[drewby9000]

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[B]How much did you purchase this item for?[/B]
[B]Where did you purchase this item?[/B]
[B]Is this item new or used?[/B]


[B]Features:[/B]

[B]Construction:[/B]

[B]Sound:[/B]

[B]Ease of Use:[/B]  

[B]Reliability:[/B]

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[B]Experience Level[/B]

[matt_theripper]

How much did you purchase this item for? 100 USD
Where did you purchase this item? Musiciansfriend.com
Is this item new or used? New


Features: level: controls the volume output, Tone: controls the tone, Gain: controls the gain

Construction: Solid. If my house were nuked this and the cochroachs would survive. (My other MXR pedals would be okay as well)

Sound: It's actually a fairly good distortion as well as an OD. It's a little hotter than a TS unit, but it really does the job well.

Ease of Use: Plug and play, turn the knobs and find a tone, not to hard.

Reliability: Hasn't failed me yet

Overall: I'd give it an 8.5 as an OD but a 9.0 as a Distortion. I am thinking I might pickup up a TS unit to give me a full range of sounds, but this works for anything medium to heavey.

Experience Level 4 years playing, pedal is approximately 2 months old.

[eulogy]

How much did you purchase this item for?
70 euros.

Where did you purchase this item?
Had it shipped. Saw an ad.

Is this item new or used?
Neither?-)
It was unopened, thus unused, thus "new", even though I did get it from another guitarist instead of a store.


Features:
Output/Tone/Gain. Pretty straight-forward.

Construction:
I trust it more than the Boss stompbox I've got. Solid indeed.

Sound:
Good, crunchy overdrive. I don't even consider it a distortion unit, it won't turn a clean amp into a fire-breathing distortion monster... but it works excellent as either a boost (keeping the gain low and upping the output level), or to add an extra bit of crunch to an already overdriven amp. With the gain past 5, I do prefer it for rhythm stuff instead of lead, but I tend to keep the gain a bit lower. Works fine on lead and rhythm that way. Great crunchy overdrive.
I tend to keep the tone around 3-5, as it has too much "bite" for me if I roll the tone-knob past 5.

Ease of Use:
On/off. 3 knobs to turn.

Reliability:
I've had it for a little longer than a week now, so I'd be shocked if it'd already die on me...

Overall:
4/5. It's a pretty meat-and-potatoes sort of OD, without insane amounts of gain.

Experience Level
Some around 3 years of playing experience. Tested with a les paul through a JCM 800.

[rbasstones513]

How much did you purchase this item for? $100 USD
Where did you purchase this item? Guitar Center
Is this item new or used? New


Features: 3 Knobs...Tone (Treble/Bass), Gain (Amount of drive), and Level (Volume)

Construction: Could be used as a weapon. Incredibly tough.

Sound: Full and transparent. When used on the clean channel it is heavy and gritty, yet very smooth. On overdrive channel it is even better; with the Level high and the Gain (semi) low, it gives you more pick attack, a tighter sound, more clarity, indefinite sustain (great for artificial harmonics), and it makes your tone cut through; great for solo-boost, although it doesn't offer much of a volume boost.

Ease of Use: Very simple to use.

Reliability: I will break down before this does.

Overall: 8/10. Great as a booster, bluesy drive, or an enhancer for the drive channel. But I will say that if you want a stand-alone distortion pedal for metal sounds, go with another pedal. Otherwise, this is the pedal for you. Doesn't require a "brown sound mod" or a "ts 808 mod" to sound amazing, sounds perfect right out of the box.

Experience Level 4 years, give or take.


Edit: Quoting Errors.

This post has been edited by rbasstones513: 22 May 2005 - 07:48 PM