits me to a tee. I'll admit I'm a massive Entwistle fan which is why I went for it in the first place, but it can do much more that the Leeds sound - it sounds lovely on cleaner settings, and can be pushed into something a bit more raucous too if that's your thing (see vid above). It sounds great as a standard overdrive pedal but it really shines as a preamp pedal - I run mine into an amp's effects return and just use the amp's power stage. I wish I had the means to make a video as the current Youtube clips really don't do it justice! It really is a beautiful pedal and has no problem with bass whatsoever. [quote name='The-Ox' timestamp='1446735462' post='2901872'] Entwistle's tone had changed by the time he got to Quadrophenia, can it replicate the growly tone of tracks such as The Real Me? that manual does say it can get a cruncy tone like in Won't Get Fooled Again I suppose [/quote] I would take the manual settings as a guide only - the 'Leeds bass' setting are way OTT for what is supposed to be (I assume) the 'Live At Leeds' sound. But that sound is well within reach - the secret is to go easy on the Character and Drive knobs - a little goes a long way. The chap in the video above is using quite an extreme setting. Also, Entwistle's tone on The Real Me and WGFA are, by his standards, very clean, although he recording of WGFA isn't the best recording of his bass. The Leeds pedal can certainly pull off a convincing Quadrophenia-style sound if you pull back on the drive. Quote
b'boom Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) [color=#000000][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]I have never played through the Tech21 Leeds, but if I had to buy a Hiwatt preamp style, I would buy rather Shift-Line Olympic MKII because it's specially designed for the bass, it has a pure tube circuit and other option as headphone output + effect loop + ground lift switch. But it is true that it's more expensive than the Leeds.[/size][/font][/color] [url="http://shift-line.com/card.php?device=60"][color=#000000][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3]http://shift-line.com/card.php?device=60[/size][/font][/color][/url] [color=#000000][font=Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=3][/size][/font][/color] Edited November 10, 2015 by b'boom Quote
The-Ox Posted November 11, 2015 Posted November 11, 2015 cheers Ben! I saw a DI on sale at a reduced price so was still contempalting the two. Good to see the leeds offers versatility! that shiftline is interesting however Quote
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