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The Micro Amp allows you to boost your signal with a preset amount of gain up to +26dB. Products The Micro Amp allows you to boost your signal with a preset amount of gain up to +26dB.This pedal can be powered by a 9-volt battery, a Dunlop ECB003 9-volt adapter, or the DC Brick™, Iso-Brick™, and Mini Iso-Brick™ power supplies (not included).

Despite being a huge seller, MXR’s Micro Amp booster is an under-appreciated little pedal. I have a mini pedal board I use for practice at home. MXR® MICRO AMP. Description.

Home Conversely, it lends top-end definition to a wooly brute like a Sovtek Big Muff—no small asset if you want to generate discernible power chords, or get your lead out over a thousand watts of rumbling bass aggression. M133. Because the bass and treble knobs are boost/cut, you can profoundly expand the EQ range of your amp, cleaning things up or adding dirt in specific ways. For the classic Micro amp sound, set the bass and treble controls to noon. One thing is certain: The MXR won’t add a lot of unwanted color to your Marshall’s basic overdrive voice.The Micro Amp is equally effective for shaping the interaction between your amp and varying guitars. The circuit is, in fact, an un-distorted redesign of the previous M-104 MXR Distortion+ pedal.

Additionally, the Micro Amp+ now comes equipped with low-noise op amps—so you don’t get any extra noise at super high levels—and true bypass switching. While you can’t summon as much distortion from the Micro Amp+ as from your average overdrive, the gain control generates gritty and natural-sounding amp overdrive tones ranging from deep and rich to toppy and nearly scalding, depending on EQ settings. The other is the MXR CAE Boost/Line Driver , which excels at … But with a Marshall or Orange that already teeters on the edge of distortion, the Micro Amp+ may be all you need. It’s easy to see how this underrated classic might go overlooked: With a single knob and stark black-on-white graphics, it’s practically the stompbox equivalent of a government-issue Toyota Corolla. Though some guitarists consider the op-amp-driven Micro Amp indispensible (Jack White for one, rarely uses a pedal board without one), nitpickers find it trebly, noisy, and a little Setting your amp’s volume in the lower third of its range and dialing all three Micro Amp+ controls to noon (at these settings the treble and bass controls are flat) is like pushing up a fader on a mixing desk: Your guitar/amp sound is unmistakable, but with more body, more dimension, and that trace of edge and compression you get when you push the level just into the red.

MXR MICRO AMP. First is the Micro Amp +, which adds a bass and treble control if you do want tone shaping.

Mxr micro amp is the perfect boost pedal i was looking for.The staff was very helpful in selecting the sound i was going for.Thanks Sweetwater,more business coming your way from me. CAD $220.00 × OK. Navigate. Got my Micro Amp today and I am extremely happy. No bass loss, no wah-like mid hump, no tinny qualities at all. If want higher gain tones from a mostly clean amp, you might need a distortion or OD to filthy up the MXR’s output. Messages: 375. Along with these upgrades, The Micro amp+ now has low-noise OP amps-so you don’t get any extra noise at super high levels-and true bypass switching. Or you might lower the treble to tame highs from the same guitar’s bright single-coil bridge pickup. Add to Cart. Page 1 of 3 1 2 3 Next > Nov 26, 2006 #1. gregb Member.