Behringer VT999 Vintage Tube Monster Classic Tube Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

So here's the deal: pedals are subject to your overall rig (guitar, amp, pedal order). I have the VT999 with a swapped tube, as well as a handful of 5 star review dirt pedals. All part of my board. Bottome line, I keep coming back to the VT999 for my base tone, from clean on the edge of breakup to overdriven. In the end, the other pedals are great too, and each serves a different function. But the VT999 is the one pedal I wouldn't swap out, even though it's huge! But with a built in noise gate and 3 band eq, it's justified. One final word, 9v isn't enough to push the tube, therefore, keep in mind that the tube inside is not actually providing distortion, but rather tone shaping. If you want real tube distortion in a pedal, try the Friedman motor city drive or something similar.

It's grown on me! Change the tube, it makes a big difference. I use this with my SS Orange Amp and it is warmer than the stock distortion. It also has a slightly better responsiveness in terms of "feel" than my dirt pedals on their own (ocd, mxr, and mini TS). However, doesn't seem to stack well with them and I use an EHX tube compressor to warm those babies up, so it's all on par. Overall, I'd say a good pedal to pair with an SS amp that isn't a modeling amp, but don't expect it to act like a tube preamp at low gain levels.

I use this products for gigs and just in my basement to screw around and make riffs or play famous riffs. Great piece of equipmen! I feel like I'm steal from guitar center such a great product for such a low price!!

I bought the Behringer VT999 to use with a Fender Twin Reverb. I plugged it in and gave it some time to let the preamp tube warm up. By itself, the overdrive was not what I was looking for; farty/flabby kind of overdrive tones. But when I plug into my Fulltone Full Drive pedal, then into the VT 999 that is the sound I was looking for. The VT999 adds a lot of creamier/warmer kind of overdrive tone to the Fulltone pedal that both seem to lack on their own.

This pedal sounds great and its fun to experiment with different tubes and get different sounds. Buy one and you won't regret it. I wouldn't put it on my pedalboard because it's so big but I have lots of fun using this pedal. I put in a IN 12au7 tube and it sounds great, the stock tube sounded great too tho.

Like many people, I did the research online and read a number of reviews. I did what many people said to do, which was to replace the stock tube. I replaced it with a Groove Tube 12ax7 and what a difference. I bought the pedal two days ago and used it on the gig last night. The true test is live performing and this pedal was amazing. Warm, rich, full tones with a super smooth top end. It has a 3 band eq and it allows you to really dial it in. I used the pedal with an SG and a Strat and I was able to set them up with ease and get everything from Zepplin to Eric Johnson. The reviews are definitely spot on about the size of the pedal but once I heard it, I didn't mind the size at all. The pedal is great anyway but for this price, it's a steal. Well worth it to have this in your arsenal.