This pedal was deceiving to actually what this pedal does. There are very subtle settings for gain, tone, OD that you can tweak your guitar for a cleaner, fuller, silky response that makes this pedal a must have for dialing in a wide range of tones into your amp, or into the your signal chain. This seems to be an attempt at a stage of processing that the Ethos (Dumble-style preamp) has.