EarthQuaker Devices Acapulco Gold V2

This little box is a true monster! EQD made this to be as close of a cranked Sunn Model T as possible, and I have to say they have very well made the pedal that rips and roars. The gain this unit produces is overwhelming. This is not for the tweakers, since there's only one giant knob in the thing to increase or decrease the volume of the pedal. However, using your guitar tone and volume smartly you get lots more out of it, from milder but raunchy overdrives to saturated vintage hard rock sounds.

Does it sound cranked? Oh, yes it does. The sound is dynamite and the pedal has tons of output, being extremely and insanely loud when fully clockwise. Still, it's not a one trick pony. The pedal is very responsive to your guitar's volume and tone pots, and your mic selections matter here, too.

The box itself is sturdy, LED is bright and clear, the switch pleasantly noiseless and the whole thing should go through a nuclear war intact. Bonus points for nice visuals, as is usual with the EQD pedals.

I've been playing this loud with humbucker and P90 baritone guitars through Vox AC4-112 tube combo, Trace Elliot Supertramp 100w hybrid combo and Taurus Vandall 1000 bass stack; the bass amp made it react a bit weird with some lower frequencies, but other than that it has been impeccable Doom / Stoner / Sludge dreadnought. For me this is definitely a keeper for life.

If you're looking to emerge yourself in that dirty fuzzy tone of doom rock this is a pedal you should definitely consider.
Stacking it with a rat for example will get you that dirty heavy tone of the legendary sun o amp.

But be aware, this pedal is super responsive to you guitar so it can get easily too much to handle for a lot of players.

I got mine a month ago and so far the sheer power of this distortion/fuzz pedal makes me very happy.
Amazing service from Thomman once again, this bloody Germans will get all money but they keep having the best deals.
Gear for life

Bought this fuzz box and had a blast trying it on a friend's valve amp - But on my own, much smaller amp, it doesn't sound so great, so I'll be returning this one for no other reason than that it doesn't quite work for my setup.
Using this in conjunction with a volume pedal made it far easier to handle, allowing me to adjust the input volume without needing to fiddle with the volume knob. These pedals could totally benefit from an input gain knob, but that sort of nuance seems out of character for this device. (And if you're feeling up for it, it's probably not a hard mod to do).
This pedal is very, very loud. The master volume only needs to be at 9oclock to reach unity, so everything on top of that is just pure volume boost. I found that turning it up too much caused the amp I was using to struggle to keep up, but it's great to have that gain on tap - and the huge knob makes it easy to adjust while playing.

All in all a great sound which benefits a lot from having the correct amplifier to get the most out of it. A little bit of a one-trick pony, but with smart gain staging and using it in conjunction with other pedals it can be surprisingly versatile.

The Sunn model T amplifier has gained a cult status among doom enthusiasts, thanks to its peculiarly filthy, fuzzy and sinister distortion.
This pedal conveys THAT tone (or tries to, at least) in a more practical (and from what I can judge - having listened to the amp but having never played it - quite convincing) form - that doesn’t need an underground bunker to be enjoyed to the full.
Don’t be fooled by the giant knob, the only control is off (bypass) or on (pure hate). The knob is a volume potentiometer, that ranges from various degrees of useful to RIDICULOUSLY LOUD.
If you want to tame the distortion level the only way is through the guitar’s volume.
Is it versatile? Of course not. Is it able to create a unique kind of distortion that can’t really be replicated with other means? Absolutely yes.
So, if you know and like THAT sound (even if you don’t really need it) this is for you.