I run two Fender 5150 III heads and this pedal is not really doing anything with my system's sound that I liked sad to say. I play a higher gain sound though with humbuckers and this is probably geared for the single coil lower gain amp man. (or Woman). So I switched to my amp's channel 1 and lowered the gain and I still was not impressed compared to my Vox Saturator. For me anyway it is not worth the current asking price so I returned it.

A great overdrive pedal that works well with single coil pickups and strats. Used it with my Highway-One Strat, a G&L Legacy (Alder body with Seymour Duncan SSL-1s), and my John Suhr classic Strat... all of which interacted great with the pedal (producing with slightly different textured overdrive sounds, when run through a Grimaldi Tweed Amp 2x10, a Victoria Victorilux 3x10, and a Fender bandmaster head with an Avatar 2x12 cab with Texas heats). Pretty much nails the Robin Trower tone, give or take an EQ notch or tweek here or there; and does so without having to resort to the volumes necessary to generate that type of tone with a Marshall half stack alone... something I know the neighbors appreciate. As best as I can describe, it produces a controlled growl with a tight low end and vibrant low mids...couched somewhere between an overdrive and a distortion. Cut back on the guitar volume and it cleans up fairly nicely... allowing nuances in playing to cut through... so it is more than a one-trick pony if you work the guitar volume. Built like a tank... it's a Fulltone pedal -- Da! Perhaps its only shortcoming the price... about 60-70 dollars more than Fulltone's OCD pedal... but well worth it if you are looking for that elusive Troweresque vibe.

I loved this pedal. I think it sounded on par with the Zendrive, if not better. I used it in front of my Fulltone OCD occasionally, and got a nice, thick distortion. On it's own, it has some serious growl, a great overdrive tone, and even a great distortion. It sounds similar to my HBE Powerscreamer, but not too similar. I love the tone, I wish they could have added more versatile features, but it definitely rocks out of the box.