Here's a sampling of rave reviews about the Workhorse™ Amps
Pat Bergeson (Chet Atkins/Lyle Lovett/Alison Krauss)
I get a great tone with the new Visual Sound Workhorse Amp." It is a smooth sounding, highly responsive, clean, amplifier that works great with guitar effects pedals. I LOVE IT!"
Michael Elsner (LA Session Guitarist/Artist/Producer)
The Workhorse amp really lives up to its name... It sounds great - I'm amazed at how loud it gets and how with just one speaker it fills up a room... I've also used it with a 4x12 cab and was totally thrilled. I'm thoroughly impressed.
It's amazing how you can crank these things without any breakup… AND the speaker hubcap disperses the sound in such a way that makes these amps sound BIG no matter where you stand!!! Not only do they look cool, these amps have amazing tone and sound AMAZING!!! I love this amp!!
Spencer Gibb (54 Seconds)
I stumbled across the Workhorse amps kind of by accident. I had fallen in love with Visual Sound pedals during a session but had no idea at the time that they made amplifiers.
Anyone who knows me or my band knows I like to control every aspect of my distortion with my pedals, mainly because I change tones sometimes multiple times during one song, and love a solid warm clean tone. This has always made it difficult for me to find the perfect amp/pedal rig.
When I read that the Workhorse amps are designed to do exactly what I'd been looking for, right down to shipping them with the Jekyll and Hyde pedal as the distorted channels, of course I was interested but also skeptical. I called Visual Sound to start a relationship together and naturally I ordered a Pony, which it turns out they were just about to start shipping. I couldn't have been more blown away!
"Fat, warm and loud, clean, tone when you need it, then the perfect overdrive or distortion dialed in just the way you like it from your pedal. No additional coloring that you never asked for. I've been pitched by many other companies before but never really been satisfied. After years of frustration and compromise, the Workhorse amps are what I've been waiting for."
Paul Jackson, Jr. (Michael Jackson/Lionel Richie/Celine Dion, etc….)
This amp is GREAT! The diffuser over the speaker works surprisingly well. The EQ is subtle but effective. I have been making good use of the 9 volt power supply on the amp to power my pedals. We used the line out for direct and it sounded very good.
Michael Ripoll (Babyface/Michael McDonald/Mary J. Blige/Stevie Wonder)
The Pony is the funk player’s quintessential amp. It has all of the character of a Twin, without the inconsistencies. "Spanky and crystal clean power!" But wait, there's more... with the Jekyll & Hide in front of it, watch out! This thing screams like the true pure tube tone monster that it is. Finally…a real gig-able amp with the versatility of a pro-player in mind.
Mark Slaughter (Slaughter/Scrap Metal/Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp)
I have been on tour for many years and the Workhorse amp blows all of the others out of the water! A Boutique amp with dependability! Loud… and the unique design allows the ultimate stage sound disbursement. In an amp-by-amp comparison at the Rock & Roll Fantasy Camp in Los Angeles last week, the SIR techs at the camp said there was absolutely “no comparison in tone” between the Workhorse amplifiers and all the other high-end amps at the camp. Hands down the Workhorse is superior in all ways.
