NAMM 2019: It looks like MXR is about to release a signature Green Day pedal, based on the punk-rock heroes’ seminal Dookie album, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year.
Our suspicions were aroused when GD frontman Billie Joe Armstrong posted the above picture on Instagram with the caption, “Anyone going to NAMM?”
Controls span output, gain, blend and tone, with a scoop button, leading us to assume it’s an overdrive, presumably based on that very album.
If we’re right, the pedal is most likely based on Billie’s modded Marshall Plexi 1959SLP reissue, affectionately known as ‘Pete’, which fuelled the guitarist’s tones during that era.
Thankfully, we don’t have long to wait to find out...
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NAMM 2019 - all the news
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![Eric Clapton and his gold-plated Cry Baby: [Left] a black and white image of Clapton playing his Bigsby-equipped Gibson Les Paul standard live on stage with Cream.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/aPowLRdfjdvVAiwU8PYuBh-1280-80.jpg.webp)
“We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby
“Honestly I’d never even heard of Klons prior to a year-and-a-half ago”: KEN Mode’s Jesse Matthewson on the greatest reverb/delay ever made and the noise-rock essentials on his fly-in pedalboard
“We are honoured that our company’s relationship with the legendary guitar player continues to this day”: Dunlop salutes wah pedal pioneer Eric Clapton with a gold-plated signature Cry Baby
“Honestly I’d never even heard of Klons prior to a year-and-a-half ago”: KEN Mode’s Jesse Matthewson on the greatest reverb/delay ever made and the noise-rock essentials on his fly-in pedalboard
