Now, take some time to really experiment with the EQ, bearing the above points in mind – particularly when using the pedal’s active EQ boosts to overdrive your amp, in conjunction with that highly tweakable midrange. There's more gain than you'll ever need here! We’d advise you start at a very low gain setting, and increase it gradually until you find the sweet spot for your guitar and amp. With that out of the way, let’s get to tone-shaping. Treat it carefully, as it dictates the entire sound of the distortion. As a result, it's better to think of it simply as a single active EQ control, and disregard the idea it's only for shaping mids. Although it's listed as 'Mid freq' on the front panel, it has a very wide range, going from 200Hz all the way to 5kHz. This is why using the mids control to tame problem frequencies makes sense. Yes, it kills fizz in the tone, but it also results in a much darker guitar sound, as you lose the upper mids. This explains why simply pulling back the treble control doesn't work.
It's a shelving EQ that depends on the settings across the rest of the pedal.
