MXR M75 Super Badass® Distortion

Sounds great straight out of the box. Simple to use and versatile. Solid build. Excellent value for money but nothing cheap about it.

The MXR Superbadass Distortion is worthy of its name. After A/B'ing it with several other drive pedals I use (Marshall Shredmaster, Boss DS1 Keeley Modded, Boss BD2 Waza), it comes out on top as the most flexible and diverse drive pedal for those specific British style crunch tones. I am running in through both a Friedman Dirty Shirley and a Line 6 Spider V120 (haters gonna hate), and it sounds fantastic across the valve/digital/solid-state spectrum. I adore British style over-driven amp tones, as this seems to do really well in helping me push an already crunched amplifier into the next stage for heavy riffing and solos. While it is definitely not tight enough for metal, there is plenty of gain on tap to play from blues to hard-rock styles quite fluently. Learning to operate the 3 band EQ is essential, as you will want to either thicken or thin the sound out for the respective tone you are going for. Less bass with more mids and treble serves for a great Tube Screamer style boost pedal, while slightly scooping the mids with more bass and treble had a great blues-overdrive sound quite similar to my Boss BD2 Waza (but even smoother). Honestly, I was surprised at how good the low-gain sounds were out of this pedal! Overall, an excellent pedal for the price. Compared to many other "Boutique" offerings that come in over £150 - £200, the MXR Superbadass Distortion is definitely worth your time and money.

Sounds great; has a lot of gain. Like most high-gain MXR distortions I've tried, there's a little bit of a metallic edge to the sound, but it has a highly versatile EQ to deal with this.

It’s Eq is great and I’ve used it just for this to be honest as a boost and then stacked it with a Klon type pedal. Distortion starts with an overdrive to full on bad ass, lots of options. Very underrated pedal, Baroness are big fans!

Brilliant pedal, very versatile lots of scope for rock/classic metal tones if you're looking for modern metal this probably isn't for you,

Got this as an affordable distortion alternative to my existing Boss pedal. It has a nice tone and is very crunchy. Only issue is the output is quite low with the effect off. This can be tweaked but would be awkward playing live. Combined nicely with my wah pedal. Good value overall

"He" is a Super Badass.. Really he is! I have used several distorsion pedals, but this gives me any distorsion I need, from bluesy to crunchy up to long sustained distorsion for long soloing! Any doubts? Give it a try! It seems a little light for its construction, but not a problem, less weight 3 carry!

Great pedal! The output is super loud though so you can't put it to potential use if you're only bedroom practicing

Bit pricey but I love the pedal. With the controls you can turn it into a tube screamer or get that heavy metal sound. Very versatile. Also great for classic rock tones. I would recommend.

Superb

Me gusta mucho su versatilidad, puede ser un sonido clásico como también y o muy metalero, estoy satisfecho con mi compra

Versatile distortion pedal, rock, old school metal, modern metal.. maybe even blues. Does anything, infinite options with the 3 band EQ.

Long search ended with the pedal. Heres a long story about my search. I was exploring the world of fuzz.. had a big muff style pedal on my darkside workstation, but it'd get lost in the mix too easily and I didn't want to be forced to run it with a tube screamer.. so then I got a Fuzzhugger Algal Bloom and that pedal is awesome but wasn't itching my scratch if what I was looking for.. so then it's on to rats. Get a Mooer black secret and it's cool for a cheap pedal but squeels pretty easily, so I try tru-fi rat pack, and that was okay but there were things about it I really didn't like, so then I get a black mass electronics 1312 and that pedal is pretty killer (highly recommend if you want a rat type) but rats have this sizzle that I thought i have to try some straight up distortion pedal. I spend hours on YouTube and after going crazy listening to evert distortion pedal video ever made I pull the trigger on this one. A little nervous cause there are obviously a lot of different options but I'm not tryin to experiment I want to get my higher gain stage solidified.. and boom, it does not disappoint. Sounds amazing, very versatile with plenty of gain/distortion on tap.. thick but articulate sounds. Very happy with it.