Digitech Bad Monkey

[GNR'Goldtop]

Been recently looking for a new overdrive pedal. I have heard good things about this one. Anyone here use it, I would be interested in your opinions.
Thanks in advance

[alligatorbling]

for light to moderate overdrive yes its a great pedal for a small price tag.

[guysmiley]

I love mine. I use it a lot. I keep thinking I should upgrade on to somethings better, but I haven't found anything else that sounds all that much better. For the money, its the best value I've ever found in a pedal. I think the High Low Eq is really what helps this pedal sound so good.

[stephen78]

I use one as a clean boost. It does wonderful things to my Peavey Classic 30!

[dennistruckdriver]

Wwsu?

[Blind Willie]

It's the first pedal I played that gave me a Wow factor of 10.

I found out from Digitech that it is an asymetrical clipping overdrive (as opposed to symetrical clipping Tubescreamer types).

I use it in the clean channel of my Mesa Boogie Mark 1 Reissue for distorted rhythms.

Best bang for the buck IMO.

[matthornet]

Jon Foreman of Switchfoot uses one for his studio recordings.

[captain tightpants]

Originally Posted by stephen78

I use one as a clean boost. It does wonderful things to my Peavey Classic 30!

+1, I use it for clean boost on my Crate V-18 112. It's a fantastic clean boost with the gain knob all the way down, and it allows me to dial in some much needed treble response into this amp. Great for classic rock crunch.

For heavier tones, I can get into Metal distortion territory with the amps gain at about 1'oclock and the Monkey's gain at about 10 or 11'oclock.

I also like to use it in on my Fender Champion 600 for various amounts of gain. Very versatile pedal, I'd like to get another.

[J076]

I use mine as a treble boost.

Pretty cool pedal for the price.

[Starrman]

It's a great pedal ! Seems everyone thinks it junk cause it cost so little. I have custum made pedals, Klon, Landgraff, BBFE, some of the best...The Bad Monkey can hang with any of them. Check out this clip I did with mine....

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[diceman]

Sounds good, Mr. Starr! Thanks for the video - I've been thinking about this pedal. (Trying to decide if it is anything not already covered by my Green Screamer).

[Standard 64]

I used one for the longest time.Got one when they were $39.Finally got kicked off my pedal board when I bought the OCD.I will not ever sell it though.

[Starrman]

Originally Posted by diceman

Sounds good, Mr. Starr! Thanks for the video - I've been thinking about this pedal. (Trying to decide if it is anything not already covered by my Green Screamer).

Well, It is a little like a Tube Screamer. It seems a little smoother, and having the bass knob really helps....One thing that always bugged me about he screamers was the lack of bass....and for the money, you can't go wrong. I'm gunna buy a third one.

[EEF13]

After reading this I might get one

[jo07]

I didn't see any bad comment on that one

[Birdy]

Nice chops and tone starrman


I use my Bad Monkey thru all my amps......love it !



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[Goldtop75]

Because I have a TS808HW and a Hardwire CM2, I have no need for the Bad Monkey. That said, the CM2 is apparently the ultimate version of the Bad Monkey. Knowing what that pedal can do, I think the Bad Monkey wouldn't be that bad, though it IS still a TS variant of sorts.