2014 Gear Wishlist - MXR Custom Shop Il Torino Overdrive
November 30, 2014
EDITOR'S PICK:MXR Custom Shop Il Torino Overdrive
The MXR Custom Shop Il Torino Overdrive serves up smooth, organic grit with the controls you need to adapt its sound to your carefully constructed signal chain.
Designed by guest Custom Shop engineer Carlo Sorasio, Italy's premier boutique amp and pedal builder, the Il Torino Overdrive uses MOSFET technology to recreate the gain structure of classic tube preamps, allowing it to sing with sweet, touch responsive saturation and natural sounding compression. The Il Torino also features a 3-band EQ section; a BOOST/OD switch to toggle between Boost Mode, a cleaner sound, and OD Mode, a more aggressive, cranked tube amp sound; and a sophisticated bypass system in the form of a Class A Low Impedance Output Driveressentially a form of buffered bypassto keep your tone sounding warm and natural across long signal chains where signal loss normally occurs.