Billie Joe Armstrong's guitar tone on Green Day's groundbreaking album Dookie sounded dirty and punchy with the perfect amount of articulation to express the musicality of his fast, melodic riffs. He got that sound by running his signal through two heavily modified amplifiers—one scooped with a ton of gain and the other with a well-defined midrange. When it came time to mix the record, the band blended the two signals together in different ratios to match the vibe of each track.
The MXR Dookie Drive Pedal captures the sound of both the amps used on that record in a single pedal so that you can dial in your own variations of the famous Dookie sound. We borrowed the amps themselves so that the MXR team could carefully analyze all the sonic qualities that make them sound so darn good. After much analysis and A/B testing, our engineers rebuilt the amps from scratch in pedal circuit form and fit them into a single housing. The High Gain and Crunch Gain sections each have their own controls, while the Blend control allows you to mix them together just like Green Day did in the studio. If you want some extra scoop in the midrange of the overall output signal, just hit the Scoop switch.
The Dookie Drive isn't just for Green Day fans—this totally unique pedal provides a full harmonic range of overdriven tones for a playing experience that is full of depth and dimension. To celebrate the launch of Green Day's eclectic thirteenth studio album "Father of All...", this special limited edition version of the pedal features the album cover's rainbow-upchucking unicorn over a brushed aluminum housing. In the words of Billie Joe: "Nothing says f*** you like a unicorn."
Order number:
MXR DD25-Unicorn
Brand:
Overdrive
Limited edition
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day) signature pedal
Blend between two different overdrive circuits (high gain / crunch gain)
Overdrive sections are based on two heavily modified Super Lead Amps
Reproduces the overdrive sound from Green Day's 'Dookie' album
Combines the tonal character of Scooped High Gain and Articulated
Midrange Overdrive
True bypass
Gain, Tone, Blend, Output controls
2 Internal trim pots for crunch gain and crunch volume
Scoop switch attenuates the middle of the signal
Bypass foot switch
Status LED
Brushed aluminium housing
Design: "Father of All ..." album cover artwork
Input and output: 6.3 mm mono jack
Power supply via 9 V battery or optional 9 V DC power supply (Dunlop ECB 003, 2.1 x 5.5 mm coaxial connector, polarity (-) inside)
Current consumption: 11 mA
Dimensions (L x W x H): 110 x 65 x 50 mm
Weight about 250 g