MXR - News and Rumours
You want all the latest news, rumours and everything else there’s to know about MXR? We're happy to oblige: On this page you’ll find everything at a glance – and it’s always up to date!
Get that Sex Pistols tone: Steve Jones guitar rig
03 Jun 2022 · The Sex Pistols guitar tone is back again on your TV with the new Danny Boyle film "Pistol". Join us as we analyse Steve Jones' guitar rig and style!
MXR Poly Blue Octave: An updated Blue Box for the modern guitarist
05 Jan 2022 · The MXR M306 Poly Blue Octave pedal takes the classic Blue Box and adds way more control and functionality, making this little blue pedal no fool.
Best Effect Pedals 2021: Did your favourite make our Top 10?
26 Dec 2021 · What a great year for effect pedals! Here's our list of the 10 Best Effect pedals of 2021, with an array of stompboxes that should be on your radar.
Get that Tom Morello tone with the new MXR Power 50 Overdrive pedal
02 Dec 2021 · Tom Morello's new signature pedal, the MXR Power 50 Overdrive, is based on his '90s guitar rig and comes with a built-in effects loop.
The new MXR Deep Phase goes beyond one knob phasing
01 Oct 2021 · With its new Deep Phase pedal, MXR has added an extra knob to its classic phaser pedal formula, and an extra switch to go deeper!
Best Overdrive Pedals: Top 5 classic stompboxes to heat up your tone
28 May 2021 · Time to heat up your guitar tone! We present the five best overdrive pedals, including classics by Ibanez, Boss and a certain Bill Finnegan.
Legends of Tone: How to sound like Slash from Guns N’ Roses
22 May 2021 · What gear did legendary Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash use to get his famous guitar tone? We go on a journey into the sound of rock 'n' roll!
MXR Eric Gales signature Raw Dawg overdrive pedal is out for blood!
02 Mar 2021 · The new MXR Eric Gales signature Raw Dawg overdrive pedal has started appearing on dealer sites - this hound should sound pretty sweet.
The new MXR M305 Tremolo has six modes and a hidden secret
02 Oct 2020 · The new MXR M305 Tremolo has six waveforms to choose from, can run in stereo, and has a hidden secret mode. This could easily be the only tremolo pedal you'll ever need!
The MXR FOD Drive gives you two amp tones in one pedal
16 Sep 2020 · The new MXR FOD Drive lets you stack two distinctly different guitar amp circuits together, and then blend between them, allowing you to create your own unique overdrive tones.
NAMM 2020: New from Dunlop/MXR: Cry Baby Q Zone Fixed Wah & MXR Thump Bass Preamp
16 Jan 2020 · Dunlop and MXR have two new effects pedals the Crybaby Q Zone Fixed Wah for players who don't get on with wah pedals and the Thump Bass Preamp, a preamp based on the classic Echoplex circuit.
NAMM 2020: MXR Timmy Overdrive – Boutique ‘Paul Cochrane’ tones for less!
11 Jan 2020 · MXR to reissue Paul Cochrane's Timmy as a mini pedal in 2020! While it'll probably have the cork sniffers of the pedal world up in arms, it could be one of the best budget drives of the year.
MXR limited edition Brown Acid Fuzz: Seventies Sabbath tones!
02 Oct 2019 · MXR's new limited edition Brown Acid Fuzz pedal is a 70s UK-style silicon fuzz circuit with a retro style graphic. Could this be the ideal pedal for Sabbath-esque tones?
MXR Clone Looper: Six minutes of looping in one pedal
05 Sep 2019 · Compact but pretty robust looking, the new Clone Looper by MXR packs in a total of six minutes of recording time, unlimited overdubs and variable loop speeds.
Watch Billie Joe Armstrong demo the new MXR Dookie Drive pedal
24 Jul 2019 · Green Day's album "Dookie" is 25 years old this year - and MXR has just released a video of Billie Joe Armstrong demoing the new signature "Dookie Drive" pedal.
MXR releases Raijin Drive overdrive and distortion pedal by Shin Suzuki (at last!)
28 Apr 2019 · Designed by Shin Suzuki, the MXR Raijin Drive has two circuits (one drive and one distortion) inspired by two legendary pedals. But which ones? A clue: One pedal was green, the other orange...
MXR Carbon Copy Mini combines two delay pedals in a smaller housing
15 Apr 2019 · The new MXR Carbon Copy Mini was teased on the Jim Dunlop site and includes the Regular and Bright versions of there full sized Carbon Copy - all in one smaller, even more compact pedal.
NAMM 2019: Dunlop Siete Santos fuzz, MXR Dookie Drive and more
23 Jan 2019 · · Dunlop owns MXR and Way Huge, so apart from the news of the new Green Day Billie Joe Armstrong signature MXR Dookie drive pedal the other day, we now have a plethora of new pedals to check out
NAMM 2019: Is MXR about to release a signature Green Day pedal? Yes!
22 Jan 2019 · Has Green Day frontman Billy Joe Armstrong just let the cat out of the bag? We're pretty sure he has and it looks like MXR is going to show a Dookie drive pedal at NAMM next week!
MXR Carbon Copy 10th Anniversary Edition: The ‘silver fox’ of delay pedals?
22 Oct 2018 · The MXR Carbon Copy is getting a snazzy new silver paint job and an aluminium housing for 2018, ten years after it was introduced. Just don't expect any sonic tweaks or upgrades.
The Big Tube Screamer Shoot-out: 22 TS pedals and clones compared!
19 Aug 2018 · Do all Tube Scremers sound the same? Music retailer Thomann has made a video comparing 22 versions of the classic overdrive pedal, covering an enormous range of pedals and price points.
MXR introduces Dyna Comp Deluxe, limited edition Carbon Copy & Phase 90
03 Jul 2018 · Dunlop/MXR is reissuing two classic pedals in limited edition liveries by ilovedust, as well as a new, functionally expanded version of its classic Dyna Comp compressor pedal.