MXR M85 Bass Distortion Pedal with Separate Dry and Wet level controls

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

Few names make saturation obsessed bass players take note like Fuzzrocious Pedals founder Ryan Ratajski, so when MXR brought the bass clipping guru in on the M85 Bass Distortion design, we knew they'd arrived at an instant hit. The M85 offers you two totally different styles of distortion based on the clipping circuit. The SIL setting uses a silicone diode, providing an aggressive, in-your-face sound with a touch of compression.

The LED-based setting is a bit more open and wooly, with plenty of gain to give you amp a push. You can adjust the wet/dry mix with a pair of level controls, but you'll be surprised by how little dry signal you need to preserve your fundamental, thanks to the M85's unique design. And if you need to roll off some highs, the tone control works minor miracles.

Features

• Based on a classic distortion circuit famous for its nasty sound
• Separate Dry and Wet level controls
• Model Number: M85
• Item Package Dimension: 5.5511810967L x 4.4094488144W x 2.7165354303H inches
• Item Package Weight - 0.661386786 Pounds
• Item Package Quantity - 1
• Product Type - GUITAR EFFECT DEVICE