Today, I am going to review the MI Audio Crunch Box distortion pedal.
This pedal is designed to deliver a high gain, vintage British sounding distortion. The tone it creates is similar to a cranked up Marshall Stack, and as soon as you play it you’ll be wondering how they fit so much Marshall Tone into such a small pedal. The pedal has a lot of gain to it, and even when played at a mid-level setting, it still delivers some incredible distortion sounds.

The controls on the Crunch Box allow you to dial in some outstanding tones. It’s gain control provides very pronounced harmonic overtones, and some seriously crunchy distortion tones. The tone control can be used to really dial in the perfect sound of your guitar by adjusting the high and low end levels. The MI Crunch Box also has a cool hidden feature, the Internal Presence control, which is used to “shape” the dynamics of the pedal’s tone.

I had the opportunity to play through this pedal with a Gibson Les Paul, and let me tell you, the humbucking pickups and the high gain characteristics of the Crunch Box are a match made in musical heaven. The pedal really does a proper job of accenting the natural tones of the Les Paul, while providing some screaming distortion at the same time.

This distortion pedal, like all MI Audio effects pedals, is hand made and comes with a 5 year warranty. Each pedal is built by hand, individually tested and designed to provide a huge output signal. The heavy-duty  aluminum enclosure on the MI Audio Crunch Box makes it able to withstand some serious use. This is one of the best effects pedals I have played over the years, and really give it my full recommendation.

This video showcases the kinds of awesome tones you can achieve with the MI Audio Crunch Box Distortion Pedal. The guitar being used in this demo is a Fender Stratocaster.

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