Great deal for a great pedal
The used unit I bought looked mint. It has one of the noisiest switches I've ever heard, and it randomly emits a high-pitched squeal. From what I've read, these are common problems with this pedal - not anything particular to this one I bought. Some people have said they spray contact cleaner on the…
I bought this for bass, but it's great on guitar (which it was designed for.) This used 1N4007's for clipping diodes (1N4001's are listed on the schematic.) I will probably change to 1N4148's which sound better to my ear. The gain is not a standard gain but sweeps between clean and the clipped circuit. Interesting, but might need some modding for my use.
You can get this thing to do some pretty cool fuzzy low end stuff. Works as a boost/fuzz/drive just to push the low end. Very happy with it for the price, kind of a background effect in my rig, but it's fun to kick it on for some extra punch.
