Harley Benton Crunch Distortion

Affordable British classic rock sound!

Simple design and basic controls. This is a rebranded Joyo JF-03 Crunch Distortion.

just try Harley Benton Crunch Distortion and have a blast

the powering crunch in the distortion is disturbing derangedly good.

i use it with a bass.

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Too much gain for crunchy?

Although the title of the review may sound a tad negateve, don't worry, it is not a bad pedal! The word crunch usually gives me some associations with the lower or mid gain sounds. This one goes to more of a higher gain levels. Of course you can back off the gain, but still, expect much more of it than the name may suggest. There should be a trim pot inside that adjust the presence to suit various amplifiers. However getting into it is quite a pain, so maybe it would be better to make the trim pot more accessible

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.

Solid Quality

Very nice pedal with a good feel to it

Recommended

Good quality crunchy distortion. It is more of a higher gain pedal, as you don't really get a less overdriven sound when you turn off the Gain knob. But obviously this is because it is a distortion, not a overdrive pedal.

But I like that it doesn't lack the low end sounds, which makes it very usable as a crunch type of distortion.

Great 90's Marshall sound

I use it with my HRD IV.

It has nice disortion for rythem and leads.

Pros: Enough gain and bright tone

Cons: Volume pot is too sensitive i have it at 8:30 when i have it on 9:00 o+clock it is too loud.

Otherwise it is good for it's price.

Harley Benton Crunch Distortion

I have three Harley Benton pedals (distortion, over drive, delay); while I use overdrive and delay, this one left my pedalboard very soon. Still, for this price, it is a well-built pedal, which has given me no issues and has a nice small size. I didn't quite got to like the sound, but I guess that's a matter of taste.

Very good for the price

Clean and great boost. No noice and very good distortion. Works great as an addition to my pedalboard.

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