On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 9:38 PM, S D <stephen.doonan@gmail.com> wrote:
For years I've wondered what the "Barry's Satan Maximizer" actually was or did.

technically it's just distortion.

it happens to work very nice magic on the kinds transients you get from percussion (particularly hand percussion). 

put it on a djembe and it will feel as if you went inside the head of the drum.