Decent distortion, not my cup of tea.

My first impressions with this pedal were good but not fantastic. Its forte lies on its versatility, which is commendable thanks to the 3 band EQ and the range of dirt you can get with the distortion knob. Also, it’s got a badass name.

The bad: it’s way too muddy for my liking, especially considering that it’s sonically trying to emulate a cracked Marshall rather than a particular pedal circuit. Regardless of how I tweak the settings, there’s an inherent looseness to its sound that I really don’t dig, I would much rather have a RAT and an OCD and get both the looseness and the cracked Marshall sound the way the lord intended.

All that being said, I don’t rate it too low because it’s a cheap pedal (at least considering its capabilities), and because my gripes with it are personal taste.

Great for classic rock

I like this pedal mainly because it sounds good and it says "badass". Well mainly the first reason. It is a great sounding pedal if you are looking to play classic rock such as KISS, I usually play KISS songs with it and it has that tone to me pretty well. A way it doesn't like it Metal. To me it doesn't seem to take a huge amount of distortion if your trying to go for hard and heavy distortion. I have a Metal Zone for that and honestly I like the Metal Zone better. Either way this is a useful pedal if your going for a nice Classic Rock sound.

Two effects in one

A great distortion effect with a powerful EQ. The sound is classic and natural, but in my opinion, using the Celestion V30 speaker, we can get a little closer to the modern sound. Moreover, the effect works great as a clean booster. It can brighten and give shine to a guitar with a muddy sound, while maintaining transparency and not interfering with the character. Therefore, we do not have to spend extra money to buy a separate clean booster, because here we have two in one. Fantastic!

From Gear Setup

Great array of tones, from light overdrive to extreme high gain metal sounds

I used it with my little "toy" practice amp Orange Micro Crush and, when the pedal was on, I could play anything with it. I think that this speaks volumes about the quality of the effect and the amounts of gain that this pedal is able to produce. When playing through better amps, I engage it when using TC Quintessence harmonizer, as harmonizer shoul go into clean amp and after dirt (distortion pedal). Look no further - it is the ultimate distortion pedal.

Badass.

Love, love, love this distortion. It’s not a classic like the OCD, Tubescreamer or Boss distortion but I can see it becoming a modern classic. Great tonal range, crisp sugary crunch it’s my go to distortion now. I use it much more than my old fav -the “Hot Cake”.

From Gear Setup

its ok

Its sounds good overall. Its just for rock, the high gain settings doesnt sound good to me. Its a nice feature that have 3 eq controls but it has no character with so much configurations.

Good but a tiny bit thin for my taste.

I was really excited to get this and was a little let down once I plugged it in. I was expecting a fuller sound when I cranked up the distortion but got a lot of highs and it was lacking mids/bass. I messed with the EQ and it got a little better. I still need to triple check this sound notion because so many people seem to be happy with this particular distortion. I was playing through a VOX AC30 going into my epiphone ES-339. Still this thing has great dynamics on how much distortion you can get out of one knob. Would recommend but approach with caution and open ears!

Perfect

That was actually the distortion pedal I was looking for, Well, I've tried few disto pedals, more expensive and so, But this little affordable one is giving me exactly the sound I want, I'm playing a strat with SC, it gives enough power as I wish I have, That's my fav one,

MXR SUPER BADASS DISTORTION

"Just like what I said, I like dirty sounds that has a 3 band EQ on it. I am more of a tweaker. I like to tweak and to shape my sound according on what I want. This is really badass! This is really producing a heavy and massive sound. The unique thing about this pedal, it is very versatile. I am not the type of guy relying on the amp's distortion. As much as possible I want my original sound that's why I prefer using the clean side of my amp because you can easily notice your tone."

Best distortion pedal I've ever used

Got this to beef up single coil guitars through my Marshall and was blown away. Gain and volume at about 11 o'clock give a fantastic tight over driven sound and the eq isn't just for show as it really allows you to tweak the sound you want. Highly recommended and great value pedal.