Love this pedal, apart from the fact I nearly lose my vision everytime I lean over to adjust the nobs due to the need for a fusion reactor to create a mini sun to signal I'm in distortion mode
Freaking eye damage! The only bad thing i can say about these incredible pedals. They should have connected the bypass light with the knob lights. I have 4 of these awesome pedals and I covered all them with tape. These young kids dont know the damage they are doing to their eyes staring at these LEDs. Us older guys eyes are really sensitive to these lights and smart enough to know these will cause permanent eye damage down the road.
I've had this pedal for a couple of months now and it's more and more my go to for so many differnt sounds. So much more than a distortion pedal. Stacking is amazing for cleaning up a tone and the blend does so much for dirty stuff. Can't say enough about this little golden sound machine.
I'm still diggin this pedal. I've decreased the OD on the right side and increased the OD and volume on the left. So, the left side knobs are both at 3, and the right side tone knob is 3 with the gain at 11. My blend knob favors the left at 10. Thanks for replying.
So far I like, the market is so saturated with OD and distortion pedals that you have to stick out above them all. Your pedal got my attention and held it there. The Fender name holds a ton of weight & persistence in its products, so therefor I have trust. Great demo of the Pedal and can't wait to try it out myself and use in my next sessions & gigs. Thank You in advance Fender, your more than a pretty trophy, your my family.
I just got this pedal and I'm using it though a fender deluxe reverb. It's really good. I put everything at 12:00 and it sounded great! I like it better than my tube screamer or tumnus. Great rock tone and feels great. Try it!
Hey there How does this Pugilist sound with the reverb? And does it add any noise to your signal? I have the marine layer as well as the bends comp and was thinking about adding this distortion to the mix. I’m hoping to replace my boss BD-2 with the Pugilist. Seems like it can do overdrive and distortion so one less pedal sounds good to me. Thanks for the feedback
@@brianrollins7275 I play on a strat and a tele, both with single coils only, so yes, If I crank up the gain on the pugulist, there is some decent hum, but even in this configuration I haven't got any nasty noise problems. Sounds great with the reverb. Marine Layer for me is that "always on" pedal and I tend to use it on higher levels - still great tones with distortion.
@@maciejzygmuntowski6748 Thanks for the reply. I don’t use a lot of high gain and I do use a boss n/s noise suppressor so I think I will give the pugilist a try. As long as it’s not a ridiculous amount of hum and noise it should work good for me. Not looking for heavy metal type gain, just enough for blues and rock. I love the marine layer reverb and the bends compressor so hopefully the pugilist will play nice with the rest of my setup. My marine layer is an always on pedal for me too. Thanks again for your feedback
But the whole point is that the pedal is a blend of the two sides; there is no A or B "channel", just a balance between the two. Seems like there's plenty of options out there if you only want a dual channel kinda thing.
Was looking for this and it was sold out all over Tokyo. It's not even available in my home country... but by luck I saw it in a shop selling used stuff and got it at a bargain price. Really sick and fun pedal!
I just got The Bends after having the Marine Layer Reverb for a while. Now I’m going to get this Pugilist. I already have a delay which I’ve had for a few months now. It’s the Boss DM-2W, I was into Boss and not looking at anything else until I came across these Fender pedals. I’m sure the Mirror Image is a fantastic delay pedal and I’m sure I’ll add it to collection sooner or later.
In series mode with all controls set at 12 o’clock…awesome pedal. And it does sound better with a battery. To my ears. The tone is more like a heavier overdrive than a distortion. Glad I bought it.
@@jasonlee8497 Exactly! I have it in front of my Blackstar Studio 10/6L6 with the reverb on 3 and its music to my ears! Plus the compugilist. I also have the marine layer in the effects loop. Desert island rig.
So l tried this pedal today....it’s an interesting pedal. I think it works best in front of clean amp. I don’t think it’s particularly great at pushing a dirty amp. You can do the no gain and dime the level. But doesn’t add enough saturation or sizzle for my tastes and truly take you to high gain levels. Will give you solid rock tones. The second channel should have more distortion IMO. The one thing l did not like is the hard foot switch. Should have the silent soft switches that you find on some of the newer pedals. But other that this is a pretty good pedal for the money and considering it’s a fender product. You do not associate fender with distortion on any level. This pedal will surprise you in person.
I have it and modded it to a 2 switch pedal. Switch 1 one replaces the blend/series and the other is switching on/bypass. Pedal makes way more sense now!
Prefer this to the Santa Ana which, despite the innovative features, sounded to me like just another hot-rodded tube screamer. I really like this distortion, and normally I don't like distortion pedals at all! I use a RAT and a Caroline Wave Cannon, but those are more like Fuzztortion/Overdrive+ pedals.
I love the RAT. It cannot be denied. No one ever talks about how great the sustain on the RAT is especially when mixed with a TS9 or 808. But I’m really digging these Fender pedals especially this one
Do you think it would do the same for a telecaster with 2 single coils? Can you get some overdrive and still retain some clarity on a or b side? Fattening sounds good to me but without getting muddy. I’m hoping I’ll get what I’m looking for from this pedal. Fingers crossed 🤞
Good Vid, thanks !!! I bought 1 used thru ebay. I'm constantly changing my drive pedals, i've easily had 2 dozen that i've re-sold after a short time using them. Like in the video, this one gives more tonal control. I've got a Blues Jr and a Super Reverb. It works ok with both.
I bought one of these a week ago. Love it but there should be v2 or deluxe that has switches for each channel so they can be switched on independent of each other or together in series or parallel . I'd gladly pay a premium for that option.
The pedal sounds awesome, and the two sides are great. The only thing this pedal is missing is a Expression pedal output so you can cycle through all the great sounds in between. Such a missed opportunity...
Good god anyone else think that Telecaster is pretty damn fine?? And pedal sound great too, single coil or humbuckers and all. I thought the Sta. Ana OD was the one I wanted, I was wrong...
@TheJofrica - I own the pedal, and I would say yes to both, but the clean tone isn't quite the same as bypassing the pedal. You'll need to test it for yourself, obviously, but there are a bucketload of tone variations in this pedal.
As great as this pedal sounds, I think it would’ve been greatly improved by the addition of a second foot switch, to change from blend to series on the fly.
Yeah, distortion is what makes electric guitar to another level. Like the notes separation and two different kinds of distortion in one box. You can make this same with two separete distortion boxes but not quite same ? Or can you ? Pugilist name is punch on your face or in this case distortion. Flexible box I think. Only one complaint why ever numbers on these ? Because you can make your best sounds and write them down.
Jason Maarsseveen well I play on a shitty 10 watt and I’m probably gonna upgrade soon because it’s a beginner amp. I’m hoping to get better tone out of a Fender mustang 40 but idk. Stage equipment sounds pretty cool, do you play in a band?
I wish the amp guy had fixed the effects loop in my Bassbreaker 15. I love the amp, but the loop is so noisy as to be unusable. I bought this pedal. I love it! With a germanium treble booster in front when using humbuckers, it's Black Sabbath territory. The bass boost is handy for a Strat/Blues jnr or Hot Rod amp setup. My Tweed junior loves this pedal, and the bass boost doesn't flub the speaker at all, which is a problem I encountered when using an EP Booster (RC worked better). Great pedal. Good price. Gonna cost about the same for my Bassbreaker to get the fx loop fixed grrrr. I still love Fender, most always been a Fender player. But fix those damn loops in those amps! Cheers from Australia.
I sent my bassbreaker 15 back to fender and they sent me a new one with the updated effects loop but it still has the same problem. It's a little better but not much
You guys made one really big mistake, in a world where no one seems to want anything bigger then an MXR sized pedal anymore, Fender goes and makes some cutting edge stuff in oversized boxes. Sadly I took my pedal back because it was to big and bulky!
Chuck McCrory it’s not bigger than many other pedals like Bogner, KOT, Weehbos, majikbox, I could go on all day. I have this and the others. This is not that big and it sounds great and it’s $99. About $200 less than the others.
Don’t get me wrong, the pugilist is a great sounding pedal. But lets look at a few companies...”Way Huge” switched to a smaller box size I have to believe the bulky boxes killed their sales). “Visual Sound” (Now True-Tone) got rid or very large weird looking arrow shaped boxes because of complaints. Bogner, The company you just mentioned went down to smaller box sizes on their latest creations....Realestate is an important time issue on most guys boards, unless they don’t mind carrying a large suit case around. I am a Fender head all the way ... for years I owned a Fender based e-magazine called “All things Strat” (23,000 readers a month)...I just have to call a spade a spade.... big effec t box size is a deterrent to most guitarist!
Chuck McCrory yea I understand. I’m not a pro so it doesn’t matter to me. However, I love a good mini pedal too. But yea Bogner did downsize their pedals. But if I was a pro I’d still stick with their v1 it has more options. This really isn’t that big in person. Medium size. But I guess u want it smaller. It’s a really nice pedal though and it shows u don’t have to spend a fortune on a nice pedal. Oh u took it back?! I almost missed that. Due to the size? Well how about a jhs Andy Timmons? Sorry Fender.
My first reaction was "that thing has 3 knobs too any" after watching the video it seemed pretty simple. I think this whole new area is pretty cool but a bit pricey...
I mean compared to my free Marshall OD channel it is, JK. Yeah is $100 but I got my DS-1 for less that half of that. Just consider that most distortion pedals are not in that range NEW, for obvious reasons are even more affordable used. IDK to you but for me as a student 100 bucks is not throw away money, I need to book 8 or 9 gigs to get it. Sooo...
Ya can't beat "free"! Just use your Marshall! And, I understand that $ is tight when you are a student. I get that. Been there. But, if it takes 8-9 gigs to get $100, then you need to demand more $$$!!! A big reason musicians are being underpaid is because they will accept gigs paying $11-12! That and damned dj's...
As a student this was ideal to get away from my DS-1 (yay for volume drops on low-output pickups). I appreciate that $100 is a lot, but it's ultimately worth it to upgrade (you can also probably flog the DS-1 for a bit to offset the cost). Also, as has been said, you need to up what you are asking for gigs. If I'm not putting on the show (in which case I'll take breaking even), it's got to be at least £30 to pique my interest. If it costs you more in petrol to get to the venue don't do the gig.
Why does EVERY SINGLE pedal or guitar review contain tons of bluesy naff riffs from 1970???? Just cliched rubbish. I'd love to see Thurston Moore review this. Great pedal though.
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Why did you place a magnet near the battery
Love this pedal, apart from the fact I nearly lose my vision everytime I lean over to adjust the nobs due to the need for a fusion reactor to create a mini sun to signal I'm in distortion mode
PlanktonGrass I put a small piece of duct tape over the light so I can see while playing. It works well
i know your pain ahahaha
I love this comment, I laugh my ass off when I read it. So good😂
Painters tape is my go to for those super bright leds. Just enough opacity to dim the light a bit without leaving sticky residue.
Freaking eye damage! The only bad thing i can say about these incredible pedals. They should have connected the bypass light with the knob lights. I have 4 of these awesome pedals and I covered all them with tape. These young kids dont know the damage they are doing to their eyes staring at these LEDs. Us older guys eyes are really sensitive to these lights and smart enough to know these will cause permanent eye damage down the road.
I've had this pedal for a couple of months now and it's more and more my go to for so many differnt sounds. So much more than a distortion pedal. Stacking is amazing for cleaning up a tone and the blend does so much for dirty stuff. Can't say enough about this little golden sound machine.
We appreciate the love and support, Rocky! 🤘
I have this pedal and it works exactly like they said. I like the Pugilist a lot. Best $99 I ever spent on gear.
I'm still diggin this pedal. I've decreased the OD on the right side and increased the OD and volume on the left. So, the left side knobs are both at 3, and the right side tone knob is 3 with the gain at 11. My blend knob favors the left at 10. Thanks for replying.
Old video but looking into these pedals what is the difference you would say between the pugilist and the Santa Ana?
So far I like, the market is so saturated with OD and distortion pedals that you have to stick out above them all. Your pedal got my attention and held it there. The Fender name holds a ton of weight & persistence in its products, so therefor I have trust. Great demo of the Pedal and can't wait to try it out myself and use in my next sessions & gigs. Thank You in advance Fender, your more than a pretty trophy, your my family.
I just got this pedal and I'm using it though a fender deluxe reverb. It's really good. I put everything at 12:00 and it sounded great! I like it better than my tube screamer or tumnus. Great rock tone and feels great. Try it!
Whoever designed this is a genius. Klon got famous but this is the best sounding gain pedal in history of guitar.
The guy on the right designed it lol
I have pugilist distortion and marine layer reverb pedal on my pedalboard and they are both great. Fender did a great job with their effects
Hey there
How does this Pugilist sound with the reverb? And does it add any noise to your signal? I have the marine layer as well as the bends comp and was thinking about adding this distortion to the mix. I’m hoping to replace my boss BD-2 with the Pugilist. Seems like it can do overdrive and distortion so one less pedal sounds good to me.
Thanks for the feedback
@@brianrollins7275 I play on a strat and a tele, both with single coils only, so yes, If I crank up the gain on the pugulist, there is some decent hum, but even in this configuration I haven't got any nasty noise problems. Sounds great with the reverb. Marine Layer for me is that "always on" pedal and I tend to use it on higher levels - still great tones with distortion.
@@maciejzygmuntowski6748 Thanks for the reply. I don’t use a lot of high gain and I do use a boss n/s noise suppressor so I think I will give the pugilist a try. As long as it’s not a ridiculous amount of hum and noise it should work good for me. Not looking for heavy metal type gain, just enough for blues and rock.
I love the marine layer reverb and the bends compressor so hopefully the pugilist will play nice with the rest of my setup. My marine layer is an always on pedal for me too.
Thanks again for your feedback
@@brianrollins7275 I'm sure you'll love it, cheers!
Stan Cotey has really nailed it with this pedal...it sounds pretty darn good 😎
These dudes seem sincere. More importantly, this pedal sounds pretty damn good.
I really love this pedal. I have it set with a compressor, and boi, what a magical sound
Before or after?
So to get to "B", you have to bend down and switch it manually? Fantastic sound, BUT why not just put 2 buttons on it to allow quick switching?
But the whole point is that the pedal is a blend of the two sides; there is no A or B "channel", just a balance between the two. Seems like there's plenty of options out there if you only want a dual channel kinda thing.
After hearing good things about this pedal, and now listening to it, it is now on my “WANT LIST”
I just bought one and I'm so happy with this baby!
Was looking for this and it was sold out all over Tokyo. It's not even available in my home country... but by luck I saw it in a shop selling used stuff and got it at a bargain price. Really sick and fun pedal!
Please make a video comparing the tones from the pugilist and the MTG distortion pedals. Thank you.
I purchased the Bends, Pugilist & Mirror Image pedals. They are the best. Thanks Fender team!!!
I just got The Bends after having the Marine Layer Reverb for a while. Now I’m going to get this Pugilist. I already have a delay which I’ve had for a few months now. It’s the Boss DM-2W, I was into Boss and not looking at anything else until I came across these Fender pedals. I’m sure the Mirror Image is a fantastic delay pedal and I’m sure I’ll add it to collection sooner or later.
In series mode with all controls set at 12 o’clock…awesome pedal. And it does sound better with a battery. To my ears. The tone is more like a heavier overdrive than a distortion. Glad I bought it.
I am going to try that.
@@johnsmith-ug5tp into an already slightly dirty amp. It has a nice growl to my ears. It’s not fizzy. That’s what I look for in dirt pedals
@@jasonlee8497 Exactly! I have it in front of my Blackstar Studio 10/6L6 with the reverb on 3 and its music to my ears! Plus the compugilist. I also have the marine layer in the effects loop. Desert island rig.
Just ordered one. Can’t wait!!
So l tried this pedal today....it’s an interesting pedal. I think it works best in front of clean amp. I don’t think it’s particularly great at pushing a dirty amp. You can do the no gain and dime the level. But doesn’t add enough saturation or sizzle for my tastes and truly take you to high gain levels. Will give you solid rock tones. The second channel should have more distortion IMO. The one thing l did not like is the hard foot switch. Should have the silent soft switches that you find on some of the newer pedals. But other that this is a pretty good pedal for the money and considering it’s a fender product. You do not associate fender with distortion on any level. This pedal will surprise you in person.
byronh77 You mean in a totally clean amp? It’s hard to find a distortion pedal that sounds realistic in an amp set 100% clean..
Looking at these comments fender clearly reads them cause they’ve added a lot of these features!
I have it and modded it to a 2 switch pedal. Switch 1 one replaces the blend/series and the other is switching on/bypass. Pedal makes way more sense now!
The pedal does sound damn good. The best part of this video is the 1960's Batman fight-scene music at 6:15
😂😂😂totally
Prefer this to the Santa Ana which, despite the innovative features, sounded to me like just another hot-rodded tube screamer.
I really like this distortion, and normally I don't like distortion pedals at all! I use a RAT and a Caroline Wave Cannon, but those are more like Fuzztortion/Overdrive+ pedals.
I love the RAT. It cannot be denied. No one ever talks about how great the sustain on the RAT is especially when mixed with a TS9 or 808. But I’m really digging these Fender pedals especially this one
I absolutely love this pedal. Total Strat Fattener
Do you think it would do the same for a telecaster with 2 single coils? Can you get some overdrive and still retain some clarity on a or b side? Fattening sounds good to me but without getting muddy. I’m hoping I’ll get what I’m looking for from this pedal. Fingers crossed 🤞
Real nice riff on that jam at the end!
I like the outro. Good piece of gear.
Best distortion pedal
Good Vid, thanks !!! I bought 1 used thru ebay. I'm constantly changing my drive pedals, i've easily had 2 dozen that i've re-sold after a short time using them. Like in the video, this one gives more tonal control. I've got a Blues Jr and a Super Reverb. It works ok with both.
I bought one of these a week ago. Love it but there should be v2 or deluxe that has switches for each channel so they can be switched on independent of each other or together in series or parallel . I'd gladly pay a premium for that option.
Passion creates fantastic things!
I really love Fender, they always have cutting-edge equipment to offer people, too bad that in Brazil everything is very expensive🎸
Very good pedal love this song
Sound glorious!! Good job Fender!
Love this petal. Just got one.
Sounds great. Saturated but articulate.
Got one of these. It's amazing.
Thank you Stan!
Great demo and tones. Thanks guys!
I just got one, it' great.
The pedal sounds awesome, and the two sides are great. The only thing this pedal is missing is a Expression pedal output so you can cycle through all the great sounds in between. Such a missed opportunity...
Pretty damn impressed. I'm not a distortion guy, but you guys got my attention.
Excellent distortion pedal...
Good god anyone else think that Telecaster is pretty damn fine??
And pedal sound great too, single coil or humbuckers and all. I thought the Sta. Ana OD was the one I wanted, I was wrong...
Great Pedal
I knew Stan designed pedals, I didn’t know he shredded as well
It’s a great pedal especially at this price.
sounds good, i just wish it had 2nd foot swith to switch between series and blend.
You had me at parallel distortion. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Dankeschön 🙏
Nice.. but why not add an A&B switch as well? Anyway this sounds really nice & i love the battery compartment & led lights.
Does any one knows the fender strat guitar model on the right??
Can you make the pinch harmonics sound squeeky using this pedal?
Can the A channel get completely clean? I.e., can you blend a clean tone with the dirty B channel? Thanks
@TheJofrica - I own the pedal, and I would say yes to both, but the clean tone isn't quite the same as bypassing the pedal. You'll need to test it for yourself, obviously, but there are a bucketload of tone variations in this pedal.
6:15 what song is this?
I found an issue on its power, with a ussual 9v power supply it doesnt work as it should, what power supply should i use for this pedal?
Like The Strymon Sunset pedal,AB gain match thing~
Hello
What is the model of Stratocaster that Stan Cotey is playing?
will it be suitable to add my booster pedal with it??
As great as this pedal sounds, I think it would’ve been greatly improved by the addition of a second foot switch, to change from blend to series on the fly.
Rick is definitely a "I found a sound I like" *stops turning knobs* kind of guy.
A M A Z I N G ....
If you put a footswitch for each distortion channel it was perfect
Hello!this is a digital pedal or transistor(analog)????
Thanks for you question! Yes - the Pugilist is analog, as well as true bypass.
thanks!
Whats the modelname of the telecaster in the Video?
Also, Stan reminds me of Jimmy's brother Chuck from Better Call Saul.
Yeah, distortion is what makes electric guitar to another level. Like the notes separation and two different kinds of distortion in one box. You can make this same with two separete distortion boxes but not quite same ? Or can you ?
Pugilist name is punch on your face or in this case distortion. Flexible box I think. Only one complaint why ever numbers on these ? Because you can make your best sounds and write them down.
Damn that pedal looks sleek
Has anyone at the fender design team really thought about what happens when you put a magnet on the door that holds the battery.
If it had 2 buttons I would buy it.
Nice 👍
Sounds a hell of a lot better than my DS1.
Jason Maarsseveen would reducing treble also help, if I can’t get a bass booster?
Which pedal are you boosting with? Just experiment
Jason Maarsseveen nah I meant that if I reduced the treble on the amp would it sound better if I used more distortion.
Oh i dont know man, i play on stage equipment. Panel - > end amp to boxes. So very clean. You gotta try yourself
Jason Maarsseveen well I play on a shitty 10 watt and I’m probably gonna upgrade soon because it’s a beginner amp. I’m hoping to get better tone out of a Fender mustang 40 but idk. Stage equipment sounds pretty cool, do you play in a band?
Could have subtitles in Portuguese too. I'm not so good in english yet, and gives me laziness sometimes ahaha
Good
Chuck from better call Saul?
This is kind of like a 1959SLP in that you have HIGH TREBLE and NORMAL channels to blend. ... What's a concept! I can feel the GAS pains already.
I wish the amp guy had fixed the effects loop in my Bassbreaker 15. I love the amp, but the loop is so noisy as to be unusable.
I bought this pedal. I love it! With a germanium treble booster in front when using humbuckers, it's Black Sabbath territory. The bass boost is handy for a Strat/Blues jnr or Hot Rod amp setup. My Tweed junior loves this pedal, and the bass boost doesn't flub the speaker at all, which is a problem I encountered when using an EP Booster (RC worked better).
Great pedal. Good price. Gonna cost about the same for my Bassbreaker to get the fx loop fixed grrrr.
I still love Fender, most always been a Fender player. But fix those damn loops in those amps! Cheers from Australia.
Matt, there is an update on the effects loop. Take it to a Fender authorized amp tech near you and they can take care of it.
I sent my bassbreaker 15 back to fender and they sent me a new one with the updated effects loop but it still has the same problem. It's a little better but not much
Fender Australia flat out denied any problem existed.
Sound like a super rich boi
Ok, you won, just take my money
You guys made one really big mistake, in a world where no one seems to want anything bigger then an MXR sized pedal anymore, Fender goes and makes some cutting edge stuff in oversized boxes. Sadly I took my pedal back because it was to big and bulky!
Chuck McCrory it’s not bigger than many other pedals like Bogner, KOT, Weehbos, majikbox, I could go on all day. I have this and the others. This is not that big and it sounds great and it’s $99. About $200 less than the others.
Don’t get me wrong, the pugilist is a great sounding pedal. But lets look at a few companies...”Way Huge” switched to a smaller box size I have to believe the bulky boxes killed their sales). “Visual Sound” (Now True-Tone) got rid or very large weird looking arrow shaped boxes because of complaints. Bogner, The company you just mentioned went down to smaller box sizes on their latest creations....Realestate is an important time issue on most guys boards, unless they don’t mind carrying a large suit case around. I am a Fender head all the way ... for years I owned a Fender based e-magazine called “All things Strat” (23,000 readers a month)...I just have to call a spade a spade.... big effec t box size is a deterrent to most guitarist!
Chuck McCrory yea I understand. I’m not a pro so it doesn’t matter to me. However, I love a good mini pedal too. But yea Bogner did downsize their pedals. But if I was a pro I’d still stick with their v1 it has more options. This really isn’t that big in person. Medium size. But I guess u want it smaller. It’s a really nice pedal though and it shows u don’t have to spend a fortune on a nice pedal. Oh u took it back?! I almost missed that. Due to the size? Well how about a jhs Andy Timmons? Sorry Fender.
An excellent, versatile distortion pedal, and no, I don't work for Fender.
So he keeps saying Distortion engines, does that mean it is digital?
Le bouton pour le passage son clair à son saturé fait un bruit horrible dans les deux sens.
USA or China?
Designed in USA, made in China, Best distortion you’ll ever buy
Pugilist is a type of dog right?
Catface No. It’s a very dated term for boxer.
like I said, type of dog
Catface A boxer is a dog, yes, but like an actual boxer as in the sport.
My first reaction was "that thing has 3 knobs too any" after watching the video it seemed pretty simple.
I think this whole new area is pretty cool but a bit pricey...
It's $100! That's not 'pricey'
I mean compared to my free Marshall OD channel it is, JK. Yeah is $100 but I got my DS-1 for less that half of that.
Just consider that most distortion pedals are not in that range NEW, for obvious reasons are even more affordable used. IDK to you but for me as a student 100 bucks is not throw away money, I need to book 8 or 9 gigs to get it. Sooo...
Ya can't beat "free"! Just use your Marshall!
And, I understand that $ is tight when you are a student. I get that. Been there.
But, if it takes 8-9 gigs to get $100, then you need to demand more $$$!!!
A big reason musicians are being underpaid is because they will accept gigs paying $11-12! That and damned dj's...
$100 is a steal for the amount of versatility it offers. Any other company would be charging $199+ for this.
As a student this was ideal to get away from my DS-1 (yay for volume drops on low-output pickups). I appreciate that $100 is a lot, but it's ultimately worth it to upgrade (you can also probably flog the DS-1 for a bit to offset the cost). Also, as has been said, you need to up what you are asking for gigs. If I'm not putting on the show (in which case I'll take breaking even), it's got to be at least £30 to pique my interest. If it costs you more in petrol to get to the venue don't do the gig.
Make a fuzz god dammit!!
Why does EVERY SINGLE pedal or guitar review contain tons of bluesy naff riffs from 1970???? Just cliched rubbish. I'd love to see Thurston Moore review this.
Great pedal though.
*Pugliest.*
You read it that way too!!
Maybe it would sound better if your guitar was in tune !
I heard that too...lol