MXRยฎ SUGARโข DRIVE
Based on a
rare and elusive circuit, the MXR Sugar Drive provides a diverse range
of clear and transparent overdrive tones, from sauced up boosting to
blown-tube distortion.
The Long Story.
The MXR Sugar Drive provides a diverse range of clear and
transparent overdrive tones, from sauced up boosting to blown-tube
distortion. Itโs based on a rare overdrive pedal that has acquired a
mythical reputation among fanatical tone-seekers thanks to its unique
circuit design.
The key elements of that circuit design are the
Drive control and something called a voltage doubler. First, the Drive
control on this pedal doesnโt just increase the intensity of the
overdrive pedal. It starts with your clean signal and then blends it
with the overdrive effect as you turn it up, replicating the smooth
transition of an amplifier going from clean to dirty. The voltage
doubler increases overall headroom, which opens everything up nicely.
Of
course, we had to put the MXR touch on this circuit. If youโre all
about true bypass, then youโre in luckโthis pedal uses it by default.
The original used buffered bypass, though, and we know thereโs a lot of
players out there who donโt want to fix something that isnโt broken.
Theyโre in luck, tooโjust flick the Buffer switch on the side of the
pedal to enable buffered bypassing.
With a simple three-knob setup
and an MXR mini housing, this is the go-to overdrive to have on your
pedalboard. Itโs versatile and it saves space, and unlike the original
pedals itโs based on, it wonโt cost you thousands of dollars.
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