I decided I'd prefer a finicky ultimate drive

Gain and volume at 1 o'clock and bass and treble at ten o'clock will get your amp's medium-gain drive tone to Van Halenesque brown sound

In the mix and match category - I'd say that this one pairs well with the Pure Sky-- similar control set but with harder drive available

Using for a stage 1 or 2 distortion or a transparent drive like sound.

Clone has a bit more drive available, but a very small bit.

This pedal stands up to a lot of the $100 and over transparent drives I've played.

I mainly use light gain, transparent drives on my board and have gone through many pedals both expensive and affordable.

The drive is warm and true to the tone of your guitar

The gain ranges from pretty clean to transparent drive all the way to medium overdrive some say similar to Marshall.

I like the fact that there is a usable E Q to level out your tone