Crunch Distortion : Fantastic for bass

This pedal is great for bass.

In front of an amp it tends to cut a bit too much of the low end for my tastes, but it still works really well.

Where it really shines is when run in a parallel FX loop though.

We run this pedal in the FX loop of my Hartke HA3500 which allows us to dial in everything from brutal distortion to just the right amount of grit, for a more overdriven sound.

I was honestly surprised by how great it sounds when we first tried it out.

If no amp with a parallel loop is available I'm certain similar (or even better) results could be achieved by either splitting the signal before the pedal and feed it to a separate amp, or run the clean signal through a PA to retain low end.

Our better yet, use a pedal like the Tri Parallel Mixer from Electro Harmonix to achieve the same result as the parallel FX loop.

Worth mentioning is that we use this pedal with different bass guitars that are all 4-strings tuned down to B standard.

With other distortions (lite the Rat), it is really hard to dial in a sound that sounds good on both the low B string and the remaining ones but with the Crunch Distortion it's a breeze.

My one gripe about the pedal is that it feels a bit cheap, but on the other hand it feels sturdier than the cheap Behringer pedals.

We've used the pedal for rehearsal and recording for almost a year and a half now though and it still works without issue.