i know that people always have moan about line 6, but my pedal is a line 6 uber metal, and once i worked out the exact tone i liked, OMG, i rules!! i have a tone a bit like black dahlia murder, but with a bit more mid like children of bodom. so if u want an dist. pedal, go for it. it pwns, guaranteed. and it doesnt cost the earth. and it has a noise gate....i could go on