I love this pedal. The coolest thing about this pedal is that the two
channels sound totally different. It sounds natural and very tube-like. The top channel has a ton of
midrange. With a bridge humbucker you can go from a very ZZ Top sound
to early Metallica (think Fade to Black). With a neck humbucker or
single coils it just sounds fantastic! You can get a great Rage Against
the Machine type sound. This channel rocks for leads and stand-out
single note type riffs. You won't really be able to get any kind of
stummable sound out of this channel. Channel 2 sounds like Fender power
tube distortion pushed to the max. People like to complain that this
channel has too much bass. Well, it doesn't. It has an overblown,
washed out bottom end. Very grungy. It does blues very well. It does
neck pickup rythyms very well. It does leads very well. I can't really
think of any recorded guitar that sounds like this channel, however, it
always sounds natural like a good tube amp pushed to the wall. The
focus buttons on each channel are pretty useless. Focus on the top
channel with the gain around 12 will give you a perfect "Crazytrain"
boxy small and transistor like sound. With the gain maxed and Focus
engaged you can nail the solid-state buzz saw sound of Pantera. It is very useable in a live environment.
Sound Quality:
10
- Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they?
- Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad?
- What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with?
- Is it noisy? On what settings?
- Are the effects weak or do they always sound great?
- What amp are you using it with?
This pedal is not a tubescreamer or a Plexi simulator or a boutique
distortion to give you that seventies tone. It's METAL plain and
simple. For hard rock and metal, this pedal is perfect. I played it
against my DS1(analogman modded) and it shit all over it. It has twice
the output and maintains good definition. You need alot of headroom for
this pedal to sound it's best.
