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Digitech XTD Tone Driver Overdrive Pedal

Multieffects distortion pedal that has several distortion models onboard.

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Not What I Was Hoping For

Ease Of Use	All things considered, it's straight forward operation as far as basics are concerned. When you are trying to get a prticular sound from it, things go downhill. Level is fine, but tone and gain tweaking with the morph knob made it a little like chasing your tail. Just couldn't get it.
Sound	I purchased this pedal in hopes that on my personal setup I could get the TS-9 Tubescreamer sound. I had heard it was spot on. Wrong. It is missing a piece of it's soul as the sounds it produces are not very organic in nature. It has a definate manufactured/processed sound to it. It does the gauntlet of general tones in a round about way, but specifically trying to get another pedal brands sound, it doesn't even get in the ball park, even with the literature on the piece.
Reliability	I traded this back in to get a TS-9 fairly quick so I don't know the longevity of this particular pedal.
Customer Support	N/A

Liked about it	One sound was nice...Level-5:00, Tone-12:00, Gain-3:30, Morph/X-Factor-2:00
Didn't like	The powder coat was bubbled up and chiping (brand new). Cannot reproduce sounds as claimed. Bad choice if you are really picky about a sound you are looking for.

Overall satisfaction:

2.0

By THE UNIVERSAL ON
Nov 05, 2009

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Nice Overdrive Pedal

Ease Of Use	This pedal is like a little multieffects distortion pedal rolled up into one. It can produce sounds from the DOD 250, TS-9 Tube Screamer, Ibanez TS-808, and everything in-between. Some tweaking of the Tone knob and you get wide tone shapping ability. You also have two different outputs available so you can output normally or get Digitech's advanced cabinet modeling.
Sound	I mostly use 7 string Ibanez guitars (RG1527, RG7620). I've used this in front of an old Marshall Plexi, and old Ampeg SVT bass amp, a Trainwreck combo and an old Crate combo. All the amps are tube except for the Crate. It sounded great in front of all of them. This series of Digitech pedals are quiet. I prefer this pedal's warm sound with the morph knob turned to the middle, but all models sound true to their design. One option I really like is having two outputs. You can send one output to your amp which colors the sound one way. You can send the other output to a mixing board or recorder and get Digitech's cabinet modeling circuit which really sounds great. Record the two and blend them together for a very unique sound.
Reliability	I've never had an issue with any Digitech product whether it be an old mid-80's rack effect or a floor pedal. It's one of the reasons I have so many Digitech products. Their reliable to the end, built like tanks and project quality. I don't see the need to have one of these for a backup. However, I would suggest other Digitech X-Series pedals as they all sound awesome!
Customer Support	I've never had to deal with customer support.

Liked about it	I liked the ablility to morph between 3 different popular drive pedals. It really acts like a multieffects distortion pedal. The two outputs, one having the advanced cabinet modeling, is a great addition, and the chassis of this thing will stand up to plenty abuse.
Didn't like	It's hard to say anything that I didn't like about it. I guess the only thing I could say is that since they put 3 different models in this pedal, why not put more.