I must say that I don't use it on a daily basis, but still, for the time I have had this thing It gave me great sound great

Great sound if you looking for a distortion and not sure

It's got an excellent distortion sound and has great pickup attack.

But as a platform for great-sounding mods, you can't go wrong.

This pedal generates a very cool sound which is great especially when performing live!

It gives you that simple gritty sound

It gives great sounds and ease of use for dialing in settings

The distortion isn't perfect, but for the price I was still really enjoying the sound it produced and couldn't ask for anything more as a beginner.

Constructed well looks good sounds less than average

It works well with any amp I've tried it on, and you can find tons of great sounds.

it has good sound

I recently bought what must be my third or fourth and am still very happy with the sound, the tone, the durability and the ability it has to become a very violent sounding little gadget

it gives your guitar an extra set of balls, even though my Eastwood Gemini already came with a set, the DS-1 gives it an evil sounding mean tone

v good sound, only bad thing is i am physically unable to play

But, for the price, I think it's still a great sound

Great Sound as you Expected!

It's the same sound as the original orange DS-1; that classic solid-state distortion that's a little noisy, heavier than the SD-1 or those Tube Screamer type pedals

Great sound

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!

On the other hand, as someone noted, if you have a tube amp, or, as I said above, a Gibson or Epiphone style guitar you might like the sound of this one

Very nice sound, and can produce a wide range of sounds for a good price

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

It distorts sound, not quite the way you would imagine though

It turned my Boss DS1 distortion into a fantastic, way more expensive sounding pedal

It's really easy to use and the sound is great

Its great for getting a "big amp" kind of sound out of a small practice amp.

As a general rule, I don't really use sound effects these days (mostly because I like the sound of my amp - crazy, huh?

The sound is amazing!

From Greg Abrams review, entitled "For all but the tone snobs," a review further down on this product's page:"Alright, so you want to get a good (if somewhat "basic") distortion sound for less than $100

It wasn't bad just not quite the distortion sound that I wanted.

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

It turned my Boss DS1 distortion into a fantastic, way more expensive sounding pedal

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

The not-quite-tube like dynamics actually benefit my sound in this setup as the preamp is doing all the tuby stuff

It's not exactly the sound I was looking for to begin with, but I fell in love with it

The tone knob goes from a dark thick sound to a bright, thinner and progressively less bassy one

My DS-1 is always in my rig and is my go-to lead sound

You can find all kinds of usable sounds by adjusting tone/level along with your amps gain

Sure its a BOSS, so its not going to break, but the distortion is just awful sounding

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.

although it does not give as much distortion as the BOSS DS-2 or MD-1, the BOSS DS-1 give you a great sound with small amounts of feedback for the cheap price of about 40 dollars where the DS-2 and MD-1 cost

A lot of people asking how a small equipment can generate such great sound.

Makes some very sweet sounds.

and I love the sound the pedal plays well with others

Great box -- perfect sound and great price.

and it gives a very messy noise, but then roll down the tone and limit the distortion and it becomes a fantastic sounding stomp box that gives great depth and feel to even the cheapest, crappiest chinese plywood guitar

but It has great sound.

You can dial the tone in, but it's a pretty harsh sounding

Great sounds and simple to use!!

I used a pedal that had 200 different preset sounds on it, and while the sounds were pretty cool and all

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

, it killed it and everyone loved the sound!

Some of my favorite sounds from

As a general rule, I don't really use sound effects these days (mostly because I like the sound of my amp - crazy, huh?

But the DS-1 sound is unacceptable.

Alright, so you want to get a good (if somewhat "basic") distortion sound for less than $100

It produces an incredible sound

Vox's, Ampegs, even a 1980's Yamaha, and still that metallic, hollow sound comes through.

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

you have a nice clean sound with a bit of hair....bring it up and it gets bluesy and heavier, but it doesn't have a mid bump like TS style...which is good

A classic pedal with a classic sound.

You can certainly dial in a solid distortion sound for your guitar or other electric instruments, but I recommend you use it with a noise gate as well, in order to cut down on some of the unwanted frequencies and popping sounds.

This pedal has been around since the 80`sThe distortion isnt a repackaged reproduced boutique pedal its a straight forward clean distortion pedal with no BS.I have owned hundreds of distortion pedals and always came back to this one and said:WOW,I still like this sound after so many years of owning so much junk.

It's Tone knob gives the sound a more thick, almost muddy sound when turned to the left, while turning it to the right gives it a much more clear, defined, but treble-y sound.

The distortion was harsh, thin, artificial sounding and always noisy.

Great sound.

They build rock solid pedals, and versatile sounds.

Sometimes I wish the pedal had a little more bass response to it, and you can forget rich tube-y harmonics, but then the idea is to get a brighter, more cutting sound, so I can't really complain

It can give a great Classic Rock & Rock n' Roll tone, or even a heavier, Pantera-like tone