Description
This pedal recreates the sounds of the two heavily modified amplifiers—represented as separate and blendable High Gain and Crunch Gain circuits—that Billie Joe Armstrong used to get his dirty-yet-articulate sound when recording Green Day’s groundbreaking record, Dookie. We’ve dressed this special edition version up with a finish that speaks to the explosive impact of that record and the explosive sonic potential of its namesake pedal.
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The Long Story
Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar tone on Green Day's groundbreaking album Dookie sounded dirty and punchy with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of his fast, melodic riffs. He got that sound by running his signal through two heavily modified amplifiers—one scooped with a ton of gain and the other with a well-defined midrange. When it came time to mix the record, the band blended the two signals together in different ratios to match the vibe of each track.
The MXR Dookie Drive Pedal captures the sound of both the amps used on that record in a single pedal so that you can dial in your own variations of the famous Dookie sound. We borrowed the amps themselves so that the MXR team could carefully analyze all the sonic qualities that make them sound so darn good. After much analysis and A/B testing, our engineers rebuilt the amps from scratch in pedal circuit form and fit them into a single housing. The High Gain and Crunch Gain sections each have their own controls, while the Blend control allows you to mix them together just like Green Day did in the studio. If you want some extra scoop in the midrange of the overall output signal, just hit the Scoop switch.
The Dookie Drive isn't just for Green Day fans—this totally unique pedal provides a full harmonic range of overdriven tones for a playing experience that is full of depth and dimension. We’ve dressed this special edition version up with a finish that speaks to the explosive impact of the Dookie record and the explosive sonic potential of its namesake pedal.
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In The News
- BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG PLAYS DUNLOP.
- Musician's Friend: MXR Green Day Dookie Drive Demo and Features.
- PREMIER GUITAR: DUNLOP NAMM '19.
- Rolling Stone: Green Day Want Your Guitar to Sound Like 'Dookie'.
- OVERDRIVE VS. DISTORTION VS. FUZZ.
- MXR®: THE RACKMOUNT ERA.
- MXR®: AN INFOGRAPHIC.
- MXR®: A SHORT HISTORY.
