Valeton VES-5

I am writing this review after one year of use, three round-trip cross-country flights from LA to NY, and about eight sets of live performance spread across six shows as well as three rehearsals and more recordings than I could count plus a few jam sessions. It's an outstanding unit. I have had no switch or pot failures and no pot noise. There is occasional subtle switch pop, but only on the chorus/flange/tremolo, and only when you either switch from one effect to another, or haven't used the effect in a song or two. It can be remedied by simply tapping the switch that controls all three of these songs once between songs-- if you remember to do that, no popping.What is great about the unit is that it offers chorus and phaser (either one or the other, not both) that are separate from reverb, (three different kinds), as well as delay and a light boost/distortion, or 'indie drive.' I don't use the tremolo-- it seems a little weird, but the main reason is the kind of music I play doesn't call for it.The indie drive section seemed like a weaker section of the unit, but over time, I've found it's actually pretty usable. I do use it with a BOSS SYN1 and a Tube Screamer clone, but if the backline of the club has a tube amp, the 'indie drive' is actually more usable than the TS clone.The delay unit has tap tempo which works pretty well (though I avoid it under the stress of performance) and chorus has tap tempo, which is irritating to me just because I tend to leave my foot on the pedal and accidentally go into tap. Not the unit's fault, I'm slowly learning to avoid this.I find the fuzz section unusable-- it's too loud-- and it's a bit annoying that when you engage the tuner by hitting the switch for the fuzz and holding the switch down, you get a little extra hum for a second or two before the tuner kicks in. Honestly, though, live no one will notice. The tuner itself is only fair, but it's good enough if you know its weaknesses: After re-tuning, mute the strings with your hand until the display is totally dead, then check the string. If you let the string ring as you retune, it just returns the most recent previous value (slightly sharp or flat), so it tells you nothing useful. Took me months to figure this out, but once I did, it was fine. Also note that if it registers sharp or flat less than a second after plucking the string, you can trust the reading. If the reading strays sharp or flat after a second or two, ignore it-- you are now as close to in tune as you are going to get.I have used this in venues from small rock clubs like Otto's Shrunken Head in NYC to larger outdoor venues with over 150 people in the audience and through both tube and solid state heads. The sound is probably a bit thinner than some better effects, but hey, it's a fly rig. And through a good tube amp, I wonder who can really tell the difference. Generally, I've been using it with a pretty loud rock outfit, but I've also used it at smaller clubs with a more acoustic quartet. It's also my practice rig and rig for sketching songs in Reaper, though I recommend some kind of cabinet emulation for that, even if it's really basic, with some IR loading. I did use it direct for a public access TV taping with no cab emulation, and it was a bit brittle sounding, but-- unfortunately-- brutally clear and accurate. (We did that gig with no rehearsal, and you could hear every mistake, it hides nothing-- that problem is solved with bigger, warmer amps.)Very happy with this, hoping to get more years out of it. I am running this, the SYN1 and the TS clone of a single nine volt power supply with an octopus power cord, no special power conditioning or fancy transformers, and it seems really robust. It's ridiculously portable, far easier to carry than my old full size pedal board or a series of micro effects, which often suck and have QC problems... some of those little things have to be returned four or five times, and then I finally gave up. No problem with this one.Highly recommended.

La Pedaliera Definitiva, è il primo prodotto che acquisto della Valeton e sono rimasto davvero colpito per la qualità dei materiali ed il suono spettacolare e sopratutto la facilità d'uso, una pedaliera davvero professionale, rapporto qualità-prezzo eccellente, sicuramente in futuro comprerò altri prodotti di questa Azienda.

If this this is your first pedal and you're on a budget.... buy it (Albeit I think the indie OD is lacking umph). There are a good few comments about knowing how to tweak your sound (your amp / dial it in etc), that helps for sure... But! If you have a few pedals already ~ OD, Disti or any sort of modulation then don't. Hold off, put a few quid aside and buy their GP200. Price is saucy I know! I bought this one first (the indie one), tried my buddy's GP200 and returned this one. I had a few other pedals and thought this would give me more options... It did, but.. felt it was lacking. The GP200 is complicated.. but half the crack (for me) is figuring it out! I'd have given this less stars, but I never read 5 star or 1 or 2 star reviews. ( the real story is hidden in the middle) It's grand... but..! To be fair to Amazon if you buy it and don't like it you can return it and go for something else. Have fun.

I've been playing regularly in a couple of different cover bands the last few years so I got this pedal downsizing my rig in search of the perfect fly rig with breaking the bank. I'm also a bit of a music snob from an indie, roots and alternative background so of course, this specific selection of effects in that cool minty green enclosure had a particular appeal.What I usually find is that in the interest of a small footprint on my pedal board I'm swapping out tremolo for phase, distortion for OD, verb for delay, boost for fuzz etc but everything I need is onboard here in a waaay compact footprint and the big surprise was the quality tones of these effects.I had watched a few reviews on the Dapper Indie but none really captured the range of the "Indie Drive" and "Fuzz Wall" and I can't stress enough the range of tone I was able to get out of these. Use of the bass and treble and gain/fuzz controls on both of these fx offer tones from an aggressive RAT like tone to transparent Soulfood/Tubescreamer like tones on the Indie Drive (guitar volume is VERY interactive with this section - use it!) along with a muffy wooly mammoth stoner fuzz to an almost sputtering fuzz on the Fuzz Wall. Spend time with the tone and gain controls on these sections and you'll be amazed at what you'll hear.The modulation section offers a lush chorus, vibey phase or intense tremolo at the flick of the switch. I'm pretty critical of most chorus pedals and found this selection gorgeous and highly usable. The phase is just the kind of classic phase I love sitting somewhere between a stone, a vibe and a 101 depending on the settings and the tremolo is intense and can create an almost sythny vibe when cranked with the fuzz.On top of this there are separate equally versatile reverb and echo sections. You can choose between a warm classic analog-sounding delay, a flangy/warble on the tape delay setting or a very cool reverse type effect on the echo and still have the fantastic sounding plate, hall and room reverb options available. And each setting in the reverb is a really GREAT sounding reverb and these sections both hang with my Strymons. I'm not kidding either, each setting is like a different Strymon pedal and the Dappers versatility and tiny footprint matches them easily (which reminds me the mod and echo sections each have a tap tempo option by depressing the stomp!)Aaand there's a tuner on top of all this. It seems to work well though I can't seem to get it to switch smoothly into tuner mode without turning the fuzz section on for a sec but it isn't a deal-breaker for me with such a great sounding and versatile suite of effects at such an affordable price point.Short story is that Valeton has kind nailed the market demographic for players like me with this particular selection of effects and the unexpected versatility is just icing on the cake!

Calidad vs precio. Excelente