• Quality sound, but no versatility

  

  As reviewed by Jonno on 4/25/2010

  I got my DISTX about a month ago and I love it. It has all the power and feel of a genuine high gain tube head like Randall or Marshall. It is limited in its tonal options though. The gain once past 2 on the dial sounds the same. the 3-band EQ works well and the ISF does give a change in the overall sound, but the distortion tone is always the same. On its own its a great sounding pedal. Light years ahead of any non tube distortion unit. But, you throw an MXR 10 band EQ in front of it and you can get any leval of crazy gain you want. You can even nail a Mesa Dual Rec sound perfectly. I have had several quility high end amps, so I know what heavy gain should sound like. This has that heavy saturated distortion thats thick and powerful, and not thin and raspy like a lot of "metal" pedals. So again, on its own, its a Randall in a box. With a good EQ pedal, its any kind of monster you want it to be. Try it out.

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• average and over priced

  

  As reviewed by Nikko on 4/14/2010

  I bought this pedal thinking it could replace my Sansamp GT2 and my Damage Control Solid Metal pedal. The reality was it could not replace either pedal. I use the sansamp to go direct to a boom box when i play at night and i use the DCSM pedal in front of a clean amp for some serious high gain tones. The Distx has a nice creamy tube like tone but it certainly isn't the "filth" machine that is used in the marketing by Blackstar. The gain control on this pedal has a limited range similar to the tone controls and past 2 'o clock the gain just bottoms out and the pedal just gets noisier. The ISF feature is also a huge disappointment as there isn't a very dramatic difference from the opposite ends of the dial. For the same price you could get the DCSM pedal, add an inexpensive DI box and you would have a combo that has much better tones than the Distx.

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• Using on a bass

  

  As reviewed by Michael on 3/16/2010

  I'm using this on a Schechter Stiletto 4-string. The first song I cranked out was a Type O Negative song "Too Late/Frozen". This little pedal is a brick, it feels sturdy, with one tube. It's pretty simple: one in, two outs (one to effects/amp and another to mixer) The review for the 'mystery' ISF knob is true to a 'T'. It's true bypass, and it sounds better with a longer warm-up. It's a very beautiful distortion pedal on my bass very bright and warm.

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