Great pedal.

Having owned over 50 overdrive pedals, I have to say the overdrive side of the pedal is lacking. But, it does a decent job. What I can say is the distortion side is awesome. I used to have an old Peavy amp and mainly played Hard Rock back in the day, and this nails that fat distortion tone I used to get. Plenty of gain and distortion on hand. Out of a sea of pedals this is one of the only dirt pedals I haven't sold. I consider it an essential part of my rig. The EQ on it is very versatile

Awesome Pedal

I've never had a very good overdrive pedal before, but this pedal is way awesome. It sounds really good and has a very solid feel to it. Even after 3 week, I'm still figuring out new sounds.

Excellent Pedal

This pedal is by far the best distortion I have ever heard. It stings, rings, sings and has the most beautiful harmonic textures. The mid-range knob on the dist. channel acts like a "long-throw" wha-wha pot with all the midrange sweep you desire!! The booster channel, for me, makes for a great sounding rhythm crunch channel, while retaining clarity even for chording. Two seperate channels for a variety of too cool sounds. I love this thing!!

Excellent pedal

This totally does what it says it will. It has a wonderful tone, and you can go from just a clean boost to some heavy distortion easily. I've used it with a tele through a Blues Jr., and it sounds really amazing. The tone controls are intuitive.

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I love my GT-500. I got it for it's boost / overdrive function and the fact that you could run it's separate distortion section before or after the boost, both of which can be used at the same time. The boost can be driven for some overdrive, or as a super clean boost that'll retain your guitar's tone when engaged. Very hard to find a pedal like this. The distortion side goes from grit to heavy saturation, even capable of some metal tones, though I haven't played metal since I was 16. The boost has Bass / Highs eq knobs, while the distortion side has Bass / Mid / Highs eq knobs. The mid knob is pulled directly from one of Fulltone's wahs allowing very "vocal" midrange sweep adjustments, providing distorted tones from fasal to super scooped. And you could combine it with the boost side and IT'S eq for a huge range of tones. It's hand-wired and built tough. Nearly endless gain possibilities here........

Great pedal

This is a great pedal. Just as the literature says, you can get a really wide range of tones from it. The overdrive/boost side has a big boost possible and responds well to picking dynamics--really a nice bluesy sound. The distortion side will go from cleanish to pretty distorted. It's not metal, but I don't get the sense that's what it was designed for. Certainly fine for rock. The mini-pots are useful.