I got this pedal expecting it to sound cheap, but I bought it anyway, because if all else fails, I could always return it. So I plugged in, and LOVED the sound coming out of this. I instantly had great fuzz that thickened my thin strat sound up a good bit. I love a strat for cleans, but distortion (for what I play) usually sounds too thin. This pedal beefed it up a little, and I actually found myself enjoying the sound more than my Boss DS-1 pedal. There is of course a buzzing noise, but alot of that was the single coils. Switch on the octave, and it sounds very "strange" to say the least. The word that came into my head when I heard it with the octave was tinny, metallic. It kind of reminded me of the sound of sheet metal being beaten, that high-pitched, thin, brittle sound. Honestly, I played the Boss FZ-5 distortion and one of the 3 modes on it sounded almost exactly like this pedal, but I can't let that be a factor because I played the Boss through a different amp. I don't think this pedal sounds very good through humbuckers, but most fuzzes don't, in my opinion. My only worry about this pedal is that it seems like it wouldn't take much to break, so be very careful. Even though I love the sound, the Seymour Duncan Tweakfuzz has more options to play around with. The Danelectro sounds almost as good, but the Seymour has a "tweak" knob that's pretty cool. Bottom line: Great sounds, cheap price, and way more than you'd expect. I would suggest that everyone try this before dishing out $$$ for the Boss or anything else. If all else fails, you can always return it!