The Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Classic is dirt simple to operate: Input, Output, Bass, Treble, Volume, Gain. Manual is good, brief yet adequate.
This device shouldn’t be demeaned by the term “pedal,” it is much more than that. I would consider it an extension of my amp and guitar. The bypass is uncolored and fast, the rhythm distortion can go anywhere from clean to the far side of crunchy, the lead tone is exactly what I’ve been looking for. It is fuzzy without being mushy, it is thick but not cloudy, it is stringy but not harsh. I’m going to buy another of these beauties for a backup, perhaps sell my TS9’s DS-1’s, Tube King and 250’s, perhaps whore myself out and play covers for a while :).
It has been pretty sturdy, however the latching aircraft switches feel like they might have plastic innards. I may have to swap them for some all metal ones. My experience with plastic anything equals broken stuff at the worst time. I’m also a little unhappy about how close the knobs are to the switches, I have already had some accidental changes to the lead channel when in the heat of battle.
I’m going from my Gretsch Silver-Jet into a Budda Wah into the Twin Tube into a ‘68 Bandmaster into a 70’s Marshall 4x12. I’m very happy with this setup and don’t forsee changing in the future. My quest is complete, the last windmill tilted. I’m definitely buying a second.
By the way, a cool little trick is to set the Rhythm Channel to just before break-up with the gain and use the volume control for a nice pile of clean volume. Basically you can use this trick for some stingin’ clean leads. I was at first put off by the lack of tone controls for the separate channels, but after cranking it up and using it at full gig volume, they aren’t necessary. The tone is set to “yummy” from the factory. I don’t know how much of a “value” it is, but in my opinion it would be a bargain at twice the price.
