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MXR M78 - Custom Badass '78 Distortion
Your Price: $173.99 CDN
or from $26 CDN/mo
A hot-rodded classic circuit.
Roars with huge amp stack tones and old school distortion.
Delivers soaring leads and rich, saturated rhythms.
CRUNCH button boosts harmonic content of distortion.
Roars with huge amp stack tones and old school distortion.
Delivers soaring leads and rich, saturated rhythms.
CRUNCH button boosts harmonic content of distortion.
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I really love this pedal 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Prince George, British Columbia
MXR has this great habit of making simple versatile pedals. I love how I can play blues, hard/rock and even some meta terrain easily with this pedal.
Posted by Damian on Oct 14, 2023
More Like an Overdrive 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North York (Steeles), Ontario
I never heard of this pedal, but I was looking for another overdrive to stack with my UAFX Dream 65 and a Greer Lightspeed.
I bought this at the Attic sale for $85; so I thought, I didn't have too much to lose. I was pleasantly surprised at how good this pedal sounds. "Distortion" is more medium gain and gets quite compressed at max setting. Very smooth and reactive. Offers decent tonal variation. I have no regrets.
Posted by BK on Sep 22, 2023
Kick Ass 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Oshawa, Ontario
Absolute perfect addition to your assault on heavy leads and a must have pedal.
Posted by anonymous on Oct 27, 2020
great stuff 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store North York (Steeles), Ontario
used this pedal in a pretty big gig, sound quality was great and at times I wanted to be louder, I could turn down the distortion and turn up the input, highly recommend
Posted by anonymous on Jan 1, 2016
Great pedal 4 of 4 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Mississauga, Ontario
Ive owned this pedal for about a month,it is a mild sounding unit compaired to the SUPER BADASS witchi also own.The 78 is perfect for a,classic rock vibe.If thats what your after,you will plug it in,and you will love it.Ive been playing guitar for over 35 yrs,and enjoy most rock styles.
Posted by anonymous on Jan 25, 2015
WOW..... 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Markham, Ontario
Picked this up last week, great price, really good pedal, nice thin lizzy sound.
Posted by anonymous on Dec 23, 2014
Easy all-time favourite 3 of 3 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Scarborough, Ontario
I've had a number of dirt pedals, and this is easily the best. Might as well throw the box out as this one's permanent on the board. It covers it all from simple boost, to OD tones, to nice and nasty. My poor Bad Monkey (fantastic in it's own right) doesn't get much use now, except to drive this box on solos or super grunge tones. If I turn the Strat down to about 7 this thing goes from nasty to luscious clean. Light picking on 10... same thing. I run it through a mod'd AC15c1 and it's just a thing of beauty.
Posted by anonymous on Aug 26, 2014
Instant rock and roll 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Courtenay, British Columbia
By far was worth the wait to order. it is by far my best pedal i own, it is definatley helping me find my own tone. Super badass what can i say alot for the price.
Posted by Don on Apr 8, 2013
Best pedal I have ever owned 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island
best pedal ever!! It can turn any small combo amp in a full sounding stack. You can also turn down the distortion knob and it has just enough dirt to have the classic rock crunch.
Posted by Matt on Jan 25, 2013
Custom Badass '78 Distortion 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary Royal Vista, Alberta
This is the only pedal that i was interested in because my amp a vox Da20 with full gain sounds perfect, but trying to play def leppard is hard trying to switch between claen and distortion fast. This is the only pedal that has the same sound as my amp, and it's pretty rare because no other amps i've played have the sound as it. So it's amazing sound and for the price.
Posted by andrew on Dec 26, 2012
best pedal I own 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Windsor, Ontario
A badass distortion pedal that sounds vintage and a great price
Posted by anonymous on Nov 4, 2012
'78 Custom Badass Distortion 0 of 0 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Vancouver, British Columbia
Very classic natural and organic sound, it's just sound amazing. It's really old school distortion which the way I like it. I really recommend this one
Posted by Mike on Aug 25, 2012
Can't go wrong with MXR 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Calgary East, Alberta
Great value for the price and doesn't dissapoint. Gives you a great tone on your distortion with out blocking out what your playing all together. My only complaint is when I use it with my 535Q crybaby on boost it lets ot a high pitched squeel that can be fixed with a few adjustments.
Posted by anonymous on Jul 9, 2012
A Badass in tone 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Burlington, Ontario
A killer pedal that not only helps you sound like the Rev. Billy G., but responds to your attack as well. A lot of pedal for the dough.
Posted by anonymous on May 13, 2012
MXR 78 Badass 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Prince George, British Columbia
This is a Classic Rock/Hard Rock Pedal not a modern Metal pedal. Its gives you everything you could ever want. A must have you will not be sorry!
Posted by anonymous on Apr 4, 2012
N/A 1 of 1 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Brampton, Ontario
Should be called a 'Custom Kickass'. Classic rock distortion at it's best.
Posted by anonymous on Mar 27, 2012
M78 Badass '78 distortion 2 of 2 customers found this review helpful
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Closest Store Moncton, New Brunswick
This peal is excellent for lower volume playing,adds sustaine and with a clean boost it really comes to life.
Posted by RJB on Feb 22, 2012
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| M78 - Custom Badass '78 Distortion | 342557 |
