The MXR Sugar Drive provides a diverse range of clear and transparent overdrive tones from sauced up boosting to blown-tube distortion. ItÕs based on a rare overdrive pedal that has acquired a mythical reputation among fanatical tone-seekers thanks to its unique circuit design. The key elements of that circuit design are the Drive control and something called a voltage doubler. First the Drive control on this pedal doesnÕt just increase the intensity of the overdrive pedal. It starts with your clean signal and then blends it with the overdrive effect as you turn it up replicating the smooth transition of an amplifier going from clean to dirty. The voltage doubler increases overall headroom which opens everything up nicely. Of course we had to put the MXR touch on this circuit. If youÕre all about true bypass then youÕre in luckÑthis pedal uses it by default. The original used buffered bypass though and we know thereÕs a lot of players out there who donÕt want to fix something that isnÕt broken. TheyÕre in luck tooÑjust flick the Buffer switch on the side of the pedal to enable buffered bypassing. With a simple three-knob setup and an MXR mini housing this is the go-to overdrive to have on your pedalboard. ItÕs versatile and it saves space and unlike the original pedals itÕs based on it wonÕt cost you thousands of dollars. Specs Input Impedance: 600 kO Output Impedance: 3 kO Nominal Input Level: +6 dBV Maximum Output Level True Bypass without Buffer selected: +26 dBV Tone control (@ full CCW): -20 dB @ 3 kHz Current Draw: 18.5 mA @ 9 VDC Power Requirements: 9 VDC (ECB003 AC adapter) Throughput Gain: up to +50 dB @ 1kHz