I've owned one of these since they first came out --- I assume the current pedal has the same guts as mine. Why would they mess with it when it sounds so outstanding. Don't believe me? Then read just about every DigiTech Grunge pedal review ever posted on every site on the world wide web. But I totally understand your misgivings --- it looks cheap and it does look quite ridiculious actually --- it has a stupid name and it's a DigiTech which is generally associated with super mass produced lower end stuff --- also it's fairly cheap in price. And everyone knows that you only get what you pay for --- right? Well --- every rule has it's exception and this is one. I have been using mine for nearly 15 years and I still use it. I use it for one reason. It does what it does VERY --- VERY --- V-E-R-Y well. I used it today. I use it everyday. I'm not trying to say it's perfect and that it's the best pedal of all time or something. It's not going to be all things to all people. (It's a cheap DigiTech pedal for crypssake)! It's just insanely good at what it does. Anyway, I've got a ton of pedals from seriously expensive "super" pedals to used, abused and discarded classics. yet I always find time for the ol' Grunge in my line up. Try it in your chain behind a tubescreamer or a decent overdrive and you will be in distortion heaven --- front row center.

Ummm... use the knobs to find a sound you like and then find the place in your chain that makes the Grunge sound good to your ears. Simple. I often use it behind my Big Muff to brighten the fuzz a touch. The Grunge pedal is not particularly heavy on the low end sounds so it ends up being great for adding definition.

Been going strong for about fifteen years and counting.

No experience

No style

the sound quality is amazing, nice distortion very crunchy and EQ allows you to choose various sounds from heavy and smooth to ballsy and crunchy. its great for metal infact it should be renamed metal instead of grunge really. i managed to get a sweet metallica sound through my epiphone les paul standard and i was very pleased

it has 4 knobs: loud-increases your guitar signal, dont turn this up too much it will make your amp very loud even if it is set to a low volume! high-basicaly your treble low-basicaly your bass grunge-turn this up for a more fuzzy sounding distortion overall the features are great but to make this pedal perfect it should of had a mids dial but i was still very impressed

the pedal came with booklet with 4 presets, they were all pretty good but if you want to personalise and perfect your sound, depeneding on how picky you are expect to spend between 10-15 minutes working out the whole pedal and how it works and how sensitive all the knobs are

its made of solid metal, it weighs 3 times more than any boss pedal so it wont slide about on stage. it doubles as weight lift for crying out loud!

as i live in england the pedal cost a hell of a lot more than what it sells for in the US and as i also live in swindon in the UK it was priced at 40 pounds which is about $80. either way the pedal is amasing and id gladly pay 100 pounds for it!

ive never dealed with digitech but they give a 6 year warranty so ill give them benefit of the doubt and give them a 10

its a very sexy looking pedal, it has cracks all around and is very trendy looking it would deafinetly catch anyones eye on the shelf!

ive been playing guitar for about a year

anything from blues to heavy metal i have a very open musical taste and i even enjoy lisening to classical music at times

Now...Holy Hell this pedal kick big ... Honestly, Boss's pedals cant even reach this much! The sound is clear, heavy, and the sustain is just too long to mention. You can have all of those analog metal sounds from this one (not like this digital stuff)...whether if the grunge level is at its lowest...so dont have to mention when it is set on to the highest...

Way enough for a pedal...what do you want more... A Level, a Bass, a Treble and a Dist level... And also I love the way you can change the battery... Buy one and you'll know why its really good... (Hint: you can change the battery in couple of secs...)

Seriously, I have to give this pedal 10...

Its not pricey at all...

I want it, yeah, and i got it...

Guitarist, all around...

Metal, Thrash, Grind, everything metal... Jazz, Fusion...

The sound of this pedal can go from a soft distortion to a good metal sound. Of course I use the metal sound. Just scoop the mids on your amp and you're ready to go.

It didn't come with an adapter. However a battery was included along with some instructions.

It's hard as .... well ... the metal it's made of. The finish is nice, and I doubt this thing will break anytime soon.

I say it's a good deal. If I had tried this out before buying, I might have sprung for the Digitech Death Metal pedal, but I'm just fine with this one.

I haven't need any support because it's so easy to use.

Ummm .... sex appeal? Not exactly. It is pretty though.

In a band and recording engineer

Metal

First off, the title Grunge, as most would say, is an understatement. It sounds more like metal. It is versatile when it comes to hitting the wanted tone. However, the gain or the grunge is not really versatile. The gain, more or less, has one sound. The only thing that differs is the discernability of the playing. The lower the setting, the more that listeners will understand what you are playing. The higher the setting of the "grunge" knob, the lower the discernability of the sound.

The high and low knobs work great. But when it comes to the "Grunge" knob, It doesn't give you much variability. The "grunge" knob should have been sweeped to a higher range.

There is only one thing I didn't like in this pedal (and all other digitech stomps, for that matter). Aesthetically speaking, the finish is perfect. But there are a couple of things I noticed when using it, and opening the latch for battery access. First, you have to step on it deeper than you step on Boss pedals to switch it, but it is not that bad. Next, when you unlatch the battery access, you will notice a .9cmX.9cm smoothedged square hole in the lower left corner, and from there, you will already see the green semiconductor (the chipset itself), making it exposed to dust. Maybe it's just me. Personally, I hope digitech will redesign it to keep its contents vacuum packed, and safe from dust and corrosion.

Though it is not as versatile as I thought, I still think it is a good buy.

Though I think it should be redesigned to make it more dependable quality-wise, I haven't had any problems with my pedal yet. I have two digitechs, they've been with me for a just few months now. I have yet to see its durability.

Though it is not as veratile as my other Digitech, this pedal is a good addition to my rig. I mainly use it for searing leads. It screams the most out of any amp I use.

Active Musician

Blues, Rock, Alternative, Progressive

The sound quality is amaizing just hearing the death like metal screaching from my amp making my guitar scream makes me feel like i am a better player. Turning every knob on he pedal up except the loud leaving that at about 4 makes my concerts even better. AMAZING!!!

I bought mine from my friend.maybe the grunge know is the best thing on it..

Active Musician

Metal, Death Metal, Rock, and some Blues

I say 9 because I'm more metal than alternative or grunge and I am just really picky about tonal qualities. And since I like metal more I replaced it with the Death Metal but if you like alternative and grunge this is definately the pedal for you. I trust you would rate it 10

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the loud knob!!!

Pretty damn easy!

just like all Digitech products, built like a tank.

I think the paint job on it is pretty cool

hobbyist

power metal

Have player guitar for 5 years, just jamming with friends

Classic rock, blues, grunge.

Well, I bought this product a couple of months ago, and I gotta say it was great. Key word "was" The grunge knob was a nice touch, especially for that nice bleeding distortion tone. It really is good for metal, but it was a bit lacking on the bass response even with the bass knob up (could be my pickups, idk)

Good features, nice controls, and it is pretty stable... at least for some time

If you have ever used a distortion pedal before this one is easy.

Here's my major bug: i bought this crap in January, I havent used it much, and only a few days ago, I played it and BAM, the battery dies...or so I think i replace the battery, and well, nothing happened. Literally, it didnt even turn on. I plugged it in to the power supply that it recommends to use (the Harman one) and nada, zilch. it was decent while it lasted, but the thing died after 5 months!!!! not even that!!! also, after a little bit, the knobs get loose, but hey, thats happened on every pedal I have played with so i cant really complain about that

Well, for a one timer, it fared well! Im buying a TS9 now!

Didnt even pick up the phone or reply to my emails when i called them about the unit, and then i found out they scammed me with the warranty. Apparently I had to fill out some crappy warranty card that comes with the product to get the warranty, and noone does that i think anyway Point is, no warranty, no replacement, and I am distortion-less -.-

Eh, at first glance i only bought it b/c of a sound demo I had heard earlier. It looks decent, and I wouldnt really downgrade it because of looks alone. its just the durability etc.

Active Musician

Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal

I tried this one out while browsing for a standard distortion pedal and was mortified by it. I gave it a go on a tele, a strat and a les paul and was disgusted. Its tone is screechy, transistor awfulness that resembles my Grandma during a major epileptic fit. No amount of different tonal setups can save this pedal from its grave disposition. Best left for boneheads and amateurs who bang out chords carefree.

Relatively straightforward. Yet even if it had an inbuilt Equalizer it would still suck.

Its great! It's so bad that i can hardly tell the difference when i chain a chorus or a phaser on! You don't even need to know how to play to get the same sound as you would if Pete townshend or satriani was using this pedal!

Excellent. Durable and solid as a rock. I'll start keeping one of these near me when i walk home late at night for self-defence.

Even if i won the lottery i wouldn't pay ten dollars for it.

I didn't buy it.

Aesthetically challenged in many aspects.

Active Musician

Jazz, Punk (the cool stuff), New Wave, Grunge, Classic Rock, Alternative, ProgRock

pretty good overall sound

It's o.k. but the volume is touchy

It's I drop it a lot and its always working

great for any distortion

it's sweet looking it's a more silvery purple

This pedal sounds awesome. It actually is the newer model of the pedal kurt cobain used. If you love Nirvana like me you need this pedal! The grunge knob on the pedal adds distortion and fuzz. Even with grunge turned all the way down you get heavy sounds, but no fuzz. So if you're worried about the fuzz, just turn down the grunge and you can play stuff like AC/DC and Def Leppard! Oh ya, and for all you metal heads, this pedal ain't for you. It's GRUNGE not METAL. If you do like metal, get a Boss Metal Zone or Digitech Death Metal.

If this product was made to drop out of bombers, then it would be pretty lethal weapon! It's made out of hard metal with hard plastic on the bottom. Whenever it's dropped though it makes a nasty sound... Don't be fooled though, that sound means nothing it's pretty much indestructable.

How hard can it be to use the thing? Sure the manual comes with pre sets, but I just turn it up to insane and start playing. You can get the exact sounds of songs like: Smells Like Teen Spirit and even Heart Shaped Box and Lithium. If only I could get my hands on a jagstang, it would sound soooooo awesome.

Made well, and the light purple with the cracks looks sick.

I would pay a million times more for this pedal! It's worth it.

Never dealt with support, i'll never have to either... This pedal is a beast!

I wanted this pedal soooo bad, it is hhhott. Without it, my guitar would sound like crap.

Active Musician

Grunge, Hard Rock, Rock, Classic Rock, and occasionally Blues/Funk

it sounds fantastic!, you can get a very wide variety of distortion sounds from this amazing product, and it even makes your clean sounds good too!

4 knobs that control the loudness, signal strenght, and the amount of heavy grunge sound you want

easy as hell! just adjust the knobs to your favor

if droped from a couple stories this thing could be deadly lol, its made rock hard metal, a rubber pad for the acutal foot part that give good feel and no slip,

this thing will LAST! i couldn't find a better deal when i checked out the grunge pedal

they had some trouble processing my order the day after i orderd it but it was my fault but they got it all sorted out and i had it the next day!

i dont know about sex appeal, but it definetly looks coool! its a light purple i think and has the word GRUNGE in the middle and is surrounded by little fake cracks that make it look cool

Blues, Rock, Grunge of course, a little metal hear and there

if your going to get a pedal get this one. So versitile you can get the sound of the "death metal" pedal goes from ligh somwhat over drive to absoulutly insane. awesome pedal buy you wont regret it

Power source pays for it self in a week

if you cant use this pedal you migh be a bit slow its very simple

ive had it for a year and it works like it just came out of the box

Its worth more wayyyy more so you should buy it befor digi tech realizes this and jacks up the price

its a sexy purple with like a cracked look

you can have a nirvana sound or get a heavy metallica sound (to get nirvana put a chorus sound with it

i like the cracks on the pedal and good versitaility

awesome, you can smash this thing up and still get a great sound

ya, its good

I think this is a top of the line guitar effect (distortion) pedal. This isn't very high priced but it works like a pedal that is worth $.1000

This product lasts a long time and its very good to own.

Like I said before, this pedal is a low priced pedal but acts as if it was a pedal worth $100+

I saw this pedal on the Digitech website, heard some samples, and I thought to myself, "I've Got to have this."

I love it, to each his/her own I guess. If people are grumbling about fuzz, then they maybe should have never purchased a grunge pedal in the first place. Remember that metal and grunge are two different styles. While your at it, compare it to the blues pedal too, jeez! It sounds great through my Peavey JSX head. BTW, there is a knob to control the grunge.

Would not add a thing.

Yes it's built like a tank.

$10 off, I couldn't pass it up.

n/a

n/a (since I already own it). But if it were lost/stolen, I would purchase a new one.

HORRIBLE! all there is is fuzz on this pedal. this is NOT for metal. no matter how much you turn its knobs it just blasts the same crap. i am an owner of a boss metal zone mt-2 and i traded that for this w/my friend for a few days and after 5 minutes of using this i wanted to run back to his house and give it back dude!!

UGH 4 KNOBS! did i mention HORRIBLE?

its well built, but who cares WHEN IT SOUNDS LIKE CRAP.

no. no no no no x1,000,000,000,000. save up for a boss pedal.

great distortion,perfect for playing nirvana and ramones songs

my friend has one and it is very durable

its worth 3 times the regular price

lead guiatr of band

better than any other guitar pedal out there

very tough pedal

rythm guitarist in band

punk grunge rock metal