Amt Electronics Du Hast - "perfect tones"
This is a pretty basic overdrive pedal, but it has an interesting tone. There are no MIDI/computer editing capabilities. The device is made from analog technology, and its an update on vintage tones.…
Budda Phatman - "budda!"
This is a basic analog distortion pedal, with quarter-inch input and output jacks. This effect is not MIDI capable, and can't be edited with a Mac or PC. It's not rackable. It has a 9 volt power supp…
Zoom TM-01 Tri Metal - "heavy distortion"
This is an analog overdrive pedal that is relatively straightforward in nature (no midi, audio connections, ). UTILIZATION The sound editing is really simple with this pedal, which makes it ideal f…
ProCo Sound RAT 2 - Modded by Keeley - "The mods didn't really gel with my rig."
The Rat 2 modded by Keeley is like any other rat, 1/4" input and output, volume knob, filter, knob and gain knob. The Keeley mods give it a BOSS style 2.1mm 9VDC jack which is very convenient. Then i…
Aria TD-1 Platinum Drive - "Tube goodness"
For someone navigating the effects world and looking for a great sounding distortion overdrive pedals it can get quite confusing. There's so many distortion and overdrive and fuzz pedals to choose fr…
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 …
Marshall Bluesbreaker - "cool blues pedal"
Given that this company's most well-known product is a portable guitar amplifier, I was surprised to find that they also make pedals. This is one of the distortions they make, it could actually be th…
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-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…
Boss FZ-5 Fuzz - "COSM based modeling fuzz"
For about 8 years, there wasn't a single fuzz in the Boss line up. Finally, they decided to make a fuzz, but they changed it up this time. Instead of the normal fuzz style components, they decided …
Boss FZ-3 Fuzz - "Going back to that classic fuzz sound"
The FZ2 was an extreme fuzz. You could get some ridiculous sounds out of it, and it's a staple in the stoner metal community. However, not everybody wanted that extreme fuzz sound. Boss revised th…
Dunlop Fuzz Face - "Classic sounding fuzz"
Probably the most famous fuzz user out there was Jimi Hendrix. He was a long time user of fuzz pedals to help boost his Marshalls into this insane overdrive that nobody else had going on at the time…
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 BD-2 Blues Driver - "very good pedal"
The sound quality of the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver is fantastic if you are trying to slam the front of your overdriven amp. It will do that 80's tone in spades. So my use was normally just as a simple b…
