MXR Custom Badass 78 Distortion! GET IT!!

[Bieling3]

No need to do a demo...

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tWsEr_4Prk[/ame]

Amazing amount of volume output on this beast!

 

[jaek]

hmm, tried out the other day into several Marshalls and wasnt impressed by it. at all. It just wasnt anything different then all of the other Marshall in a Box pedals. and the casing was horrible! It felt like a cheep piece of plastic....all my MXR pedals are bricks.....

 

[V-man]

No need to do a demo...

YouTube - ‪MXR Custom Badass 78 Distortion versus Distortion + pedal shootout‬‏

Amazing amount of volume output on this beast!

One thing that blows about the MXR 104 is some of the volume drop that goes with, but Gearmandude called it at the end. The 104 enhances what you have, whereas the badass supplies what's not there. Thus, it seems the '78 badass is not nearly the great choice for most marshalls (compared to what else you can use as a boost), as it might be for for a clean Fender or something.

I hated my M104 until I put it in front of my 1959RR (and fully get why he used that in front of his 1959 now). But at the end of the day, I can't see much justification to get the '78 badass, given a Marshall, and 2 or 3 building blocks (i.e. Tubescreamer, RAT, DS-1, or M104).

 

[matt3310]

I used mine with my Fender Bassman. Sounds heavenly! Def need to use it with a Clean amp for distortion. Not great as a boost.

With my bassman= Fender cleans, Marshall dirt!!!

 

[stillwater]

Can this pedal get the Ozzy-era Sabbath tone with the tone turned back? Just wondering. Maybe there`s a sound clip?

 

[Bieling3]

Not to my experience, stillwater, definitly a Randy Rhoads era flavor to this pedal.

 

[telemarshall]

Picked one up today. Am lovin' it so far thru my Hot Rod Deluxe and '69 Champ. Gonna try it with my C5 here in a minute.. Lots of good dirt tones in this thing..

 

[Stringjunkie]

Yeah I like mine alot as an option to my sd1, if you have the low power switch on your C5 try this pedal with that it's good, my Sd1 tends to be a little too rowdy for that. It is a very usable pedal but IMO you have to watch how hard you drive it as you turn up the distortion.

 

[jvm210guy]

YouTube - ‪Marshall Plexi 1987x‬‏

You're an asshole because now I want one....

 

[luekemeyer]

Here's mine I bought a few months ago (along with the 10-band eq)

 

[SmokeyDopey]

You're an asshole because now I want one....

Yeah man, me too

 

[telemarshall]

Yeah I like mine alot as an option to my sd1, if you have the low power switch on your C5 try this pedal with that it's good, my Sd1 tends to be a little too rowdy for that. It is a very usable pedal but IMO you have to watch how hard you drive it as you turn up the distortion.

Unfortunately, my C5 doesn't have the new low power switch - it's one of the older ones - but nonetheless, this Badass '78 sounds great with the C5!

 

[tuquoque]

Anyone knows what is this pedal board? Seem like MXRs are in very safe slots.

 

[jwebb1970]

This pedal also cleans up nicely with guitar volume knob twiddling & a lighter pick attack. Makes the rather sterile clean channel of a PV ValveKing sound rather fucking awesome.

 

[telemarshall]

Anyone knows what is this pedal board? Seem like MXRs are in very safe slots.

It's a Behringer PB1000 powered board. I got it new for $100 around 3 years ago. No problems yet. Pretty happy with it for the price.

 

[blues_n_cues]

I wonder if Matt still likes his after all this time.

 

[lowinput]

Sounds like 'marshall in a box'.
It def pushed the sound from my PC much harder. There comes a point when we have too much and the rest is not needed.

Vman's correct, Dist+ enhances what's there, the Bad ass boosts everything.
the other sound differences can be explained by the pedal having 'true bypass'.
[ you can roll the vol on the guitar back for cleans. ]- this might be handy, but today we can just 'click' to the clean sound anytime.

 

[matt3310]

I wonder if Matt still likes his after all this time.

I do! Its my favorite dirt box of all my pedals!

 

[blues_n_cues]

One thing that blows about the MXR 104 is some of the volume drop that goes with, but Gearmandude called it at the end. The 104 enhances what you have, whereas the badass supplies what's not there. Thus, it seems the '78 badass is not nearly the great choice for most marshalls (compared to what else you can use as a boost), as it might be for for a clean Fender or something.

I hated my M104 until I put it in front of my 1959RR (and fully get why he used that in front of his 1959 now). But at the end of the day, I can't see much justification to get the '78 badass, given a Marshall, and 2 or 3 building blocks (i.e. Tubescreamer, RAT, DS-1, or M104).

if it's anything like the old Dist+ then the output really gets to crankin' around 2-3 0:clock on the knob.it's kinda like the old 2 stroke powerband,but we've discussed this in other threads on MXR pedals.don't try to set it like an SD-1 for output level.

 

[SonVolt]

I don't understand the love for this '78 Badass Distortion pedal. Unless I just have a dud, it's harsh, thin and barely usable. Sounds like a cheap Fuzz pedal.