Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

[Aceman]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Amazing how things that suck are suddenly cool again. Oh wait - this thing ISN'T cool again....

Not hating. If you dig it great. And we all know Ima all about da cheeps. Just bringing up a very interesting point. This pedal has existed for, oh, DECADES. Hasn't been mentioned three times on this board. Suddeny for $20 it's the cat's meow of tone and we are all busting a nut to get to GC to buy one. The top gets popped and we are thinking Joyo has about the same build quality...

Someone explain this to me.

[VanDerchuck]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

The top gets popped and we are thinking Joyo has about the same build quality...

That's basically what it is though, right? Some people swear by the Joyo and expect it to be built in such a manner. Yet, when it's from a company that I see as reputable, it's not acceptable. So yeah, it's an overpriced Joyo.

I had this pedal on my "To Build" list via a layout from Tagboardeffects. Which I won't have to do now. So I'm happy about I don't have to build it. But I will have to rehouse it at some point.

I guess for the money, you get what you get and you probably will be upset with it anyway.

FWIW: I would've run over to GC to buy two $20 Joyo pedals if they had them.

[VanDerchuck]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Now, I definitely preferred it on the ZW Overdrive setting. Just seemed a lot less abrasive and smoother overall. To me, this pedal makes a really good work horse of a pedal, and the tone it produces is definitely usable in a live setting or even in a recording situation. For 20 bucks, it's definitely a pedal I'd recommend for someone looking for a good overdrive and doesn't have a lot of dough to spend. Plus it's a good back up.

+1

[Dr. Vegetable]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

This pedal has existed for, oh, DECADES. Hasn't been mentioned three times on this board. Suddeny for $20 it's the cat's meow of tone and we are all busting a nut to get to GC to buy one. The top gets popped and we are thinking Joyo has about the same build quality...

Someone explain this to me.

It's been mentioned here before. In fact, I first tried this pedal because of something I read on this forum. I already own two of them, but for $20 I'm still tempted to get another. It sounds great in front of my Blues Jr., and somehow finds its way onto every pedalboard layout I try. It's not necessarily a pedal that makes your jaw drop (though that's exactly the reaction I got from my band the first time I stepped on it) but it is a solid performer for me.

If GC can blow this pedal out for $20, then clearly MXR can mass-produce it for even less. But I doubt that anyone on this forum can build that pedal for $20.

[Mad-Max]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Amazing how things that suck are suddenly cool again. Oh wait - this thing ISN'T cool again....

Not hating. If you dig it great. And we all know Ima all about da cheeps. Just bringing up a very interesting point. This pedal has existed for, oh, DECADES. Hasn't been mentioned three times on this board. Suddeny for $20 it's the cat's meow of tone and we are all busting a nut to get to GC to buy one. The top gets popped and we are thinking Joyo has about the same build quality...

Someone explain this to me.

It's not that it's cool or anything, I just found it to be an interesting buy. An Overdrive that can be switched between two types for 20 bucks. Seemed like a good investment to me, and it doesn't sound half bad.

Nobody thought that it was the 'cat's meow of tone', it was just a matter of getting a decent pedal for 20 bucks. Honestly, the build construction really doesn't bother me, and there was nothing to me about the pedal that threw red flags. Plus come on now, who doesn't like pedals? I always say that shopping for pedals is like going into a candy store. All the different colors and flavors to choose from, different brands, etc.

All I care about is if I can use it and it sounds good, and to me, this pedal is both of those things, and you can't get anything worth the ground we walk on gearwise for 20 bucks.

[superpete]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Someone explain this to me.

because you can't get a better sounding overdrive pedal for less? because you can flip it on ebay for $40? if you were looking to get, say, a bad monkey or a boss sd1 and were offered this, i think you'd be foolish not to get the mxr. it sounds good, is well made, and is $20.

[Mad-Max]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

because you can't get a better sounding overdrive pedal for less? because you can flip it on ebay for $40? if you were looking to get, say, a bad monkey or a boss sd1 and were offered this, i think you'd be foolish not to get the mxr. it sounds good, is well made, and is $20.

+1

[Kosh Naranek]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

I have a lot of cool overdrives. At $20.00, I am becoming convinced that I need another one, which I never considered buying before. Thanks!

[xxxplorer]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Mine's now way cooler with a green led and toggle on top... Easily worth $300.00 once I goop the circuit board and repaint it

[GilmourD]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Amazing how things that suck are suddenly cool again. Oh wait - this thing ISN'T cool again....

Not hating. If you dig it great. And we all know Ima all about da cheeps. Just bringing up a very interesting point. This pedal has existed for, oh, DECADES. Hasn't been mentioned three times on this board. Suddeny for $20 it's the cat's meow of tone and we are all busting a nut to get to GC to buy one. The top gets popped and we are thinking Joyo has about the same build quality...

Someone explain this to me.

I've had one of these in a green case for about four years now. I think I got it when they were selling them for $40 and I moved the switch to the top of the case (micro toggle). It's my favorite dirt pedal. I'm actually going to get a second one today now that I know their $20. I'm poor as poo and that's too good to pass up.

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[GilmourD]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

Got mine. Last one here. No box.

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[Aceman]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

ok - starting to see the point. I'm still passing.

[GilmourD]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

ok - starting to see the point. I'm still passing.

Fair enough. It's not for everybody. For instance, I don't seem to like the sound of a Klon or Klone. :sly:

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[Mad-Max]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

ok - starting to see the point. I'm still passing.

Oh come on, you know you want to

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Check your local GC. MXR Classic OD's now $19.99

They do look cooler with a green LED installed. I did this when I bought the green and cream a couple years ago.