DigiTech DBM Bad Monkey Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal
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Anonymous Reviewer, in Guitar Effects
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General Comments
This pedal has to be the bargain of the decade. You can pick it up on-line for less than £25.00 and for that you're getting a noticeably fine product. My TC Electronics Vintage overdrive pedal cost me 4 times as much, and as good as it is, it ain't 4 times better. Infact, it's hardly better at all - maybe a little more transparent but actually less warm.
As long as you like the sound of your rig, you'll love the sound of the Bad Monkey. It retains your guitar/amp sound, but makes it warmer & wider. It feels like an exotic Fulltone OCD pedal, in that the extra drive seems to come from the amp rather than being an obviously imposed sound altering device stuck in the middle of the floor. This is especially true of my valve amp, though the solid state H/K isn't far behind..
It's not a pedal for metal, but blues/classic rock and maybe even country sounds are brilliantly served.
I'd replace it in a heartbeat if it went walkabout. If I hadn't already got another 2 o/drives, I'd run two for different drive levels.