It has it's place in the hands of those who are new to guitar and want to play with some cheap effects, don't use much distortion and want a toy, or to drive heavy gain to a cheap solid state amp

But really, any high gain pedal or amp would capture Jerry's high gain tone just fine, and there are way more versatile pedals out there

It has it's place in the hands of those who are new to guitar and want to play with some cheap effects, don't use much distortion and want a toy, or to drive heavy gain to a cheap solid state amp

Probably a better distortion than most low end solid state amps.