The PL1 has 2 SansAmp channels, Feuer (dirty) and Wasser (clean).
The Highgain channel is instant Rammstein with my emg loaded guitar, but i can also get a variety of other tones like Metallica or EVH nailed. You can also get a decent crunch rock tone.
The clean channel reminds me of a Roland jazz chorus and sounds really great, the compressor is great as well.
The Delay is really great sounding and so is the vibrato.
Other features are a chromatic tuner, headphone jack, an XLR output jack for direct recording and/or going direct to a P.A. system. I find the unit sounds best into the return of fx loop on my amp or direct into the p.a.
It's the best distortion "pedal" ive had and it has replaced my revv g3