MXR 5150 Katakana

I've been working on building my guitar pedalboard, and I've also been learning to speak and write Japanese.  So when this limited edition MXR EVH 5150 overdrive pedal came out with all of the words written in Katakana, I had to get one of these.

Out of the box, I wasn't that impressed with this pedal.  There was too much sizzle, and it was missing this midrange punch that comes alive with pinch harmonics that I love about my ENGL Savage amp, any Peavey 5150s I've played, my Fractal Audio AxeFX Ultra, or the new EVH amps.


But when I put a Boss overdrive pedal in front of it.....  voila, there was that midrange punch.  It is exactly the sound I hear in my head.  Together, this is the combination of pedals that I can take to the rehearsal studio and sound the way I want to.