MXR M85 Bass Distortion Pedal

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Working with Fuzzrocious Pedals founder Ryan Ratajski, MXR built the M85 -- a raunchy-sounding dual-diode distortion that keeps your low end intact.

The MXR Bass Distortion dishes out big gnarly tones with all the low end your bottom-dwelling heart desires. Working closely with indie pedal phenom, bass dirt guru, and Fuzzrocious Pedals founder Ryan Ratajski, we took a famously nasty sounding distortion circuit and re-tooled it for the modern working bass player.

Back in the day, if you wanted to use a distortion pedal and keep your low end intact, you had to split your clean and dirty signals between two amps. With the MXR Bass Distortion, there's no such need -- this pedal puts control over the clean/dirty mix right at your feet with separate Dry and Wet level controls. The Tone control, which only affects the distortion signal, is a simple high cut filter for dialing back the top end, and the Distortion control sets the distortion signal's intensity.

Finally, the MXR Bass Distortion's raunchy sound comes in two flavors, selectable via the LED/SIL switch. The default SIL setting uses silicon clipping diodes for an aggressive, biting sound and a bit of compression, while the LED setting uses LED diodes for a more wide open sound and a nice gain bump.

Features:

- Based on a classic distortion circuit famous for its nasty sound
- Separate Dry and Wet level controls
- Select between Silicon and LED clipping diodes

- Dimensions: (L x W x H) 6 x 5 x 3"
- Weight: .86 lbs

For support or warranty questions, please contact the manufacturer:
Phone: 707-745-2722

Reviewers gave this product an overall rating of 5 out of 5 stars. (1 ratings)
Submitted January 24, 2016 by Lonnie James in Dallas, TX

"MXR bass distortion"

Overall: 5 out of 5 stars
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Cool pedal ! Love the way you can mix the Dry and Wet signals. And the LED and SIL switch gives you a choice between a modern or vintage sound. Trick is, when you first kick on the pedal make sure the DIST knob is all the way down then dail it up to the distortion flavor your looking for. All in all a really cool pedal with a really cool tone !

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