Purchased from: www.Musician's Friend.com
Ease of Use: This pedal is easy to use and has three knobs: level, tone, and Drive-gain. You can get all different sounds by just simply turning the tone knob, from a rich, bluesy sound, to a thin crunch sound, it's all there. The Drive also works well, with it turned all the way up you get a hard rock distortion, and with it turned all the way down you get a bright, clean tone. // 10
Sound: I usually use my Fender Stratocaster with this pedal, through a small, 10-watt Marshall amp. The pedal goes well with both the Marshall and the Strat. Even with the tone and Drive turned all the way up, the control maintains, this is a good quality pedal. This pedal can get you all different sounds from Black Sabbath's Paranoid with the tone turned all the way down, to Led Zeppelin's "Whole Lotta Love" with the tone turned all the way up, and AC/DC's "You Shook Me All Night Long" with the tone set in the middle, it's all there. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This pedal is very durable, with it's metal case, but it isn't as undestructable as a DigiTech Overdrive pedal, which is heavier, but not by much. The grip on the bottom isn't as good as a DigiTech's grip either, but again, not by much. I don't worry about this pedal failing me when I play a gig, since it never has failed me. // 9
Impression: I play mostly Rock, Hard Rock, Rock and Roll, and a little bit of Grunge and Alternative, and this suits all of those styles just fine. There feature in which you Pick harder the gain gets higher, and if you Pick lightly the gain gets lower. This feature in my opinion is mostly stupid, but comes in handy once in a while. Anyhow, the whole idea of it is not planned out too well, because you are supposed to Pick lightly whenever you play to have better speed and accuracy, and if this feature worked better, than that would be a problem, but in this case the feature doesn't work too well. I really should have just bought a regular Overdrive pedal, because the only reason why it costs more is because of that unecessary feature. It is a great Overdrive pedal though, so I would give it a 10 without the picking feature, but since it does have the feature that lowers the rank, because all it does is make the pedal more expensive. // 7
