Tone-wise, the distortion has a very fat/thick texture, yet also a nicely-rounded attack to it (when the gain is low, think 1970's heavy)

I use this with a Blackstar amp that has a crappy distortion channel

I got this one because i heard the hype about it, and about the OCD that it supposedly rips off, and well, yes, it's a really good distortion pedal

Hilariously bad drive/distortion

On that pedal, all seemed to be working, except that the output turned into a fuzzy distortion (not in a good way) at the maximum sustain settings.

Best brittish distortion pedal you can get at this price

This is a great distortion box.

If you hate fuzzy distortion then you will love this

The distortion is very weak and the controls are limited

I now use it as my main distortion and when I need a little extra headroom, I boost the signal with my Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer.

An OK distortion effect, especially good for the money I paid

but that is ok because the Line6 has a great distortion all by itself with the ESP EC loaded with EMG's

The distortion is warm with the tone at 12 with plenty of tonal variation available and plenty of distortion variance available.

No fuzzy distortion output at any settings.

Good crunch, nice light distortion when you want it, and it is not at all midrange sounding like a tube screamer

This pedal is not a hard core distortion but even with the gain rolled all the way off it still adds a good amount of break up to a clean channel with guitar volume up all the way and medium to hard picking

the crunch is a fairly high gain distortion pedal and this pedal is inbetween

Honestly, I have compared this against a Suhr Riot Distortion and an MXR Classic Distortion and quality wise, it is REALLY, REALLY hard to not hear the difference in terms of quality, tone, distortion / overdrive

I still have to get a compressor, but if your on the fence about this and need or cld have a 2nd distortion/OD (this is a great smooth to aggressive quality distortion, '70s to Mod distortions) get this for the money its a home run period

I use it set at about 10:00, so I'm not using all it's gain, but it provides a smooth, and harmonically rich distortion that kicks up above the mix when needed

I had a bunch of overdrive pedals, but no distortion pedals, which I needed to get some good distortion as low levels.

It can get a bit boomy with a neck humbucking pick up, but, on the bridge humbucker, and on the neck with a single coil, it pretty much instantly goes for a great mid range voiced distortion

Distortion-wise, it delivers something in between a tubescreamer type OD and a full on distortion (like a Crunchbox or Rat).

Has a great sound from warn overdrive to a good distortion

I wanted a versatile distortion pedal that could cover everything from Beatles tones to modern metal and this one is amazing for the price

Vintage Distortion just be the best, and it's half the price of a TS-9.About the manufacturer

Fantastic sound, tried many expensive distortion pedal and at this price it beats them all.

I used this with a RAT as well and thats the best distortion i can ever get.. amazing.

If you're looking a good sounding distortion pedal and don't have $100 to spend, get this pedal and try it out

I enjoy the normal AC15 distortion from pushing the tubes, but kicking this on with the gain maxed and the switch on high definitely puts a stock Vox more into Marshall territory

The time it worked it was a nice little distortion pedal

Overdrive/distortion heaven.

This is my favorite distortion pedal

The gain knob as well, will take you from super sparkly clean (no distortion at all), to completely saturated high gain distortion

best distortion

This Joyo is a great overdrive/distortion pedal for an incredible price

I can clean up the distortion easily for some nice, vibrant clean tones, with a simple turn down of the volume knob

If you are thinking "man, I really love this distortion, I just wish I could fill it out a little bit more

good distortion

A one point I used it with my amp turned into overdrive also and made my bends sound like Jimi Hendrix....great distortion and sustain for the price.

It can either be used as a preamp or to add pleasant distortion, giving it great flexibility

At the moment, I have this before my Boss DS 1X (very good distortion pedal, if you are into hard rock/ more aggressive styles), and am very pleased with what I hear

The distortion on its own is decent, possibly better than the Digitech

Great versatility with six controls, produced from a soft and warm distortion, to a rougher and

For the price u cant really beat it, howeverit is my least favorite distortion pedal on the board

great high gain distortion/overdrive for cheap.

Great distortion tone with so much control

Nice sounds from low overdrive to Hard Rock distortion.

If you're really into a hard crunchy distortion like 80's glam metal, or even some thrashier hard rock with lots of sustain, then this would be up your alley

It will get you one step closer, yes, in that it is generally voiced as a brighter sounding overdrive/distortion pedal

The sound at volume is a nice distortion that sits will in my band.

This is an outstanding overdrive/distortion pedal, and the fact that it can be bought for this low price is nearly criminal

If you want a nice distortion to replicate stuff from the 70's and 80's, then this is a great bet.

I am very happy with my purchase and would recommend this to anyone considering a cheap distortion pedal

Sad to say, it actually does the full-stack thing better than my ProCo Rat, which has for years been my favorite distortion pedal.

This pedal has a great sounding distortion but can also sound like an overdrive if dialed in right

I have been looking for a reliable distortion for a while, and as many players know-it's hard to find the right tone for your particular style of music

Goes from subtle overdrive to over-the-top metal distortion with tons of sustain

I've tried quite a few pedals in this price range, and above, including a Cool Cat Distortion, a modified DS-1, modded TS-9, and a Visual Sound Jekyl and Hyde

Gives a nice fuzz or vintage distortion on the bass

I have a few OD's including a OCD, a fuzz and a modded Rat but thought for $30 bucks from Crazy Cart this might be a cool distortion pedal

I highly recommend it if you want a fat, crisp and crunchy distortion that you can roll back for cleaner rhythm tube sounds

Do you wish your board had a nice crunchy distortion available

A great distortion/overdrive

I generally prefer distortion to overdrive because I want my dirty to be consistent no matter how hard I'm hitting the strings.

and I wanted a strong, analog distortion pedal.

The only reason I did not give this item 5 stars is that there are definitely better distortion pedals available

Great distortion pedal

excellent effect, has a distortion very smooth also is loud but with the sound of the british amps

Great distortion.

The Deluxe Crunch is not as bright and gives up some great distortion at low volumes on my Fender (Blackface and Tweed) amps.

A great inexpensive distortion pedal

If you're looking for your first cheap distortion pedal, forget the Boss DS-1 and get this one!

Further, the best distortion sounds my amp has don't really happen at low volumes-you really have to push the power tube (by turning the amp's overall volume up) to get it to sing

Forget about these amp snobs that think the distortion's no good if it's not all from the amp.

Super tight low end, from light crunchy overdrive to full on lead distortion

Its responsive to your picking attack, its distortion is very very harmonically rich, and it does give you a Marshall type sound, good boost in the mids and bass, giving your tone the sonic density that those amps are famous for

you geta clean crunch without the severe distortion that can make the chords breakup.great for something like "suzie Q"

They made a fantastic distortion, one of the very best I've ever played, and they're practically giving it away.

It is a very good sounding distortion pedal, seems to be very sturdy and the price is absolutely unbeatable

This is by far the worst sounding distortion ever

this pedal has a great distortion tone, and would be good as a stand alone distortion, if not a tube-ifyer

Still, a pretty good sounding distortion for not very much money.

only negative i

(as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live

At this extremely affordable price it's hard to pass by such a great petal billed as an OCD clone this pedal does not sound quite as good as the Fulltone petal but is extremely usable and excellent sounding t in my opinion

Most "Marshall-in-a-box" stomps, imo, sound much tamer than a real Marshall, and they give you a "prettied-up", safer version of that sound, in order to appease the 15-year-old Children Of Boredom/Cannibal Corpse lame-o neo-hippies the scene is now infested with

At this extremely affordable price it's hard to pass by such a great petal billed as an OCD clone this pedal does not sound quite as good as the Fulltone petal but is extremely usable and excellent sounding t in my opinion

only negative i

(as you turn it clock wise) - I like it for adding charcater/punch to my live

Most "Marshall-in-a-box" stomps, imo, sound much tamer than a real Marshall, and they give you a "prettied-up", safer version of that sound, in order to appease the 15-year-old Children Of Boredom/Cannibal Corpse lame-o neo-hippies the scene is now infested with