Even though Ed used the 6-band and Randy used the 10-band, Randy may have been more of an influence at purchase – I think I remember not being able to afford the 10-band. I just added this 6 band eq to my board, placed after the TS (TS side of the JHS Sweet Tea V2) and wow, what a difference. This is my “V” setting used after the distortion (with both SLO-style and IIc+ preamps) to scoop out the mids. Got it in my head to figure out which Van Halen song tones – not album tones – I liked the most.

The MXR EQ offers six bands covering all the essential guitar and bass frequencies, with each slider ready to deliver 18 dB's of cut or boost. He’d been talking about how awesome it was for a while, and even though I know he has good ears, wasn’t too motivated to go try it. Create mid-scooped rhythm tones, cut unnecessary bass for a cleaner sound, or add warmth and remove quack from acoustic-electric guitars. One of the team will be in contact with a rough ETA but we will endeavour to have your new guitar with you as quickly as possible. It helps me hear certain frequencies that otherwise I would have it more difficult time hearing one more pedal to go in daisy chain is complete for my needs so it's really nice to have that light turned down.Can’t remember exactly why I bought it (new), but had to be because of Eddie Van Halen and Randy Rhoads, my two guit-wielding idols at the time. The MXR M109 6 Band Graphic EQ lets you completely reshape your sound or boost a wicked alternate lead tone that will jump out of the mix at will.

They do, though, have a part to play in the vintage effect pedal landscape and will continue to beguile users of vintage analogue gear who want to tweak their tone in the old school way. If your tone is harsh or distorted to begin with, expect the MXR to make it sound that much more harsh. The pedal’s impact on a guitar’s tone can be as minimal or as pronounced as you want, with massively versatile amounts of cut and boost at well‑chosen frequency intervals including the all‑important 800Hz band for guitar.I love the presence in a live mix that I get with a TS, and find that when I would go in to a lead and kick on a higher gain pedal, my presence in my bands mix would be gone. The GE-7 has a level slider, so it can be easier to adjust overall signal to match the bypass level. Six paragraphic slider controls enable boost or attenuation up to plus or minus 18db at frequency centers 100Hz, 200Hz, 400Hz, 800Hz, 1. Overdrive indicator is very useful, it’s hard to tell when the pedal gets overdriven when the signal itself is heavily distorted, so having a visual clue is super cool.