MXR® Dookie Drive™ Pedal (Pt. 1)

Billie Joe Armstrong’s guitar tone on Green Day’s groundbreaking album Dookie sounded dirty and punchy with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of his fast, melodic riffs. He got that sound by running his signal through two heavily modified amplifiers-one scooped with a ton of gain and the other with a well-defined midrange. When it came time to mix the record, the band blended the two signals together in different ratios to match the vibe of each track.
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Dookie, we’re releasing the MXR Dookie Drive. It captures the sound of both of Billie Joe’s amps in a single pedal so that you can dial in your own variations of that famous Dookie sound. We borrowed the amps themselves so that the MXR team could carefully analyze all the sonic qualities that make them sound so darn good. After much analysis and A/B testing, our engineers rebuilt the amps from scratch in pedal circuit form and fit them into a single housing. The High Gain and Clean Gain sections each have their own controls, while the Blend control allows you to mix them together just like Green Day did in the studio. If you want some extra scoop in the midrange of the overall output signal, just hit the Scoop switch.
The Dookie Drive isn’t just for Green Day fans-this totally unique pedal provides a full harmonic range of overdriven tones for a playing experience that is full of depth and dimension.
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[@silverfoot6079]

Dookie Pedal *"plays songs from Kerplunk and 1030 Smoothed Out Slappy Hours"*

[@Sliver90]

_Dookiefied_

[@miseryparty3726]

he used these amps for those songs live smartass

[@silverfoot6079]

@@miseryparty3726 Okay...but learn to take a joke

[@miseryparty3726]

HailOlympos! what you said isn’t even a joke, it’s just s dumb statement

[@silverfoot6079]

@@miseryparty3726 That's your opinion, pal. I'm a huge Green Day fan, don't get so butthurt

[@richosburn]

“It’s that Dookie sound.” Lol

[@ossyrover1982]

Sounds like smashing pumpkins fuzz nothing like dookie

[@reniisgod]

Insomniac - most underrated GD record. Some of the best lyrics Billie ever wrote are on that album imo.

[@thadenmartin4713]

Nah Smooth was definitely his best writing and extremely underrated

[@gabrieledomingosjardim5358]

My fav of them so far

[@heyitsharry]

nimrod is super underrated imo

[@JJStale]

@@heyitsharryunderrated? Lol, no.

[@reverb508]

@@thadenmartin4713 everyone's entitled to their opinion, but I don't think you can dispute that Billie Joe grew immensely as a songwriter from that first record. There are some really goofy lyric and melody choices on 39/Smooth. Go back and listen to "I Was There" and tell me that's on par with anything on Dookie or Insomniac. There are some great songs on that first record, but calling it Billie Joe's best writing is wild.

[@morganghetti]

Billy is looking healthy.

[@C0ltrane]

morgan ghetti Billie

[@kebab_boi]

*B I L L I E

[@rokomouth]

*bilye

[@jerbear97]

billay

[@12Daniel34]

@@FritzMania wooooosh my man, woosh

[@markt44]

Blue is just sitting there like “yeah so are you gonna play me or should I just leave?”

[@EliaAl-Nims]

Blue is the dookie sound. It would be cheating to use it

[@rayquaza396]

I miss that young Billie where he strums very fast and very hard.

[@kombat1988]

THATS WHAT SHE SAI-

[@rayquaza396]

@@kombat1988 is that you Michael Scott going incognito?

[@kombat1988]

@@rayquaza396 I’ll never tell 😏

[@-Fumiken-]

He was on speed so, it's better for him to play it cool bro :(

[@tomsklanka9436]

Miss those days too

[@tbtlouisville]

Just got it in. Played it with both a JB-loaded Strat and a P90 LP Jr.-style guitar. It's the Dookie-era tone, but also NAILS American Idiot album tones and beyond. Throw a TS-style pedal in front of it and this thing gets HEAVY.

[@joshzorrill6951]

But when is they dropping PT2?👀

[@tiki2777]

@@joshzorrill6951 checking in... no pt2 lol

[@tbtlouisville]

ZMan1471 Been at it for a long time with more pedals in and out of my rig than I can count, a few of which were Marshall-in-a-Box type pedals. Nothing does what this thing does with the same note articulation / definition.

[@joshphillips5335]

I gotta buy it soon

[@MechanicalMarketer253]

Just got mine this morning and loving it so far. Quick question though: what kind of setting on the pedal do you use to get the American idiot style tones?

[@jackbard2623]

Elvis Joe Armstrong

[@s-dew]

Stab you in the heart.

[@thenoodledrop]

billie joe has been transforming into billy joel and it’s scaring me

[@ExpTube1969]

LOL.

[@slopcrusher3482]

All Billies shall morph into one mega Billie.

[@SeptemberOftheDead]

Nah.

[@RealestPoser]

@@SeptemberOftheDead wdym nah

[@SeptemberOftheDead]

@@RealestPoser He’s not transforming into Billie Joel, he just made a new banger album.

[@carlosmatos9848]

Funny thing is, if you look at old interviews even Billie says he doesn't know how they got the Dookie tone on the album. He was basically using a 1959SLP Marshall Head modded with an extra gain stage and master volume. In the studio it sounded totally different than on the album. I'm sure the MXR pedal gives you a pretty good approximation, but if you want the true Dookie tone you're going to want an old Marshall plexi, or at least something like a JCM800 with a Vintage 30 loaded cabinet.

[@bittrain1658]

no ones gonna spend that much money to sound like fucking Green Day lmao

[@musicpandauk2162]

@@bittrain1658 You'd be surprised

[@rddsknk89]

@@bittrain1658 Maybe not just to sound like Green Day, but if you had that rig I bet you could get some fucking amazing tones that sound nothing like Green Day as well.

[@colico14]

@@bittrain1658 Yeah, it's not like they've ever sold any records or anything. They've never inspired anyone to pick up an electric guitar.

[@HeiseyMotors]

@@bittrain1658 I spent a fair amount of coin getting their tone nailed because it's a brilliant sound. However, it's all the old school rock bands like AC/DC and stuff that the sound originates from since they all used that identical head.

[@brothermanbrenden1607]

Loving Billy’s 50s pompadour/greaser look

[@harrisontownsend910]

I love it when a distortion or overdrive pedal can reach into fuzz teritory. It just sounds really cool and messy.

[@afxtwinreverb]

Same mate

[@ExpTube1969]

Messi.... yeah....

[@zachdove470]

Seeing him without any make-up's strange now.

[@buddhull]

That’s how they wrote and performed all of their least insufferable music, in my opinion - sans makeup and in their street clothes. The less collectively casual/ugly Green Day got as a unit (which isn’t saying the makeup or Slash clothes looked any good), the worse and more cringe-inducing the songs got.

[@zachdove470]

@@buddhull Agreed, their latest album was (In my eyes) dogshit at best.

[@5adam8]

@@zachdove470 oh I'm sure you can do better?.douchbag

[@D3ft0ne]

Shit... this is what it is... i am like something feels awfully weird here..

[@slashtitan1035]

This look is fine. I wish he would stick with it for the next Green Day record. But we all know once Green Day releases new music again it’s back to the eyeliner and Hot Topic teeny emo look.

[@jordandangelo180]

I fucking loved and still continue to love that album. That album played at full blast in a mini van with all my friends pissing our parents off is my childhood.

[@rensagalirte]

BJ is young always and forever

[@kylechen9573]

make fun of BJA skills all y'all want but this dude can play the fatest biggest power chords. Like Steve Vai said, it's not easy to make it sound so huge.

[@kylechen9573]

@@lotsapasta0858 sure, but I was more talking about the atmosphere rather than the technical aspects. I'm just saying it's harder than it looks to make it sound like that.

[@jackmaniacmusic]

0:55 He plays one of my lies. I'd love to see them play that live. I fucking love playing that song.

[@lambandham]

Ikr!

[@kagamiryo615]

They played it at Woodstock 94 and a ton of other performances

[@rileyk5228]

I caught that too. He def still loves his older stuff

[@ariotofmyown4879]

He has blue next to him but he doesn’t play it 🤔

[@MichaelD8393]

Well, this is only part 1. Part 2 should be up soon.

[@digoutyourMUSEsoul]

Because he needs to play authentic

[@gianski3306]

Because when he plays a different guitar and demos the pedal and it sounds like the Dookie era tone, it convinces people that you dont need a strat with humbuckers and all you need is the pedal to sound like the dookie era tone

[@kristianjohnsen7995]

Maybe because he's probably under some kind of contract with Gibson and have to do marketing as much as possible for the guitar brand.

[@tedcruzkidneyhunter736]

The point of the dookie drive pedal is to emulate the dookie tone blue makes, using the actual guitar defeats the purpose

[@kevindie]

*_Insomniac will forever be their greatest (and heaviest) album._*

[@gabrieledomingosjardim5358]

Amen to that 🙏🙏🙏

[@ogbee9690]

dookie is still my fav but insomniac has some great songs

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

I'm still Waiting for the MXR Dookie Drive pedal. Ordered it in Januari. Wake Me Up When September Ends

[@limpneckmike]

It’s only been a day, and I’m anxiously waiting for part 2

[@adamftm9715]

Just bought it for my 13 year old(more for me)... I love it!!! Someday I hope to meet the band someday!!. 9 years old when they came out with dookie (94) was my first cassette tape. And it never gets old! Ever!

[@hector_nimrod]

Blue is jealous about he playing with the Les Paul.

[@izanakurokawa9510]

Blue that in my photo profile ha

[@mauijet]

Just pre-ordered! We playa lotsa Green Day covers...gotta have it! Pete & Meat...

[@C0ltrane]

mauijet really? I pre ordered mine a while ago and it just arrived today that’s weitd

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

@@C0ltrane really? I pre-ordered it in januari and still don't have it. Where do you live?

[@mauijet]

Got mine from Prymaxe about two weeks ago. Sounds pretty good. Gotta try it live though.

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

@@mauijet i'm getting it today😍🎸😎

[@dogbatter563]

I got this pedal a few months ago, very versatile. Can get very heavy, also can be light

[@LordMacKrakin]

He looks good & healthy!! Rockin out !!

[@tyletkersey4357]

My buddy ordered one June 4 because only 2000 were to be made. We honestly thought this pedal was never going to fully release. Supposedly, someone got their's today. He totally has his fingers crossed, hopefully any day now.

[@tiki2777]

Got mine yesterday, I ordered it January 24th

[@Dimillio7]

So it’s not limited to 2000 units anymore?

[@tyletkersey4357]

@@Dimillio7 I'm not sure man, check out some online retailers. They should let you know if they have them in stock and when they are expected to ship.

[@riciniguez6206]

This is the one dookie I don't mind stepping on

[@erics3644]

Marshall super lead and a boss blues driver. With a JB loaded hardtail guitar. That’s the Dookie sound

[@ExpTube1969]

dig it.

[@firewitch9531]

Actually the Blues Driver didn't come out until 1995, over a year after Dookie was recorded.

[@sbag37]

Says the guy that doesn't have his gear.

[@anthonysclafani3963]

he only uses the blues driver as a boost for solos

[@ethan1321]

I think I heard some Kerplunk!

[@jdubs78]

You did. Good ears.

[@kyleroberts5798]

Yeah definitely it was "one of my lies"

[@dontgankthepencils]

Just got mine! It’s cool, but I wouldn’t say it’s extremely special or anything. Still a great buy!

[@jonathankeith524]

Jesus loves you all! ❤️ His finished work on the cross has paid for ALL of your sins, past, present, and future. Trust in His finished work today, my friends! ❤️ You are loved! Loved unto blood.

[@rudi_tabootie]

Jonathan Keith Too late. Josh Homme got there first

[@Urmom-oo8jy]

@@rudi_tabootie haha I thought I was the only one who thought josh looked like Elvis

[@volutedmetal8543]

@@Urmom-oo8jy They don't call him Ginger Elvis for nothin'

[@RS-pp7ng]

What do you mean? he’s been Elvis all along

[@thenoodledrop]

he’s turning into a young Billy Joel

[@brandonreyes-castellanos9408]

And that was all coming through a twin?!

[@rileyramone6231]

Brandon Reyes that’s the impressive part.

[@GreenDayPunx96]

I can’t wait! 😀

[@adamlee6946]

Mine just arrived! It sounds great through my little vox practice amp. Can't wait to use it with my Mesa F-50 combo. I've been chasing the Dookie/Insomniac tone since the mid 90's, and have been through countless "Marshall in a box" pedals. I eventually landed on the Wampler Sovereign (great pedal) but I think the Dookie Drive will be taking it's place on my pedalboard.

[@devvin]

I have a little Vox practice amp upstairs that I think this will go great with! So far I have only tried it on my '78 Marshall JMP50 #1987 and it sounds killer! I posted a video of it on my channel. Check it out if you want to. I'm so happy I grabbed one of these.

[@adamlee6946]

ESBFett the demo sounded great! And that's probably the best "Blue" replica I've seen BTW. I love how you're actually using an early 80's Fernandes Revival strat with the late 70's Bill Lawrence in the bridge instead of a daphne blue squier with a cheap humbucker lol. I noticed that the gain knob doesn't seem to do anything when the blend knob is turned all the way to the "Pete" position, but it has a huge effect when I'm favoring the "Meat" side. I really liked the tones I was getting with the blend knob at about 11:00 and the gain around 1:00-2:00.

[@emmanuelmartinez100]

why don't you buy a marshall?

[@etyramone2000]

Hi, may I ask what is your vox practice amp ? I also have one and am not sure if it will do somethig.

[@lambandham]

Just ordered this. Can't wait for it to arrive!

[@matthewchunk3689]

is it good?

[@weatherhector]

Billie never gets older

[@dilldozar296]

Nah mate. Hair dyes just getting cheaper 🤌😂

[@avocadopeel7536]

"...go from loud to louder" never heard a better description for a drive pedal

[@tiki2777]

My brain is exploding

[@TrustsLiars]

I bet Dana Carvey could do a great impression of Billy Joe.

[@golf5555555]

Glad you gave him more than a minute..

[@ang3lstardust]

Billie Joe is immortal.

[@frank_gappa]

So stoked to get this!!!!

[@Rusli1659LPSoldier]

Billie Joe's hairstyle looks like similar to Teen/adult gohan from DBZ. Also what if MXR makes Linkin Park Hybrid Theory/Meteora Guitar pedal?

[@_seth_7245]

1:53 reminds me of Misfits. SO COOL

[@devvin]

I just unpacked mine!

[@MichaelD8393]

Does it sound as good in person as it does on video? I'm considering it!

[@eifersucht14c]

How'd you get it already? I've been checking every single day for a ship date on this thing hah

[@devvin]

eifersucht14c I just uploaded a quick video of it on my channel. It’s a crude video but you’ll get the idea. Check it out!

[@Drfrostybrew]

Send it back

[@devvin]

@@MichaelD8393 In person it sounds even better.

[@shinakuma9]

Billie is ageing very nicely

[@davidmuck9348]

I like his riffs at the end. Something unusual and metalish. Cool to see BJ to play some heavy riffs!

[@vladonutyj]

He grow up on metal music

[@davidmuck9348]

@@vladonutyj Yeah, I know.

[@Hardballleather]

Billie got his warning era face back

[@boric4165]

Typically in my opinion, when a pedal distributer releases a signature pedal trying to emulate the sound on a record, they’re usually so close...but there always seems to be something missing. Not in this case. I didn’t think I’d be saying it, but MXR really knocked it out of the park with this one.

[@musclefan101]

I'm getting me one of those! Love that sound

[@tomsklanka9436]

Wish they would go back to that dookie/insomniac sound again

[@nickd3895]

He’s a 90s legend

[@rockerchefdave]

Probably the best distortion pedal I’ve ever purchased, at least for the kinds of noise that I like to make 🤘🏻

[@MR-mt1jf]

Billie Joe siempre groso , saludos desde MTY , México

[@BeerandGuitars]

The thumbnail looked like he was holding a pack of cards

[@nick3718]

Yeah wtf

[@budi.haryono]

lol, he's a cardist

[@BeerandGuitars]

@@budi.haryono pick a pedal, any pedal

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

MXR Dookie Drive V2 is coming up 😲

[@fuzziered422]

Robinho-Guitar-Covers wha??

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

@@fuzziered422 yes it's seems like a second run with different graphics

[@fuzziered422]

Robinho-Guitar-Covers lol, i just bought it for the New year xD

[@RobinhoGuitarCovers]

@@fuzziered422 i own 2 Dookie Drives from the first run🙈

[@rockthecasbahs]

I used to put a Fender Bassman pedal in front of it and it nailed the Green Day tone. I have since sold both.

[@manuzdiaz9106]

I love that distorted sound god dammit! 😍 haha

[@allypezz]

Best he's looked in years

[@someone___1240]

The thing he’s recording in is peaking

[@JeremyLeech]

Already on pre order. Can’t fucking wait.

[@thiagofavoretto4072]

Dookie for Life

[@aneurysm1991]

Since age 5, I've wanted to see green day live. Still haven't. Never going to be able to again. I'm dying inside

[@benhawkinsguitar]

Theyre releasing a new song on the 19th, so you never know!

[@C0ltrane]

hawk2k that was debunked they aren’t

[@C0ltrane]

They are still playing what do you mean? They finished their latest tour only a couple years ago and Billie is writing new material

[@dannyho6786]

So long kid !!

[@ef4947]

Just buy the MXR FOD instead. Exactly the same circuit, but the FOD has a switch for mid scoop/flat/mid boost. Oh and it's cheaper.

[@Hellseeker1]

There sold out, for how big Green Day is, I knew back when they announced limited run I’d never be able to get one.

[@me-bk9er]

tone is in your fingers..the pedal IS just for looks

[@andrew_oid]

They’re back

[@sprucesoultree3833]

I love fuzz, this is perfect.

[@sarahharris5151]

Billie is starting to look like Elvis

[@JensJulius]

He doesn’t age!

[@Sep45]

The hair dye helps lol

[@marcellarenusup3796]

Dookie drive sound very classic for me

[@OVERMUSICDRIVE]

beautiful that les paul custom!

[@thetruth1024]

I love me some Dookie and Insomniac tone.

[@vicentetroncoso8051]

in the middle is live in Mudstoock

[@hankrollins5101]

billie voice at beggining😂

[@Velikorechanin]

I didn't know that Johnny Cash played on Dookie

[@eeshsinger]

i cant wait to buy this

[@DaveRucci]

He said “Dookie”. 😂

[@TheChadPad]

That's fucking awesome! Sounds great

[@Koftasandwhich]

Damn I’ve never seen Billie shred like that. That’s so good

[@Robil63]

🤣🤣🤣

[@legatomodi3522]

he stepped on dookie

[@tizzlekizzle]

I made my own poopie pedal. It got my shoes dirty.

[@schwifftee427]

Sounds like dookie 💥🎸

[@NickSelfridge]

I bought one recently and put it this way...this is the best pedal I’ve ever used! And I don’t typically gravitate towards pedals but I’m a massive Green Day fan like this thing even through a Marshall dsl20cr is MASSIVE it gives me that sound of theirs that I’ve been striving to recreate for the better part of 7 years 🤟

[@gergemall]

Cool guy , MEGA TALENT

[@brunna.1996]

GREEN DAY 💚

[@aussiemusicfan0298]

😮 Billie Joe Armstrong is so handsome, great singer and songwriter

[@LIVIASANTOS-ij4jz]

BILLIE Love you so much

[@bigbyrd6811]

I can't express how great Billie is🤩🤘 but he totally looks cool it's not a mid life crisis leave him alone😂😂

[@flaviak9424]

What a beautiful almost 50 years old 😉

[@DrumBuster16]

Damn great tone! Kinda muddy sometimes, easily fixed by an eq pedal :)

[@Drfrostybrew]

DrumBuster you shouldn’t have to buy an EQ pedal

[@DrumBuster16]

Drfrostybrew I actually own one, it helps clean up some mud introduced by my Les Paul, I’m sure with a Strat or Les Paul Junior the tone must be less muddy. Local friends got theirs so can’t wait to try it out! If it’s better than my Friedman pedal, I might consider selling it lol

[@goodguyzacky3066]

I wish he put more rock and roll solos in Green Day's songs.

[@idzmanmazlan]

Blue looks soooo creamyyy

[@LinusKnight]

I play a Fender Strat thru an Orange head/marshall cab set up using just the Dookie Drive for distortion. (Decimator for gate on 9clock)-- it's the best chunk-to-punk pedal option around. Fight me on that!

[@rikmg]

Stand and deliver!

[@robertshriver9723]

"always chasing good tone" LOL

[@ahmaenya7211]

"You can really hear it in the song like She" You worry.. You worry.. You worry.. Live in Chicago.

[@richardwalley2862]

Don’t worry about the amp

[@twosnaps4124]

My favorite album is still Kerplunk I wonder how that pedal would sound playing some of those riffs

[@guitarofdestiny]

0:43

[@twosnaps4124]

@@guitarofdestiny I heard that but I wanted to hear it without to talking over it 😂

[@guitarofdestiny]

@@twosnaps4124 yeah same here man, wish there was more

[@twosnaps4124]

@@guitarofdestiny that album is unbelievably under rated in my opinion really all their early albums are

[@monke4028]

so dope

[@donaldmccolgan1619]

Billie looks healthy!