On 2004-01-16, Chris Blackburn gave this Marshall Guitar Effects a 4


Purchase: Bought at Dawson's in St. Helens, Merseyside for a little over 40 pounds about 3 or 4 years back.
Pros: Got the VT mainly for the trem. effect but really like the pedal because it 'sweetens up' my amp sound. Was last night playing a Fender Telecoustic through a Roland keyboard amp & the vibe mode on a low setting very much rounded out and gave a bit of much needed flavour or character. Hard to define but it just improves the character of what you play. Can use the vibe setting for those bluesy licks a la Clapton or B.B King.
Cons: I read grouses about the tone switches being fiddly. In reply, I would say just find a setting you like and keep to it. Don't mess with things on stage - you got enough things to think about as it is. Thing is with switches, it is so tempting to play with them. Stop it now. Put stickers on the pedal so you know where your best sound effect is. Small grouse: tremolo is a great effect but you wouldn't use it in a lot of songs (unless you're Chris Isaak).
Quality: Very well made unit with v.usable sounds for not a lot of money.

Summary: This pedal keeps up Marshall's good name, I think. I do own other Marshall pedals, however and I do use them a bit more because the Trem sound is a bit specialist.

On 2003-06-14, 1001zergz gave this Marshall Guitar Effects a 5


Purchase: I bought this pedal from Allans music in Sydney for $119, and have now had it for ohh, 2 months. I generally wanted a nice vibrato pedal that would suit most kinds of music as i don't really have any specific style, although i DO tend to stick mainly to solo work.
Pros: This pedal certainly has an excellent array of vibrato and tremolo effects. I compared it to my friend boss vibrato pedal, and i could barely tell the difference. For the price it's great quality. The sound has excellent tone, and doesn't come out all muddy like some crappy pedals in this price range sometimes do. This pedal is basically good for any style of music, i've used it for everything from blues to rock to christmas songs, and it really gives a kick to all of them. I'd recommend it to anyone.
Cons: Well, it's a great pedal, but if i had to bitch about something. it's gotta be the knobs. They've all got a shiny chrome finish, which is very stylish, but when i'm playing on stage it's very difficult to see what position the knobs are at because of the light reflecting, but it's no big deal as i doubt many people are gonne bend down to adjust knobs in d middle of a performance any ways.
Quality: EXCELLENT... Perhaps the most solid line of pedals out there. All marshall pedals are built to withstand a nuclear blast i tells ya.

Summary: A great pedal for the price i paid, especially when compared to a boss tremolo which doest even offer as many effect types.