MXR Distortion +

MXR DISTORTION +
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This little yellow box is responsible for those great distortion sounds heard on so many classic recordings. Set the Distortion control low and crank the Output knob to drive the front end of your amp for cool blues tones, or max out the Distortion knob for classic early '80s hard rock tone. There still isn't any distortion unit on the market that sounds like the Distortion+.
Power: Dunlop ECB003 AC Adapter or Single 9 volt battery
-Germanium-powered, soft-clipped distortion
-Go from warm, tubey overdrive to gnarly fuzz
-Classic early '80s hard rock tone
SIGNAL CHAIN FOR VIDEO:
Eric Johnson Signature Fender Strat + Distortion+
Lava Vintage Tweed Cable +100watt Orange Rockerverb II Amp and 1-12" closed back cab
Recorded using Royer & Audix microphones and UA Apollo interface
VIDEO CREDITS:
Executive Producer: Jimmy Dunlop
Director: Joey Tosi
Editor/Sound: Max Baloian
Art Director: Graham Shaw
Director of Photography: Donavan Sell
Camera Operator: Brian Relph
Grip/Gaffer: Andrew Haney
Special Thanks To:
Universal Audio, www.uaudio.com/
Orange Amplification, www.orangeamps...
Lava Cable, www.lavacable.com/
Audix MIcrophones, www.audixusa.com/

[@leodouble3922]

I have one, it's awesome used as an overdrive, a distortion, a fuzz or even a crunchy boost. I use it only on the clean channel with a Fender-like amp, it's great. So much possibilities for a simple pedal

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

Randy Rhoads was the reason why I have this badass pedal

[@shreddersteve2663]

Him and Dave Murray!

[@lespauldisciple3349]

Used by two unknowns, Randy Rhoads & Alex Lifeson on some albums you've probably never heard; 'Blizzard of Ozz', 'Diary of a Madman', 'Permanent Waves' & 'Moving Pictures'. It's not like this pedal has much going for it.

[@rickleblanc8900]

You're right. Never heard of these guys, who the fuck are they

[@lespauldisciple3349]

Yeah, exactly. That Rhoads guy was a founding member of Quiet Riot but he left before they hit it big. Smart, real smart. 😂

[@katfishrick1600]

Also, Dave Fing Murray.

[@michaelcarey9359]

There was some washed-up Garcia guy who used one. Pretty uninspiring and folksy, but his tone had a few fans.

[@dreyn7780]

Yeah, and now nobody can make any money if you buy 100 of them. But why would anyone make music for the billion jackasses out there? The only 1 in the band that people liked was ozzy. I saw 1000 people walk out on zakk wylde, a current player of pedals. Pedals have gone the same way as pyramids. Pedal makers have to slap their contractors. That’s never going to happen. GM slapped Holden. Holden dealers are SORE losers.

[@dreyn7780]

I think people have missed the point of THIS pedal in 2017. It's from a design of the 1970's, so the original purpose of the thing has been change over the last few decades. If you want to use an old sonic trick item, then THIS pedal is a great thing!So EXPECT to GET a thing which gives you an HISTORICAL experience, which is what you paid to get!But your experience will be a NEW version and its better than all previous models!Being a Randy Rhoads tone chaser, I've used this pedal and can confirm its a GREAT pedal!It REALLY does have a sonic sound which is hotter in gain levels than randy's original sound, when used with randy's equipment AND its tone is WARM in nature which isn't like the 1990's version of this pedal, AND its got a tone which is just like randy's 1980 sound. It's awesome! Any serious randy rhoads collector MUST have this pedal in the collection! It's making a 2000 era randy rhoads sound like you've NEVER heard before!If you want a RR sound with classic levels of gain and NOT the most gain a 2000 era RR sound can do, then you'll need to buy the script logo distortion + pedal.Cheers!

[@michaelcarey9359]

The early block logo ones are exactly the same as the older ones. You can tell by the adapter connection. as a signal to the "right" one.

[@dreyn7780]

@@michaelcarey9359 you failed to communicate. You don’t get to just say the opposite.

[@phantomtoast5747]

Thinking of buying this pedal. Heard it works well with some gain from the amp

[@mattgilbert7347]

TRUTH

[@dreyn7780]

You waited 2 years for 1 reply. Maybe you should forget about internet and find a Pen Friend. Pen friends are 1000 times better than internet users and iPhone users.

[@citronius9388]

Dreyn 77 how do you get a pen friend?

[@alexlazarescu3869]

@@dreyn7780 ok internet user

[@dreyn7780]

@@citronius9388 they advertised in news 🗞 papers.

[@KennyLarvitz]

Best Distortion plus demo !!

[@felipeahumada797]

For everyone who may care....this was the pedal that Sex Pistols guitarist, Steve Jones used for Never Mind The Bollocks according to an interview I read..and you can see Steve with that pedal in the Filthy and The Fury movie....sheers

[@utooberblooper]

and his tone sucked balls,thanks now i know what pedal not to buy

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@utooberblooper U r deaf

[@mattgilbert7347]

Through a stolen Marshall, I believe. His LP was hot as well.

[@lignitedaze]

Ed Kuepper used one on The Saints' first album, (I'm) Stranded. I believe he got his via mail order and was using it by around '74 - '75, along with his SG.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@lignitedaze I saw Ed all the time playing post-Saints in the 90s. Nice guy. He used to use a huge 200w PA in the early days of The Saints. SG>Dist+>PA According to older guys who actually saw him play that rig live, it was "like a thousand buzzsaws all at once".

[@sillennium]

Really digging these videos. These are well shot, and great playing Tal!

[@mattgilbert7347]

Bob Mould used one all through Hüsker Dü, solo albums, and the Sugar albums & EPs Saw him live - it was a huge tone. Used Solid State (I think Marshalls, not the JC120s he used in Hüsker Dü) slaved to a Fender Twin preamp, I believe. He uses Blackstar now, and still runs a Distortion+.

[@phillipford2216]

He's basically only ever used two electric guitars, too - Ibanez Flying V for Hüsker Dü, and then late 80s Strats ever since. Bob's a creature of habit, it seems.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@phillipford2216 In the studio as well. I caught an interview he did on "Nakedly Examined Music" podcast. He knows how to get what he wants from fairly limited studio time.

[@mattchurchill]

Awesome demo, super playing.

[@cgavin1]

All the best advertisements end with "Get it now!!" :)

[@BillDerBerg]

Love this distortion pedal and like its Japanese rival the boss DS-1 there's a learning curve to its proper usage... having good ear for tailoring frequencies after the pedal is a prerequisite.

[@dreyn7780]

No. It has no competition. Branding matters. We don’t mix brands. Control yourself! Stop being persuaded by things that aren’t relevant.

[@BillDerBerg]

@@dreyn7780 I have both pedals on my board... too bad your ability to get the most out of any manufacturer's pedal effects is limited

[@dreyn7780]

@@BillDerBerg it’s not your opportunity to attack. All of this is caused by you not introducing yourself.

[@dreyn7780]

@@BillDerBerg you’re reported to the authorities for hate speech.

[@BillDerBerg]

@@dreyn7780 achtüng

[@Albertgutierrez]

Yellow box of FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@coffeewaldo]

U down below. Why is it hilarious?! It's a great demo and I wish I had thought of the concept.

[@onurb59]

Not sure a strat is the best guitar to demonstrate this pedal...

[@michaelcarey9359]

It's EXACTLY the "right" guitar.... it shows that the pedal keeps that much of the top, and emphasizes it's fuzz origins.

[@brokenteethalbumreviews5388]

Agreed at least use an SG or a LP

[@naturaljoe7397]

It’s the combo that Bob Mould has been using since the late 80’s

[@PrincePloppy]

Jesus this guy is a legend!! Who the heck is that playing guitar??

[@mikkomolon4950]

oh no, people! this pedal has a HUGE range of uses for it! don't underestimate this distortion+ pedal collection! it will replicate the sound of amp distortion, make a clean sound for you, and go all the way to a 2000 era Randy Rhoads sound! and I KNOW you've NEVER heard or even know that version of randy's sound even exists! I have ALL randy's gear and THIS pedal is AMAZING with all randy's gear and settings! :-) I'm BLOWN away by how FULL ON this pedal sounds with randy's signature gear. if you're gonna buy all the RR signature gear, then, this pedal is an AWESOME addition to that collection. there's a few different ways to collect RR issue gear and buying all new product is 1 way and an excellent way to get MASSIVE sound! RR would love this pedal! BUT! this pedal doesn't do the sound of the solo section of the blizzard of Oz band's live show! this pedals tone from randy's settings is the warm sound from the early songs of the OZZY Live show, released on Record store day in ~2015 or there abouts. so, forget about sounding like the 1987 product live show sound. don't forget about the 240/110 tone problems as well! if you LOVE this pedal, then you'll ALSO LOVE the 90's era Randy Rhoads sound too! but to get that RR era sound, you'll need to own the 90's MXR distortion+ pedal! that sound is more gain than randy's original, just like this pedal's more gain sound BUT the 90's era sound has MORE bottom end to randy's sound and so it covers the tone of randy's SOLO feature from the LIVE LP from Record store day. the script pedal version ALSO does Randys sound BUT it's a RETRO sound version and it should be discovered and heard AS WELL! all the notes from this pedal being installed into randy's setup, makes every note retro in style, with less gain than the 90's and 2000's era sound BUT they're notes which are more sweet! and very 1980 style notes. you'll need to buy all the signature gear to hear the different Randy Rhoads sounds and make sure that you DO what MXR tells you to do with the pedal settings. (Max them and learn to hear the different sound versions from the pedals. never 'go searching for the old sound, just do as they tell you and experience the great sounds from playing the material). all these distortion+ pedals will SOON become highly collectable items and very expensive. get em now while you can! dreyn77 says. ;-)

[@samuelbudiyanto2250]

Totally AGREEEEE! Great comment!

[@FelipeSouzaMusic]

Nice demo of Fender Strat

[@jackarthy]

Found it works better with a slightly driven amp, don't bother with a clean amp.

[@harrysouter2304]

+Facundo Brizula Flesca get the il Torino overdrive

[@eddybuckhorn7411]

This pedal is meant for a Crunch Channel or an attenuated clean channel being dimed.

[@dreyn7780]

@@eddybuckhorn7411 that’s not the original intention. It was to make a perfect distorted sound. Valve distortion was imperfect back then. Unreliable was valve distortion. They kept braking each week.

[@dreyn7780]

Do bother with a clean amp cause it’s not going to cause the valves to break.

[@mattgilbert7347]

Yes. It's a "dirty boost"

[@jakubsach8431]

I'm deciding between MXR+ and boss SD-1, I know one is distortion and the other is overdrive. I love Black Sabbath, but also Husked Du. What advice do you have?

[@larslevinberget9558]

Both...run the SD1 in front of the Dist+

[@gingerAV]

why this man looking like a whole ass final fantasy character and playing dad rock-ass electric blues

[@RobertoGinsburg]

I read that this pedal was used by Smith from NWOBHM band IRON MAIDEN..

[@thepurplesprouts804]

Roberto Ginsburg used by Dave*

[@dreyn7780]

That band lies to their audience. On stage Bruce lied to the whole audience but the audience has heard it all before and they stopped buying all things iron maiden. Which caused them to find a whole new Audience in other countries. They’re SO stupid.

[@rickleblanc8900]

@@dreyn7780 yep, stupid, rich, universally known and one of the world's best bands of all time. Not too shabby

[@dreyn7780]

@@rickleblanc8900 ...And fully insane. They had their mental breakdown but didn’t realise they abused their audience at the time. When they returned, they were totally different people but they forgot to apologise and explain their new world order grandplan. Their, “we’re just one of the boys” promoting speeches is the biggest lie in rock n roll history. This band needs to hand back the millions of dollars and say sorry to people. They’re no different to other companies and those companies must pay back to the community.

[@warhead5809]

@@dreyn7780 What the fug are you talking about?

[@rmg222]

Yeaaaaaaah!!! Crank it!!

[@RacielGoncalvesJunior]

Massa!

[@TheRevengeTherapists]

Just recorded guitars with one of these today!

[@rubenrhoads]

My favorite :)

[@paulgarciacontreras1045]

Es mas interesante cuando tocan con una strato es ahi donde salen buenas frecuencias y en less paul obvio que sonara cañero por eso siempre me gusta ver a ambas guitarras.

[@jetcheneau5811]

Kid Congo Powers uses one of these heavily.

[@BillDerBerg]

Guitarists always use the wrong amp settings with this pedal it is a DISTORTION PEDAL NOT AN OVERDRIVE you can't expect Marshall type British amp sounds out of it at low volume you have to use an already smoking hot amp that's pushing air and dial in the amount of fuzz or grit with the Dist+ you want afterwards sheesh...

[@chrisdee5032]

John J. Sanchez Surely an overdrive pedal will push such an amp into distortion territory?

[@PurpleBled]

Chris Dee it will and I know from experience I use pedals for all of my dirt you can get a decent distortion with just an overdrive you just wont get into fuzz territory because the circuits are different and there’s a lot more low end on a fuzz (from a clean amp that is)

[@jordandangelo180]

So true. A clean amp will never let you see what a good fuzz pedal or distortion pedal could really do. You want the gain on the verge of breaking up or 2-4 out of 10 ( halfway to 12 o’clock ) and then they really scream with give killer sustain

[@dreyn7780]

@@jordandangelo180 pedals just add multiple signals. They’re the same as a multiple coil pickup. You play 1 note and 10 come out of the pickup and pedal.

[@mattgilbert7347]

@@PurpleBled Sounds about right.

[@teacher5376]

Sold .

[@Brandwatchesgr]

so you advertise a distortion pedal and half of the video the ad shows the seting of distortion at 0. I am going to make automobile ads where the cars are not mobile.

[@JohnMichaelBurns]

Sounds better if you swap the Ge diodes for Si. Less gain but less of that weird, swishy, 2k peak. Si diodes turn it into a less warm sounding but clear and still very natural overdrive with more output.

[@filipechagas8158]

É um pedal tão simples que da para fazer em casa

[@RobertHernandez-t5q]

Hall Frank Williams Robert Gonzalez John

[@robm9770]

the distortion plus is a total rock machine plug it in and turn it up to 11

[@dreyn7780]

Well, you can’t do that. The Marshall starts to squeal uncontrollably.

[@andrinweibel3964]

Do this work for acid techno?

[@Sandrotsereteli]

sure!!!

[@kevinhunt5362]

I do like MXR videos though.

[@ryandeanlindgren9054]

cool

[@MrDoneboy]

I had the Distortion II and foolishly traded it for a Morley Power Wah. BIG MISTAKE!!!

[@coffeewaldo]

Usually not negative but the distortion 3 did nothing. Not sure why.

[@noahtaylor2673]

Does it work for thrash metal?

[@dreamlikeproblems]

Think of this more as a hard rock pedal than a metal or thrash pedal. It'll break up real good, but not enough for metal in my opinion. I guess your guitar and could also be a factor so if you really want it I'd go for it

[@keithrushmore9809]

How does this pedal sound through a solid state amp?

[@utooberblooper]

ass...............

[@rockkevinrock]

Solid state transistor amps are normally loud clean and reliable, but their own tones are very plain, if you want nice gain/fuzz/distortion through that kind of amp, you need to choose a pedal that sounds like it's got a lot of fuzz/gain/drive on it, this Distortion+ pedal obviously does not sound like that on this video and the guy is playing it through a clean channel with a Strat so that you can hear the plain sound of the pedal. If you need a dirtier sound then choose a different pedal. My own opinion is that fuzz and heavy distortion is better for rocking hard and loud. This MXR pedal seems like it kinda sucks.

[@tientran-cc8du]

game of thrones bloopers

[@leonardoalmeida6786]

Name of first music?

[@soorajkumar7552]

Leonardo Almeida Tal Morris

[@djokakashi]

CAN I get close to a slash tone with this disto ?

[@IamtheActionman]

Dunlop rules...amazingly produced marketing videos but fuck this. I want to demo your pedals. I'm serious!

[@neen66F]

can anyone do a vid for thrash I mean hell its distortion not a fuzz pedal blah

[@chrissagredo7129]

nina kammerdiener it's not for thrash it's for 70's rock sounds. As like a booster to a driven amp.

[@WildHilary]

Robinson Amy Lewis Cynthia Thomas Barbara

[@Leo_nbd]

2:19

[@angrytroll27]

Put a GE7 in front of this n it screams

[@angrytroll27]

***** Yep Boss GE7 EQ I like that on Eqs ya can pick what frequencies you boost/cut

[@andr3casas]

Give one of those freee :')

[@zakkroks]

this is hilarious!

[@TheRealMtnDewMike]

Bought this thinking it would be like metal distortion and now I’m kinda upset

[@diegolorenzen2003]

How to sound like stevie ray Vaughan, distortion + done :)

[@maniatisioannis1838]

yg

[@RenatoGuns-bv4bt]

Pedal so para quem e rico

[@eberrodrigues-rj8541]

Pô, custa 400 no ML usado , muito barato!

[@machacapumpkins3678]

U cant overdrive an amp with this pedal it have sooooo low volume i like his gain but its useless for me

[@coffeewaldo]

Try the super badass distortion. It's silver. Lots of gain.

[@machacapumpkins3678]

+coffeewaldo i have a ts9 and 70s fulltone Fuzz, happy with that :)

[@kevinhunt5362]

I like my MXR Prime Distortion better .

[@scottyruss1990]

Seriously, uninspiring looking strat.

[@DonneSherry-j4k]

Garcia Amy Brown Jose Lopez Edward

[@kahwigulum]

thumbs down because the camera operator doesn't know how to focus a camera.

[@gearhead2017]

if ya want real distortion get the metalcore pedal, this thing sucks

[@mikescanlan4653]

***** You are absolutely wrong that metalcore is not real metal, mate. And that it is emo bullshit, but look, I'm trying to reason with someone who hopped onto the bandwagon after listening to a few of the metalcore bands and hearing what others have to say about it.

[@gearhead2017]

thanks mike lol! He don't know too much

[@mikescanlan4653]

You are so foolish it hurts. Metalcore is what happens when you blend Hardcore (A harder/edgier form of punk music) and Metal. Here is the problem with your opinion, you are trying to state it as a fact. It is different to say "I dislike metalcore because 1). 2). And 3)." Your opinion is not fact, especially when you clearly have not listened to enough of a genre to truly judge it. You lot are all the same. I do not care what genre it is. You listen to a few songs or maybe see some of the trends within and think "Oh, this is exactly how all of it is. I hate everything about this genre now because of the 2 songs I have heard by this one band." You are narrow minded. I am not saying you have to like it to not be narrow minded, I am saying that you clearly have not listened enough of it to spout of your opinion as fact.

[@babaganoujband]

***** Ahh man, don't get trolled. It's ok.

[@gearhead2017]

Lmao!!

[@diepainfullyyoutube]

How does this compare to a tube screamer? Anyone?

[@mattgilbert7347]

Very different pedals! This is warmer and less mid pushed, with way more gain. The Tubescreamer is a lower-gain *overdrive*

[@vexguine]

also germanium diodes on mxr... TS has a chip on it

[@utooberblooper]

a tube screamer is a fucking overdrive.this is a fucking distortion pedal.do you fucking know the difference?

[@warhead5809]

@@utooberblooper Can you fucking calm down?