Bad Monkey settings

I agree with the above statement.  For most overdrive pedals, however, there are some "standard" settings that I find work well for most amps.

First being the classic SRV clean boost technique of diming the level and keeping the gain to a minimum.  Set your EQ to taste depending if you are playing a dark or bright sounding guitar.  I typically like the tone between 10 o'clock and 1 o'clock depending...

Second is if you are using a super clean sound already.  I usually set the gain to at least noon, sometimes 3 o'clock and then bring the volume of the pedal to just above unity volume when you kick the pedal in.  A lot of times it's between 10 o'clock to noon on the volume dial.  This works great for adding basically a second channel to a nice sounding clean tone.  I like doing this with a Fulldrive 2 and a clean Super Reverb.

I have a Bad Monkey and have had great luck with. However as the BM is a Low Gain type of Pedal You need to consider your Amp, and to a lesser degree the guitar.

For my Marshalls I run this pedal with Everything @ noon as I run the Plexi around 8 and my JTM 45/100 around the same.

For my Fender Type Amps I run a booster pedal in front of the BM. Either a HBE Power Screamer or an Xotic AC Booster. This is to simulate a bit of a Dumble style, staged gain set up. This is where this pedal shines. For non-MV based fender amps you need to push them into natural breakup and then this  thing will give a nice nudge for some killer grind.

It's a bit like a TS with much more rounded mids.

Not sure what type of sound your looking for or about your rig. Alot of people don't like the Bad Monkey as it's not a high gain pedal but those that figure out how to use them love them!!

ted