MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

[fr0sty]

I'm looking for a distortion pedal to put in front of my Fender Hotrod Deville 4x10. I looking for hard rock and metal tone at a moderate volume.

THe clips on mf'er sound sweet. Anyone play one?

[jgcable]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I think the Boss OD-3 is better.

[cobhc]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

IF your looking for a distortion pedal then why are you looking at the zakk wylde overdrive? Maybe go for the boss mt-2?

[bluebullet]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

fulltone ocd or keeley ds1 ultra mod

[DTP]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I have the Zakk pedal and it's pretty good, but I find myself still using my SD-1 a lot. They have a real similar sound to me with a little more lows on the ZW pedal, when the settings are the same.

Hope that helps,

Jason

[jgcable]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

Thats right. The ZW-44 is an overdrive. If you want distortion you should look at:
Ibanez SM-7
Boss MT-2
Line 6 Uber
Marshall Jackhammer
Marshall Gov'ner
Korg 411FX
Boss HM-3

[Shawn Lutz]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

it depends on who you talk to, I know someone who says it makes his SD-1 a PoS, he uses it in front of a 2203x

[horns666]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

the old Korg Hyper distortions are cool!

[khabibissell]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

ToneBone Hot British

[fr0sty]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I started looking at the zw pedal after hearing the clips on musician's friend. The sound killer.

Anyone have experience with the mxr dime distortion?

[fr0sty]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

shit, I just passed post # 420.

[toddstaples]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I have a ZW44 and it slams a marshall like nobodys buisness, but it is a overdrive.

[Snow007]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I think the ZW-44 is a wicked pedal. I run guitar > ZW-44 > EQ - Amp (on clean). You can get pretty close to ZWs tone at medium-high gain but I haven't had any luck using it on a distorted amp (my amp is a Marshal MG30DFX). I find at lower gain levels it sounds similar to an AC DC sound when running on a clean amp.


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Anyone have experience with the mxr dime distortion?

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I'll try and help as best as I can. I own the MXR Doubleshot distortion and I it's a great distortion pedal. If you read the review on the MXR page by Guitar Player, it tells about the two channels, they are the Dime section "the Dime section (a circuit identical to that of the Dime Distortion Pedal, ...) and the Classic section. I've also ran a Dime and Doubleshot side by side with the same equipment in a store and that furthered my belief they have the same circuits.

The Classic section (the top one) sounds like a very unique punk sound. I run it guitar > distortion > eq > amp (clean) and it is my favourite distortion by far (I keep distortion and OD seperate).

The Dime section (the bottom one) is a bassy, heavy distortion. I run guitar > distortion > eq > amp (clean). At first I didn't enjoy this section at all, but I have found uses for it over time and might be more to your style.

I've sold my Boss Metal Zone which I thought was junk, and I own a MXR Doubleshot, Distortion+ II and a ZW OD. If you're interested in the Dime or Double shot, try them out side by side and see, also don't forget to read all the reviews at harmony central in depth as that may help your descision. Hopefully I helped [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[fr0sty]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

Cool, thanks for all the reviews. I'm gonna just have to bite the bullet and buy a bunch! :P

[jgcable]

Re: MXR ZW-44 Wylde Overdrive Peda?

I would agree that a ZW-44 is a great overdrive for slamming your preamp tubes into submission on an already overdriven amp or as a solo boost in an effects loop.