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Purple Platypus, on august 21, 2006 1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Steve's Music in Toronto
Ease of Use: The doubleshot is very easy to use as long as you have a fairly good idea of the sound you want and an ear for it. It's got a huge tonal range which can throw someone off if they don't know what they want. But the short user booklet has a few suggested settings made specifially for humbuckers, single coils, etc. which should give you a pretty good starting point so you can get rocking. The two controls are very easy to navigate and the bright red LED's show you which of the two channels you are on. It's like having another amp sitting on the floor in a little box. // 7
Sound: Right now I'm using an american made Fender stratocastor with standard single coil pickups through a Fender Hot Rod Deville 212 and mainly use it for my lead tones; which sound immense. Having the guitar and amp I use that generally produce sharper thinner tones it's great to have nice fat lead tones for my solos. I also use it when playing heavier stuff like punk rock and hard rock for a nice beefy rhythm tone. The EQ controls are fairly hude as well so you have a massive control over your tone. I don't usually try to imitate others' tone, I just do what sounds best with my particular style and it gives me more than enough control to do just that. However, if you just want an Overdrive I wouldn't recommend as it's made to go much further, but it is a great all around pedal. // 9
Reliability & Durability: I've had mine for about 2 years now and I've never had a problem with it. It's built like a tank to take all you can give it and it'll dish it right back at you. It's got a full metal jacket. I don't own a backup and I use it at pretty well all my gigs without worry. // 10
Impression: I play all sorts of music but mainly classic to modern rock and I do a fair amount of guitar solos. The doubleshot is great for what I do as I like to mix up my tones a lot and I love a nice thick lead tone. I use a fair amount of pedals as well as my amp distortion but this is my main pedal for leads or if I need a beefier rhythm tone. I have 2 overdrives and a fuzz on top of my amp distortion to get a wide range of flavours as well as a 10 band EQ, 2 wah pedals and a delay. My favourite solo tone in my arsenal is definately my doubleshot with the Zakk Wylde signature Crybaby before it; it's just a huge expressive sound that cuts through the mix and has a tendency to melt souls and impregnate elderly ladies. If it were stolen or lost I wouldn't even think twice about replacing; and if I found the cuplret, it wouldn't be pretty. // 9
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JF4ever, on june 21, 2008 0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: ebay
Ease of Use: The MXR Double shot Distortion pedal is a little Black Box of versatile dreams. It has two distinct channels that are easy to Switch to with their own personalities. Channel one is a bit on the lighter side with a clear sound. The 2nd channel is "heavier" with an almost percussive sound, but doesn't lose any clarity. Each channel has a focus knob and it's own eq settings of volume, treb, mid, bass, and gain. It's very easy to use and very tweakable. // 10
Sound: I'm working with an abundant of effects but I use a Fender deluxe 90 amp, a Vox AD100VT amp as well as a Fender Mex strat and Fender Jaguar (12 years old). I would have to say that the distortion can lose it's clarity when using any modeling pedals, but that can be fixed with any pedal in the eq or compressor family. This pedal can give you a nice twange or a heavy sound. It can be noisy like all distortion pedals, nothing a noise gate can't shut up. // 9
Reliability & Durability: This pedal hasn't let me down at all and would never gig with a backup. // 10
Impression: I play many many styles but if you had to concise it down or give it a label it would be progressive experimental funk rock, but I also do a solo acoustic work as well. If you want to hear it check my profile. I've been playing for 9 years going on 10 and I've gone through many a distortion pedal like the Boss DS-1, MD-2 and SD-1 Dual Overdrive. I gotta say this has been my best one. If someone stole as it would never break, I'd assassinate the thief and take back my pedal. // 10
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unregistered, on january 15, 2004 0 of 1 people found this review helpful
Purchased from: Local Music Store
Ease of Use: This thing is really easy to use. You get get so many different kinds of distortion out of it with a few turns of the dials. Plus it has 2 fully independent channels. It's easy to set your distortion on each and switch between the 2. // 10
Sound: I play an Ibanez RG120 and it sounds great with this pedal. I get anything from bluesy sounds to metal. You can get pretty much anykind of distortion out of it. // 10
Reliability & Durability: This pedal is really durable. I takes a beating every time I use it and it still works as good as the day I got it. I wouldn't worry about using it on a gig without a backup. // 10
Impression: Overall, this is a great pedal. It's like 2 pedals in 1. I play mostly rock but I also like to play blues. Getting either tone is as easy as toggling the channels. If this were lost or stolen, I would definately buy another. // 10
Donkey Fly
: Im really stuck between choosing this or the MXR Dist Plus.... POSTED: 04/08/2007 - 02:09 pm / quote|
Silky Smooth
: If you have a tube amp go with the Dist Plus
If not get the doubleshot POSTED: 01/22/2008 - 07:27 pm / quote|
drakone
: Excellent pedal. A must have if You want to have a versatile distortion box. It works great with tube amps, and with solidstate too. Recomended minimum 2x12 to feel the real power of this one POSTED: 08/09/2008 - 01:07 pm / quote|
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