Visual Sounds Jekeyll & Hyde..

I am about to buy one of these. Is there anything else that out there that I should sample before I get the Jekyll? Does anyone have any experience with these pedals?

I am usually running a Thinline tele or a strat into a Reverend Kingsnake. I have it set on the Deluxe Reverb setting. I use the send from the Kingsnake to a 63 Fender Bandmaster. We play everything for the Clash, Ramones and The Cult to Dick Dale, Echo and the Bunneymen, The Stones and Brian Setzer. My Marshall DSL 2000 half stack just doesn't get the cleans that I crave.

It's a versatile pedal....plenty of range without having to carry a bunch of pedals around. I like simplicity. I've compared it to a bunch of pedals since I bought it and haven't found anything anywhere near the price range that can cover as much territory. I run it between a 52RI and a SF Deluxe Reverb.

-Titus

i've been using one for over 3 years and really like it. for the dough and the range it covers, it's a winner. it's really three pedals in one -- the Tube Screamer, the heavy distortion, and the combination of the two together. it pays to take some time to tweak up the tone settings not only for how each channel sounds but also how they sound together.

I've always wondered about this pedal. How does it do on fuzzy tones? I always hear how good of an overdrive it is but am curious if it can get any kind of gnarly fuzz sounds out of it. Maybe with combining an overdrive sound with the second switch set to a higher distortion then just turning on the distortion side so it rolls into the overdrive?

It's a versatile pedal....plenty of range without having to carry a bunch of pedals around. I like simplicity. I've compared it to a bunch of pedals since I bought it and haven't found anything anywhere near the price range that can cover as much territory. I run it between a 52RI and a SF Deluxe Reverb.

-Titus
I also want simplicity! Only one pedal would be a blessing. I would not use any pedals if could, but we play such a wide variety of tunes that I just can't avoid using them.

I have been using a TS and a Seymour Duncan Pickup Booster. I really liked the tone of the SD at first, but my love affair is about over. It has a bit of a fuzz that did not bother me at first. Now, it has to go!

Also..... is there a big difference in sound with the newest release of the Jekyll and Hyde? The newer one has a bass boost, some new caps, more volume and tone buffer circuit. (It seems to me, when Ibanez started doing changes to the TS no one liked the newer versions. Now we see the re-release of the original TS.

I see that the two black switches are closer to the front of the pedal. Do they get in the way when stepping on it?

I have no experience with the older version. The Jeckyll is basically a TS9, so it has that mid hump and weak bottom. The bass boost really helps.
I haven't had a problem with the black switches. The two main switches are kind of close together, but again...hasn't been a problem for me.
I'm able to get good low gain sounds from the Jekyll side. The Hyde side has more eq range. It has tone and eq knobs. The eq knob subtracts mids as it turns clockwise, so by full turn it's a big scooped mid sound....reminds me a lot of the Jackhammer I had....very Marshall like. The black switch on the Hyde is labeled Sharp/Blunt. It does what it says. I keep it on Blunt for the chunkier sound. When you cascade both sides you get a harmonic singing distortion. I can even get controlled feedback with single coils...that's not easy to get with most pedals. If you use buckers, it's even easier.
3stringguitar - it can be pretty fuzzy sounding if you want it to be. If you use the Hyde side by itself with the Sharp switch on... and some tweaks, you can fake a fuzz pedal pretty good.
Sheesh.....sounds like I'm selling 'em.
It's been pretty good for me.
I hope that helps,
-Titus

I use the older Silver One.

I keep the right side (basically the distortion side) on blunt and pretty much leave the EQ flat, with the drive around 2 o'clock or 3 o'clock and the level a little above 12 o'clock. Gives me a good chunky Marshall-y type sound out of my Twin, esp. when I use my Les Paul.

The left side (the tubescreamer side) I just use as a lead boost with the level dimed, the drive almost zeroed and the tone flat. I get better lower gain and overdrive type sounds out of my Fulltone FD-2 or Boss SD-1.

Well, I got a chance to try a J&H out yesterday. I really liked it! I was able to get the same sound as my TS from the J side. The bass boost really sounds nice on this channel. The H side took me a while to zero in on a tone that I liked. The eq and tone switch take some time to get used to. But, after I learned how to tweek it I learned to like this channel. It sounds best when the drive is set low. This also seems to be the best setting when using both the J and H channels together.

I was going to buy it, but they only had the demo:sad: . They are going to call me when they get the new ones in. I never have good luck when I buy demo models of anything.

While I was there, I tried the Fulltone Full-Drive2. This is a wonderful sounding overdrive pedal. It was very natural sounding. I was not plannig to pay $175:shock: for pedal though. I'll have to think about it for a few days.:idea:

It sounds best when the drive is set low. This also seems to be the best setting when using both the J and H channels together.

that's the key, at least in my experience. i keep the drive on the Jekyll (green) channel way down, almost like a clean boost -- mine is the older model without the bass boost and that keeps from draining the lows so bad.

that's the key, at least in my experience. i keep the drive on the Jekyll (green) channel way down, almost like a clean boost -- mine is the older model without the bass boost and that keeps from draining the lows so bad.


I bought one this past week!! I couldn't agree with you more about the drive on the Jekyll side of the pedal. Overall, I am happy with it. I don't care for the bass boost on the Jekyll side of the pedal too much. It seems to muddy things up a bit. I will have to experiment with it more to find out what it can do.