Visual Sound Jekyll And Hyde V1 Manual
Check out our expert hands-on review of the Visual Sound Jekyll & Hyde Effects Pedal at The Hub from Musician's Friend. Shop confidently. Visual Sound about the grey v1. 2 channels contain almost any overdrive or distortion sound you could ever want. 'Jekyll' channel sounds like the original TS808 and. View and Download Visual Sound V2 Series instruction manual. JEKYLL & HYDE DOUBLE TROUBLE New noise reduction and improved Mid control on Hyde Visual Sound’s.
Product Information. The Visual Sound V2JH is two separate overdrive effects in one pedal, each with separate controls, and each with its own personality. They can be used separately or blended together. Jekyll accurately reproduces the sound of the original TS808 Tube Screamer, providing depth and smooth sustain. The Hyde part is a heavier extremely versatile overdrive with more bottom. Use the Jekyll & Hyde pedal's EQ to scoop out the midrange for a wide range of tones and a Sharp/Blunt switch to go from compressed to very bright. The sonic possibilities are endless.The V2 Jekyll & Hyde pedal features redesigned noise reduction and improved mid control on the Hyde channel, plus additional low-drive range on the Jekyll channel.
Besides that and the sweet new V2 housing, the V2JH stompbox delivers the same great overdrive and distortion tones that the Jekyll & Hyde pedal is famous for.IFrom its first appearance in 1997, the Jekyll & Hyde was the first stompbox to combine two separate effects in one pedal. Now ten years later the V2 Series gives you the same great tone guitarists have come to love, plus an added noise reduction system, creating the ultimate guitar dream! Each channel of the newly designed Jekyll & Hyde has separate controls, giving you the ability to use them singly, or together. The Jekyll Overdrive channel delivers more output volume than the original TS-808-far surpassing its predecessor. The Hyde side is more than just a turbo version of Jekyll. With heavier distortion and more bottom end, this crazy distortion pedal is extremely versatile!From Visual Sounds V2 Series, the V2JH Jekyll & Hyde Overdrive and Distortion Multi Effects Pedal features a diecast aluminum housing, ultra-reliable 10 million cycle switching, easy battery access and circuit protection from AC adapters.
I've got the red metal version and am luke-warm about it. The jekyll side is intended to sound like a TS-808 and it does an decent job. The hyde side will get pretty over the top distortion, but I don't particularly care for it by itself though it sounds decent when stacked with the jekyll side. You can get the thing to feed back pretty easily as well. I ended up just building a TS808 clone and pulling it off of my board to save space. Haven't had much luck selling mine - I don't think they're considered 'cool' at the moment. Click to expand.OK, show me a TS that isn't boring I think those that find this pedal hard to use, or bland, or whatever you want to call it are the same people who may think you can play metal with your strat and tiny 15 watt fender.
The Jeyll side is nothing more than a TS with more volume and the ability to allow all the bass to come in. No difference whatsoever. The Hyde side is voiced like a Marshall guv'nor, so yes, it is compressed, saturated, etc, because that is the point. It is a decent medium gain distortion. As for build quality, I have V2, and I am sure the only pedals that could possibly outlast it would be a boss pedal, other than that nothing really comes even close to the build quality.
Jekyll And Hyde Pedal Review
Maybe visual sound should charge twice as much for these pedals so that some find them useful, or appealing to the crowd willing to pay 100s for an original or handwired 808. I had the V1 red one when they came out - I think it´s one of the only pedals I have sold within a week of buying it. I remember taking it to a gig with me to try it out, playing half an intro with it an soundcheck, then deciding to sell it the next day. The TS side is a TS - in better or worse.
Visual Sound Jekyll And Hyde Manual
The heavier side is horribly fizzy and transistor-like thin. I didn´t like it at all. Then again, I know a lot of local pro players who use it as a part of their rig and sound real good. So it may just take some time to make it sound right.