The gear I used when trying out the Dino stuff is a Fender AVRI '52 LTD Thinskin tele with original pickups and a Fender Highway 1 upgr strat with fat 50 ies pickups. the amp I used is a "Dumblified" Fender Princeton Reverb II with a ToneTubby Alnico speaker.

The box is really well built. Neat wiring and high quality parts with PTP wired jacks and switches. The only thing that don't impress me is the plastic input and output jacks. Maybe they're chosen for a reason.

The first impression of the Dynabox is how true to the original tone it is. The strat sounds like a strat, the tele like a tele and my Princeton amp as it should. Though the term transparent has been widely overused it suits this pedal just fine. And with the toggleswitch set to the left the signal doesn't compress at all, very open sounding. With the toggle to the right it starts to compress a little bit but with tonal integrity.

I like the left position most. The pedal has a definitive feel thing to it. Even though it doesn't compress it has a little "tube rectifier squash" to it. It's very touch sensitive and reacts to your picking. With the volume/gain knob set at approximately 8.30 it's unity so there's plenty of boost on tap.

At 9 o'clock it adds a little boost and is perfect for getting a slight breakup. With my setup I 'm instantely getting Hendrix Axis/John Mayer trio sounds.

I've compared it to a Lovepedal COT 50 and a BJF Honey Bee wich are both great lowgain pedals. My impression is that the Dynabox is much sweeter than the COT 50 and is not as bright sounding. The Dyna's treble range is sweet. And I think the COT 50 is grainier since it's based on a Marshall Plexi. The Dyna definitely has it's own thing going. I might add that I sold the COT 50.

I used to have a Super Reverb Reissue, and the Dynabox makes my Princeton almost sound like a cranked Super Reverb. Makes the sound bigger and bolder.

Compared to the Honeybee it's more "HiFi" sounding, in a good way though. The HB is creamier and more organic and sounds more like cranked small amp, like a tweed champ or a Supro like it's modelled after. The Dyna is more focused and has clarity.

It's also very "stackable". Works great with the rest of my OD pedals (Reverend Drivetrain II, Timmy, Honey Bee and also with my Goudy Compressor (Higrade Ross Clone) to add a little more sag. I put it last in my OD line to act like an overdriven poweramp.

This is a definitive keeper for me, even though I only use it for one sound, but what a sound :-)