What does an MXR Blue Box do?

What does an MXR Blue Box do?

The Blue Box Octave Fuzz takes your guitar signal and duplicates it two octaves down for a huge, subterranean tone. The Blend knob lets you control how much of the fuzz tone is mixed with the two octaves down signal.

When did the MXR distortion come out?

1979
In 1979, Rochester New York’s MXR introduced the Distortion+, a simple distortion circuit that revolutionized the industry.

How do you date a MXR pedal?

The original MXR pots have a shaft sticking through the middle on the back of the pot and the numbering on the pots will usually start with MXR as they had them specially made. Also check for MEXICO on the switch, with a date code like 0329 = 2003 26th week Mexican switch.

Is MXR a good brand?

An MXR pedal or two on your board is a sign to other players. It says that you’ve done your research, tested a bunch of possibilities, and ran with the best. MXR have been one of the most major, iconic pedal brands on the planet for over 40 years.

Who used MXR Distortion?

The pedal’s crunchy heavy metal sound was featured by Randy Rhoads in his work with Ozzy Osbourne. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead used this pedal exclusively for distortion in the late 1970s. Bob Mould of Hüsker Dü also used the Distortion + as part of his trademark guitar sound.

Is the MXR sugar drive a Klone?

MXR’s Sugar Drive deserves that treatment. It’s an excellent klone (at least when judged next to my own favorite klone, which sounds about 96.2 percent as excellent as the real Klon I compared it to).

What is the Wampler tumnus based on?

Wampler’s Take on a Legendary Overdrive Bring one of the most sought-after overdrives to your rig with the Wampler Pedals Tumnus overdrive pedal. Painstakingly modeled after the legendary gold overdrive pedal that sports a mythical half-man, half-horse logo, the Tumnus delivers incredible overdrive tones.

What pedal is the MXR sugar drive based on?

It’s based on a rare overdrive pedal that has acquired a mythical reputation among fanatical tone-seekers thanks to its unique circuit design. The key elements of that circuit design are the Drive control and something called a voltage doubler.

How did MXR get its start?

Starting with a few dozen Phase 90s constructed in a basement and sold out of a car at gigs, MXR added three more pedals to the core lineup: the Distortion +, the Dyna Comp® Compressor, and the Blue Box ™ Octave Fuzz. Soon, the growing company was cranking out thousands and thousands of stompboxes and distributing them all over the planet.

When did the MXR Phase 90 come out?

For guitarists, that better mousetrap arrived in the early ’70s when Keith Barr gave the world the MXR Phase 90. It was the first of many brightly colored effects pedals that would find their way onto stages and into recording studios worldwide.

Is MXR still in business?

The MXR trademark is now owned by Jim Dunlop, which continues to produce the original effects units along with new additions to the line. MXR co-founders Terry Sherwood and Keith Barr met as high school students at Rush-Henrietta Senior High School in Henrietta, NY a suburb of Rochester, New York.

When did the MXR Commande Series come out?

In 1981, MXR introduced the Commande Series, a line of inexpensive plastic (Lexan polycarbonate) pedals. They were priced to compete with Japanese -manufactured effects pedals that were flooding the US and world markets. Their design departed from the Reference Series in several respects.