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This Part of the page is for all the people who have supported Dave Hall Amps and have bought a pedal. there are links to their web sites here, and also what they think of the pedal.

If you would like to share your opinion please get in contact with us and we'll see if we can publish your views and maybe a sound bite as well.




Paul Curtis

Review Of: DHA VT1 Acoustic

Review By: Paul Curtis

Band:Music for TV and Films

Link: http://www.paulcurtismusic.com

Just a quick note to say thanks for the pedals – got the modified Acoustic pedal yesterday… it’s GREAT!

A couple of minutes twiddling knobs and I had a lovely tone straight in to my studio desk – I thought I had a good acoustic sound already but when your pedal kicked in it blew me away.

The Foot switch and Boost controls work really well.

I also plugged it in infront of my Digitech amp modeller, set a tube amp model that I’ve customised and used regularly on recordings, and found the Acoustic pedal gave a great warmth and gentle overdrive on clean electric guitar parts – just like playing a tube amp that responds to playing attack when you don’t actually want an overdrive pedal in the chain! It gives the Amp modeller a beautiful sound that will save me lugging my old amps around so much!!

I’ve been using the Purist since I got that the other week and love it too!

Both pedals now sit pride of place in my pedal board. I’ll be looking for next one shortly.


Ryan

Review Of: VT2-Dual Bass Rackmount

Review By: Ryan Monteith

Band: CB6

Link : http://www.myspace.com/cb6

Hey just writing to say how great the rackmount is, i achieved the sound i was
looking for, took a while to get used to what all the switches do but got
there in the end had rehersals yesterday gain one works well on all the time
cuts through the double guitar mix easily dont know what i would do without it
now, the yellow and black are perfect i have attached a picture if your
interested but it does actually look better in the flesh with the other gear,
funny thing is all the blue leds are exactly the same as the markbass blue
leds and the tuner so everything matches perfectly, its strange.


Jim Bartlett

Review Of: DHA VT1 Blender ("Bob The Blender")
Review By: Jim Bartlett
Band: Oxide - Kent based Original and Modern/Classic Rock covers
Link: http://www.oxide-music.com
   
   I am a Bassist and I like using different effects pedals but a lot lose
   the bottom end of my Bass. The solution of course is to blend your
   original signal with that of the effect(s) you are using and retain the
   bottom end. The VT1 Blender does this exceptionally well too. It also
   has the benefit of being valve driven which automatically adds a warm
   valve tone to the signal as well. There is an optional Boost switch to
   boost the volume of any "vintage" pedals you may wish to use and also an
   Input Pad control which lets you roll the hot signal off of any active
   Bass pickups you may be using (brilliant Dave!).
   
   I have now owned my VT1 Blender for about a year, gigging every week and
   it has never let me down, EVER. The build quality of this pedal is
   amazing, everything is soldered neatly, all components are high quality
   and it's built like a tank. I think it is indestructible!
   
   Dave is a great bloke to deal with and will answer any questions you
   have about his products. He will also talk you through any technical
   queries about the products in a way that a even a dummy like me can
   understand!
   
   I looked at a few Blenders before this, some costing a lot more too. I
   am so pleased I invested my money in the DHA Blender, I cannot recommend
   the DHA products enough. Thank you Dave! 

Review Of: 
Review By: Kevin
Band: 


Pedal arrived today.
                 
 Putting it simply, this is the best overdrive pedal i have ever ever
 EVER played, and i have owned a lot in the past year or so trust me,
 this one is certainly staying on the board. the range of tones you can
 get is amazing, especially from my active preamp on my bass!
The bass knob on my bass makes the tone range from pretty compressed
 fuzz to fantastic high gain overdrive, its just fantastic, i really do congratulate 
you on making such an excellent pedal. and the paint job is exactly what i wanted it to be.
sorry about being a little impatient, but yeh this is fantastic i will reccommend 
you to everybody i know
               
thanks again, kev
                         

Chris Lambert


Review Of: ValveTone 1 
Review By: Chris Lambert
Band: Hush - Bristol based classic rock covers  
Link: www.hushtheband.com    


When I initially received the pedal (second hand, but was only a
few weeks old) it was basically a VT1 Purist pedal with clipping options.
After some discussion with Dave and some Bassworlders about getting the
op-amp, added I decided to just to get a touch more volume out of it -
not that it needed it! A couple of months later I got an old Mullard
valve to replace the original one. There was a bit less sparkle
and top end but a lot more warmth from the pedal. An improvement
on an already fantastic pedal. In fact it's such a good pedal that
after a few rehearsal with it my keyboardist decided to get one for
his Hammond.
I run the pedal with no clipping and it's never off. Ever.
It sounds gritty and warm with no fuzz. As it sounds so good I have
considered not using my amp and going straight to the PA - which might
happen if a venue is very small.
It hasn't been recorded with yet but
the tracks on the website sound very close, just not as gritty.
A very well worth purchase.


Steve Gladman
Review Of: VT1-Purist
Review By: Steve Gladman 
Band:  Steve Gladman
Link: www.cdbaby.com/stevegladman