Distortion

I use this one every once in a while with my Ibanez FL9 pedals on a Line 6 2x12 amp.

I bought this in 1983-84? with grass cutting money as a teen for $65 ($150 equivalent today?). No problems yet after 25+ years.

Two controls, pretty simple.

Out of business.

I bought this back when I played in a local punk band. I had a cheap guitar back then. We mainly played to make noise, get a mosh pit (slam dance back then) going, and beer. Over the years I've bought fancier pedals and boards but this little pedal still rocks.

WOW!!! THIS ONE IS TOTALLY WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR. A REAL OLDSCHOOL DISTORTION, WORM AND BRUTAL,OLD AND CRUNCHY, IT IS FUCKING PERFECT!! reminds me the real grunge sound, it is perfect for banging your head rock style. rally not metal, brutal style.

well, yes, you can depent on it, they really didnt try to put in him somthing clever, simple distortion THAT CAN KILL AND ELEPHENT, not to much, just stuck him to the amp and start banging the audiance. consider that this on is from earlly ninties and its still work perfect. i using very simple rack, this distortion, whammy, and a delay (somtimes a phaser), so i dont need a distortion back up, but you can allways try.

to get the sound from this tool is very easy, two nobs, level and gain, the level part of it is very high so you probebly will lower it to half. the problams of it that its have a very uniq power supply to it, i didnt find it so i use batterys, and the problam with batteries that this tool dont have a power light on it, so i can easly forgget it turn on, wired to other effect and the batteries going kaput till next jam.

i play hard rock, so this one is really special, i allways search for a vulgar distoration but i wanted somthing more uniqe then the boss ds2, somthing i can build really my sound on it, and since we mat, we are perfect. i playing for 14 years, as i said i use a whammy 2(great), ibanez delay (i want somthing eles) and mxr phazer(he is nice). if some motherfucker will steall it from me, i will probeblly cry and maybe i will smush hes face into the wall. i love it whole, no perfects you know, the battery thing is hes achiles thing. yes, i tried many distortion, they just didnt feet right, or to soft like ts9 and his friends, or to metal like all the black purples and their gangs, or to fazzy like the electro hamonics fuzz (that as a fuzz he really a killer, had few problms with him but he is ok). untill we mat. i wish it had a power light, i can fix it if im really want to. it is really help me to do great music, i never getting bord from him couse he really simple, he is real. and as i swich him on im getting hornny, somtimes i sleep with him . i love you all, its been a pleasure, i really love him but i guess onlly the punkers or the rockers will really like him. bye, love, peace and dopes, no, do meditation or somthing.

Sound quality is amazing, if you dig vintage late 70's or early 80's distortion this pedal gets the tone.  In bypass mode it's very quiet.  There's a little bit of hiss when engaged, but that's pretty much the norm for analog distortion pedals, and it's not noticeble when playing.

Considering that most of these pedals are pushing 30 years old and still going is a testament to their reliablility.  Cast metal casing and a switch, can't really beat it.  It's literally built like a tank!

It's extremely easy to get a good sound out of this pedal.  Unlike some OD/Distortion pedals that have a limited sweet spot, this pedal sounds good just about anywhere you set the knob.  Batter access is not so easy, you have to unscrew the 4 feet with a phillips screwdriver.

They've been out of business for a while.  however, the schematic is available online and any competent tech should be able to perform any maintenance or repairs you might need.

I'm a big fan of vintage pedals and own a good variety of them.  I love this pedal!  There's no boost, so for a lot of modern players that's a deal breaker.  It doesn't get sweet, creamy, saturated overdrive tone on it's own (it might be able to push a tube amp there though, I don't have a big enough tube amp to test that out on) but it is warm analog sounding.  It can be brutal and in your face when cranked.