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Linn Sondek
Published on 05/02/13 at 07:05
Overdrive distortion trend, analog, presented in a beautiful gold livery and dear to MXR classic case.
UTILIZATION
Great opportunities for overdrive: 4 knobs for respectively controlling the levels of volume, tone, gain and a cutoff frequency at 100Hz. Adds a switch "Bump".
SOUND QUALITY
As its name suggests, this effect is a Badass Distrosion modified Overdrive.
But an overdrive on vitamins and has a rare amount of settings for this type of effect. The combinations are endless and reveal a multitude of sounds, all perfectly usable, are possible. Huge advantage over all the overdrive I know for having tried or heard. That makes this a versatile Badass Modified OD pedal.
The sound quality is, in my opinion, excellent. Grain rather I have to write-grain procured by the rich musical effect remains. It is a pleasure to note that all settings offer real and significant changes. The "Bump" grows remarkably sound, adding warmth to the effect, pushing the bass and lower midrange: perfect when playing at low volume or for home recording studio.
Setting the cutoff frequency is a rare efficiency and changes color drastically and the overall balance of sound.
You can imagine without difficulty all possible combinations, be it by playing the "100Hz" and "Bump."
The gain shows comfortable background and the pedal is discrete: very little breath even at maximum. The pedal can accurately adjusting guitar volume even with the gain in depth, to get a clean sound. Another remarkable thing: the compression provided by a high gain setting does not prevent the notes to express themselves fully. You never get it "crashed" character that seems to stop the true resonance of a note as is most often the case with other overdrive.
Here is a pedal with a strong personality, but so far, that will find the desired sound. And it's actually quite rare to find an effect that has its own brand of sound factory without imposing sound more or less fixed by dint of being typed. I use this, as always, with Les Paul and Stratocaster and with equal success. It should also be noted that the Custom Badass Modified OD let the guitar speak and sounds obtained with a Les Paul is not absolutely the same as those provided by a Strat. That's rare enough to emphasize. I guess like me you have all experienced an OD or distortion that sounded substantially the same way, either with humbucker or single.
OVERALL OPINION
This is my overdrive pedal reference, even compared to the model-great-GT-OD brand. Many settings and richness of different grains are a versatile tool that adapts to many situations. Equally at home in solo and rhythm (she always keeps a good definition even gain background) is a Swiss Army knife! One commentator talking about "class" and that is exactly what he is. Note that form an explosive duo with his sister, the Custom Badass Distrosion. Hello endless sustain in this combination!
As always with MXR, it is a great personality but the music never suffers because it is primarily the fingers that build sound.
The quality / price is at the top level and if necessary I would buy immediately.
UTILIZATION
Great opportunities for overdrive: 4 knobs for respectively controlling the levels of volume, tone, gain and a cutoff frequency at 100Hz. Adds a switch "Bump".
SOUND QUALITY
As its name suggests, this effect is a Badass Distrosion modified Overdrive.
But an overdrive on vitamins and has a rare amount of settings for this type of effect. The combinations are endless and reveal a multitude of sounds, all perfectly usable, are possible. Huge advantage over all the overdrive I know for having tried or heard. That makes this a versatile Badass Modified OD pedal.
The sound quality is, in my opinion, excellent. Grain rather I have to write-grain procured by the rich musical effect remains. It is a pleasure to note that all settings offer real and significant changes. The "Bump" grows remarkably sound, adding warmth to the effect, pushing the bass and lower midrange: perfect when playing at low volume or for home recording studio.
Setting the cutoff frequency is a rare efficiency and changes color drastically and the overall balance of sound.
You can imagine without difficulty all possible combinations, be it by playing the "100Hz" and "Bump."
The gain shows comfortable background and the pedal is discrete: very little breath even at maximum. The pedal can accurately adjusting guitar volume even with the gain in depth, to get a clean sound. Another remarkable thing: the compression provided by a high gain setting does not prevent the notes to express themselves fully. You never get it "crashed" character that seems to stop the true resonance of a note as is most often the case with other overdrive.
Here is a pedal with a strong personality, but so far, that will find the desired sound. And it's actually quite rare to find an effect that has its own brand of sound factory without imposing sound more or less fixed by dint of being typed. I use this, as always, with Les Paul and Stratocaster and with equal success. It should also be noted that the Custom Badass Modified OD let the guitar speak and sounds obtained with a Les Paul is not absolutely the same as those provided by a Strat. That's rare enough to emphasize. I guess like me you have all experienced an OD or distortion that sounded substantially the same way, either with humbucker or single.
OVERALL OPINION
This is my overdrive pedal reference, even compared to the model-great-GT-OD brand. Many settings and richness of different grains are a versatile tool that adapts to many situations. Equally at home in solo and rhythm (she always keeps a good definition even gain background) is a Swiss Army knife! One commentator talking about "class" and that is exactly what he is. Note that form an explosive duo with his sister, the Custom Badass Distrosion. Hello endless sustain in this combination!
As always with MXR, it is a great personality but the music never suffers because it is primarily the fingers that build sound.
The quality / price is at the top level and if necessary I would buy immediately.