All user reviews of 5/5 for the Maxon DS-830 Distortion Master

Distortion pedal Maxon, blah blah, I think we know, four knobs: Gain, Treble, Bass, Volume.
Simple and effective.
Pedal a big poile good but it's solid.

UTILIZATION

Simple to learn, we quickly found a good sound, it sounds quasiement on all settings, just think readjusting the volume after touching the equation.

SOUND QUALITY

Here we are! Huge, monstrous, any distortion pedals I've had or tried: the best! Well then, I have not tested everything either, it is probably some one who is better or the same but it's very very good stuff.
Goodies:
- A gain range from slight crunch to big very heavy distortion
- Of équallo knobs very effective once you can load in medium or dug for a more "metal".
- A pedal that does not blow! finally! so distortion breath as asthma bison when you push the gain here is not the case, the pedal is silent when you do not touch anything, it's more qu'apréciable!
- And finally, finally, a reserve of phe-no-me-nal volume (59dB it seems), honestly we can multiply by 2 the volume of the amp.
Generally, the sound is alive, very natural, a marshall amp channel you'd think!

Cons:
- Hard to find, no a priori, except for the lack of a quibble knob medium more but it's really to quibble!

OVERALL OPINION

Very expensive new (around 200 €), but worth in occas (sometimes less than 100 €).
This pedal too little known, is worth far more, more publicized.
Maxon is a really good company that knows how to pedal.
Recommend priority to people looking for a quiet pedal for rock or hard rock (not heavy metal stain, whatever ...), and who are tired of the triffouier switch or knobs for hours.

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UTILIZATION

Manuel is not bad: it contains some examples of settings to try their hand at the beginning.
The knobs really affect the sound, which allows users to search its setting fairly thin.
Although ultimately, it ends quickly with a few knobs thoroughly.

SOUND QUALITY

Then the sound: I bought this pedal several years ago to boost my Fender Hotrod Deluxe. With my Fender Telecaster Highway 1, it sounded bof ... I bought a Gibson Flying V Faded, and it sounded bof still quite rough.
So, I ignored for a long time ... And recently, I replaced the HP's Hotrod by a V30, and Retube all ...
There, it was a vamp: OD2 canal, above the gain of the amplifier, we get a fairly clean sound, not bad for the lead. But where it truly monstrous is the clean channel. With the Flying V, max gain, bass almost at max, treble to 2 / 3 and the volume to half, you get a super tight grain, very clean. Marshall typed enough (it approximates a JCM2000 I find her, but much cleaner). It's really a super nice distortion, ranging far enough (but not High gain). In addition, the clean channel, not a fart breath when you touch anything!

Basically to summarize: If the HP of the amp is musty, like mine on the Hotrod, it will give poor results. on the other hand, with the V30 (I tested with that), it gets really phenomenal! I hesitated to sell it and buy a marshall head like, now it's past! I'll buy a 2x12 extension cabinet with V30 in (closed-back), history of winning still low.

OVERALL OPINION

Bought it 3 or 4 years ago, I use it really for 1 month.

Really good pedal, fairly quiet even gain in depth. The distortion has a very close texture, harmonics come easily, and the pedal may well boost the sound volume with the volume pot really works.