TC ElectronicCOMBO DELUXE 65' PREAMP Guitar Pedal | Twin-Channel Preamp with Independent Channel Controls, Built-in Spring Reverb & Dedicated Outputs for DI and Headphones

This is one of the best purchases I have made in a while. This Combo Deluxe 65' amp modeler pedal from T.C. Electronic is such a good device. First of all it cannot drive a speaker if that is your intent, you will need to look elsewhere.My goal was to buy this as part of a tiny setup alternative to powering up my bigger Fender Blues Deluxe 45 watt tube amp. If you do not know they are extremely loud... much too loud to play in a normal size room even at lower volumes if you are trying to get tube warmth out of it.I use this as a preamp to plug directly into after my tuner. I then run my usual pedals after this and at the end I run the output from the last pedal to an Electro Harmonix 5mm power amp pedal to a 10" Boogie cab.This tiny set up still cranks in a small room and you can get so many sounds just from this Combo Deluxe 65' preamp pedal.This pedal even by design is hinting strongly that it is attempting to give you the sound of the coveted Fender 1965 Princeton Reverb amp. I love amps that have a nice transparent tube warmth. Not too much distortion a little thickness added without coloring the tone of your guitar. This pedal is spot on! Noon on the dials is 5, I put Treble at 6, Bass at 4, Mid at 6 and drive at 3. Everything else is at 5. This gets me exactly the sound I need. It has a headphone jack which makes it a great device to practice with.If you are running this alone or for practice without other pedals you can get it to growl a little by boosting the gain.I think it has great tones all around. It feels like it is built like a tank. It will run off of one of your regular 9v power supplies. It works of my isolated power supply with any of the normal cords. This is convenient since I see other amp modelers that require 18v or require their own weird supply.This is my go to modeler and since I have most things packed up in preparation for a move this has been my go to setup every day when I play.It also has a 1/4" DI output with a Celestion Creamback cab modeler. I have not used this yet but I would take a guess that it will sound great too based on everything I have experienced from this pedal so far.

I actually love this thing a lot. to me it sounds more natural than the Dream 65 pedal. i own both and i use this one more.

Sounds close enough to a Deluxe Reverb but the boost channel is a little off, but that’s what overdrive pedals are for right. Still gets the job done and definitely would recommend to someone looking for a front of house pedal board setup.

Great

I like the sound of the pedal; However, it produces a lot of hiss. This is much more than either of my tube amps produce, which is close to none.I updated the firmware to the latest and tried different cables, guitars, and a power supply. Still, the hiss is there.It sounds best when I plug it into an SS amp, my Fishman LBX 100. However, in either of my tube amps, Fender and Laney, the noise is very annoying. I may try to exchange this for another hoping my unit is just defective.

Very good sounding pedal. Sounds very close to the real amp.

Kind of impressed with tone and reverb. Does jot do high gain well at all. Device volume is a but glitchy. Overall unreliable for professional use - had to return.

Amp sim sounds really good & the drippy reverb is great!