Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier
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Dream '65 Reverb Amplifier
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S. Anttila
Dream's come true '25
It's almost annoying that a small unit is better than my real amps. I'm fascinated by it, but at the same time I have a hard time to admit it. It was the same way with the Fender Tweed '55 plugin. It's too real. So my real amps get unemployed, and end up recording most likely an EP or two with the Dream '65. It is my favorite pedal and perhaps my all-time favorite among my old Yamaha THR10 practise amp, which will still serve me many years. With a patch cable, Dream '65 and THR10 will become good recording friends.
M. Witte
A great replica of the original.
I own the corresponding originals for both the Dream and the Ruby, but of different years: a Fender Deluxe Reverb from 1979 and a Vox AC-30 from the 90s.
So far I have not found a better simulation of these amps either in pedal form or as a plugin. T
The playing feel is authentic and the sound in the mix is indistinguishable from the original. On one of the last productions I didn't mike the amps and just used the pedals. The result has a lot of character and punch an is easy to mix.
Live at smaller locations I use the pedals and otherwise the amps with the pedals as a backup. Great.
C. Nedohin
Best Fender Amp Model EVER!! --- PLEASE add a few small features for usefulness!!
I've finally found a modeller that feels and sounds like a real amp!! This is is the best Fender Amp model I've played to date. Finally a model as good as a real amp (but better because it's light, maintenance free, and has a wider range of sounds... THANK YOU!!
BUT!!! PLEASE!! PLEASE!! PLEASE!!!
I want to use this in parallel with the Ruby. To do so it needs a phase switch in the app controls. It would;dn't be hard to add to an update. This amp is authentically out of phase with the AC30.
And while adding features. PLEASE Allow for a delay of up to 15 ms on the output for stereo step ups. Adding a post mic EQ would make this a finished product. Any user could build mono and stereo amp rigs just UA amps at the end of the chain.
If you're ever making a MKII, add midi compatibility for preset switching and this WILL replace 10X more amp sim pedals than it currently does.
M. Lyons
Move over Iridium, Dream 65 is here
I’ve been using the Strymon Iridium for several years and was never very impressed with the Fender modeler. It did the job but when I plugged in to the Dream 65 I knew the Iridium was getting shelved. Absolutely amazing pedal.
It’d be nice to see expression pedal capabilities and maybe a headphone jack for v2 but I’ll be rocking v1 for a long time! Great job UA.
J. Egan
Great sounding fender.
The fender tones are really good on this amp, besides the obvious Bluetooth app issues the only thing I would say I didn't like about it was there is was no noise gate like the lion, so when you crank it up it hisses ans since I use the stereo out I had to buy 2 noise gates to get the hiss to go away, when you play you don't hear it but when you record and have a few tracks it adds up, if you turn it down you can get rid of it but in doing so will alter the sound, since on mine it's mainly the treble and boost that adds the hiss.
S. Shogren
worked great... until it didn't
It was a great sounding pedal and then... it just started making this weird alarm clock sound as soon as it powered up. This started just after a year of owning it. Trying to get a claim going and all I get is a redirect link telling me to do a factory reset. Did it multiple times and it fixes nothing. I've used UA products for a while now, and love them, but this is a major disappointment.
R. Mulrennan
Sounds great, terrible functionality
Best sounding amp sim I’ve played. Ironically also the most unreliable and arguably the worst UX of any guitar pedal I’ve purchased. It’s a head scratcher.
A. Altunkozaoğlu
Disapointed
I have no animosity towards the brand I am happy for the musicians who purchased this pedal and enjoyed it. Here is my experience with the thing summed in 3 subjects.
1-Pedal has no headroom, any additional gain to the signal makes it sound like a 90's digital mulit effects unit with all knobs at 11 . I sense something sinister about the fact that none of the billion youtube reviewers have noticed this. No headphones out, just ins and outs. Am I wrong to think that this should take pedals well.
2-Extremely noisy, no matter what type of power you use. The best scenario is it being disturbing ( considering the fact that this is an emulator with more than a usual possiblity of being used with headphones, this alone renders the device unusable) A ten year old half dead Line6 M5 that i have is dead silent in full gain fuzz mode with the same power supplies, so no I'm not the problem here. Remind you that this old pedal draws more current and is a multi effects unit. If you dare use a regular power source this thing completely kills your signal with noise even when off.
3- BT connectivity and the whole software part of things is plain useless. Trying to connect the thing feels like throwing a dice. 3 more speakers only when you register? I think the marketing is not aware of the price of this pedal.
L. White
Absolutely Amazing
I'm not sure if maybe some reviewers on here and on other sites just maybe don't understand how to use the pedal or the design of it? It's a 65 Reverb with a Master Volume. To all the people complaining about the "lack of headroom", what are you ACTUALLY talking about?
I have the volume (the ONLY volume knob on the actual amp..) set to 8, maybe 8:30 on the clock and use the OUTPUT (e.g. a Master volume mod on the actual amp..) for signal level going into my recording interface or a mixer; bass right at noon, slightly boosted treble, maybe 12:15/30 and I'm using the EV12 speaker. This sounds 98% of what my 68 Custom DDRI through Cnbis Rex speakers mic'd up with a SM57. I can sit down and play my pedals right through this thing and I'm off to the races.
I got the sound dialed in, ABC'd between the three speakers on board (haven't tried the bluetooth ones yet, kind of silly those are on the unit but hidden behind an app..), and settled on the EV12. Absolutely love the pedal. If I'm headed to an open mic or some 20-30 minute gig, I'm taking this pedal, my two overdrives, a compressor, and a delay, and I'm 99% there on my main rig's sound and tone. My overdrives running in to the 65 dream, again, sound 98% of what they do on my 68 Custom DDRI. If any engineer is having trouble giving this pedal the miniscule amount of gain it needs on a mixing board, find a better engineer to run your board. With +0 gain on my recording inputs, the pedal's output at 12 o'clock it's hitting -30 dBFS, with the output at 3 o'clock it's peaking into > -18 dBFS. This pedal has PLENTY of output signal to send to a board! Find an engineer to run your mixing boards that understands gain staging!
For those complaining there is no effects loop, again, please learn to use the pedal. If you want delay going in, run delay going into the pedal on the front end, if you want delay after the amp, like an effects loop after the preamp dirt, plug in a delay pedal.. after the amp... before what you're running the pedal in to.
If any of you think even 1% of your audience can hear whether or not you have Delayed Reverb or Reverbed Delay, please, get some perspective. They will never care whether you have a delayed reverb sound or a reverbed delay.
M. Lopes
Good for recording and playing at home. Bad for live shows.
The title says it all. This baby isn't for live gigs. Sounds terrible on PA Systems, you can't have a clean sound with a decent volume. Keep it a home.
V. Le Roy Junior
Please, update dream 65 with more headroom
This pedal has little headroom (clean sound), which is horrible to be used with others overdrivers pedal's. Please UA, update the Dream65 with this corrections.
A. Oliveira
Ótimo
Ótimo pedal
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Excellent for fender tones, wish there were a "clean" mod
I wish there were more clean headroom. I know, I know, just leave the volume knob at zero... but still, I would love to feel sag and compression without breakup at a little higher output for clean pedal platform tones. I know I'm not the only one who feels this way. It should be theoretically possible to have another "mod" with ultra clean headroom up to say 12 o'clock on the knob. To get more twin/super type sounds. Sometimes, it's just too quiet, and volume must be compensated in other parts of the signal chain post-pedal.
Anyways, other than this one, very big point, it's an excellent fender blackface pedal. better than all the others in the market. The speakers are spot on, the spring reverb is... well, what you expect from a fender blackface. The tremolo as well... If we could get a "clean" mod, it would be the perfect pedal for jazz players for fly rigs or direct-to-PA setups.
4 stars because it's so good!
R. Kaldowski
Connectivity nightmare
Really a good sounding pedal, but the app and its connectivity are a nightmare. You are forced to register the pedal, which results in an error message saying I don't have an internet connection, which is of course nonsense. What a bad experience. According to the forums it looks like lots of other people are having the same troubles.
A. Colenbrander
Fantastic sounds, useless bluetooth
Dream65: initially rated the pedal with 5 stars. 2 months later: we give up. Fantastic sounds. But the Bluetooth on this device doesn't work on our 4 Android devices. Tried all the UAFX tips, even bought a new tablet. Totally hopeless. Not a dream but a nightmare. It's a shame, because amp options are fantastic, solid pedal with lots of features. But as an amplifier switcher via the app, totally worthless. Another amp pedal goes on the board.
K. Mithani
Dissapointed
Maybe have a dodgy unit but it’s totally uninspiring and there’s a really unpleasant mixture of hiss and hum underneath everything. Have tried all sorts of isolated power supplies, outlets and cables and it’s always there with this pedal. Have to assume it is what it is. But the sound itself feels very thin, any breakup is pretty unpleasant and fizzy IMO. Unpopular opinion as seems to get rave reviews but pretty underwhelmed with the dream 65
V. Soosalu
Lovely pedal!
Firstly - thank you, it's a wonderful pedal!
Secondly - could we please get something like a software update with more clean headroom? Actually, a lot more would be even better! (A)
S. Pugh
Great tone, but improve switching
I love these UAFX amp pedals. They all have great tones that are relatively easy to dial in without option paralysis. My issue is the switching options. I have the Dream, Ruby, and Woodrow. My only switching option is to use the Live/Preset mode so I can turn one off to use another. But this severely limits the utility of using, say, the reverb on the Dream or the tremolo on the Ruby because I have to manually turn them on each time I use the pedal (or only use a preset that has that specific setting already saved). Would be nice to have, for example, a live/reverb or a live/tremolo option or even better, a way to have live (on/off) and reverb/tremolo. Other than that, all three amp pedals have been a joy.
P. Rance
Massive upgrade!
Received my Dream 65 this morning… Thanks Andertons!
Now…
I’ve never played a tube amp, not likely to able to afford such a thing either.
I’ve never played an amp modeller/sim, etc… Until today!
For my set up and ability this pedal is awesome and I’m beyond happy that (after some major procrastinating) I decided to buy it.
It took me a while to get it dialled into my setup (steep learning curve in the last 24 hours) but holy crap it sounds ace!
Beyond happy :-)
t. schlueter
two different dream pedals, same issues
ive had two different dream pedals both randomly have intermittent screaming type noise that makes the pedals unusable. also after 6 months or so, a distorted/fizzy noise just started appearing as well. tried factory reset and firmware updates on both pedals to no avail. up to 2 month turnaround time for UA to fix as well. not good.