Marshall The Guv'nor - "original boss!!"
Marshall is pretty well-known for their hard rock amplifiers but they're not as well-known for their pedals. They do make some decent sounding pedals to give you basically the sound of a Marshall amp…
ProCo Sound The RAT - "Round and Round!!!"
The pro coat Rat pedal is what is his iconic distortion pedals that it's been one of the most legendary distortion sounds in all of rock history. Much like the boss pedals and even Ibanez tube scream…
Heptode Heavy Tone - "heavy sounding pedal"
The Heptode Heavy Tone is a very “heavy toned” pedal. It has an interesting setup for a pedal of this type. The top of the pedal has a 3-band EQ (which is a really effective EQ at that) as well as a …
DOD FX69 Grunge - "awesome"
This is a pretty awesome overdrive considering the price. There are the simple 1/4" input and ouputs as well as the input for a power supply. This is an analog overdrive pedal. This cannot be edited …
Boss HM-3 Hyper Metal - "Not quite as good as the HM2"
When the HM-2 was discontinued, Boss decided to try to recreate a similar pedal with the HM-3. It's like the bastard child between the HM-2 and the MT-2. It was the transitioning period, and as a r…
Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal - "Old school melodeath tone"
Anybody who has ever listened to old school melodeath has heard this pedal. We're talking everything from At the Gates to In Flames to Entombed and more. It's not your daddy's distortion pedal, and…
MXR M115 Distortion III - "clean pedal, love it"
The MXR M115 Distortion III has a really nice tone quality to it and is usable for other genres besides blues. I have only use this with guitar and I probably wouldn't recommend it for use with any o…
Boss DS-1 Distortion - Rectifier - Modded by Monte Allu… - "A bit heavier than the normal DS1"
Monte Allums has been a long time provider of DIY kits for your pedals. He's been one of the leaders when it comes to making easy to understand kits for those do-it-yourself kind of person, and that…
MXR M104 Distortion+ - "Classic tone, but slightly lacking"
The MXR Distortion+ has been around since nearly the beginning of time. It was one of the first boost pedals to ever hit the market, and it has been used every since. While its popularity has been …
MXR DD11 Dime Distortion - "Buzzy and over the top"
Dimebag has long since been known for having a very...unique kind of tone. It was generally a very heavily distorted tone with very little midrange. This is a pedal that was modeled after his tone,…
Boss DS-1 Distortion - Fireguy8402's review
The Boss DS-1 is probably one of the most popular distortion pedals on the market and is a very basic pedal with very few bells and whistles. It has a simple layout of controls. A Tone knob that adj…
DOD FX86B Death Metal Distortion - "Worst pedal in existence."
Controls - "R.I.P." (master level); "Guts" (low EQ.); "Pain" (mid EQ.); and "Scream" (high EQ.) Metal housing Cheesy Crackle paint Horrible plastic stomp switch 9v powered, or use external adapte…
DOD FX55 Supra Distortion - "Eh. It's pretty much junk."
1/4 inch in and out metal housing terrible stomp switch of plastic crappiness level, tone, and gain controls 9v battery or plug in powered UTILIZATION This pedal is junk. I'll just be blunt abo…
Guyatone MM-X Metal Monster - " THE distortion pedal"
translatedDistortion pedal lamp / transistor input, outpout, power and control knobs (with parametric medium) All steel, super sturdy the ptiote. UTILIZATION The config is very simple, managing paramet…
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone - " I love it"
translatedvery good boss disto 6 knobs level, high, low, mid, mid and distortion Frequency converter UTILIZATION Very easy to use it quickly finds its sound not need the manual SOUND QUALITY I use…
Ibanez SM7 Smash Box - " a little disappointed with ibanez"
translateddistortion with noise gate built 4 knob distortion, high, low and level a button psition sharp or smooth a gate and a button off position, 1.2 UTILIZATION very simple no need for manual S…
Wampler Pedals Pinnacle Distortion - " Distosion excellent!"
translatedAnalog distortion, high-end components welding by hand miammm! UTILIZATION The settings allow a lot of sounds, the gain can range from very bitter to natural crunch. The contour can boost…
Ibanez SD9 Sonic Distorsion - " More than 20 years, but it does much tjrs"
translatedTone, Gain, Level, as 99% of pedals that time, and eventually enough is enough. UTILIZATION Test on Mesa Boogie Express, Fender Princeton 65 'Twin Reverb, Vox AC-HotRod and 15 ... Nothing to say …
Boss ML-2 Metal Core - Soot_and_Stars's review
translatedDisto digital boss UTILIZATION Just tweak the knobs to find something we like. The manual suggests some adjustments. SOUND QUALITY Be careful, once you push the distortion, ca sends direct …
Boss ML-2 Metal Core - " Practice for preprod metalcore"
translatedIt's a distortion pedal, we saw the name is in fact more closely related in sound to all kind of metal that end with a core. The technology is analog. The edition is the simplest, it is no wors…
Amt Electronics Du Hast - " Finally a good distortion pedal ..."
translatedEverything has already been said ... UTILIZATION A simple distortion pedal: Volume Gain + + + Treble Bass ... For my part, I use only the gain and volume ... Plugged directly into the amp (JCM200…
Boss DS-2 TURBO Distortion - " Does the job"
translatedPdéale Distortion 2 modes, see previous opinions I put 8 because they could always quibble over the fine adjustments UTILIZATION It could not be simpler ... No need for manual The transition …
Blackstar Amplification HT-Dist - led@frank's review
translatedDistortion pedal using technology lampe.Six knobs, gain, bass, middle, treble, ISF, level.Une guitar input, an output amplifier and an output "emulation". Supplied with an adapter 16 volts. UTILIZA…
Boss MT-2 Metal Zone - " I love it"
translatedThe hard-distortion. From left to right the six potentiometers are as follows: Level (effect level) Lower crown: Graves - upper crown: acute Lower crown: Frequency Mediums - upper crown: Medi…
Radial Engineering Hot British - millezotla's review
translatedEverything has been said UTILIZATION simple utilistation SOUND QUALITY Well to some extent! I find that other pedals are much cheaper as well or better! Analogue without lamp is widely as goo…