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Features level, tone, and distortion controls. Dial in a warm, crunchy rhythm tone or paint-blistering shred. Includes 9V battery. The following power adapters work with the MDS-1: Boss PSA-120 or Line 6 Tone DC-1.

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Arion MDS-1 Monaural Distortion

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Average of 26 User Ratings

Overall

Overall: 7.46

Quality

Quality: 7.08

Features

Features: 7.27

Value

Value: 8.23

Customer Reviews

Overall

Overall: 10

Quality

Quality: 10

Features

Features: 10

Value

Value: 10

great pedal
Posted by Buddy06 from NY on Nov 4, 2007
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: 8 years
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, country, metal
I got this pedal about 2 years ago and it still works great, all i do is turn the volume to max and the other two controls i leave at zero and i get a nice over drive sound and i add it to my current distortion, and it adds a nice punch to it great pedal for the money.

Overall

Overall: 5

Quality

Quality: 4

Features

Features: 5

Value

Value: 8

Good for a Beginner
Posted by Sub_Urban12 from Yakivegas on May 2, 2006
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Hobbyist
Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Alternative, Punk
Pretty good pedal at first. After about 2 or 3 weeks the plastic cap that covers the battery snapped off. Then the lead that connected to the battery fell off and I had to re-solder it. This happened 3 times. The knob labeled "DISTORTION" is pretty much useless when it's turned past 4, though the distortion it made sounded pretty good. This pedal is a great buy and value for a beginner, but I'd recommend a higher quality one if you're a little more serious.

Overall

Overall: 8

Quality

Quality: 8

Features

Features: 8

Value

Value: 8

Ok for a basic distortion pedal
Posted by MetalHead from North Dakota on Dec 18, 2005
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: Active Musician
Reviewer's Play Style: Heavy Metal
If you already have a a distortion knob on your amp. already I would recomend this pedal, to me it just sound like a basic distortion sound nothing different than what would be on a basic electric guitar amp. It works great I have had no problems with it. If you already have distortion on there will be alot of feedback and screeching sound thats just the way it is theres nothing wrong with the pedal.

Overall

Overall: 7

Quality

Quality: 6

Features

Features: 7

Value

Value: 9

ok
Posted by buttholesurffer from in your butt on Jun 26, 2005
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: active musician
Reviewer's Play Style: any rock
i got this pedal because i was tired of reaching down and pressing the OD button on my amp. it wanst bad for an entry level pedal, but now as i get better i realize that i need a better pedal. i started listening to the pedals on this site and found two really good ones. so if you have the money get a Digitech hot heads or grunge but if you just nedd something to get you by it is fine.

Overall

Overall: 8

Quality

Quality: 7

Features

Features: 8

Value

Value: 10

Great for a overdrive sound
Posted by Redneck metalist from Watertown, NY on Jun 24, 2005
Experience w/product: I own it
Reviewer's Background: In a band
Reviewer's Play Style: lots a country, redneck metal, grunge, blues
I have had this pedal for about 2 months now and have had no problems with it, all I do is turn off the dist and tone and just use the volume and I get a nice overdrive sound. I have noticed alot of people say that these pedals suck because there plastic and they break easy and then they write a bad reveiw about them. Just because they say stomp box it doesn't mean you jump up in the air and come crashing down on them, and most the time it's kids who complain does that tell you anything. Oh well back on to the reveiw, this pedal is well worth the money, and I'm 100 % satasfied.

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Arion MDS-1 Monaural Distortion

Overall: 7.46Read 26 Reviews

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