The DD25V4 Dookie Drive Pedal V4 is the MXR overdrive pedal that recreates the sound of the two heavily modified amplifiers that Billie Joe Armstrong used to obtain her dirty but articulated sound during the recording of the famous Green Day album. This special version has a finish that evokes the explosive impact of that record and the sound potential of its namesake pedal

OVERVIEW OF THE MXR DD25V4 DOOKIE DRIVE PEDAL V4

The sound of Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar on Dookie, the album that consecrated Green Day, had a dirty and punchy sound, with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of her fast and melodic riffs. He obtained this sound by passing the signal through two heavily modified amplifiers: one with a lot of gain and the other with well-defined averages. When it came time to mix the record, the band mixed the two signals to adapt them to the atmosphere of

The MXR Dookie Drive V4 pedal captures the sound of both amplifiers used on that disc in a single pedal, giving the possibility to recreate all the sound variations of the famous Dookie sound. The MXR team has borrowed the amplifiers used to carefully analyze all their sound qualities. After much analysis and A/B testing, MXR engineers rebuilt the amplifiers from scratch in circuit format and inserted them into a single pedal. The High Gain and Crunch Gain sections have their own controls, while the Blend control allows you to mix them together like Green Day did in the studio. To get a little more scoop on the averages of the output signal, just press the Scoop button

The Dookie Drive isn't just for Green Day fans: this unique pedal offers a full range of overdrive sounds for an experience rich in depth and dimension. This special edition has an aspect that recalls the explosive impact of the Dookie disc and the explosive sound potential of its namesake pedal

EXTERNAL CONTROLS OF THE MXR DD25V4 DOOKIE DRIVE PEDAL V4

Blend: adjust the mix of the High Gain and Crunch Gain
Output circuits: adjust the general volume Gain: adjust the intensity of the overdrive of the High
Gain
Scoop circuit: cut the averages on the overall signal
Tone: adjust the general EQ

INTERNAL CONTROLS