• Amazing pedal - versatile

  
  As reviewed by Kyle Spears on 6/14/2012

  This is my first TC Electronics pedal, and I have to say I am impressed. Construction is great and I love the easy on/off foot switch, it is very different from other manufacturer footswitches. TCE has some great pedals (Corona Chorus, Vortex Flanger) and some not so great pedals (Flashback) as with any company. The Dreamscape is one of those great pedals. It may seem pricy to some but remember that you are getting 3 effects in 1 pedal + the TonePrint functionality which gives you a seventh effect setting on the pedal, saving tons of room on your pedalboard (a huge plus). You do not need to be a John Petrucci fan to get interested in this pedal. This pedal delivers on all levels once you play around with the settings and learn what each effect was designed to do. Both chorus settings are perfect, flat out. The first flanger is very subtle (some don?t like it, but it is very well suited for certain songs). True to John?s word the second flanger is a great copy of the famous EVH flanger sound (if you?re looking for that great sound from unchained) this is it. The tremelo?s one and two, again both are quite different but sound great and work well in different scenarios, clean vs. dirty etc. And finally the bright/normal/dark switch is a nice addition to add even more sound differences to the effects depending on the style of music you are playing. This pedal is very versatile, you will get great sounds no matter what your amp settings are. I run this pedal through my amps FX loop with a loop station, delay and noise gate. It is the perfect pedal, packed with great sound and several effects in one small foorprint. There are very few occasions where I wish I could run 2 of the effects on the dreamscape at the same time (say chorus and tremelo) so I love that I can save the room on my pedalboard with this one great pedal. This pedal will take a little playing with to get used to and it is not a set it and forget it pedal, you will be adjusting the knobs a lot depending on the song you are playing or the sound you?re trying to achieve. All and all this is a win win to me. I defiantly recommend this pedal. It took a while to take the plunge and just buy it sine it is such a new pedal, Guitar Center is the only retailer in the US that carries it and there are so few reviews of the product that actually are informative enough for you to make a decision. But after diving into it, I have no regrets this is a great pedal. It is cheaper than buying its 3 counter parts separately (Corona Chorus, Vortex Flanger, Shaker Tremelo) and maintains almost all the functionality of the 3 pedals in this 1 amazing pedal. If you are on the fence at all just get it, you will not be disappointed.

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• Very nice indeed

  
  As reviewed by rick weaver on 4/24/2012

  This is my first T C Electronics pedal, I was a little worried about the price, but I must say, this delivers on what it promotes. The stock sounds are enough for just about any genres desired. Armed with my iPhone and the reasonably priced app. I can change to any available Toneprint in seconds just by simple instructions. I?ve had other products, that worked well, and were somewhat similar, but they colored my sound to the point I was forever tweaking, a at last would still have the need to hard bypass the product completely. Not so with this, I still had to plug into my Mac to update the software, but that only took seconds, not hours. the only annoyance I have found, some of the patches do not like the distortion or overdrive in front of it. I have a Mesa Stiletto, and with it in front of the amp, probs, which I use the most, but some songs require the use of my Keeley modded Rat, or my Metal Zone, the chorus is good, but forget the flanger, it sound good with the amp gained up, especially with the mids scooped a bit. But for me the benifits outweigh the faults. best part, I don?t have to use a hard bypass with it, and it truly replaces a lot of other gear I?ve grown to just not use because of extra effort. when your on stage, you want things as simple as possible, but still be able to make other guitar players say ? you sound great, what do you use??. so I say to all the people at T C, Thanks, and keep them coming.

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