• Reviews around distortion (4.40 of 5)

    MXR Custom Badass '78 Distortion

    • I bought this pedal wanting classic distortion and find it more useful as an overdrive pedal
    • but it's definitely more of a classic crunch distortion than a heavy rock sound.
    • I mean i suppose if you're looking for some modern thrash sound (great for blues-based modern metal) you'll wanna look elsewhere, or if you're looking for a really clean jazz or blues distortion to throw a lil' hoodoo on your sound without a whole lotta power
    • The distortion range does not get as hot as a RAT or MXR classic distortion but it sounds great with a telecaster and tube amp
    • Great overdrive/distortion for classic rock music.
    • I was looking for a nice distortion for classic rock and maybe some blues
    • Very rough distortion though
    • Nice clean distortion
    • I also have the MXR prime distortion... and i prefer this like 10 times...
    • I play through a Fender Ultimate Chorus amp that comes with some great distortion, stock, but I wanted some