MXR Badass Custom Modified Overdrive..Opinions?

[skoora]

Tried one of these at GC and even though it was going into the turd that is the Fender Deluxe reissue I thought it sounded pretty good. The Classic Overdrive sounded good enough that I found one used on their site and ordered it. Now I play Marshall and a Stiletto. These amps respond a lot differently to an OD pedal that a Fender. Anyone try this with a Marshall or Marshall like amp. What did/do you think? The hump switch actually seemed to work and the 100 Hz boost also worked well for adding just a bit of bottom, or a lot if you want it. For reference I already have a Sparkle Drive, MI Blues Pro deluxe and a Barber Small Fry.

 

[university81]

Tried one of these at GC and even though it was going into the turd that is the Fender Deluxe reissue I thought it sounded pretty good. The Classic Overdrive sounded good enough that I found one used on their site and ordered it. Now I play Marshall and a Stiletto. These amps respond a lot differently to an OD pedal that a Fender. Anyone try this with a Marshall or Marshall like amp. What did/do you think? The hump switch actually seemed to work and the 100 Hz boost also worked well for adding just a bit of bottom, or a lot if you want it. For reference I already have a Sparkle Drive, MI Blues Pro deluxe and a Barber Small Fry.

i use one with my blackstar artisan 30 (el84 amp but has some plexi like characteristics)

made a video:

i use it as a main rhythm tone pedal (from 1minute on in the vid), and engage the BB preamp for more saturation/lead stuff , the amp is set for a dirty kind of clean/breakup

works great with the telecaster, being able to dial in more lows can be useful, and i keep the mid hump engaged, given the price i think they're great pedals, quite a lot of volume/boost on tap too

 

[skoora]

Cool, nice vid. I'm going to have to go back and get them to let them put it in front of a Marshall in the store. Looking forward to getting the Classic Overdrive I ordered and see how it goes through the Stiletto. If I dig that I'll get the Custom Badass as well. I think with the bass boost and tone control you could get some really nice smooth lead tones or Sabbathy rhythms with it.