MXR Effects

Spice up your bass tones, says Mike Brooks

- Mike Brooks

The MXR brand is no stranger to these pages, and the three units under review here offer some seriously funky tones with which to create sonic nirvana during your performance. Both the Dyna Comp compressor and the Vintage Octave possess a very small footprint, so will take up very little real estate on your pedalboard. The Sub Octave Fuzz is a wider unit, but its control set offers a lot more options and flexibility.

All three pedals follow the standard metal chassis design used across the MXR range and should be capable of taking a pounding during live use. All three operate effectively with a nine-volt DC supply, while the fuzz unit can also be operated with a battery. The controls on all three pedals are securely attached and operate smoothly and efficiently across the whole turn.

Down to business... With four controls and an Attack switch, the