Distortion Pedal Review – MXR M173 Classic 108 Fuzz

admin — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:21:59 +0000

Whether you are a Hendrix fan, or a garage rocker, you are going to love the classic MXR M-173 Fuzz Pedal. It has tones that ring familiar of late 60s and early 70s crunch. What Dunlop has taken the circuitry of their BC-108 Fuzz Face pedal, and has placed it in the M-173 which has allowed them to add some great additional features and functionality. The M-173 will fit very nicely onto your pedal board because of its shape, and the hammer tone turquoise finish that it has looks great.

Dunlop boasts this pedal as being a classic fuzz stomp box with modern versatility. Players who use the M-173 now have options for AC power and tone buffering, which is a great feature to have with any pedal, especially when placed on a board.

The M-173 buffer switch can be used to clean up your tone when playing at a high “crunch” level. It is a great option to this pedal that really makes it stand out.

Features:

Designed to fit easily onto a pedal board
AC Adapter connection
True Bypass
LED Light
Solid Construction
Unique hammer-tone finish

Controls:

Volume
Fuzz
Buffer – The optional Buffer switch allows you to clean up the crunch, and muddiness that sometimes occurs when using a fuzz pedal.

Sound:
This really is a great sounding fuzz pedal. It achieves warm, thick distortion with a lot of harmonic resonance. I also really like the buffer on the M-173, which adds a nice amount of extra highs and mids to your sound as well as cleaning up your tone.

Overall, this pedal really delivers. It gives you that great vintage fuzz tone, full of the sustain and crunch that the original Fuzz Face was famous for. The M-173 by MXR is a fantastic, versatile fuzz pedal.

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MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal

admin — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 19:43:22 +0000

The MXR M-133 Micro Amp Pedal is the perfect addition to your setup if you are looking for a pedal that will boost your signal and gain levels. This is a great thing to have available when playing solos or when switching between guitars that have differing output levels. It can also be used to combat signal loss when you have a number of effects setup in a chain.

Controls:

The MXR could not have a simpler interface. It has only one control for Gain, and that is really all that you need from this pedal.

Performance:

This pedal does a great job of boosting your signal while also preserving the original tone of your guitar/amp setup. This is important for people who put a lot of time and money into their gear to get the perfect sound they are looking for. Even when bypassed, the MXR has no effect on your tone.

It is great for players who are using a Tube Amp and do not want to muddy their sound with an overdrive pedal, just to achieve some extra volume. The MXR acts like a master volume that will kick up your sound, and make you stand out when hitting your leads and solos.

My MXR Micro Amp pedal is a vital part of my effects chain. When you begin linking many different stomp boxes together like I do, the strength of your signal can sometimes degrade. This solves the problem by providing me with the ability to counter act this loss with some extra gain and volume.

The pedal can also provide some overdriven tones when cranking it up all the way, and playing it through the clean channel on your tube amp.

Recommended for: Boosting your guitar’s sound during lead/solo work.

Overall, this is a very simple pedal that is very good at what it does.

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