The power to drive your distortion sound, no matter the style.

The DigiTech Hot Head Distortion Pedal is what you want when you need some grit. The multipurpose Hot Head distortion pedal has flexible controls that let you dial in the right tone for your setup. If you want just a little dirt or you need your amp to sound like a raging stack, the DigiTech Hot Head Guitar Pedal can do it. Low and High tone controls give you the flexibility to boost or cut the bass and treble frequencies, the Level knob boosts the output level of your signal, and the Gain knob dials up mild to wild distortion. The Amp output runs into the input of your amplifier and the dedicated Mixer output has a cabinet emulation circuit that lets you run direct into a mixer or recorder when you don't want to lug your amp along.

DigiTech Hot Head Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal Features:

• High, Low, Level, and Gain controls
• Amp and recording/mixer outputs

A pedal for this, a pedal for that what a pain. You'll outgrow your pedalboard before you get it right. Just get one distortion pedal that can do it all. Order now.

DigiTech Hot Head Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal

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Greatness in a box

Posted by mericanstrat009 from NY on Dec 21, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Gigging, 6 years

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock/Alternative/Indie

I received my pedal today, it drove a lot of emotions, not one including disappointment. You will find that this pedal can give you any type of distortion from full-on face melting, to soft and dirty blues. You can set it so open chords may ring out or so power chords can fly to your ears in heavy waves. However, if metal is your main guitar style, this may not be the best choice, the heaviest distortion you may receive is a "Three days Grace" type of sound. This is no doubt the best bang for your buck. You cannot go wrong, keep rocking.

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i love this pedal

Posted by psycho78 from CT on Dec 11, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: active musician

Reviewer's Play Style: street punk, psychobilly, ska

ive had this pedal for over 2 years now, and i still love it as much as the day i bought it. its perfect for the types of music i play most, like punk and psychobilly, and its surprisingly versatile. its not very expensive but its a good product. the distortion is hard to describe, best way to decide if its for you is probably to go try it out at a store, but anyway i think its a really good product and its really inexpensive compared to other products that are just as good.

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Better than some others...

Posted by Super Rat from Michigan, USA on Mar 22, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Jammer

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock&Roll

I've owned the Hot Head pedal for over a year and I'm still as pleased with it as I was the day I bought it. I tried it out "head-to-head" in my local music store against three of the other popular brands and this one had the best sound, IMHO, and it was the least expensive.

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Try the mixer output

Posted by Stratmaster724 from Alexandria, LA on Mar 21, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician 10yrs.

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Country, Blues

This is an excellent tube distortion pedal, turn the gain down for just the right amount of breakup, and crank it to get crazy! The only problem is that i found the amp channel to be too tinny, this was easily solved by running out of the mixer output and tone adjustments. Also my experience has shown Digitech to actually outlast more expensive Boss products, excellent quality. Overall excellent buy and great addition to any pedalboard classic, bluesy, biting tube sound!

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Perfect Rating = Perfect Pedal

Posted by David987 from Kansas City, KS on Feb 16, 2009

Experience w/product: I own it

Reviewer's Background: Active Musician of 12 years

Reviewer's Play Style: Rock, Shred, Metal

I have had this pedal for over 4 years now and it truly can do everything. I also own a Boss Super Distortion, which is almost two times as much money. This thing still out plays it in my opinion. Digitech customer service is also one of the best. When the pedal was not working I called them for assistance. The small piece of rubber that actually hits the on/off switch when you press your foot down had fallen off. The technician not only helped me identify the problem, he hand addressed a package and had it shipped to me. Great pedal, Great tone, Great company, Great investment.

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