The MXR Custom Badass ’78 Distortion is the first of the new line of Custom Badass pedals. The ’78 Distortion is an awesome sounding pedal based off a vintage distortion design, and modified to the hilt to provide awesome tones. Jam packed with awesome amp-like distortion the ’78 Distortion has …
Over the past few weeks I’ve been spending my spare time working on a new pedal build, my first using an integrated circuit (IC). The MXR Distortion+ circuit is a fairly simple circuit to build, using the LM741 operational amplifier (op amp), two diodes, and a handful of capacitors and …
The MXR Micro Flanger is based on the classic 4 knob MXR Flanger, and was originally released in the 1980s. Jim Dunlop saw fit to re-release the Micro Flanger this year, updated with true-bypass wiring, but it still retains it’s 100% analogue Bucket Brigade technology. The idea behind the Micro …
Ever since I reviewed the Ibanez AF2 Airplane Flanger I’ve had the hankering for a flanger pedal. I really want to get the AF2, but it’s just not in my budget right now. The MXR Micro Flanger was announced earlier this year at NAMM, and as soon as I heard …
In the world of high gain modern rock and metal a noise gate/suppressor is essential. Playing with loads of distortion typically results in a lot of excess noise. You need something to remove this hissing and buzzing, and with some styles you want a complete cut that noise gates can …