I had a solid state amp, with no distortion.

It can push overdriven amps quite well, though with more gain than an average overdrive pedal, and can stack with overdrive pedals

This effect sounds really good through a fat cab or a larger amp that can let the cabinet give the tone a little color

That said, if you have a tube amp or play guitars with humbucking style pickups through decent solid state amps, you may like it

I tried it on both my amps (My practic amp: a solid state Fender Frontman 25R, and my big amp, the B-52 AT100, which is a 100w tube halfstack

Don't buy these to play on a clean channel or even worse on a Solid State amp.

I've used it on Marshall solid state amps and Vox tube amps.

Pickups like P-90's are a bit better for this, but for the best sound, a hum canceling pickup like the Gibson PAF (insert your own favorite here) works best when playing with distortion, so in my opinion, if you have a solid state amp you will want to put some thought into what guitar and pedal you want to use with it (assuming you have a selection of them, like I do), or, to put it another way, if you only have one guitar (and know how to use it!

But, you really need to get a good tube amp to play it through to get a good sound

I have owned numerous distortion pedals and amps

The better the amp, the better this thing shines.

It will give your amp a boost for solos and turn a clean amp into a dirty girl

(I mean, it's a good amp, but not like those nice tube amps)

but not so heavy that you can do modern metal if running into a clean amp - if that makes any sense

For the price this is one of the best distortion boxes available, it works quite well into a clean sounding amp like the little Quilter Micro Block

With the exception of 'modeler' type pedals from companies like Tech 21, I do not think that any dirtboxes- this included- perform optimally when run into a solid state amp.

It doesn't really make a solid-state amp sound like a tube amp, it's just a very honest distortion

Be aware, however, that you need to be running a clean-sounding amp and your guitar on whatever the cleanest selector setting it has is.

, it really can make your practice amp sound like a big ragin' stack!

and I have a much better guitar and amp and a lot more knowledge.

If you have a decent tube amp, look elsewhere, because with this pedal, you get what you pay for, and it simply will not do a quality amp justice.

it's a very generic-sounding distortion and is not really useful for much beyond a lead boost into an already distorted amp.

No pedal is going to make a crappy solid state amp and $300 guitar sound fantastic

For $29.95ish this pedal saved my little solid state amp... which was probably worth about the same.

It is not a terribly loud pedal and it will not make a crappy amp sound decent

No pedal is going to make a crappy solid state amp and $300 guitar sound fantastic

Jazzmaster).To me, Fender style guitars and pickups have a tendency to sound a bit thin played through distortion pedals and solid state amps

Physically, the pedal is a tank, I don't think they can be killed as I let my 16 year old use

I use the orange micro dark as clean as I can get it, and set the volume and shape knobs accordingly

I can use this and turn up the tone to play a tone filled, dirty Mötley Crüe song, and on the other side, I can turn it down and get a deep rumble and play some Black Sabbath and anywhere in between