very good pedal for frusciante sound

this pedal is smth like a clone for boss ce-1 crunch. it adjusts the volume jump of ds2 and ibanez wh10 when its open and it has an awesome crunch tone and its cheap

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Great sounding and versatile OD/distortion pedal!

Interesting story behind this pedal for me: I don't exactly remember the story behind how I got it, but it was a gift and goes back to when I started playing on electric. However, as I'd usually use the built-in drive/distortion on whatever amp or DAW I used in those days, this pedal rarely got any use, and was just collecting dust for several years. However, one day while cleaning out and selling some of my old gear, I found this pedal and decided to try it out, just out of curiousity. It sounded as good as new, and far better than I ever remember it sounding when I first got it! (Granted, I have then since upgraded both my guitar and amp, so the pedal's true potential could be seen). It can go anywhere from being a boost pedal with a light drive, to being quite a heavy distortion pedal, and everything in between, without draining any of the guitar's natural tone and character. By far the best od/drive I've ever used, can't believe I neglected it all those years!

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Probably the worst overdrive I've used

Whoa, this is really awful. Extremely gritty, fizzy and artificial sounding. Lots of gain, but that doesn't help when you can't cut through the mix no matter what you do. Kind of works as a boost in OD mode with the mids cranked and gain set low into an already overdriven tube amp, but anything does, really. As a standalone distortion, it is just incredibly bad. I wasn't very sorry when this was stolen from the rehearsal room.

Nice transparent Overdrive

The OD-mode is really nice, from only a tiny bit of drive to full roaring beast mode you can dial in anything. The distortion mode can get you some good sound , too, but there is no chance to set controls that you can switch from OD to Distortion an both sound reasonable. Usually the distortion has much more low end and it's muffled when you found a good setting in the OD mode. Just use the OD mode and you have a nice pedal for not much money.

Probably the best 30 quid I've ever spent

This is the best distortion i"ve ever tried... I perfer it to the expensive 200 pound boutique pedals I've tried etc etc.... Gets those classic marshall tones whether your looking for a 70s hotrodded plexi tone or whether you want screaming metals reminicent of a JCM2000. With the contour knob, this pedal can cover a huge variety of tones, and even get you into a fuzz territory! I reccomend this combined with a big muff for some very interesting tones!

An extremely versatile pedal

This pedal is clearly equipped with a great amount of knobs, which might scare unaware people, but after you get the handle of it, the Jackhammer JH-1 will definitely show its real power as a versatile OD guitar pedal that can cover from a Bluesy Rock to Heavy Metal. Its Distortion mode adds even more gain to the recipe, but with a perceptible downside; it comes with a lot of Bass. Almost every setting you try for this mode will require the Bass to be set 9 O'Clock or lower, unless you like having a Distortion effect with almost no definition. It's an excellent pedal for intermediary players, since it will take time to learn how to tweak the Countour/Freq knobs. For beginners I would recommend getting a conventional 3-knobs OD pedal (Volume, Tone and Gain).

Buy this fucking pedal

I´m glad to have this pedal. You have overdrive and distortion in one pedal, and the overdrive is incredible. In the other hand, the distortion has frequence and contour control, which allows you to change your distortion tone however you like. I have some problems to equalize it but it´s still being a good pedal.

My primary distortion.

That`s what I consider distortion with balls. Has everything, and I use it all the time. Great adaptabiity and I never had problem adjusting it on various amps I used on gigs.

Underrated one

Its a very hard to setup pedal, but the trick is to turn all the way down the contour knob.

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Ótimo para base, com grande gama de controles de equalização.