Behringer HD300 Heavy Distortion Pedal

What can I say, this pedal is legend. Heavy as all get out and priced to sell. I am not always a huge fan of copies of legendary things but when makers of legendary things discontinue or change/upgrade things, sometimes the best course of action is to go for a clone, which I did. This pedal is great, super heavy, not quiet but not overly noisy either. I am quite pleased with my purchase.

Very versatile. Boost and two Fuzz modes, and a in between mode ... able to get lots of good sounds/use from this pedal, awesome as first in chain with dual gain stages. Plastic feel, def not super tough, but works and sounds great.

I bought this because I like to use my other bass overdrive pedal (deluxe bass big muff pi) on the output of my analog synth or in my effects chain on my mixing board because it has a -10db pad. So I figured if it works good use if not oh well. It's only $25 through amazon.Pros:Yes, it actually makes some good sounds.The bass and treble boost add some good tone variations..Works good on guitar and you can add some real low end to it with this.PriceCons:Not a true bypass (but it doesn't seem to affect clean sound when off).Plastic casingMakes poor quality pickups sound way worse.Overall lesson here is that it is worth the price and surprisingly has a treble and bass boost but don't expect the level sound and tone control you get with a more expensive pedal like my big muff pi. If you have poor quality stock pickups it will make you understand why you need to change them. The moment you turn up any of your tone levels it immediately puts a hissing sound in the output. But that is the nature of cheaper solid state based gain. Good pedals help eliminate that kind of noise with filters. The good news is that you can adjust your overdrive enough to where you don't hear the hissing. If you want less overdrive you may have to turn down your tone knobs on your guitar if you have poor noisy pickups. Or else you will likely get hissing.I would wager that this is why people complain of the pedal making their sound "Tinny". The hissing is higher frequency so it would logically contribute to any high end noise that would make things sound "tinny".It's cheap but good but don't expect perfection. It's got enough to play around with to give a wide range of tonal possibilities but lacks the more robust controls of something $100 more expensive. I can appreciate it for what it does at the cost but also make me appreciate my expensive pedal even more.In electronics you get what you pay for but sometimes you find something that goes a bit beyond its price and this is it. 4 stars only because of the casing and it's purple.P.S. Make sure you use this on an effects loop capable amp. Or else it really doesn't help much. It's a lot like the Boss Metal Zone pedal.

Excellent Hyper Fuzz clone. The booster is fantastic and the mode 1.5 is perfect

The price on this fuzz pedal is so ridiculously low, how can you NOT get one? This is a clone of a Boss FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, which itself is a clone of the iconic 1968 Univox Super Fuzz pedal. Experiment on how to use this pedal. Fuzz pedals need to stay at the front (beginning) of the guitar signal-- so put it as your first pedal... they sound muddy and dark if you put them after other pedals in the chain, except for maybe a boost pedal. BTW, this pedal is also a boost pedal-- a very cool feature that I use often with my other pedals when I don't want a fuzz effect. The pedal has a ton of sound sculpting that I really like, unlike a lot of other fuzz pedals on the market.Experiment with the tone knobs-- they drastically affect the pedal's sound. Also-- experiment with turning your guitars volume down, the gain UP and the volume on the pedal down somewhat... this will affect the "wooliness" of the fuzz sound. Your guitars pickups will affect the sound as well. This pedal can churn out thick and sludgy with a ton of smooth low end, or it can get treble-y, velcro-ripping and nasal with an upper harmonic poking though. Another suggestion is to also get the Behringer equalizer pedal and use it in conjunction with the Super Fuzz, you can get some interesting tones that way, too. Try driving it into a phaser for some truly killer vibes. I sometimes use mine like this: Super Fuzz>phaser or delay>reverb. Pedals are all about experimentation... I switch mine up all the time to see what new voices I can create.So what, the enclosure is plastic. It's very hard and sturdy plastic. Unless you have an elephant stomping on it, I don't see it ever breaking lol.

This was the second one. I ordered this in ”new” condition, and the first one was used. Amazon made it right! I am very happy with the pedal. Behringer pedals are the best value, and they sound great. I have several Behringer pedals. They are sturdy enough for my playing style and they sound last for many years.

It's cheap, and really, there's no reason not to buy one and try it out for yourself, at this price. It does make a decent fuzz pedal and I have used it where appropriate in songs/performances, but I will say I don't use this pedal often. Maybe I'm not much of a "fuzz" guy, IDK, but I just don't like this pedal THAT much. I find myself thinking it's okay when I'm playing, but then when I listen to the recording later I typically hate it.Sound is very subjective though. Others may love the pedal. It works well. Plastic housing doesn't bother me at all. It feels as cheap as it costs, for sure, but as long as you're not literally stomping on it, it should be fine. Hate where the 9v battery goes, but that's a small issue and if you've got a power supply, negligible.

actually really nice. i use it mainly for my bass guitar and its actually perfect. i had my doubts too.