i have the bbe blacksmith dist pedal ,itz really not all that bad.it sounds good,it has a bass,treb,middle to tweak besides the gain and volume.i use that for my blackstar,the DSL doesnt need a dist pedal,what it really can use is a good soundin reverb pedal,the reverb on this dsl not so good,any suggestions on a desent reverb pd,not to expensive,but it has to have true bypass.....