MXR Blue Box clones??

ThurberMingus · Post by **ThurberMingus** » Sat May 10, 2014 8:32 pm

This is what you really want:

http://ravtones.blogspot.com/2012/03/tu ... e-box.html

weed_killer · Post by **weed_killer** » Sat May 10, 2014 10:31 pm

just boost it with something - distortion +, rat, mini, etc. That's what I always did.

NoLA-Riffft · Post by **NoLA-Riffft** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 2:48 pm

D-Rainger · Post by **D-Rainger** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:34 pm

Well.... I've got to say this has Blue Box similarities - does that octave down thing when you turn the knob, and go to neck pickup. Lots of volume, and extras.
http://www.raingerfx.com/dwarf.html
Just sayin'...

rfurtkamp · Post by **rfurtkamp** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 3:35 pm

BB is the only octave down pedal I have (and I have a ton of up) - there's something magical about the terrible lack of control.

I'd probably just stick with what you're used to - get another, clip the resistor, call it good - even if it only lasts a couple years, it's a $60 pedal.

Tristan · Post by **Tristan** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:25 pm

From what I understand the Blue Box does 2 octave down fuzz.
There's two pedals I really dig that do that too, the Copilot Mantis and the MI Audio Pollyanna so I'd recommend those, they're both massively heavy and synthy.

rfurtkamp · Post by **rfurtkamp** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 4:41 pm

It's two octave down plus an odd blend and peculiar tracking/mix - if I had to keep one fuzzbox for 'standard dude' duties it'd probably be the Bluebox.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:06 pm

Fuck you guys, now I want a blue box.

Hey wait...They're cheap, easily avaible, small...And I could totally justify it since I'm about to sell a couple of my current fuzz peds

neonblack · Post by **neonblack** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 5:16 pm

Is the newest $50-$70 version worse in any way than an old one?

rfurtkamp · Post by **rfurtkamp** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:28 pm

Don't think so, I'm using a 2-3 year old one as my main one (have an old one kicking around in the box of stuffs that didn't sound any better).

GardenoftheDead · Post by **GardenoftheDead** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 6:30 pm

You know what makes the volume drop go away? Stacking it with other stuff.

aen · Post by **aen** » Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:46 pm

Jesus, you guys. Was this thing in invisible mode?

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Tristan · Post by **Tristan** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 2:39 am

Yeah, I'm gonna try it soon, I liked it in your video but also saw another and it didn't seem to sound heavy enough there for my tastes.
As I'm not completely sure now I was gonna wait till after I tried it to say something about it.

Rob Fossil · Post by **Rob Fossil** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 8:42 am

I had a Bluebox and this little beast:

Side by side there were a few tonal differences, but the Guyatone could do +1 and +2 octave down and covered a lot of ground. That thing was awesome. If I ever see another for cheap I'd grab it again for my noise board.

Currently, I'm using an Octron and pairing it with different fuzz for all my Bluebox needs.

frigid midget · Post by **frigid midget** » Sun Mar 15, 2015 9:44 am

Bumped into this thread, and a couple seconds later I'm about to seal the deal on a Blue Box

It's a classic, it's small, cheapish, and doesn't have a ton of controls or gizmos, and it's notoriously unpredictable...How am I supposed to resist that???

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