The Drive control replicates the smooth transition of an amplifier going from clean to dirty by blending the overdrive effect with your clean signal as you turn it up. The voltage double increases overall headroom, which opens everything up nicely for a clear and transparent range of tones that you can dial in depending on what you need from your rig, from uncolored boosting to rich, smooth overdrive.

Of course, we had to give this circuit the MXR touch. If youre all about true bypass, then youre in luck-this pedal uses it by default. The original used buffered bypass, though, and we know theres a lot of players out there who dont want to fix something that isnt broken. Theyre in luck, too-just flick the Buffer switch on the side of the pedal to enable buffered bypassing. With a simple three-knob setup and an MXR mini housing, this is the overdrive pedal to bring out the best of your rig and make it come alive. Its versatile and it saves space, and unlike the original pedals its based on, it wont cost you thousands of dollars.