All user reviews for the DigiTech Hot Rod Rock Distorsion

I've had a lease, never the slightest concern, but eats battery power supply therefore mandatory.

This is digital of course, and the sound suffers bypass at fresh / dynamic mixer output against by me from many ambush.

No clicks or false starts when the effect triggers, and no hassles true bypass design kyenapa seen ...!
Practical example, you land there is no amp, the sound is at least 10 meters, with the hot rod you have sound and no losses, and compatible with any direct box if any. So traveling Light Coats and less stressed!

When you turn on the LED lights for 3-4 seconds indicating the initialization of the game.

UTILIZATION

Very cool to use, thanks to the tone knob. Morphing between different types of distos is continuous, not notched. The gain is always available even adonf exploitable.
Importantly, it accepts without flinching a clean boost before (see my review harley benton ng100), no clipping.

Bit noisy, there is probably a gate but unnoticed.
The mixer output is well-typed, it is royal columns wide-band or piezo tweeter, PA or keyboard amp, bass amp with a cone hp (roland cube 30bass).

SOUND QUALITY

Well, it is a distortion rock, not metal. The overall sound is still quite soft and well defined with good midrange. Rather than rhythmic lyrical solo hidden koa.

I always find myself with a well workable, whatever the guitar that I branch, whatever the amp.

To say, connected to a broadband Bass Trap I fans of blues rock with her, they were safe to deal with an amp in the rules of art ... and not a stupid fagot!

Output active mixer is bypassed, and any other pedal connected to take this opportunity to end a very useful product.

OVERALL OPINION

You do not amaze friends with, at least until they have their eyes open, but it sounds good in all situations.
I think that for digital products-especially modellers group is that it goes as smoothly and not extensive analysis alone in his corner. I have the line-Distorto Crunchtone-ubermetal and I have not found anyone who finds anything to grumble when the sounds issuing these critters, ditto for the boss or gp20-DS104 Toneworks od105. In practice it is very effective, and my late bassman'59ltd it is they who gave the best results, we can speak of a guaranteed result unlike full analog distos not work well as a type of box / amp / guitar.

The hot rod is nice and very useful little sharp and the sound suffers bypass, low noise and absolutely reliable, and consuming battery.

I bought it for 80 bucks at a nearby music shop. Later, I found the non-X Series version for 65 dollars, but mine's supposed to be better.

The pedal provides heavy, low-growling distortion which works great for bass riffs. The high-ended distortion adds nicely on guitar solos and even can be used to emphasis on select notes and choruses.

Mine malfunctioned. Luckily, it was still under warranty. If you are looking for something to add a wonderous new appeal to your sound, then this will disappoint you. It provides three types of distortion, and if you're like me, soon you'll be tired with it.

The pedal is very durable. It's supposed to be three times as heavy as the standard distortion pedal. You could drop it off a three-story building and then go home and play it. Stangely, mine crapped out from standard foot-tapping.

It may seem stupid to buy an 80 dollar distortion pedal when cheaper models exist. Arion pedals are sometimes under 20 dollars. Pro-Co and Boss also offer dependable pedals in the 40 dollar range. What you may not realize is that the Digitech Hot Rod sounds like all of these and MORE. In reality, it's three pedals in one. Meaning it should cost 120 dollars, but it's only 80.

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I bought this pedal about a week ago from the Guitar Center in Plano,TX for around $70.

This pedal has a variation of distortions built into it. You can adjust the tone and gain real easy. It's a great buy!

The only thing I don't like about is if you put batteries in it runs them down in about two hour and you can't turn it off.

The pedal is made from some pretty strong metal that will last a pretty long time.

This pedal is great! I recomend it to anyone! It has alot more sound than the Boss distortion.

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I bought this pedal from my local music store, Roseavers. I bought it because I was looking for a good punk rock distortion pedal. I paid $95.00 for it.

I love the sound of the unit, it was exactly what I was looking for, I had them set three pedals up (the boss medal zone, another boss distortion, and the digitech) the other two didnt even begin to compare, the morph nob on the digitech pedal enables you to get any type of distortion you want, from punk to rock its the perfect pedal. Another great thing about this pedal is that there is no feedback, the other 2 pedals had horrid feedback but not this one.

Nothing! I absolutely love it, it is my favorite pedal!

Very, Very good, it is all solid heavyweight metal construction, you could not harm this thing, run over it, throw it off a cliff, or out of a plane, I dont care, your not damaging it, its tougher than any pedal I have ever seen!

If you want a great punk rock distortion get this pedal, I cannot tell you how great it is, You owe it to yourself to give it a try, I love this thing its the best in the world! BUY IT!

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4 knobs:
-1: Level (Output Level / v)
-2: Tone (Tone Distortion)
-3: Gain (amount of distortion effect)
-4: MORPH (specialty Digitech: rotary switch allowing you to travel between the four tones of rock characteristics: ProCo Rat (Jeff Beck), BOSS DS-1 (Kurt Cobain) or Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face (Jimi Hendrix).

Another special touch of Digitech: 2 outputs. So you can leave your stereo sound. Another twist is also very useful for your sound: the second output allows for a half-stack sound if you go through a mixer or a home stereo!

Power supply 9-volt battery or Sector

Perfect for a simple distortion pedal ... it has all the classics in a box!

UTILIZATION

Terribly simple! Even your cousin for six years (or less) could use it!
Turn the knob and you got your sound good c! And not just any sound more ... one of the greatest!

SOUND QUALITY

Then I can tell you ke kan I plug my Start and I put pr ke sound like a fuzz face, c good, I ring (a very very very nearly) like Hendrix! And with that I can find any sound of rock! from oldest to most recent, this pedal has all the sonic palette for you!
No complaints!

OVERALL OPINION

See above ...
this pedal really impeccable ...
I put 9 because nothing and no one is perfect, but I am tempted to put 10!

Distortion-digital modlisation
- 1 between 2 outputs, one with simulated hp

UTILIZATION

- Easy to use as a standard pedals potentiomtre Tone of the morph can change the pedals of Manir MODEL progressive, we can be halfway between a Rat DS1 and an example.
- Few battery life.

SOUND QUALITY

- Sounds are INTERESTED and recall The models underlying them, but the momentum is not idalie. The sound is a little dry and lacks a lgre compression, even a little gain. I possde a Boss DS-1 modified by Robert Keeley (exactly that of Steve Vai) and did not see anything, I also have a Proco Rat jou and yet the dynamics are out of proportion. But still has a good quality greenhouse effect that quickly "Attack of the killer bees." The background noise is low on the rev SERIES of pedals.

OVERALL OPINION

I have 4 years and it is the distortion I like least in the x-series (I have all tested extensively). Even when it is warmer than the boss SERIES equivalents made in Taiwan (DS-1, DS-2 etc). A try before you buy, in the same range of sounds the Marshall pedals are noisy but have a better dynamic.

There are settings for a classic distortion: level, which allows fine adjustment over the level of the pedal off, Tone, which muffles or makes it more shiny, and gain = distortion level. The icing on the cake is a "morph" which gives specific colors to the sound from when the Rat in the Fuzz Face through the DS1.
Stack easily accessible unlike say 90% of people on the pedals digitech. Faster than Boss. Push the pin on one side with the tip of a jack, and the cover rolled onto its side. To put it back not even need the jack, the finger (and brains) are sufficient. Output with HP emulation console for live or recording (not tried) and a classic amp output. Socket for standard AC transformer.

UTILIZATION

Extremely simple to use, simple manual but useless unless the first pedal in your life. I really appreciate that to change the gain does not change the noise level, as is too often the case. I also appreciate that a lot of knob level is not very sensitive, it does not tip too low to too loud in 1 mm as on many other models. But at Digitech is not a surprise. I like the least control (too) spongy on / off, I prefer something drier type franc as DOD or Boss. But again, it's no surprise that we already have Digitech (I have the Bad Monkey Digidelay and elsewhere, and I had the Hot Head which I quickly rid)

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is very persuasive. I have a Rat 2 and had several distos in this price range (double muff, Jekyl and Hyde, OS2, double drive, ubber metal, Hot Head). It is unbeatable in its price range for the effectiveness of controls, sound quality, ease and flexibility. No need for an equalizer or compressseur side to make it sound good. I have not tried it on my tube amp, but on my old Roland cube 60, however, not terrible, it sounds the fire of God. I play on a blade with Dimarzio California, and the differences between pickups are very well rendered, it is not the case of a double muff, for example.
Morph is the famous knob gives: Rat in the early sound great for the Stones, we are half way to the DS / Marshall for ACDC no problem, then the 2nd half of the race remforce and softens considerably lower type Clapton and Hendrix . It's really unheard. I did not find her that displeases me. Another advantage of the Hot Head is that zero gain is perfect for a little crunch rhythm very clean, we do not get with most Overdrives. It is not a clear either. This pedal is amazingly clear and clean in sound control. This pedal makes me want to play for hours, and that changing the "morph" not required to retouch the gain or volume systematically.

OVERALL OPINION

I for a week, and I will complete if I notice something anachronistic with my tube amp, which is very difficult with distos (Fender Vibrolux). I like the full range of sounds obtained. I had a dozen distos, so I can compare. I bought another one tomorrow without hesitation if I were the flies. I highly recommend it. what I like least is the trigger too soft, clean all Digitech pedals.
Excellent value for money.

The DigiTech Hot Rod Rock Distortion is a distortion pedal made for use with the electric guitar. It has a 1/4 inch input as well as two 1/4 inch outputs and is powered by either a 9 volt battery or a power supply of the same voltage. It is not a rack mountable unit as it is a stomp box foot pedal.

UTILIZATION

The design of the DigiTech Hot Rod Rock Distortion is pretty basic and everyone should be able to figure out this pedal with ease. It simply has four different parameters for level, tone, gain and morph. Simply turn the knobs unit you are happy with the sound and thats really all there is to it. There isn't too much more to say on that and because of this the manual really isn't needed.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound of the DigiTech Hot Rod Rock Distortion is below average in my opinion. While you are able to get a good amount of varying distortion tones, most of them are too tinny for my taste. While you can get some decent sounds if you play with it for a while, I've stopped using this pedal because I have other options that are just as easy to use and sound way better. I have used this pedal mostly with either a Fender Strat or a Gibson SG with a '76 Fender Twin Reverb amp, so the sound I'm hearing is pretty accurate and true.

OVERALL OPINION

I first used the DigiTech Hot Rod Rock Distortion pedal about two years ago and can't really say that I would recommend this pedal. While easy to use, the tones aren't professional sounding enough and it doesn't provide enough punch for me. The price certainly makes this pedal an attractive option, but I would urge those interested in a distortion pedal to look elsewhere and try out some of the pedals that Boss has to offer, as they sound better and are comparable in price. Try this pedal if you must, but it doesn't do that much for me and my needs.