any love for the mxr distortion +?

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Re: any love for the mxr distortion +?

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The Captain wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:38 pm Love the things! Early Iron Maiden and the Misfits, nuff said!

Doyle from the Misfits sold his original Distortion + on eBay many many moons ago and surely wins the prize for the most fucked up looking example. Heh.


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I know Tym at Tym Guitars makes/has made a bunch of Distortion + variations, including three different Bob Mould signature pedals (The St Paul, Beauty and Ruin, Sky Patch) and two different Ed Kuepper/Saints boxes! Then there's a bunch of different "Tymexar" boxes.
Plenty of blog pots from him but maybe start here: https://tymguitars.com.au/blogs/blog/th ... distortion
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Weirdly I think ive only built one of these ever and it was part of that art amp/guitar collaboration I worked on years ago. I dont have any better pics of it than this, ha.

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Absolutely love the MXR D+. It has that early '70's arena rock band grind. I would also recommend the Ross Distortion. They sound very close to each other but the Ross has much more volume on tap than the D+ does. The Ross on the far left was the very first pedal I bought in '79. When I use the D+ I put it in the Boss LS2 loop. The LS2 has a volume knob that gives the D+ the extra output it really needs. You can see the settings I use on them...Output nearly all the way up and Distortion just a little bit turned up.

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Obligatory guts shots required! :party:

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Coolhand78 wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 11:44 pm
The Captain wrote: Thu Jun 14, 2018 10:38 pm Love the things! Early Iron Maiden and the Misfits, nuff said!

Doyle from the Misfits sold his original Distortion + on eBay many many moons ago and surely wins the prize for the most fucked up looking example. Heh.


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This is the Ross Distortion from '78. Where it says Output instead of Level.
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This is the one from '79. It has one more part than the previous year.
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Here's the '74 Script Logo D+.
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Here's the '79 Block Logo D+. :hihi:
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Re: any love for the mxr distortion +?

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Yes, lots of appreciation of these
I also have a '79 block logo
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these kick all kinds’a ass in the D+ category!!! :freakout:
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