MXR DD-11 Dime Distortion

Pretty basic pedal, it does take some time to get the right sound tough...

I only know it with my Les Paul into a nice tube amp with 4x12 cab. almost no noise (for the amount of gain). it delivers a nice rock "played through radio" sound. with little knob on it becomes 'walk' and 'master of puppets' -ish.

HINT use it with a booster behind it!!!!!!!!!!! it makes it a WAAAAYYY better pedal. I liked in on it's own and after that grabbed my booster and put it behind it....... It was a whole new pedal! and when I turned my booster off i didn't want to play no more becouse the dime alone sounded weak. don't worry that the boost will cost you even more, the EHX LPB-1 (???40) works as good as any other boost:D:D

PS no 'standard' OD/dist sounds though but they're on your amp so who caress?

build like a tank and I got a MXR dist + (original) sice the '70 so and still works so I'll have no backup

dunno, never needed them

I play blues, rock, punk, classic rock and metal and i'll abmit it won't do everything. only get's you a standard rock, bit punky sound and a very (almost compressed-ish) mid/low cut metal sound. also doesn't like a crunchy sound.

with BOOSTER however it changes completely and you can get even some nu-metal tones and good solid rock/punk tones:D:D

just try it with a BOOST (don't go BSing that it get's ???100 more expensive becouse you want a MXR micro amp, just try the EHX) and enjoy

HEY GUYS IF YOU LIKE DIMES SOUND THIS PETAL FUCKING ROCKS... THE BOOK THAT IT COMES WITH GIVES YOU A BASS MARK SETTING THAT IS KICK***... VERY EASY TO TWEEK FROM THERE... BUT YOU NEED A REAL AMP TO GET THE SOUND.. I PLAY OUT OF A OLD SCOOL CRATE 100 WATT HEAD WITH 4 12 CAB. AND ITS THE BEST PEDAL FOR PANTERA SOUND.. MORE OF A COWBOYS FROM HELL TONE... RIGHT FROM THE BOOK....

DIME ALL THE WAY... I AM ALSO USEING A DIME O FLAME ML... WITH DIMEBUCKER WICH HELPS OUT ALOT....

KICK *** GETCHA PULL!!!

Difficult to get a good sound out of it. I saw a band playing live with this and that triggered me to purchase one.
However I never could approach that thick sound I heard during the concert. The Bass knob is waaaaayyyyy too strong and has a huge influence on volume and distorsion.

Harsh. Noisy. Un-natural sounding. Can't recognise your guitar pick-up: all guitars sound the same mud. I prefer from far the Zombie or the MT-2.

You need a special MXR adapter !!

I blew my DD1 in one ms the day I used the wrong adapter with it: very fragile. You cannot open it to try to fix. Rubbish !.

MXR told me they only handle boxes running under warranty.

Give me one and I submit it for sale the next day on eBay: 1$, no limit. If I get 10 $, that will make my day. One of the worst deal in my life.

I also think it is frankly insane to use the name & image of Dime on this machine. God bless him.

Quite simple to use. Let's say standard knobs - very sensitive, even with a minimum change.

The distorion of this box i great, the thing about it is that is realy versatile distortion. @ distortion modes are available. With the button pushed You get a Dime sound, and with the one un-pushed its a rock distorion (that's what te manual sad). Personaly i like the un-pushed mode. Solid distortion with keeping up the sound of Your guitar. On a crappy gear it might sound crappy.

It's a brig, build to last. I think it'll survive more than boss unit. I thing no backup is needed. The power adapter could be a 9V one - i think tis is the only thing that could brakedown ... hope not :) but still very dependable.

Don;t have to deal with dunlop

Solid built, solid distorition pedal. Worth to buy, or just to try it out. I've been looking for a long time for a realy versatile and unprocessed-sounding distortion pedal that will keep a good ballance between distorted sound and distortion amount. THIS ONE IS ABSOLUTELY GREAT!!!

very easy to use.

but the bass knob is imperfect.

i hate the sound when the button is on , no punch,cold,plan,weary dis.

but when the button is off , you can get a marshall-like sound,

very descent drive!

a green metal brick

18v and the button have to be press on and off only by hands,these are the only disadvantage DD11 have.

I give it just an 8 in a positive way. The range of the controls is very huge so that gives you a lot of possebillities. So if you turn one control just a little it already changes the sound a lot. That means you have to spent some time working with that pedal to figure out in what ways the controls effect each other. So you can find a really good tone but you also have hundreds of "bad" combinations available as well. It is like with a good tube amp --> you need to spent some time and learn how the controls respond and react to the sound. More possebillities means more dead end streets as well. That brings me to the 8 in this category even the pedal is easy to use.

First of all if you like a sound it is a question to taste and depends on the gear it is used with. I`m using this pedal in front of the clean channel of a Marshall DSL 401 all tube combo. I play a Zakk Wylde Custom Les Paul (Epiphone) which has EMG 81&85 pick ups. So my sound description refers to that set up.

I wasn`t looking to match the sound with famous artists. I was looking for an agressive metal sound that is defined and cuts through in the mix. I was pointing in the direction of somewhere in between Rammstein and Black Label Society but not looking for an Rectifier sound. I used a Boss MD-2 which gave me good results but the sound and especially the tone was too muddy and not well defined enough for my taste (even I like the MD-2 a lot).

The DD-11 delivers a well defined clear and agressive tone that cuts through really well. It has fare less distortion than you would think. But it definitly has enough distortion to do the job. Any good known guitar tone is defined by the right amount of distortion which always means too much distortion kills the tone. That seems to be the concept behind that pedal IMO. It delivers a straight well defined agressive metal tone from where you can work it (just like it happened at any great sound in a recording studio).

It is perfect for a band with two guitars. If you are just on guitar player in your band you might wonna add a little compression to it. The pedal points more towards a Marshall sound than in a direction of a very compressed Rectifier sound.

No need to add amp distortion to it, that pedal sounds great in front of an clean amp. But it also shows your playing abillities like they are. If you have no control over your playing this pedal will show that everybody cause the sound cuts really through and there is nothing to hide. If you are a good player you sound great but if you didn`t spent enough time and years with your instrument you are in trouble.

I don`t like the scoop function cause it kills the natural tube tone feel of this pedal. It sounds too clinical with the scoop function. But you don`t need that anyway in my oppinion.

Forgot to mention: Almost no noise for a distortion pedal (played before the clean channel of an amp).

MXR is known for it`s reliability. I only have this pedal for a week now, but if you hold it in your hand you think a tank could run over it without causing any damage. Due to my experiences with other MXR pedals I give it a ten.

can`t tell didn`t need it so fare

I`m playing for almost 20 years now, and toured with a professional band for a few years (power metal style). The style I`m playing right now, is somewhere in between Rammstein and Black Label Society.

I believe that this is one of the best distortion pedals built ever!!!! It sounds more natural and more tube like than the Boss MT-2 and cuts much better through the mix than the MT-2 does(that also means it tsounds totally different than the MT-2). It has a much more defined and straight tone the MD-2 and kills the Rocktron Zombie which sounds just to synthetic.

If you want an honest agressive distortion sound which doesn`t hide anything this is the pedal. If stolen? I`d definitly by another one. In fact I already got a double shot distortion (channel one is the same as the DD-11) in order to use it for the lead tone as well.

This Pedal is made for people who rock hard and really love to rock hard. It is nothing for single coil players who play a lot of blues or Jazz or Pop (and believe they rock) and want their Fender Hot Rod or their Boutique Nice Sound Amp to sound mean and evil once in a while(it is not what either the DD-11 nor the amps were built for). The tone comes from your playing skills and your character of playing. This pedal is just for people whose musical work and life is dedicated to agressive playing. They will love this pedal cause they get the right tone out of it. Boutique collectors (emphasize is on collectors)and any wonnabees who spent more time on talking about stuff they use rather than actually playing their instrument will be lost within a second if they go for this pedal.

You don`t feel it you shouldn`t deal with it. The sound comes from your fingers and not from just from one pedal!!!!!(sorry for my english I`m german but I hope you can understand what I`m trying to point out here)

Really easy,

I can't underdstand why so many reviewers find it so hard to use the bass, middle, treble, volume and gain knobs to achieve a great sound. It's just like using a mini-amp head!

The adjustable parameters are very effective with a huge range.

I won't bore you with my full rig. It's basically a Laney Valve amp and high output humbuckers.

Great, great sound. I find the gain (distortion) is more than adequate (if playing at a decent volume). If playing in a bedroom then I would suggest cranking your amp a bit.

The EQ section is very versatile allowing you to dial in a large array of tones. The small 'scoop' button effectively removes the mid range and slightly boosts the treble and bass functions, giving you an effective 'modern metal' sound if required.

The pedal can get noisy, but it's a DISTORTION pedal, it ADDS GAIN to your signal in order to DISTORT it!!!
I cannot understand reviewers winging about 'hiss' and 'noise'.....!
If you play with a suitable distance between you and your amp and have a decent set of pickups etc then this can help reduce the 'ambient noise'
I'd suggest using a noise gate if you want a silent signal path when you're not playing!

Overall the pedal gives a lovely 'gritty' distortion tone that's easily adjustable and cuts through any mix easily (if required). Just spend a bit of time with it!

Built to last! As per usual with Dunlop/MXR pedals.

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By far one of the most versatile and organic sounding high gain distortion pedals I've used.

It makes my Keeley modded Boss MT-2 sound processed and drab.

As previously suggested, you can only get decent sounds from effect pedals if your gear is up to scratch!

Highly recommended.

It is a relatively simple pedal, but the EQ is touchy. Just moving the knobs slightly can completely change the sound. Can take time to tweak it.

Okay. Sounds similar to Pantera. Really doesn't have a great tone.

It is built well and seems like it would last.

Not the best sound. Spend some time playing on it before you buy one. I don't know why this is being compared to the Boss Metal Zone because they do not sound similar at all.

Pretty Easy to use !

Guitar: I own a Fender Fat Strat USA (w/Seymour Duncan JB pickup on bridge) and a Jackson King-V USA.

Amp: Tech 21 Trademark 60

Effects: (Amp) to --- BOSS Chorus Ensemble - BOSS Digital delay DD-3 - MXR 10 BAnd EQ - Dime Distortion - BOSS Distortion DS-1 or MXR Zakk Wylde Overdrive - Boss Noise Supressor - Boss Chromatic Tuner - to (Guitars).


I bought the original version (the green one) not the reissue with the army painting stuff.

This pedal sounds better with my Jackson guitar, but still sounds great with my Fender (but lack of heavyness but that's normal !).

I purchase this pedal to have that Dimebag Razor shaped/"trebely" sound. And it's perfect for this !!! But you have to use it with your amp distortion. the gain should not be over 12 o' clock or just a little bit over 12. Unless you'll have a tones of feedbacks because of too much distortion output.

But without your amp distortion it's a cool distortion/overdrive. Not noisy at all.

I like the "Dime channel" better (with little button pushed on).
But the other channel is really great for rock overdrive or that "radio sounding distortion".

With this pedal you can have a Dimebag & Randy Rhoads sound and that's why I bought this thing !

Along with the Zakk Wylde overdrive on, it has a cool sounding distortion (without your amp distortion).

So, the distortion pedal is mostly for metal, but without your amp distortion, you can acheive some great sounding overdrive and distortion for rock/pop/punk style music.

If you want that Dime sound and you have a great amplifier and a great guitar this will sound really close to that Pantera, 80's heavy distortion sound... and if you have exactly the same guitar setup of Dimebag... you'll sound exactly like Pantera !

A MUST HAVE IN YOUR PEDALBOARD !!!

For a heavy metal show totally rely on it !!!

and it's built like a tank... no backup needed !

4 words.... Built like a tank !


Never had to deal with customer support and I own a bunch of MXR pedals !!!

I play Rock, Blues, Heavy Metal (Megadeth, Pantera, Ozzy, Iron Maiden, etc.), Jazz and Jazz Fusion. And for my Metal gigs it's my ultimate weapon for Pantera and Ozzy (Rhandy Rhoads era) !

I've been playing for 11 years, I studied in Jazz music. I've played mostly in rock/progressive/metal bands.

I was always searching for a great sounding metal distortion for shows... that's the DIME DISTORTION !!! It's really natural sounding it rips off all the other metal distortion on the market !!!

BUT YOU HAVE TO USE IT ALONG WITH YOUR AMP DISTORTION FOR THAT HEAVY SOUNDING DISTORTION !!!

so you got to have a great amp distortion !


SO the overall... if you're a Metal Head and want that Pantera sound... GO BUY THIS THING !!!

currently, i am running a fender 72 deluxe tele into Tu-2> EH Whitefinger comp> Boss BD-2> DIme Distortion> EH-2 Enhancer Pedal> DD-3 all into a fender blues deville 4x10 and a 70's silverface Push/pull vol. twin reverb.

this thing can get a bit noisy, but hey, its a distortion pedal, it's made to make noise. the surprising thing is though, when you crank up the gain on the pedal and roll back the volume on your guitar, you can get some seriously good tones!!! the noise backs off, but the sustain and distortion stay.

this pedal is very versatile...i find that with the mid/scoop engaged i can get awesome lead sounds and gobbs of sustain in my neck position...with it disengaged and in my bridge position pick-up this thing really becomes a rhythm machine. it can cover all styles, from punk, classic rock, worship music, prog, indie, you name it.

this pedal is so underrated, and discontinued. i was shocked at how good this pedal was, and even more so when i found out that they were no longer being made. im glad that i was able to get my hands on one of these puppies. if you can find one snatch it up, you wont regret it, and more importantly, you may not be able to find one again.