H/B pedals

[stoker]

Harley Benton pedals, any good?
Been hearing a lot of positive things and they sound good for the money and am feeling sorely tempted.
Should I risk it?

[Doddy]

Yeah some of them are really good...they are just rebranded Joyo pedals (the same as
Rocktronics).
The Ultimate Drive is a very good clone of an OCD-in fact,there has been a lot of scandal regarding
a couple of companies apparently rehousing them and selling them for a couple of hundred dollars.

[stoker]

Sounds like they could be worth a punt then.
Need to replace my chorus pedal as my Artec has died completely and I like the sound of the bass overdrive too.

[Beer of the Bass]

I have the tuner and the quality seems OK. It seems to be closely copied from the Boss TU-2. It doesn't affect the sound noticeably and it tunes well, even on the B-string. The casing seems to be about on a par with the Boss for solidity and a lot better than the plastic Behringer pedals. Of course, none of this helps you figure out what the others in the range sound like, but I'd be confident enough to gig with them if I liked the sound.

Edited February 5, 2013 by Beer of the Bass

[stoker]

And for around £20 each you can't really go wrong.

[stoker]

Mentioned the H/B pedals to the guys in my local guitar shop and they reckoned they wouldn't touch them with barge pole.

Edited February 7, 2013 by stoker

[Doddy]

I'd try them anyway.
I don't own any, but I've tried quite a few, and they good pedals. Don't worry about the name, just give them a listen.

[stoker]

I've listened to various sound samples on the Thomann website and on the Intertubes and I have been very impressed with the sound quality.
I'm definately gonna give them a go.

[stoker]

Looking mostly at the BOD-1 overdrive and the BCH-1 chorus.

[chrismuzz]

I've heard the overdrives are pretty good. Though as another option for overdrive, there are a few basschatters selling a Marshall Jackhammer pedal for (I think) £30. Actually very good on bass! And they have bass, treble, and adjustable mid contour knobs on them. Sounds great as a mild overdrive, and if you've got a blend pedal to retain your clean low end, it also sounds amazing at high gain settings.

[stoker]

Yes, I've heard good things about the Marshall pedals too, especially the Reflector reverb.

[Doddy]

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Looking mostly at the BOD-1 overdrive and the BCH-1 chorus.
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For overdrive,I think that these are much better
http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_ultimate_drive.htm (OCD copy)
http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_vintage_overdrive.htm (Tubescreamer copy)

For chorus,try this
http://www.thomann.de/gb/harley_benton_classic_chorus.htm

I can't say much about Marshall pedals-I only had the VibraTrem and thought it was awful.

[stoker]

Liked the sound of the chorus.