Visual Sound Open Road Pedal Review
Visual Sound Open Road Pedal Review
The Open Road pedal by Visual Sound is a pretty unique pedal. What makes it stand out in terms of tone is that on a clean amp it can round out your sound even more without losing any low end. It sounds a lot like a really nice tube amplifiers drive tone which is always a good thing. The other great thing about the Open Roads tone is that is has it’s own unique sound, it doesn’t remind me of many other pedals, if any – which is hard to say in these times with so many clones flying around in the World.
It sounds great with any guitar I’ve tried it with and the video above is no exception to the tone this pedal can produce.
Pedal Blurb
You like the great sound of the Route 808, but you want a more open sounding, amp-like overdrive with less dominant mid-range? Open Road is the overdrive you’ve been searching for. Finally, an overdrive pedal that delivers grind and girth. Clear low end, sparkling highs, and none of the mid-range hump found in most other dirt boxes. Play a sixstring chord and all the notes ring through. Play a single note line and it sizzles, punch a power chord and it grinds.
Open Road features a very interactive tone circuit, effecting not only high-end roll-off, but gain structure as well. At any setting, at any volume, Open Road produces organic amp-like tones that might cause you to leave it on all the time.
Works great on bass too!