MXR M294 Sugar Drive Overdrive Pedal

The MXR M294 Sugar Drive Pedal provides a diverse range of clear and transparent overdrive tones, from sauced up boosting to blown-tube distortion. It's 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 doesn't 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.

If you're all about true bypass, then you're in luck — this pedal uses it by default. The original used buffered bypass, though, so if that's your preference, just 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. It's versatile and it saves space, and unlike the original pedals it's based on, it won't cost you thousands of dollars.

This pedal can be powered by a Dunlop ECB003 9-volt adapter, or the DC Brick, Iso-Brick, and Mini Iso-Brick power supplies (not included).

FEATURES:

• VOLUME knob sets overall effect volume
• TONE knob rolls off high frequencies
• DRIVE knob sets the amount of overdrive
• BUFFER switch selects buffered bypass (indicated by blue LED)
• FOOTSWITCH toggles effect on/bypass (blue LED indicates on)