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MXR MC-401

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Effect pedal

  • Adjustable from 0 to 20 dB boost
  • robust housing
  • 1 input and 1 output
  • Status LED (optional Dunlop ECB-003 AC power supply)
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Available since November 2006
Item number 196484
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Effect Types Booster
$114
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Amazingly clean booster + handy buffer all in one pedal
Cicco 18.10.2018
I bought the MC-401 for my Bass pedal board, as I usually play clean bass sound and sometime add some colours i needed a very clean booster but... I was also looking for a buffer .. this pedal gave me all that i was looking in a sturdy well made pedal case. I run this pedal at the very end of my pedal board chain.... The sound in the output is very clean, when in true bypass its own buffer is very handy with long cable run (you can hear the difference bypassing this pedal).

The only two things I would change in this pedal (but only for personal feel) is the foot-switch which is kind of too hard and you have to step on on it fully to turn on the unit.. some people like to go hard on top and the light is too bright for my eyes (I`ve placed a white tape on top so I can still see the operation light)

Overall this booster is the cleanest I ever owned and I can enhance my runs or solos without any lost or change in my original Bass sound
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It Does What It Should
Sonic Rose 11.01.2021
I had a guitar built by Suhr that has coil splitting and wanted something to boost the signal of the single coil option to match the output of the humbuckers...without any (or apparently no) coloration of sound. It works very well. Happy with it.
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Top Quality Kit
Tom2879 22.02.2019
The MXR Line booster is a top quality pedal for guitarists who need a lift during a solo but you don't have a sound engineer to do that for you. It's real simple to use, just put it last in your amp effects loop, switch it on and boom, there's boost to lift your solo to the front of the mix.

Top quality. I have this in my board for the last six years.
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MXR MC-401
El Piero 13.03.2021
Could use smoother push button. Cleanest boost out there!
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