Digitech Bad Monkey

Im a very keen guitarist and have been for many years, more recently i have got into production and i now record quite few artists and bands, i am always coming across a band using distortion in their effects setup or needing the effect myself and because i use it so much i needed to find a unit that was capabe of producing a nice solid tone to work with! I first heard about the digitech 'bad monkey' from a friend who used one and recommended them as being a very solid sounding distortion with nice variables so i decided to look further. I went in to my local music store who sold them and tried one out and was surprised very quickly at how good ...  Read the complete review

The Bad Monkey is a surprisingly cheap overdrive pedal, designed to replicate the sound of an overdriven tube amp. It can also be used as a clean boost. The Bad Monkey has 4 controls/knobs. A level knob to control the pedal output or volume, a gain knob to control the amount of distortion/clipping, a low knob to control the amount of bass and a high knob for the amount of treble. These provide plenty of control over the sound from the pedal. The pedal is built into a metal case, I really can't see this breaking on me. The pedal can be powered by a 9V power supply or by a 9V battery. It has 1 input and 2 outputs, one for amps or for plugging ...  Read the complete review