TM300 Tube Amp Modeler Pedal Review

Nails the hot-rodded '80s JCM "Brown" noise

This is my 4th attempt trying to find a pedal that would bring me close to that cranked Marshall "brown" noise from the 80's hair scene. The other ones I tried were pretty pricey 'boutique' class ones. Of those, 2 were 'close but no cigar', and the 3rd was pretty much 'it' but had a lot of hissing noise, which the noise gate took care of, but it sapped too much of the liveliness… read more and organicness out. Basically the sound envelope, particularly sustain, was lousy after applying the noise gate. Your mileage may vary of course, but this gets me closer than any of those pedals, and is about 1/8th the price. I haven't tested it extensively on any of the other settings so can't comment much beyond getting that brown sound, but that's what I bought it for, and I love it for that. Of course I'm running it through a Marshall (clean channel) and a Celestion V30, so I'm sure that helps get me there. A different amp/speaker combo might give you different results. It's tight, articulate, and not too noisy (aside from the noise you want). For the price it's a winner IMO. Love it!

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Yay

This pedal is awesome sounding. Rockabilly

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Supprised

I bought this pedal for travel to accompany an analog delay and a board mount nano power amp. I am going to order another just in case. I just wish it was in a metal box. But for the price, I'll just shut up. So worth the price.

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Happy to have found these Behringer pedals

Not being a pedal guy EVER I decided to give a few a shot when Behringer had a price promo on these. I ended up ordering 5 different pedals and plug in power supplies as these will eat batteries. Rob helped me pick the correct power supply for the 5 pedals connected together. Having 2 smaller Fender Solid State amps in the Bedroom and Den I figured these Tube Modelers would be a… read more rocking' addition to them, I was right however they ended up on my Hot Rod Deluxe 3 mainly due to the TWEED setting. So I ordered another Tube Modeler for the Den amp (Champion 110) with it's 12 inch extension speaker cabinet. The three tube type settings TWEED, CALI & BRIT are all fun as well as the other settings for Clean , Hi Gain and Hot etc. all make this a cool versatile and fun pedal .

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Fantastic!

Having heard some of my friend's modeling amps, I was expecting this to sound "OK". I was wrong: this is amazing, especially for the price I paid. I especially love the dual rectifier sound of the 'Calif" mode. Be sure to put it in the effects loop for best results. If I have to say anything negative, its that the "British" sound is a bit fizzy, but adjusting the EQ helps. Breathed… read more new life into my Orange solid state.

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