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First things First.. This is a great and unique pedal. So many of these distortion boxes use the same chip and are virtually the same. This is true to the original DOD (loud, butt, face, grunge) version. That makes it and uniquely sounding and gives you more drive, saturation and signal or wave length shaping than a lot of the other boxes. I disagree with people who think this is more of a "Metal" box. Don't get me wrong it will work for "Metal" however if you adjust it correctly it sounds just like the early Seattle movement. Grunge today has taken more of a "Blues/Fuzz" sound than when Nirvana and Alice-n-Chains started. This will give you that original tone including Sound Garden and the likes. If you are looking for fluidity and don't mind the dirt this will work well for you. Today you can pick up the DigiTech version cheep which makes it a great value. Read full review
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i had one of these when i first started playing. i thought it sounded great back in the 90's . it still sounds o.k. but it could use more pick attack,and the highs are way too harsh and when you turn up the lows it cancells out a lot of the highs,so you have too compensate for that. it is best with really high gain pickups like a super distortion,then you get some decent pick attack,otherwise it is pretty hard clipping. i'd give it a 6 out of 10.
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Despite the name, this is an excellent pedal for Metal. Don't expect a Nirvana sound from this. It's got a heavy mid-range focused sound, perfect for all your pinch harmonics and heavy chugging. The Loud knob is for Level, and it packs a LOT of volume. The Low and High knobs are bass and treble, and while they add some, they can't really cover up the heavy mid-range. The High knob can really be piercing, so use with caution. The Grunge knob goes from heavy distortion to really heavy distortion - there's not a whole lot of range. In spite of this, I like the distortion sound. I just didn't like the heavy mid-range, so I swapped out two capacitors and got rid of that heavy mid-range and it's become a more full-range sounding heavy distortion, more towards a rectifier-type distortion. I like it this way!Read full review
Replaced the 1st distortion pedal I ever had and I was surprised by how it sounded. I remember it sounding awful as a kid.....but it was definitely my amp. My little beat-up Crate 15 watt from 2004 sounded like garbage, the pedal actually sounds amazing coming out of my Marshall tube amp, or my Orange 15 watt. Great dirt box for the price!
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It can give you some decent tones when tweaked. Passed up these in 90s as a gimmick item but it's a viable pedal and I'm happy I checked it out.
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