Harley Benton AC TrueTone

I must say that this thing can create a nice tube sound with lots of headroom. As for the sound quality, I have no complaints. The sound is really surprisingly good. Overall, I can?t be very satisfied with this effect, because it has one major drawback. There is some kind of problem with footswitch. After pressing it (on or off), it is followed by a strong blow from the speakers, even I am afraid that I might blow up speakers at higher volumes of amplifier. The problem occurs immediately by the first use. This issue make impossible to use this thing live; and at home, it is also very annoying. That?s a pity, I practically don?t use it. I believe that this problem has only my piece. I also own Brtitish TrueTone and American TrueTone pedals and there everything works OK.

Bought this because it was not expensive.
It was supposed to sound like a Vox amplifier. People on the internet manage to do that, but they play through a computer. With my guitar amplifier i can't get the vox sound i like out of it.
You can get different sounds out of it, and it reacts wel on turning of the knobs.
To me it's to much shrill mids with a stratocaster.
Construction is ok, sometimes it crackles a bit, the input could have taken a hit while rehearsing with it.

So: the workmanship is good, and i don't like the sounds. For this little money it doesn't matter. For computer players it could sound different...

btw The American True tone sounds very different, so there is a pedal for everyone i guess.