The tone of this pedal is quite unique but still falls under the nice gain distortion that you've heard from basically any other distortion pedal. It's a very simple design and you won't be hard pressed to figure out the best sound in this pedal. It has the foot switch along with the inout and output plugs and that's pretty much about it. You get the distortion control, filter control, and volume control. This pedal basically asked three control knobs. It does capturing the gaining distortion you looking for but the voice is slightly different. This is a sound that is somewhat unique to itself and it doesn't really sound like any other distortion pedal that you've heard. It's a very simple design that produces a nice gainy sound. Much like the boss pedals and even Ibanez tube screamer this pedal goes down as one of the most highly used most recognizable distortion pedals in the music industry. The pro coat Rat pedal is what is his iconic distortion pedals that it's been one of the most legendary distortion sounds in all of rock history. Go get one! You'll be glad you made the investment. Even though I feel it could have been designed a little better, the sound is where this pedal shines. The input/output jacks are located on the back, along with the slot to put in a AC adapter. It's black and has effective rubber stoppers on the bottom. The pedal is made of metal, and weighs a good amount. I've drained numerous batteries because i've forgotton to turn it off when I was done. It's wider than it is tall, and is very thick, which kind of makes it hard to stomp on because of the large knobs right above the activator. While, I'm not crazy about the shape of this pedal. It's especially good with hard rock, which is perfect for my brand of playing. It has great sustain and an awesome, warm fuzz sound. This is definatly different from every other distorion pedal i've ever tried, and I mean that totally in a good way. I got this pedal for 65 dollars plus 5 dollars shipping at about one month ago.

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