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They make the following three most awesome guitar effects.
1-MXR '78 Custom Bad Ass Distortion – A most popular MXR effect.
Old school effect, from the full stack amp setup, in your face effect, with the warmth of all tube power. A first for the Dunlop Custom Badass design team. factory moddeed for out of the box performance.
2-MXR Distorion+ : 70's soft clipped distortion used by the likes of Randy Rhoads and Jimmy Hendrix.
The yellow box may be small but the great distortion heard can be heard by todays Guitar Legends, Legends of the past and their recordings. A unique distortion still on the shelves that is uniquely the Distortion+.
3-MXR Fullbore Metal Guitar Effects Pedal For extreme metal tones. The Fullbore Metal puts your guitar in high gear with unmatched ultra high gain. Has combined with built-in Noise Gate to keep out the static associated with ultimate output levels.
MXR guitar effects have been used for decades. With their bucket brigade technology they last just as long. MXR Effects Pedals originated with some of the best effects pedals in the 70's and still inspire with effects like the Carbon Copy.
List of other top selling MXR Guitar Effect Pedals include:
MXR ‘74 VINTAGE PHASE 90 - CSP-026 MXR ‘76 VINTAGE DYNA COMP - CSP-028 MXR 10-BAND EQUALIZER PEDAL - M108 MXR 6-BAND EQUALIZER PEDAL - M109 MXR AUTO Q - M120 MXR BASS BLOWTORCH - M181 MXR BASS D.I. - M80 MXR BASS OCTAVE DELUXE - M288 MXR BLUE BOX - M103 MXR BOOST/LINE DRIVER - MC-401 MXR BOOST/OVERDRIVE - MC-402 MXR CAE WAH - MC404 MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay M169 MXR CLASSIC 108 FUZZ - M-173 MXR DIME® DISTORTION - DD11 MXR DISTORTION III - M-115 MXR DISTORTION+ - M104 MXR DYNA COMP - M102 MXR Eddie Van Halen FLANGER - EVH117 MXR EL GRANDE BASS FUZZ - M-182 MXR FLANGER - M117R MXR Fullbore Metal Distortion Pedal No. M116 MXR GT-OD OVERDRIVE PEDAL - M-193 MXR KERRY KING 10-BAND EQ - KFK1 MXR MICRO AMP - M133 MXR PHASE 100 - M107 MXR PHASE 90 - M101 MXR PHASE SHIFTER - EVH90 MXR SCRIPT PHASE 90 CUSTOM SHOP SCRIPT PEDAL - CSP-101SL MXR SMART GATE - M135 MXR STEREO CHORUS - M134 MXR SUPER COMP - M132 MXR TREMOLO STEREO - M-159 MXR VARIPHASE PHASE PEDAL - CSP-001 MXR ZAKK WYLDE OVERDRIVE PEDAL - ZW44