Christone "Kingfish" Ingram calls it one of the five pedals he can't do without. Now the MXR FOD Drive is less than $100 at Sweetwater's Black Friday sales event

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Boasting the sound of two legendary hot-rodded amps in one box, the FOD Drive puts powerful stack tones on your pedalboard

A photo of the MXR FOD Drive Overdrive/Distortion Effects Pedal
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MXR’s FOD Drive pedal has been the overdrive choice for guitarists like Billie Joe Armstrong and Christine “Kingfish” Ingram, letting them blend the tone of two powerful amp stacks without breaking a sweat. Kingfish even placed the FOD among the top five pedals he can't do without.

Now you can get $80 off the FOD during Sweetwater’s Black Friday event, putting the pedal just below the $100 mark.

MXR says it modeled the FOD's two drives on a pair of heavily modded amps of “legendary” make: one with a highly scooped high-gain tone, and another that emphasizes midrange punch.

The result is a revolutionary blend of two potent tones that you can blend to taste. Use it onstage or in the studio to get an epic wall of tone on demand, whenever you need it.

MXR MXR FOD Drive Overdrive/Distortion Effects Pedal
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MXR MXR FOD Drive Overdrive/Distortion Effects Pedal: was $179.99 now $99.99 at Sweetwater Sound

The MXR FOD Drive packs the sounds of two modified amps into a convenient stomp box. The high-gain channel delivers mid-scooped tones, while the Crunch channel emphasizes midrange punch and power. Each "amp" has its own gain and output controls and can be balanced with the other amp using the blend control. A global tone knob lets you fine-tune the sound, while a 3-way scoop switch offers flat, scooped, or boosted midrange voicing. The result is the sound of playing through two hot-rodded amps at once, with none of the hassles of carrying them to the gig. 

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