VT999 Vintage Tube Monster Overdrive Pedal Review

VT999... Does what it's supposed to.

I have tried the vt999 both in front of, and through the effects loop of my amp. My amp is an old solid state, super clinical, does not distort type or amp... Since my line 6/bogner dt50 died (needs a transformer and tubes, and they're hard to find)... I'm stuck with this till I feel like wasting around a grand rebuilding an amp or buying another... Since I play with a few people… read more that are hardcore, name brand guys that only use evh or peavey or diesel amps, as well as pedals... And I've used them myself, I can stand behind several behringer products. The vt999 is one. It does add a slight warmth to the tone of the amp, the built in noise gate does what built in adjustable noisegates do, although you can turn it off as well. It will achieve a light amount of distortion/breakup, I do suggest a ac power adapter that has a higher output. 600mah-1.0, a 1-300 mah may not give the tube/circuit enough voltage. Use an old tubescreamer, or the beringer, or any other number of brands knock off tube screamers, to boost and slightly breakup the signal going into the vt999. You may have found that old/vintage crunch/light distortion that you're looking for. Since I play a lot of 80s and modern rock as well, I found a clone of another famous two channel distortion pedal and will use that in front of the behringer with the gain turned down. It will make warm, clean tones as well at low gain. So it does well for what I need it to. 5 stars

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Great in front of a tube amp

The reviews were great, and I needed something to run in front a simple one channel tube amp. This pedal allows me to get some dirt at low volumes, and adds an eq which my amp lacks. It has a good sound, and is very well built. I honestly think it is underpriced, couldn't be happier. Come to think of it, every Behringer product I have used has been more than satisfactory.

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Love this pedal!

Blown away by this pedal! I did not expect to plug in this pedal and notice any real difference between this and my tubescreamer. Boy was I wrong! Nothing wrong with the tubescreamer but this tube monster dials in the exact crunch and tightness that I've been looking for in my tone! I'm not really one to review things good or bad but after plugging this in, I had to say something!… read more 5/5 chugs

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Tube monster

Awesome pedal, this just absolutely sounds amazing anything from mild breakup to full on distortion. I just cannot understand why any person could give this a negative review unless your playing through a horrible cheap amp. Buy it !

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Real vt999 user

I am a real owner and user of this pedal it's my 2nd one. Let the other one go a while back and swore I would get another one. This thing is no joke it warms up the signal and makes a Marshall Mg half stack sound waaay better. It's surprising how much USABLE GAIN there is and I find myself not pushing the buttons on my other drive pedals. The stock tube does sound excellent and… read more you can feel it under your hands and hear it's squishy goodness lol. I also have a bugera v22 which sounds great too with this. Totally underrated because of the name on it. Let people pay way more for good sound I'll be completely satisfied right here with more money leftover for more toys.

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