VSN Chromatic Guitar Tuner Pedal ±1 Cent LT-901

I bought this pedal primarily because of the great price (less than $30 on sale), and secondarily because it’s a mini and will fit well into an “all small” board I’m building. Turns out it’s a great blues driver clone with a popular Keeley mod. I used it with a Telecaster into a small solid state amp with both clean and overdrive, a Marshall MG30DFX. The value of the pedal alone makes it worth 5 stars.

After I set the pedal volume and tone to where they sounded best, I adjusted the gain through different settings. On the clean channel, from lowest gain to about noon, the pedal is a nice clean boost that could be used always on to warm up your sound a bit. From noon to about three, it starts sounding more like a tube amp getting pushed into that nice blues/classic rock tone. From three to five (maximum) it sounds like a low order distortion pedal where it might be good for the song, or a bit too much depending on your preference. So, it’s got a nice range of tones possible with just the single center knob.

On my amp’s built in overdrive channel, the gain knob from low to about three o’clock when engaged actually took away some of the overdrive distortion and lowered the output volume, despite having made no changes to the pedal volume. It effectively cleaned the sound a bit. From three to five, basically the top 20% or so of the gain range, it added a little bit of overdrive which pushed the amp into an ugly solid state distortion tone that would likely sound good only with old hard core punk. I think this result is due to the amp’s inherent distortion on overdrive having a greater impact on the tone. Due to this result, I’m going to limit the pedal to clean amps when I experiment further.

I looked through some of the other reviews here while I was trying to figure out the fat/normal toggle. Playing chords while on the clean channel while going through the various gain settings, I was hearing subtle changes at best on the tone. I was originally going to give the pedal only 4 stars because I thought this feature was broken. One of the reviews mentioned the possibility of a broken toggle switch that was not affecting tone at all. I too thought that might be the case because no matter whether I flipped from normal to fat, or fat to normal while on the very same chord strum, I just wasn’t hearing much difference. That all changed when I hit a single low D. Flipping from normal to fat compresses the sound a bit but emphasizes the low note. Flipping from fat to normal pulls the compression and puts the highs back in. It seemed like the normal mode sounded better with single low notes. Playing DG on string 3 & 4, the fat mode sounds better since it seems to emphasize the mids through the compression. So, looks like all the features are working well.

I have high hopes for this pedal with my Fender tube amps, primarily the Delta Blues, and the Blues Jr. I suspect it will play very well with them. I’m looking forward to further exploring. I have no problem highly recommending this pedal to anyone. I’m going to look into other stuff from this manufacturer because it is a fantastic value.

There is no preset like advertised and mine came in scratched and missing to knows. Good thing I checked it before wrapping it up

Muy bueno, bonito y barato! Me esta encantando esta marca!

Awesome Metal Pedal Just As Awesome As The Rowin Metal Pedal.

I got this tuner because I wanted a floor tuner that wasn’t crazy expensive. This guy delivers! I read that the mini pedals are pretty much knockoffs from the same factories for the most part and that quality varies compared to the standard brands, but I figured it was worth $20 to risk on a tuner where I’m not looking for sweet sounds. Obviously, the accuracy isn’t going to be the same as a TC Electronic, but this is accurate enough for me and probably for most people. It finds the pitch quickly, it’s easy to use on stage (nice, bright display), doesn’t produce any noise that I can hear, and provides a true bypass to stay out of my way when it’s time to rock. For what it is, I’m giving it 5 stars and recommending it for those who don’t need a higher-end tuner.

this adds a high buzzing electric sound to my guitar..had to use it solo and take it out of my chain..its like a screeching sound..very low but very noticeable..i can’t record with it in line..but it’s better than those neck clamp types. it does tune things very well..I even have a gate and it crosses the noise straight through that.
look at a more expensive or name-brand one.