It makes everything sound level, and brings a clear tone

Then I have fiddled endlessly with the first three, Level, Tone and Attack to get back my more clear amp tone

All static and not one smooth tone about it.

On my amps clean channel (Peavey XXX), this pedal muddies and mutes the natural crisp clean tone of the amp

This is not the case, this pedal gives you a great tone, you can use it alone to brighten your clean tone, or along with other pedals to enhance them.

Noisy, tone sucking, and useless.

Noisy, tone sucking, and useless.

It really sucks your tone even when it's not on but for $25 you can't beat it.

Great sustain, amazing tones, a little bit of

All static and not one smooth tone about it.

I give it 3 stars because, no matter the pedal combination, this pedal either creates incredible feedback or sucks the tone I am attempting to attain

The electronics are clean and noise-free, and have enhanced the tones I generate from my basses.

great pedal, wonderfully versatile tone