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Pros & Cons
Pros
The dark matter has a wonderful sustain, and almost sounds like a grungy feedback loop when the gain is up to the max. The distortion is warm and clear, lots of low end which is very desirable for me since i play 8 string, and has a good mid sweep. We... Read More
This is a great pedal for a beginner in that it has such a wide array of drive. It bridges the gap between overdrive and distortion which makes it so versatile. Seems to have a clean pass through with no hissing or noises through my pedal board.
Very affordable price for a workable distortion. Price is superb as well.
This thing delivers. What a terrific distortion pedal for the money. Looks great too.
Cons
Sound is just ok, distortion is average. Battery life is non-existent.
Highlights
Quality
After regularly playing with the ocd and boss od1x however i cannot place this pedal in that same category but there is certain... Read More
You could not beat it with its quality and this price range
The distortion had too much of a buzzywoobly noise with the settings i attempted to use
The higher end of the treble seems to mess with the distortion and make it all loopy
Price
Great distortion pedal and totally worth the price
Good versatile pedal for a good price
This pedal for the price is like an initial course into guitar tone meant for those who are more serious about tone than playin... Read More
Competitiveness
A great versitile overdrive thats well worth the price of admission
It also sounds more tubeamp like or warmer than a boss ds1
Overview
- How are reviewers describing this item?
pedal, great, good, metal and dark. - Our engine has profiled the reviewer patterns and has determined that there is minimal deception involved.
- Our engine has analyzed and discovered that 79.6% of the reviews are reliable.
- This product had a total of 588 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 30 2022.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I can’t give this pedal a 1 or 2 star review because it wasn’t what i thought it was going to be that wouldn’t be fair
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Again it is not high gain pedal but more of vintage distortion
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
In general gives a more sabbath style tone than a traditional metal distortion
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
With that said it is not a high sustain huge high end pedal which for me is a selling point
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Well their core stuff im not sure about that new line of cheaper pedals
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
All the way to higher gains bringing shreddable single note drive or chuggy distorted drive
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Buy it if you want to sound good
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Ive been looking for something to use on bass this works great on guitar but its not what i need for bass
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