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Choosing a distortion pedal is a bit of a headache at the best of times, but choosing a distortion pedal on a tight budget can be enough to make you want to pack up your gear and go back to playing in your bedroom. Fortunately, there are some great distortion pedals that bring the tone without breaking the bank.

pigtone PP-30 Distortion

Classic distortion tone. Whether you play Popular, Rock, or Metal, its performance is all very talented. True bypass provides a  transparent tone. When the distortion effect pedal is disengaged, true bypass switching maintains pure signal flow and minimizes the tone loss to keep the tone quality.

Behringer ULTRA METAL UM300 Heavy Metal Distortion

Take off with the most extreme and sought-after hard rock or heavy metal distortion

This Behringer product has been designed to compete head to head with leading products on the market

Multi-gain circuitry to give you super-thick, tube-like distortion plus endless sustain

Dedicated Distortion, 3-band EQ and Level controls for awesome sound shaping

Electro-Harmonix NANO METAL MUFF Distortion

The EHX Nano Metal Muff was built for the player who demands nothing less than hard-hitting distortion and an intense, aggressive sound. It’s a combination of weaponized distortion and an extremely powerful EQ section that provides all the flexibility and tone-shaping needed to dial in an array of ultra-heavy sounds.

MXR M75 Super Badass® Distortion

Highly responsive full spectrum distortion

Bass, Mid & Treble controls

100% Analog

True bypass

 
 

TC Electronic EYEMASTER Skull-Pounding Metal Distortion

EYEMASTER METAL DISTORTION brings back the original metal credo of “loud and brutal” with its “simpler-than thou” 2-knob operation.

Just set the volume (all the way up, right?) and adjust the gain (anything less than all-the-gain is sacrilege) and start riffing.

EYEMASTER was specifically designed to channel the Swedish death metal tone, endearingly nicknamed the “Swedish buzzsaw”. As that term implies, EYEMASTER is not a subtle overdrive.

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EX-GEAR Red Fury Distortion Pedal

This classic distortion pedal will inspire you to write great riffs and songs. It makes playing the guitar easy. Fast riffs sound clean. Immediate attack and bottom-end-chunk with acute dynamics, punch and distortion. A versatile pedal, bringing feel and tone to your every guitar riff.

 EQ settings were calibrated to create precise frequency settings, with low, mid and high options. Extra tone knob effects the overall sonic quality.

MXR M-104 Distortion Plus

In the middle ranges of the Output and Distortion controls, you’ll find soft-clipped distortion tones that sound truly retro-authentic, especially when they’re mixed with a splash of reverb. Pushing Distortion up higher produces classic fuzz tones that are finding their way onto an increasing number of albums. A welcome, enjoyable alternative to LA saturation and British crunch!

TC Electronic DARK MATTER DISTORTION

Phenomenal distortion pedal with an extreme dynamic range gives you highly musical distortion covering a wide sound spectrum

Vintage-voiced distortion from analog circuits offers a full sound with lively response that can be instantly adjusted to a huge range of tones

Two-band EQ with active bass and treble knobs lets you really shape your sound

Ibanez Tube Screamer Mini

Built for the guitarist who is looking to pack in their pedalboard with as many pedals as possible. Ibanez knows your pedalboard real estate is valuable. Here is a Tube Screamer made to help you manage that hallowed ground. Same legendary pedal. Same legendary tone. Features Controls: Overdrive, Tone and Level 100% Analog Circuitry True Bypass Switching 

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Danelectro D-3 Fab Metal Effects

‎Bold, combative, hostile, belligerent, and explosive. Finally, a pedal with your personality! Just plug in and erupt. When all else fails… DISTORT IT! If your looking for a well rounded, and supremely well balanced distortion stomp box… then look no further. This baby can crank out that heavy hard metal!

Mad Professor MAD-FRF Guitar Distortion

The Mad Professor Fire Red Fuzz (FRF) is a fuzz pedal that is easy to play with long sustain and lot of tone variations. The pedal has a compressed, deep effect to allow equal sustain throughout the freeboard. Tone control was specifically designed to allow tones from mellow fuzz, through slight midcult to thin bright fuzz. The FRF is not another variation of a classic fuzz design but an unique pedal with its own character and extremely versatile Tone control. It’s great for recording different layof Fuzz tones from haunting dark to cutting thin bright. 

Caline CP-77"Bounty Hunter" Heavy Metal High Gain Distortion

The CP-77 “Bounty Hunter” is our new high gain distortion pedal with plenty of punch.

With 3 controls: Volume, Distortion and Mid

The 2-way selector switch: Extreme/Classic, allows a subtle variation from the more compressed classic tone to the more open modern extreme sound.

Dual power supply choices (9V battery or DC 9V power adapter) for convenient usage.(neither included)

True Bypass design, with sturdy aluminum alloy casing

 
 

Pro Co RAT2 Distortion

The beauty of the RAT 2 lies in its versatility. Used as a primary distortion, it excels at arena rock rhythm tones and soaring leads. Do you have a powerful amp with too much headroom for the gig? The RAT 2 nails that sweet spot where a tube amp goes from sparkly clean to warm overdrive. Maybe you already love your amp’s distortion. Use the RAT 2 as a boost for solos and get the extra kick you need.

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