MXR has unveiled the Raijin Drive, an overdrive and distortion pedal designed in collaboration with Japanese amp and pedal designer Shin Suzuki, who was also behind 2016’s Shin-Juku Drive.
The Raijin Drive aims to reinvent two iconic Japanese stompboxes in one pedal, adding greater tonal range and usability.
MXR promises a “smooth, fat and wide open” overdrive, plus an “aggressive, harmonically rich punch” with the distortion channel.
Controls span the usual level, tone and drive, as well as a distortion/overdrive toggle. True bypass switching and 9V power supply or battery operation round out the spec.
The Raijin Drive is available now for $129 - see Jim Dunlop for more info.