Most disappointing distortion pedal you ever tried

I’m a mad scientist. I can usually get a usable tone out of just about anything with enough fucking around. I certainly have thrown a few pedals in the trash within 10 minutes. I’ve also sold some that I wish I hadn’t. Would like to have the SLO preamp back to give it another chance. The one pedal I hate is the OCD. it has a certain nasally characteristic to it that makes me almost nauseous. 🤷🏼‍♂️
 
ROSS (not BOSS) distortion pedal. If a MXR Dist + messed around with it’s cousin’s Fuzz, this would be the offspring
 
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headlessdeadguy said:
I’m a mad scientist. I can usually get a usable tone out of just about anything with enough fucking around.
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Generally agree with this. But there are some things that are just so bad that it's impossible to get any kind of usable tone. Gorilla amps, and the DOD American Metal pedal fall into this category.
 
The Carl Martin Plexitone. The gold one. My first lesson in buying pedals demo'd by Pete Thorn. That dude makes everything sound good, but I HATED that pedal lol
 
reignman454 said:
Not a distortion but the fultone ocd was the most over-rated piece of gear I’ve ever seen. I said it.
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It's a really good OD but the level of hype on forums around it's release was probably on a level never seen by any OD pedal before or since.
 
BABMusic said:
Mine would be this thing. I remember my guitar teacher (who was awesome) let me borrow this. I plugged it in and it sounded almost as bad as my 5 watt Gorilla amp. It sounded kind of like crumbling a piece of paper.




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Came to post this same pedal. It's the dullest sounding distortion pedal I ever heard.
 
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