MXR distortion+

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:57 pm

I owned an early 80's one with led and earlier power Jack, and tbh I felt the volume let it down a little...same went for the Blue Box I had too...
Shame...would've liked to have held on to it.....Bob Mould a'la Husker Du tonezz...

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Tue Jun 03, 2014 4:57 pm

Damn phone double post buggery

HeartfeltDawn · Post by **HeartfeltDawn** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 2:28 pm

Just build one

JohnnyTheBoy · Post by **JohnnyTheBoy** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 6:33 pm

HeartfeltDawn wrote:Just build one

Lurvely! Good job chap

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:01 pm

weeping_moon wrote:
I didnt have a clue. I bought it because i like the ozzy sound on blizzard.

Randy.

You MUST try the discontinued Boss MZ-2 then. It is maybe unintentionally close to Randy's sound on that album, even has several modes with the doubling effect and chorus.

Fran · Post by **Fran** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 7:04 pm

HeartfeltDawn wrote:Just build one

Cool.

I've owned about three and just end up playing Husker Du stuff on them, 'Pink turns to Blue'...

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 8:18 pm

Love that bobmould+

This thread makes me want to dig out mine & give it a blast this weekend

HeartfeltDawn · Post by **HeartfeltDawn** » Fri Jun 06, 2014 9:30 pm

Not my work. All credit to Melx of HCFX. He built one for himself and one for me. He also built my Bluesbreaker MK 1 which is totally brilliant.

weeping_moon · Post by **weeping_moon** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 7:48 am

Fran wrote:
weeping_moon wrote:
I didnt have a clue. I bought it because i like the ozzy sound on blizzard.

Randy.
You MUST try the discontinued Boss MZ-2 then. It is maybe unintentionally close to Randy's sound on that album, even has several modes with the doubling effect and chorus.

Yep. But i also have to by a gibson (hate) and a Marshall (to expensive). I have a Peavy amplifier and a Fender mustang guitar.
I like the mxr +. And the boss md. No plans for more distortion pedals.

Check out my song No Mans Land in Whore Thread.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 10:44 am

Noirie. wrote:I used to have a Grumbly Wolf which is based on a 70's one but has more output.

Would like an Mxr version at some point after hearing Rowland S Howard used one. To me it sounds like hes using one here:
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I now have that'un. It was a main stay on my Troupe de Bacchus board but that's long finished now. Must dig it out and stick it in front of the Matamp see what it does.

I love the Grumbly Wolf. It's a brilliant distortion pedal in it's own right then you flick the switch for all sorts of craziness.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Sat Jun 07, 2014 3:55 pm

Theres a little trimpot in the inside to adjust the frequency of the ring mod.

Just incase you didn't know this.

paul_ · Post by **paul_** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 4:49 am

weeping_moon wrote:Yep. But i also have to by a gibson (hate) and a Marshall (to expensive). I have a Peavy amplifier and a Fender mustang guitar

Not necessarily true, I don't think there's that much Gibson/Marshall exclusivity in Randy's sound (in any case, certainly not in an age when half the amps/guitars out there are based on stuff by those two brands or their sounds). An HH Mustang with a TOM and a Peavey amp are close enough, I think what Fran's saying is that the MZ-2 also has other effects Randy used on certain modes so that you could kind of have his signal chain with a single stomp if need be, like the sound of his entire rig on certain solos or riffs.

Bacchus · Post by **Bacchus** » Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:11 pm

I like Randy Rhoads a great deal but never thought his tone that good. Kinda generic. It's his playing that sounded so impressive.

Ro S · Post by **Ro S** » Tue Jun 17, 2014 5:14 am

I have the Dist.+ handwired re-issue. Re: its output, as discussed previously in thread: the ouput on mine seems low compared to other dirt pedals I have. I still think it's great sounding pedal though. I like it!