The sound is amazing. I own a lot of pedals, especially overdrives and distortions. However, this thing is steady on my board. Combined with a Carl Martin PlexiRanger (six times as expensive!) and a Nobels ODR1. But most of the time in live situations, the Dealbreaker is kicked in for some extra balls.... However, do not try to adapt your settings on basis of visibility, because the small knobs are black on a black pedal, with dark red characters..... this could have been done a little better.....