| | |  | Effects Pedals | Home » » » Jim Dunlop M115 Mxr Distortion Iii | | | | | | | Description: | | Dunlop M115 MXR Distortion III Pedal Spanking new standard in distortion! Delivers everything from massive distortion crunch to silky overdrive. Versatile pedal is great for any style; transparent, amp-like distortion retains your guitar's personality and tone. Output volume, tone and distortion control knobs; footswitch with on/off LED indicator. | | | Features: | |
• New standard
• Personality and tone
• Output volume
• Control knobs
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 5.9 inches | | Product Width:
| 4.5 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.7 inches | | Product Weight:
| 1.15 pounds | | Package Length:
| 5.6 inches | | Package Width:
| 4.4 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.6 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.9 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 5 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 No Noise, No Hassle, Just Screamin' Tone!Apr 28, 2010
By Fuzmeister
This lovely little box from MXR receives five stars from me. It's durable, well-made, and easy to dial in everything from a subtle overdrive to a vintage-sounding crunch. Unlike some other pedals I have used, there is no constant hum while it is switched on. This pedal is also true-bypass and does not blanket the natural tone of your axe.
This is a great little pedal - just be sure you know what you're getting into. This pedal is not fuzzed out or metal. What it does it does well though!
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Big bang for the $$$'sDec 07, 2010
By MK
I picked one of these up after seeing that Keith Urban uses one (check out the interviews with his tech on Guitar.com) and loves it. Though its called a Distortion box its more of an overdrive, that said it can get pretty gained-out at higher settings. The tone knob can make some big changes as well, past twelve it really adds a lot of high end and openness. Below twelve you can definitely get some darker and thicker tones.
I actually run it with the distortion all the way down and the tone just past noon, this gives me a nice overdriven tone with a little bit of hair that works with well with guitar volume adjustments. For the price, you can't do much better.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
MXR Distortion IIIMar 16, 2010
By Blue Strat
"Blue Strat"
I have several MXR pedals on my effects board and this is one of them - MXR are all nice products. Small, easy to use, versitile, affordable, made well, plays nice, very little background noise. I do not play heavy metal but 60-80's classic rock and I bought this for when I wanted some extra crunch / distortion to kick in without having to reach down and dial it up. It sounds great alone, plays nice in combination with other pedals and you can dial up about any amount of distortion you want...a little to alot. It has its place on my main board and I have no plans to move it. If I ever want to go really heavy I have a Fulltone OCD overdrive with different settings prior to this pedal ( with MXR compressor first) and kick all 3 on at once.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
MXR does it again.Dec 11, 2009
By E.I.E.I. Owen
This is another in the MXR "Distortion" line. The Distortion III has a more overdrive flavor than a high gain pedal like the Boss Metal Zone or the Barber Dirty Bomb but is very flexible. Not really for heavy metal (see the MXR 116 Fullbore Metal) but more for that AC/DC and classic rock sound.
There is a lot of gain on tap from the output section so it is possible to hit the front of a tube amp hard without turning up the distortion. The tone knob does not have a dramatic sweep but is useable.
The good thing about this pedal apart from the price is you do not get that "fizzy" top end that some pedals have when you crank the distortion. In addition, the pedal cleans up nice when you roll back the tone knob.
Pedal is hardwired true bypass and very pedal board friendly.
 Not bad, but not what I was looking forAug 01, 2011
By RJ
Not a bad pedal, just not what I was looking for. If you've seen the video on the ProGuitar website, the sound on that's pretty close, i.e the song "Aenima" from Tool ... a kind of rough-around-the edges distortion tone. For what it's worth, I wound up buying a BB Preamp and it's fantastic with my setup (Suhr Badger 18 + LP Custom).
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