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MXR ZW44 - Zakk Wylde Overdrive

SKU: # 197815   |   Model: # ZW-44   |    Product Reviews4 Reviews  Write a Review

ZW44 - Zakk Wylde Overdrive
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Whether on his groundbreaking work with Ozzy Osbourne or with his own Black Label Society, Zakk Wylde's guitar playing is loud, tough, and relentless. Zakk's take-no-prisoners attitude extends to his quest for tone, too. When he wanted to develop his signature overdrive pedal, he looked no further than Dunlop. The result is the new Wylde Overdrive. This muscular stompbox will turn your clean amp into a heavy, chunky crunch machine. Or, use it like Zakk does and kick it in front of a dirty amp for a screaming, sustaining lead tone. The three simple controlsOutput, Tone, and Drivemake getting up and running easy, so you can concentrate on the business at hand: kicking major ass. Power: Single 9-volt battery or Dunlop ECB-003 AC Adapter - Controls: • Footswitch toggles effect on/hardwire bypass (red LED indicates on) • Output knob sets total output level • Drive knob controls amount of distortion • Tone knob tailors overall EQ

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Great OD pedal. 0 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Very happy with it after 4 years, it is an OD pedal not a distortion. Can be used as a clean'ish boost. Will not give ZW tone.. works great as a front end pedal to push a tube amp.
Posted by anonymous on Feb 27, 2016
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MXR ZW44 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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A simple 3 knob overdrive circuit. This overdrive shines in front of a high gain amp to increase pick attack, harmonics, sustain and dirt. It's one pedal that has remained on my pedal board forever.
Posted by anonymous on Jan 22, 2016
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Not bad at all 3 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Edmonton South, Alberta
First off I would like to say that I own a Boss SD-1 and like it alot. there is things I dont like about it and may need to get it modded down the road. This brought me to the ZW-44. This thing is almost an I dentical clone of the SD-1. What I do like is it has a bit more clarity as they seem to have scooped the mids just a touch and the tone knob is much more responsive. I compared it to the SD-1 side by side and they really do have almost identical tonal properties. What I really like about the MXR is that there is very little noise when the distortion is cranked. I cannot say the same for the SD-1. When I try to saturate the dirt on the Boss, I start getting a noticable hum when gain is pushed past 12 o clock (again a mod may fix this). For the time being I am glad to use the ZW-44 as it gives me everything I like about the SD-1 with better audible quality at all settings. I will continue to use this box. Also I would like to add, YOU WILL NOT SOUND LIKE ZAKK IF YOU USE THIS PEDAL. Just because his name is on it does not mean you will sound like him (I see alot of people hesitating to try this box for fear they will sound like him or that they dont like his music). This is an overdrive pedal and you can achieve all kinds of sounds from Blues to country to Metal. Great box from MXR
Posted by Dave on Mar 11, 2013
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Amasing Overdrive! 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store   Courtenay, British Columbia
Bought this pedal about 8 months ago and don't regret it! Trying to get more gain out of your amp? You need this. Features: Volume, Tone, and Gain knobs. Crank the gain and pull the tone off for an extra boost for your lead guitar! Leave the Gain at 0 and add more tone on some blues! Quality: Nothing but the best MXR workmanship. A Case you could Drive over!! Of course true bypass and a hefty foot-switch. Overall a must have in any guitar arsenal!
Posted by Pete on Mar 3, 2012
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