Got it in my head to figure out which Van Halen song tones – not album tones – I liked the most. It will also add natural-sounding warmth to a quacky acoustic pickup and instantly eliminate onstage feedback or boost your overall signal when using a massive chain of floor effects. I use it as a controller for my tube screamer to push the midrange of my 6505 and as a scoop for my mesa boogie mark v on top of the eq it already has, by pushing bass into the amp and to add chunk into it.

It helps me hear certain frequencies that otherwise I would have it more difficult time hearing one more pedal to go in daisy chain is complete for my needs so it's really nice to have that light turned down. We have been in business for over 30 years and will always do our best to be as competitive as possible. I ignored graphic EQ pedals for many years but since discovering them recently I dare to say that it’s a single most important pedal I own. After watching some rig rundown videos (Tom Bukovac), it became obvious that an eq pedal was what I was looking for.The date of manufacture is ascertained by the standardised coding on the CTS‑made slider array in the same way as for a normal pot, which is just as well, as MXR’s serial number system doesn’t help to determine its age. The only scenario I can imagine that could ruin this thing is if someone steps directly on the sliders, which is not an easy thing to do.

For someone who plays more than I do it would last shorter but still it’s not a current thirsty pedal. I just added this 6 band eq to my board, placed after the TS (TS side of the JHS Sweet Tea V2) and wow, what a difference. Apart from an amplifier, nothing gives guitar players a greater degree of control over tonality than an equalizer. However, after Jim Dunlop relaunched the MXR brand in 1987, he saw fit to reissue the 6BGE as one of the ‘classic’ line of MXR pedals. Six paragraphic slider controls enable boost or attenuation up to plus or minus 18db at frequency centers 100Hz, 200Hz, 400Hz, 800Hz, 1.In addition, since the 6band is not a distortion – but a clean gain boost – it plays well with other pedals. We’re going to have to wait yet another week for the interview with Kevin Holbrook of YMI5150 guitars because we have yet another newsworthy event. The backlit faders are a real bonus too, especially when when I play under less-than-ideal stage lighting.

Low noise (it really has a much lower noise floor than other EQs I had and that was the main reason for me to look into the new silver MXR EQs. Turn a problem signal into something that absolutely glows and helps you discover your own signature sound. The Palmer lets you get full power tube saturation – then post EQ to power amps and multiple cabs like Ed did too. I am able to cleanly have that EQ on along with a Tube Screamer or DS1 on at the same time for roaring preamp distortion and gain coloration.operation allows more headroom before the clipping occurs which is useful for me because my tube preamps can output a few volts of output, enough to distort any pedal.

The MXR M109 6 Band Graphic EQ lets you completely reshape your sound or boost a wicked alternate lead tone that will jump out of the mix at will. For most people, it usually takes up to an hour to assemble the piano and requires two able-bodied persons.

This is my “V” setting used after the distortion (with both SLO-style and IIc+ preamps) to scoop out the mids. Guitarists can really stretch their tone with this pedal, whether it’s low-end warmth or higher-frequency boost. The original MXR Six Band Graphic Equalizer (6BGE as it was known by the company) was introduced in 1976 and stayed in production until about 1982, two years before MXR went out of business. Here at Kendall Guitars we thoroughly check over and setup each Guitar before we dispatch the Guitar to you.