If your high-gain tone sounds like a beehive every time you stop playing, this is the fix. The MXR Smartgate is the gate a lot of metal and hard rock players swear by because it actually tracks your signal intelligently instead of just slamming a door shut and murdering your sustain.

What you’re getting:

• Three-position mode switch (Hiss / Mid / Full) for different levels of noise-slaying duty

• Trigger Level control for setting your threshold just right

• Gate status LED so you can see it working

• True hardwire bypass — out of the chain when it’s off

• Battery or 9V adapter powered

Condition is honestly mint. This thing barely left the house — rarely used, no wear worth mentioning, fully functional and ready to clean up your board. I just don’t reach for it anymore, so it’s time someone actually puts it to work.

$75, and I pack like the post office is out to get me.