Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

I just realized that I posted this in the wrong forum.

[PFDarkside]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

For some reason I’m thinking Marshall flavored. Dirty Little Secret, Pinnacle, Crunch Box, OCD, Dirty Deeds?

The 78 Bad Ass might be the ticket too.

[Dave Locher]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Consider the MXR Super Badass Distortion, too. Small, not too pricey, and the range of gain and volume is massive. It also has +/-18db bass, mid, and treble eq so you can make it sound just about any way you want.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Thank you for the replies. The MXR is the lead horse right now.

[Dave Locher]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Thank you for the replies. The MXR is the lead horse right now.

Just remember there are two, the M78 "78 Custom Badass Distortion" and the M75 "Super Badass Distortion." The M75 with the 3-band eq is the one I'm referring to. It is much more flexible IMO.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Thanks for clarifying!

[Godin15]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

T.C Electronics Mojo Mojo overdrive.

[Securb]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

I use a BOSS Mega-Distortion for my heavier stuff. Lots of bottom and chug

[devastone]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

TC Electronic Dark Matter is another one worth checking out, it's more of a distortion (as is the MXR 78), but it sounds like that's what you want if you need it to be your main tone.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

T.C Electronics Mojo Mojo overdrive.

Know nothing about this pedal, will check it out. I have been very impressed with the limited exposure I have had to their stuff thus far.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

I use a BOSS Mega-Distortion for my heavier stuff. Lots of bottom and chug

Now THIS has me very interested because I am doing a retrowave album next and this looks like it screams 80s. I am using a BOSS RV-3 (technically 1990/91) specifically for the BOSS flavour of delay and the sound of the buffer.

[Mincer]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Another one to check out is the (discontinued) Dirty Deed. It pretty much starts where most overdrives end, and gets into fuzz territory as well. Really a great pedal that sounds more like an amp to me than a pedal throughout most of the drive range.

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Another one to check out is the (discontinued) Dirty Deed. It pretty much starts where most overdrives end, and gets into fuzz territory as well. Really a great pedal that sounds more like an amp to me than a pedal throughout most of the drive range.

Ooo, thanks for the recco. How sensitive is the gain control? I need something between medium and high gain.

[PFDarkside]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

Another one to check out is the (discontinued) Dirty Deed. It pretty much starts where most overdrives end, and gets into fuzz territory as well. Really a great pedal that sounds more like an amp to me than a pedal throughout most of the drive range.

I didn’t realize it was discontinued.

[Mincer]

Re: Need a higher gain overdrive pedal (MXR sized)

The gain control is sensitive, but the range is from what I'd consider an overdrive on max to super saturated. So you have all the graduations in between. It certainly isn't an overdrive pedal at all. As far as it being discontinued, I just looked...it is still in the current pedal list, although at the end.