Hi i have a hot head distortion pedal. It is a very versitile pedal with good controll from the 4 buttons on it (Level, low, high and gain) and it is a solid wee pedal that is well built.It has a wide range of distorted sounds and is quite a 'bright' sounding pedal. This pedal would be best suited to a thrash metal band or maybee punk. Sounds better for solos than chord playing which sounds a bit jangly like a 12 string!!
What i dont like about it is it sounds 'harsh' compared to the distortion on my Marshall DFX amp which has a nice 'warmer crisp' sound to it which i am starting to prefere and use more than the pedal.Hope this helps cheers.