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MXR M85 Bass Distortion effects pedal showing front view with control knobs and input/output jacks for electric bass guitar.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion effects pedal showing front view with control knobs and input/output jacks for electric bass guitar.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion effects pedal with control knobs and input/output jacks, designed for bass guitar sound shaping.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion Effects Pedal with control knobs and input jack, designed for electric bass guitar sound effects.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion effects pedal with metal enclosure, knobs, and input/output jacks visible on a white background.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion Effects Pedal with control knobs and input/output jacks on a black pedalboard.
  • MXR M85 Bass Distortion effects pedal with control knobs and input jack, designed for creating heavy bass distortion sounds
MXR M85 Bass Distortion Effects Pedal

Brand: MXR

MXR M85 Bass Distortion Effects Pedal

SKU: M85
$279.00 (26% off RRP)
RRP $379.00
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  • 1 Mega Music Myaree
  • 1 Mega Music Wangara
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Description

The MXR Bass Distortion dishes out big gnarly tones with all the low end your bottom-dwelling heart desires. Working closely with indie pedal phenom, bass dirt guru, and Fuzzrocious Pedals founder Ryan Ratajski, we took a famously nasty sounding distortion circuit and re-tooled it for the modern working bass player.

Back in the day, if you wanted to use a distortion pedal and keep your low end intact, you had to split your clean and dirty signals between two amps. With the MXR® Bass Distortion, there's no such need-this pedal puts control over the clean/dirty mix right at your feet with separate Dry and Wet level controls. The Tone control, which only affects the distortion signal, is a simple high cut filter for dialing back the top end, and the Distortion control sets the distortion signal's intensity.

Finally, the MXR® Bass Distortion's raunchy sound comes in two flavors, selectable via the LED/SIL switch. The default SIL setting uses silicon clipping diodes for an aggressive, biting sound and a bit of compression, while the LED setting uses LED diodes for a more wide open sound and a nice gain bump.

Specifications

  • Input Impedance: 1 MΩ
  • Output Impedance: 315Ω @ 1kHz
  • Signal to Noise: 90 dB
  • Distortion Gain: +40 dBV
  • Dry Max Gain: +16 dBV
  • Bypass: True Hardwire
  • Current Draw: 11 mA
  • Power Supply: ECB003 or standard 9 volt battery

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