Your channel is the only one I trust for an unbiased review. Other channels are more demo focused and diplomatic in their opinions. You have an immense ethical practice! I really appreciate it!

Thanks Henning, you saved TC‘s a**, because this really is the only valid sounding demo of this pedal currently ❤ You made it sound greatly ✌️🙏

Thank you for your honesty. You've saved me (and a lot of people) a lot of money. I've now have a setup I call, "Henning's Rig." Respect from your friends in Florida USA 🌴🌴

Always appreciate your honest reviews. Trying to decide between this and the JIMS 800.

They all should be built like the NUX Amp Academy. Xlr out, effects loop, headphone out, switchable ir ect.

I just got the Jims 45 and I am mucho impressed. It sounds and feels like the plexi I had in high school. My band worked alot and played in big usually gyms. This pedal really feels and sounds like a plexi. Amazing really.

well done bro i like your sound i always enjoy to watch your videos

Nice showcase of the clean sound

Great video - thanks!

I love your 05:41 Hybrid Picking!

Sounds great! Good price too

Man that Heritage Gold Top looks so good

This sounds great. If my ol Line 6 Pocket Pod dies, this will be a great replacement home/headphone amp. BTW, I got a TC distortion based on a Henning review and after a lot of use, I can say that his review was accurate. That distortion was great in the vid and the pedal works just as well for me.

TC Electronic just gave a hard slap in the face to Stymon, Origin Effects, and basically every other overpriced manufacturer of amp in a box pedals!!!! and I love it!!!!! and all for only $150 UDS!!!

Great video! I’m finally hooked on TC Electronic again. I love your Dogecoin shirt! ❤😂

Just got mine. I've also got a JTM45, so i've had fun comparing. The TC's tones are not a bad emulation: the bloated bass, recessed mids and top end fizz are all there (for good or bad!) as is the compression if you turn the input gain way up. And, YES it has a headphone output ! But the 'feel' isn't quite there, and i honestly don't know how to describe exactly what's lacking. But hey, it cost me £135 compared to over £2,000 for the JTM45 and 4x12 cab. So I reckon its a real bargain for those who don't have the money or space, or have neighbours, or children sleeping upstairs.

I like the Direct out sounds but my fav of these 3 was the deluxe. Im partial to that bumper sound.

Would be curious to see this one paired with the new Ox Stomp

I like this one

Amazing video as usual! So you can place time based effects AFTER the DI out? That was my only hold up on this - without an fx loop, I wasn’t sure if delay, reverb, trem, etc. would work if using the DI out, or if I’d have to use the regular out and have to buy a separate DI box after my time based effects.

Love your channel. Make that $, we all got bills to pay. Doesn’t compromise your ethics one bit!

That riff though. Maybe you could call it "Peach Chilled Mulled Wine" or something like that? ;) Great review. I already bought one and have ordered the Deluxe 65 as well. I'm a T.C Electronics fan and there ain't no way back now... ;)

17:29 moosh pit is the new mosh pit

BTW Thank you for recommending the Mad Professor Spring Reverb... I will never say expensive reverb is overrated again.

Dang. I just sold my Marshall origin 50 half stack since I, sadly, needed some cash to pay off some medical bills. Might have to pick one of these up later.

Definitely the best of the bunch.

I might be crazy, but... I want one of these, just to use with my Eyemaster, and then blend with another amp in a box pedal I have (a Joyo Oxford Sound, which I boost with a Joyo Argos Drive). In case you can't tell, I'm a metal guy... I found a video of a Bugera 1960 being pushed with an MIJ HM-2 and have been in love with the sound ever since. I currently use my eyemaster with a Joyo Jackman, and run the Argos into a Joyo Meteor, but when I go DI/quiet stage I use a multi-FX pedal to run a 1959 or JCM800 amp sim along side the oxford sound, or else I use an IR/DI combo pedal in the loop and just use the headphone out on the Joyo amps, or the XLR out on the pedals, but I want to free up the multi for post FX on the Orange side of things.

Man I really wish these had more headroom

A word of caution: This pedal is not for everyone. Its not a "high gain" face melter for shredders or disciples of "Djent". This pedal has the capability to deliver the warm, tubey and overdriven tones of the classic JTM45. Also, if your understanding of how to EQ a signal is limited to the three band EQ on the pedal, you're probably not going to have a good experience, especially when using the pedal in "amp mode". In this mode, the low end can get very flabby very fast and the high end can tear your head off. This is a very bright pedal. So, bear that in mind. When the pedal is in "gain pedal mode" and connected to the amp's main input, its tonal response is far more manageable. In this mode, it works exactly like a two stage gain pedal. Between the amp's EQ and the three band EQ on the pedal, much of the shrill highs and flabby lows can be dialed out. But, not all, especially if you're using high output pickups. This pedal favors lower output pickups, especially single coils. I also find the low ends tightens up a bit when playing a guitar that has a longer scale length over 25' like a PRS or a Strat. However, if playing a Les Paul or other guitar that has the shorter 24.75' scale length, the lows especially can get quite flabby. I would recommend this pedal for studio use, content creation and recording to a computer etc. Generally, any application where precise control over the entire signal is possible is a must here. Yes, you can get a decent to good tone out of the pedal, as is. But, this pedal is capable of outstanding tones. However, to get there, it requires a precise EQ (I'd recommend a parametric EQ) and a good amount of experience to get there. Cheers!

Thanks for this. I just heard about this pedal TODAY from a friend. I am now using a (2 channel) Laney LC30 and just feeding everything into the front input. Just wondering how this pedal would sound going into the clean channel that way - vs into the power amp?

I really prefer a 1959 Super Lead circuit with the big 5n bright cap on Volume 1. Gives you that intense punch and bite at around volume 3-7 that the smaller 100pf capacitor on a 45 can't do. Wish they'd done a 1959, or at least had a switch or software option for the 1959 bright cap. That small mod makes a huge differences.

ich lieeeebe diese serie an pedalen. Ich hab mir extra eine 1x12er jetzt umgebaut, da liegt ne 100 watt harley benton endstufe drin da gibts ja jetzt ne super kleine. und je nach gig oder laune kommt ein anderer preamp rein. ich bin ultra happy und es ist super leicht alles

Allrightythen! This one has now won me over more than the DC30. Although, for just a bit more ($199)? One could get themselves the NU-X Amp Academy, which has 12 amps/IRs, and a crap ton of more features (FX loop/MIDI/Routing & Re-amping). I also believe the NU-X Amp Academy maybe utilizing a superior DSP technology & higher resolution IRs? Don't quote me on that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ These are definitely nice sounding modelers IMO tho, and super simple by comparison. I just wish (like with all digital amp pedals) that it were possible to run two in parallel or wet/dry in phase. Alas, DSP round trip latency will always prevent that from happening. At least for now anyways. Fantastic demo Henning! I seem to have enjoyed your improvisational riffs & noodles on this one the most : ) Stay safe & well! ✌Auf Wiedersehen ✌

They do an 800 version of this and I'm all over it.

Does every thing the marshall bluesbreaker does, but you get a 3 band eq *and* a gain boost.

Id like to hear this compared to the little mooer preamp pedal that’s supposed to sound like a plexi.

like the guitar never had the pleasure of trying a heritage i know gary moore used heritage more than gibson. the pedal sounds good but i prefer the dsl series enjoyed the vid

Awesome pedal, and it even comes with a FREE competent drummer to boot! Excellent value...

21:00 That's quite nice, you could make a song out of that.

How would ya compare this to the Tech 21 Fuzzy Brit? Enjoy your vids!

Great; now do a head to head (pun intended) comparison with the 100% analog, nu-tube Vox Valvenergy Copperhead, please?

If it takes fuzzes like an amp should, I could replace my current direct MIAB solution consisting of Bogner Blue and Two Notes CAB M with this, and costing 1/3 of what I spent on those two pedals......

Could you plug this into the effects loop return of an amp? Say, a Fender HRD?

Fuck yes been waiting for this one 😊. I wish these companies would do some newer sounds though, like I was pretty certain I'd get this but it does the blown up thing too much and I need something that can get me the higher gain and still sound a little tight, like my jcm800. It's probably still gonna be the iridium or maybe the atomic amplifier? Not sure.

Beware. There is latency on the tone controls, nothing happens straight away as you turn them, there is a delay. Also when you switch channels there is a noticable delay before the amp switch happens...

So this pedal into any old 20w amp clean channel or any old Audio Interface/DAW or any old mixer channel? I wonder if this is the death knell of combo amps.

When trying to record pedals like distortion, overdrive etc. into a Tascam DR-40X, the signal barely registers in the Tascam. So, I have been using Art Tube MPs to get the signal up to where the DR-40x can hear it. So, are these TC Ampworks pedals capable of bringing the signal up without needing a pre-amp like the Art; or are these TC Ampworks more like 'just another pedal' in that regard, and the pre-amp will still be necessary?

Noodle 🖤🖤🖤

Hi people, Jim45 TC update was a big step up. Check it out ☝️ Thnx for this review 👍

Will the preamps make their way into a future Plethora X update? 👀

Who makes the gold top?

Id rather buy a 2nd hand Tech 21 British then this although I admit it sounds just as good or better 😅

Where is the bypass ?

Why does everyone that talks about these amp emulators forget about the sansamp?

This is nice i like it.. Puahing junk again hahahahaha.

awesome mud-pish😂

I was excited to see these upon release but after hearing them all on several channels I’m not so sure. They’re still good, and for the price they’re great. But not at all what I’m looking for. The vintage realism is probably great for people who want to use this by itself for a familiar experience in low volume environments… but I want to put it on a pedalboard so lots of headroom from a modernized version would be better. So idk. Meh for me but maybe not for thee.

"I like the mid pushed..." that's what she said.

All arguments aside no-one ever talks about when these units hit the market. I'm sure that now that Origin, Strymon and Walrus have done the proof of concept and R and D. Donner will have the version at under $100. The real question is if you have a 400 dollar/Euro unit would you replace it with a $150 one?

Hello, I'm as mad as a sack of camels too. But I win because I've got a pet cabbage that plays the Blues.

Where ia the through the real amp, but MIC'ed.

The typical "08/15 inspired by" pedal tones, but for me not authentically enough sounding. For these sounds this pedal also is too expensive in my opinion. Better buy yourself a better tube amp, which makes pedals like this one unnecessary!

Ive been screwed over by music tribe and Bugera,They dont stand by thier waranty!

I dont mind that you get paid to do these videos. What really makes me never want to see another video again is your disdain for gold tops 🙂.

A paid review? Henning? Who cares! Does the man have to live on bread and water? The review is going to be a good old fashioned review warts and all.

please, tune your guitar.

Latency?? really?? ....sorry but no, That is vaguely mentioned as a drawer of excuses, and a vagueness to generalize in an unorthodox way, a futile reason and a very little objective generality for the experience that you are supposed to. There are "too much" pro-guitar players playing around the world to asumme a failure like that in plugins or based plugins hardaware. Salute!

These are kind of dumb. Theyre all literally the same pedal hardware running slightly different software.. but no way to upload a different amp into it? They could have released ONE of these and let people buy the other versions for a few dollars.

Great review and a horrible song 😀

The JTM45 is the bluesbreaker..

This is a great gigging pedal. You get 2 channels and a vol boost for lead. I'm weird and have self imposed a 5 pedal limit for my live board, so the versatility of this pedal is a perfect fit for my needs.