Trutone Jekyll and Hyde Overdrive-Distortion Demo Video by Shawn Tubbs

Visual Sound is now TRUETONE, and the new V3 Series Jekyll & Hyde has been re-designed from scratch by Weil and RG Keen to meet the demands of today’s players. With more flexibility, more great tones, and better construction than any of its predecessors, you’re going to love this new incarnation of a historically great pedal.
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[@jason_cornelius]

What a great player you are! Thanks so much for making these, I always look forward to new videos from you.

[@FourTramps]

Great playing and great pedal. Can't wait to try it!

[@mcstratoman]

Great demo Shawn. You are an excellent player and really have your demo organized well. It was a pleasure watching and listening to it. Looking forward to more in the future!

[@ShawnTubbs]

+mcharren Thanks very much!!

[@melinsnorth5413]

Great review and playing . . just picked this pedal up and looking forward to experimenting. . . thanks for posting

[@robmarl370]

Thanks for the great demo and playing! I like the pedal.

[@absinha6209]

Great to hear a awesome player using the VS/Truetone pedals. I have a few going into a set of 65 amps. They sound great. Nice intro!

[@vagelisdiamandis7565]

Great playing never get bored listening to you..great review as always.Greatings from Athens-Greece..

[@ShawnTubbs]

+vagelis Diamandis Thanks so much!!

[@pedalfr3ak265]

Much respect for all the PRS guitars shown bud!!! Great vid!!!

[@SteveAshcraft]

you do the best videos bro. Thanks for all of the work. Outstanding.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Charlie Foxtrot Thanks very much!!

[@libra1091]

great review, comprehensive with no fluff in between.got a new sub, looking forward to your videos

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much Alphonso. I appreciate it!

[@wbjohnston57]

Great review of a great pedal. It is not easy to balance descriptive talking and playing samples in a demo video, to both describe the product well and keep the interest of the viewer, but you nailed it.

[@descentintozachstrom]

man I don't even own any of these pedals, but I've been using these videos as a benchmark to dialing in good tones. thanks for the vids, Shawn!

[@invincibleczars7128]

thanks for this demo!

[@wesleyalan9179]

I've owned this pedal for 5 or 6 years and its still awesome! My favorite feature is the "clean mix" Its good stuff!

[@AndrewTimothyMusic]

it's gotten to the point that i hit the like button before the video even starts. once again, great playing!

[@ShawnTubbs]

andrew timothy Thanks Andrew!

[@ghostipediamedia6043]

@@ShawnTubbs wow man awesome, quick question for you. I have the Marshall MG100HCFX and I'm wondering if it's okay to run the Jekyll and Hyde v3 through the fx loop in the back of my head?

[@beaudalleomusic3525]

Great demo! Very informative and inspiring.

[@ShawnTubbs]

DalleoMusic Thank you!

[@Lundolf]

Great review, have a like. I've owned the V2 for about five years. It's the pedal-purchase that I'm most satisfied with, I never play without it. Definitely considering the V3 now.

[@mattgilbert7347]

I just traded my V2 for a Suhr Rufus Fuzz, already missing the VS. Considering the Route66 as I have a couple of great distortion pedals that can nail Marshall/Mesa tones. How's the V3 J & H???

[@novagara1]

Amazing and very Pro quality wise....well done Shawn

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much!

[@rabbirelax]

Excellent demo! Great playing as well!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much!

[@TrippyTheShroom]

Fantastic. This video alone has sold me on one of these pedals. Seriously considering getting one next paycheck. Great video.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much!

[@VintageRandom]

Gotta say, not a bad tone anywhere in that pedal. Fantastic review and playing.

[@drebrose1983]

just found your channel! good stuff, nice mixing

[@GraffitiPhysical]

Great demo. Some great chops too.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much!

[@RhythmsJourneys]

Best review online! Thanks mate!!!

[@alexisalescio1562]

this is a great pedal!thank you for your review

[@ShawnTubbs]

+Alexis Alescio Thanks Alexis!

[@alexisalescio1562]

you are welcome!!my friend

[@MarkSchuster-ym3iy]

Nice collection of guitars . Pedal sounds nice

[@JeffMillerCreative]

great demo of this pedal, dude. Tasty playing too.

[@ShawnTubbs]

+Jeff Miller Thanks Jeff you're very kind!

[@1961Humbucker1]

Thanks for another great video Shawn. I think that Truetone are about the best sounding and well built pedals out there and for such a great price too, what's really nice is that they allow you to tweak the hell out of them to get the sounds that you desire. One thing that I find odd though is that they put the OD after Distortion, to me that is backwards. I always put a mild OD at the beginning of my pedal chain, ahead of more high gain ODs or Distortion pedals. At least they allow you do that with a patch cable but the order of those two effects in this box is backwards IMHO. But not a big deal. Even though I already have a bunch of high caliber OD/Distortion boxes I still plan on snagging one of these one day. I used to have the very first version of the J&H almost twenty years ago, the silver one and from what I can tell this newer version V3 is even better.

[@MeandtheOwls]

Amazing video, man!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks!

[@adamwaerzeggers7557]

Great Review!

[@ryanbarker3978]

Just wanted to say thank you for making this video. It inspired me to search one of these pedals out back when it first released and I'm glad I did. I've gone through a tone of overdrives and distortions over the years but this one has been a staple on my board since I first applied the pedalboard tape. The clean mix on the overdrive is a really versatile feature. You can cover ground all the way from subtly broken cleans to vintage Klon-like tones to a pushed TS808 tone. The distortion circuit is probably the most usable I've tried. The four voicings on the distortion are all very usable and the amount of headroom on certain settings is really impressive. My favorite way to run this channel is with Bright A and Voice B. The real magic is how well the two channels blend together. It's very easy to dial in whatever sound you want on the individual channels and combine them together to get lush harmonic response. It's going to be compressed (with two gain stages running concurrently that is what you're signing up for), but apart from diming every single knob, it is very difficult to make this pedal sound bad. I've tried this pedal in front of Mesas, Marshalls, Fenders, Carvins, Oranges, and more. No matter where your home is, there's just a setting for everything. The only real tone I haven't been able to get out of this thing is modded JCM800/EVH territory, but that's why the 5150 pedal exists. Great video about a great product. The only thing I don't understand about the Jekyll and Hyde V3 is why it sounds better than amp channels and drive pedals twice its price.

[@johnandunisha]

This is GREAT. Thank you.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks so much for watching!! I appreciate it!

[@801guitar3]

This is the best review of this pedal on KZbin.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks very much! I appreciate it.

[@G5Hohn]

Fantastic work, Shawn. I'm pretty sure I once you at vineyard studios in Anaheim in the late 90s-- you handed my the Olson acoustic you were using and gave me the guitar highlight of my life.-Justin

[@ShawnTubbs]

GodGunsGuitarsGadgetsGovernment Wow that was a long time ago. I wish I still had that guitar...Thanks for reaching out Justin. Hope you're well!

[@GarryGnu]

That’s how you demo a pedal. Thanks!

[@Br4dSp34d]

Wesley Stuart: The OD channel on this is different from the OD in the V3 Route 66. However it's the same as the left side of the VS-XO, but with an added clean blend option

[@msgflava]

Shawn, great work on this demo and the others I've seen. It might be useful to use a dedicated microphone when you speak so that the level of your voice more closely matches the level of the music tracks.

[@ShawnTubbs]

Thanks man I appreciate the comment. I've got it all sorted now. Thanks again.

[@cesmcmyth]

New follower here. Congrats. Your reviews are structured, neat and musical! May I ask about these TT's. 1. In order to add variety, isn't it the VS OX a bit redundant? and 2. Is the overdirve side on the Jekyll & Hyde as good as the overdrives on the VS OX? Cheers Shawn and congrats again!

[@69cohonas]

wow sound great !!!!

[@69cohonas]

+Jonas Bylund and i am going to buy this awesome pedal !!!

[@ShawnTubbs]

+Jonas Bylund Hey Jonas, Glad you've found something you dig. Hope it inspires you!

[@tonepoet]

I'm always waiting for that 'here it is!' lick. It came at 01:36. Mind blower, my friend.

[@ShawnTubbs]

+tonepoet Thanks man!!!

[@joedivita7469]

Yup! That's where my ears lit up too

[@wesleyalan9179]

Thanks for the timestamp! I smashed it like a million X's lol! Its Awesome!

[@wesleyalan9179]

11:10

[@mikeblue385]

why not play some chords or double stops while tweaking the tone knobs so i can hear the difference better? single lines don't tell me much.

[@closertotheheart]

Personal question Shawn - say you were using a super clean blackface Fender and you had to cover a classic rock set list that would require a wide range of Marshall tones from slightly driven to roaring....what one pedal would you use? I was thinking about something like this Jekyll & Hyde if it responds well to volume knob cleanup...but what would be your preference?

[@TheJofrica]

I have an original silver J&H pedal. No way in heck will I ever let that one go, the Jekyll and Hyde pedals are among the most aggressive drive/distortions I've come across. This new one looks really good. The clean mix looks pretty cool as that was not on the previous versions. Also the in/out options are more advanced. No noise gate on the original though, which I like. Great job by Truetone on this new version.

[@inkusaido]

TheJofrica I got the V1 for 30€, best deal I ever made

[@TheJofrica]

iNK Yeah, these guys make great products!

[@jakollee]

At 4:42: "It's a pretty nice feature that's pretty exclusive to the TrueTone guys..." I can hear Brian Wampler's head exploding! The Dual Fusion pedal came out I think in early 2013 and had two OD circuits that could be stacked in either direction or run as completely separate pedals! (Although I plead ignorance of when Visual Sound began making such two-in-one pedals with these stacking options.) Anyway, great playing as always Mr. Tubbs! I am one of those who would happily pay for a CD collection of your demo intros!

[@henrymitchell-hibbert9454]

The Jekyll & Hyde has existed since at least the very early 2000s, The Strokes are famous for using it.

[@jakollee]

@@henrymitchell-hibbert9454 Good to know, thanks!

[@masonwiseman9051]

What’s a good patch cable to reverse order? One that fits perfect?

[@livingabovethe12th]

very nice demo, but you would def want the od into -> the dist

[@THEJMILLSBAND]

Just got Revv3 debating to add this pedal.

[@xx55AC55xx]

can this run off just a battery or does it need the adaptor?

[@RockArriba]

I have a question: ¿the overdrive can be used as a booster when you turn it on while the distortion switch is on? You play really cool, by the way! Hope you can answer my question.

[@sweetgoose]

Great demo, do you think this would drive well in a tube amp (particularly the Blues Jr 3)

[@ShawnTubbs]

Yep!

[@spiralingcrazies]

Some people use OD to goose the gain section, that was omitted from the review.

[@shirleyallen7960]

Question: I have this pedal and I set the gain at 9:00 and crank the volume. It roars at these settings so I tried a different pedal the same way but with bad results. Why?

[@wesleyalan9179]

Everything just reacts differently, thats all

[@KelsterVonShredster]

Are you plugging into the same amp in most of your gear videos? Love your videos btw, awesome !!!!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Yes I tend to use the same amp but I will sometimes use other amps. Just depends on how I'm feeling. I'm trying to get the funds together for another JTM 45 meets Blues Breaker style amp. I've had that D13 FTR 37 for years and I know it really well so sometimes it's just a quicker process when I'm learning a new pedal. Thanks man!

[@ihavetheblues211]

the tone is in the fingers

[@alanhurd5036]

Hi - I'm running a Marshall JCM 800. Love the sound but could use just a little more distortion. Between this Truetone and a Boss Overdrive OD 1X, which do you think is a better fit? Thank you! Great Video and I don't mind the talking by the way.

[@ShawnTubbs]

+Alan Hurd Those are both great sounding boxes. I think the amount of gain or drive is pretty close of coarse the J and H is quite a bit more versatile being a 2 channel.

[@HelmetVanga]

+Alan Hurd Disregard BOss Overdrive OD 1.. this boss pedal is very basic and simple. Trutone this one being demoed will give you richer overdrive and distortion. I also own a rig Marshal Mode Four 350 Watts.. I am sold by previous and this demo. Cool video. \m/

[@aquietmomentinmind]

How quite is the circuit? do you get much hiss and hum from say having the distortion side on? Cheers in advance great demo!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Hey Jordan, It's pretty quiet but if you dime the gain you will create a bit of noise, but not beyond what I would consider normal. Thanks man.

[@GerryBlue]

Now you go to Truetone and ask for a sales commission, I'm getting one after seeing this video

[@firebald2915]

The trick to this pedal is adding just a pinch of gain from your amp if you are playing single coils. Then it will sound more like humbuckers.

[@hansflikkema433]

I use the overdrive side of tis J&H as a Pre Amp with only little gain and clean mix on 1 o'clock and therefor the Distortion definitely before the overdrive as the default position is. I tried the other way around, but had to much volume issues combining it with other pedals. So just like a distortion before a real (pre)amp. Since I also use other High gain lead distortions like a Tubescreamer, which I position after this Distortion and before the Overdrive (as pre-amp), it is very nice that this pedal makes that possible; so placing the 2 parts wherever in a effectloop. So great pedal, great sound, always use it, but.... Unfortunately the switching circuit has some latency and volume fall-back while pressing, didn't you notice that while testing? So now I use an extra true bypass loopswitch for activating the distortion. The Overdrive site has the same issue but I don't ever switch that while playing.

[@ShawnTubbs]

You should reach out to True Tone about it. They're good folks!

[@hansflikkema433]

Thanks for responding. I already did contact them and I know they are good folks! You too and I forgot to mention it but "great demo". You convinced me buying this device and I'm very very happy with it!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Right on Hans! Thanks man!

[@pmquack]

Any way to make the two sides mutually exclusive? In other words kicking on the distortion turns off the OD and vice versa?

[@ShawnTubbs]

I would reach out to Trutone about it. Could be a possible mod.

[@PavelP]

Without having to mod the pedal, one could achieve what you're describing by stepping on both switches simultaneously. The switches are close enough and level, so it would probably be easy to do with one foot.

[@williamratcliffe7833]

Does it clean up?

[@wesleystuart3878]

is the overdrive side the same as the overdrive on the v3 route 66?

[@thebetterdad]

no man, The Route 66 has an od based on Drivetrain, and the jekyll and hyde has a Open road base od

[@damonstewart70]

Damm sounds like GARY MOORES Tone!!!

[@wtfdelicious]

Which do you like better, this one or the "VS OX? (: Looking forward to more demos, some of the best out there imo!

[@ShawnTubbs]

wtfdelicious The VS OX is a little more my speed but it's also a completely different animal.

[@wtfdelicious]

Yeah true and judging from the demo I also prefer the XO. Could you still describe exactly what it is that makes it more "your" kinda thing, although they are quite different?

[@ShawnTubbs]

wtfdelicious It's smoother with less gain. The J and H is more aggressive in tone and gain.

[@wtfdelicious]

Alright. Thank's for the information!

[@ShawnTubbs]

wtfdelicious Thanks! For me the VS-XO is more my speed but they are two totally different pedals.

[@G5Hohn]

What speaker are we hearing on the mic? V30?

[@ShawnTubbs]

GodGunsGuitarsGadgetsGovernment Cele V 30

[@G5Hohn]

Shawn Tubbs I figured-- that upper mid is pretty much trademark.

[@trugangsta4real]

The studio is beautiful! How do u afford such wonderful toys?

[@arnyarny77]

does this have gain like the metal zone? as much saturation i mean.

[@ShawnTubbs]

I don't think it's quite as gained out as the MZ.

[@arnyarny77]

i actually like the metal zone i play thru a modified clean fender combo, having the fromel kit installed in the metal zone, im surprise how good this pedal sounds, by the way your playing is superb, obviously you are pro! i just have fun at home. thx for your reply shawn

[@ShawnTubbs]

Absolutely!! The best pedal is the one that is working for you and that's it!!! It's your sound and your signature. The MZ would work quite well with that set up. It's a good pedal man.

[@WayanJos]

for versatility, this or the VSXO?

[@ShawnTubbs]

They both cover a ton of ground. Do you play with more gain or less gain? If you dig less gain and more open go with the VSXO. More gain? JH.

[@WayanJos]

thanks.

[@paulj0557tonehead]

Jekyll and Hyde is good metal branding, funny that way.

[@morloc-maravilla]

is this a fuzz pedal?

[@hendrixon1]

How does this pedal stacks against the "Rokette Pedals Flex Drive" or are they two different animals beyond compare?

[@kernelspy]

Hi Shawn! I just bought this and immediately noticed that my unity volume for the distortion side is 1 o'clock in Mode A. is this normal? Mode B is loud. I'm not sure if this is defective or what =( Thanks in advance

[@ShawnTubbs]

I'm pretty sure that it's normal as the B mode is a louder circuit. I would reach out to the True Tone folks to be sure.

[@kernelspy]

Shawn Tubbs thank you sooooo much!! I appreciate it. Let me know then 😁😀

[@user-wb3xw8vo1u]

NEED HELP HERE, I've watched a couple of reviews for this box, im really really into it, as I hear that sweet overdrive output, excellent for bluesy rock stuff, and the distortion side is also great, but im wondering if it's suitable for more grunge-sludge like sound. I got the impression that it might be a bit noisier than it has to be, like not as fat as it needs to be. Can anybody enlighten me here, and thanks for the review.

[@parker298]

+Ανηξερος Τρικερατοπας i just bought this pedal you can do anything with this pedal trust me just buy it. Btw i play grunge,post rock, blues, folk, tech metal, metal core etc. it does it all.

[@ShawnTubbs]

I think it's a great high gain pedal. It does have a bit more noise floor when it's cranked to ten but no more than most.

[@user-wb3xw8vo1u]

Shawn Tubbs Thanks a lot!

[@ShawnTubbs]

Ανηξερος Τρικερατοπας Sure!

[@alexisquiliza2456]

This or the V2?

[@ShawnTubbs]

I'd go with V3 for sure.

[@ryanbarker3978]

I know this is an old comment, but I would echo Shawn's sentiments as someone who has also owned both... The V3 is the way to go.

[@RossAllaire]

666th like

[@philfrank9226]

Too much buttons, it costs tone. The old one is much better.

[@hendrixon1]

How does this pedal stacks against the "Rokette Pedals Flex Drive" or are they two different animals beyond compare?

[@ShawnTubbs]

Two completely different animals. The JH is a two channel where as the Flex is a single channel with filter and clip options. They're both really great.