MXR M294 Sugar Drive Mini Overdrive Pedal

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MXR Sugar Drive Pedal

The MXR 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.

Of course, we had to put the MXR touch on this circuit. If you’re all about true bypass, then you’re in luck—this pedal uses it by default. The original used buffered bypass, though, and we know there’s a lot of players out there who don’t want to fix something that isn’t broken. They’re in luck, too—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.

Based on a rare and elusive circuit, the MXR Sugar Drive Pedal provides a diverse range of clear and transparent overdrive tones, from sauced up boosting to blown-tube distortion. 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).

 

Key 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)

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Specifications

Input Impedance : 600 kΩ
Output Impedance : 3 kΩ
Nominal Input Level : +6 dBV
Maximum Output Level True Bypass without Buffer selected : +26 dBV
Tone control (@ full CCW) : -20 dB @ 3 kHz
Current Draw : 18.5 mA @ 9 VDC
Power Requirements : 9 VDC (ECB003 AC adapter)
Throughput Gain : up to +50 dB @ 1kHz