MXR Distortion + (Script Logo) vs MXR Super Badass Distortion
The MXR Distortion + (Script Logo) and the MXR Super Badass Distortion are both pedals sharing transparent. The MXR Distortion + (Script Logo) leans full and mid-forward. The MXR Super Badass Distortion leans crunchy and dynamic.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.43% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Rock
- Metal
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- transparent
MXR Distortion + (Script Logo)
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MXR Super Badass Distortion
MXR · pedal
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The MXR Distortion+ with Script Logo is the original mid-1970s version of MXR's classic op-amp distortion circuit, built with the earliest script-logo enclosure and components before the later block-logo revision. It produces the same thick, buzzy, somewhat fuzzy-edged distortion the Distortion+ is known for, with a straightforward two-knob Output and Distortion control set. Vintage script units are prized by collectors for their original-era component tone and are considered the definitive version of this early distortion circuit. It suits players and collectors wanting the raw, vintage-voiced distortion character in its original, earliest form.
The MXR Super Badass Distortion is a versatile analog distortion with a three-band active EQ and a wide gain range, designed to cover decades of dirt from one box. With the distortion low it produces a bold, beefy clean boost and light crunch, and as gain increases it moves through classic-rock midrange grind into harmonically rich, saturated, scooped-mid metal roar. The Bass, Mid, and Treble controls reshape the voice dramatically, going from thick and beefy to bright and aggressive while staying tight rather than flabby. Notes remain clear and dynamic, responding to picking. Suited to rock, blues, punk, and metal, it is praised as a do-it-all distortion with warm, sustaining tone. Its only real coloration is a trace of modern distortion character across its range.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Blues
- Punk
- full
- mid-forward
- crunchy
- dynamic
- tight