Billie Joe Armstrong’s guitar tone on Green Day’s breakout album Dookie was dirty and punchy, with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of his fast, melodic riffs. He achieved this sound by running his signal through two heavily modified amplifiers, one with a scooped tone and the other with a well-defined midrange. When mixing the record, the band blended the two signals in different ratios to match the vibe of each track.
The MXR Dookie Drive pedal captures the sounds of those amps in a single pedal so you can dial in your own variations of that famous Dookie sound. We borrowed his amps so that the MXR team could carefully analyze all the sonic qualities that make them sound so good. After extensive analysis and A/B testing, our engineers rebuilt the amps from scratch as a pedal circuit and fit them into a single housing. The High Gain and Crunch Gain sections each have their own controls, while the Blend control lets you mix them just like Green Day did in the studio. If you want a little more midrange punch in the overall output signal, just hit the Scoop switch.
The MXR Dookie Drive pedal isn't just for Green Day fans: it is a totally unique pedal that offers a full harmonic range of overdrive sounds for a playing experience full of depth and dimension. This special edition features an all-new finish to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the monumental 1994 release of Dookie.