The pedal’s construction was excellent, although the purple-on-black lettering was tough to read in dark rooms. In the stanky bo mode, the pre-gain knob adds volume to the sound, but the distortion intensity is more a product of gain and tone. Sounds range from raspy low-gain fur to all-out squashed fuzz, with excellent note-to-note composure and control. I especially dug the eq shift switch, which changes the tone control’s range to thicken and sweeten the sound.