MXR Zakk Wylde Anniversary Pedals

[technomancer]

Looks like all of the Zakk MXR pedals are being reissued.

"2023 marks the 20th anniversary of Zakk Wylde’s partnership with MXR, and as such, the pair have rekindled their partnership for a run of celebratory stompboxes. In total, the drop is made up of five pedals – three of which have been released to spearhead the range – which each bring to the table a flashy new-look chassis to house some of Wylde’s go-to MXR effects."

“All the ingredients I needed to make the soup”: MXR celebrates 20 years of partnership with Zakk Wylde with 5 pedals that promise his Ozzy Osbourne, Black Label Society and Pantera tones

Three pedals have been unveiled to launch the lineup, and two more are in the works. As Wylde says, these are the pedals that have been on his pedalboard “forever”

www.guitarworld.com

 

[Crungy]

Interesting.... I half expected it to be separate from MXR.

 

[Crungy]

The upcoming rotovibe sounds interesting too... I wonder if any of these sound much different than anythingng else out there? Was his old sig overdrive any different than any of MXR's overdrives?

 

[technomancer]

The upcoming rotovibe sounds interesting too... I wonder if any of these sound much different than anythingng else out there? Was his old sig overdrive any different than any of MXR's overdrives?

Honestly no idea never had one... I do know it's a based on the Boss SD-1 with a few tweaks

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

I've heard the ZW OD described as an SD-1 with more volume and low end.
I hope they fixed the issue with the chorus' bypass. Idk if this affected the ZW chorus as well, but the Analog Chorus has a noticeable high cut when bypassed. and the Analog Chorus was supposed to be just a ZW chorus without the graphics.

 

[STRHelvete]

I've heard the ZW OD described as an SD-1 with more volume and low end.
I hope they fixed the issue with the chorus' bypass. Idk if this affected the ZW chorus as well, but the Analog Chorus has a noticeable high cut when bypassed. and the Analog Chorus was supposed to be just a ZW chorus without the graphics.

....why would you ever bypass the chorus?! I keep mine on

 

[owlexifry]

I've heard the ZW OD described as an SD-1 with more volume and low end.
I hope they fixed the issue with the chorus' bypass. Idk if this affected the ZW chorus as well, but the Analog Chorus has a noticeable high cut when bypassed. and the Analog Chorus was supposed to be just a ZW chorus without the graphics.

looking at a ZW schematic - yep - that is pretty much it. an alternate SD-1.

The upcoming rotovibe sounds interesting too... I wonder if any of these sound much different than anythingng else out there? Was his old sig overdrive any different than any of MXR's overdrives?

the MXR GT-OD and ZW44 are almost exactly the same.

there's a little article about them here:

Effects > MXR ZW/GT/Classic OD : DIY Fever – Building my own guitars, amps and pedals

[DIY Fever] MXR ZW/GT/Classic OD - mod that takes you from GT-OD to ZW and back

diy-fever.com

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

looking at a ZW schematic - yep - that is pretty much it. an alternate SD-1.


the MXR GT-OD and ZW44 are almost exactly the same.

there's a little article about them here:

Effects > MXR ZW/GT/Classic OD : DIY Fever – Building my own guitars, amps and pedals

[DIY Fever] MXR ZW/GT/Classic OD - mod that takes you from GT-OD to ZW and back

diy-fever.com

The MXR Classic OD was a two-in-one deal that let you change the circuits between a ZWOD and GTOD with just the flick of a switch, so yeah I imagine the differences aren't too major.

 

[The Monster With .]

The MXR Classic OD was a two-in-one deal that let you change the circuits between a ZWOD and GTOD with just the flick of a switch, so yeah I imagine the differences aren't too major.

Yep, I have a classic OD modded with a toggle switch. There isn't a huge difference between the two, but the ZW setting with the asymmetrical clipping is a bit louder and meaner.

Pretty cool pedal, but it's a bit loud, which I think was a common complaint.

 

[4Eyes]

I'll probably jump on the Wah, missed the opportunity then, and used prices are stupid, now

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Btw I guess this means the pedal side of Wylde Audio is for sure dead and gone lol. I remember him wanting to expand the brand into pedals, amps, and strings and whatnot but that didn't seem to work out. And I guess Schecter's amp division flopping so hard meant the amps aren't happening either on a mass production scale, on top of James Brown working for EVH now

 

[NexusMT]

The upcoming rotovibe sounds interesting too... I wonder if any of these sound much different than anythingng else out there? Was his old sig overdrive any different than any of MXR's overdrives?

my guess is it's just the regular Rotovibe Dunlop sells but with Zakk style.

BTW i have the regular Rotovibe and it's one of my favorite pedals ever. I'm also a massive Zakk fan.

 

[NexusMT]

....why would you ever bypass the chorus?! I keep mine on

 

[4Eyes]

Btw I guess this means the pedal side of Wylde Audio is for sure dead and gone lol.

Product codes for the new pedals are WA instead of ZW, like it was with old pedals....just sayin'

 

[HeHasTheJazzHands]

Product codes for the new pedals are WA instead of ZW, like it was with old pedals....just sayin'

They're using the name for the line of reissue pedals, the Wylde Audio series. I was expecting a whole line of pedals under the Wylde Audio brand, or at least what Misha is doing and having MXR build pedals that aren't being advertised as MXR pedals lol. But it looks like they just used the Wylde Audio name for the series itself and they're MXR pedals. It's some weird middle ground.