I use the original setting for my ST62MN VW, and that's enough to make it sound metal. I feel extra and ultra give it a very bassy fuzz-like tone, so it's definitely a flexible pedal. the built in noise gate is absolutely amazing for eliminating hum. you do have to configure the tone knobs quite a bit to get a "desired" sound, but it's a pretty resistant knob so it won't be disturbed and changed by a hit or something which is great. keep in mind the noise gate does have a slight hissing noise, but that's just how noise gates work most of the time. other than that, absolutely recommend