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Re: MXR Dist+

8/30/1999 5:37 PM
Roger	Re: MXR Dist+ >>Alteratively, is it supposed to sound this bad? I mean, we're talking the kind of distortion that sounds like the last AM station you can get on your car radio<< IMHO, the Dist+ suffers a lot when compared to modern, more high-tech pedals. It does sound buzzy and somewhat weak vs. recent designs. You might increase the amount of gain and see if that helps but the lack of a tone control and no frequency shaping before distortion limits its usefulness. Roger

8/30/1999 5:37 PM

Roger

Re: MXR Dist+

>>Alteratively, is it supposed to sound this bad? I mean, we're talking the kind of distortion that sounds like the last AM station you can get on your car radio<<

IMHO, the Dist+ suffers a lot when compared to modern, more high-tech pedals. It does sound buzzy and somewhat weak vs. recent designs. You might increase the amount of gain and see if that helps but the lack of a tone control and no frequency shaping before distortion limits its usefulness.

Roger