MXR Distortion III M-115

[amonte]

Does anyone have a schematic for this pedal or know what it is exactly?  I am guessing that it's just a regular Distortion + with a variable low-pass filter as a tone knob, but I am curious if it might be something more interesting. 

[jonathan perez]

pretty hard to get a schematic of something released a short time ago. but i think its a plain ol mxr with a tone control.

[amonte]

is this a newer pedal?  I'd never seen it before today. 

[HOTGUIT]

WHAT IS IT?
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
ISN'T IT A VARIATION OF MXR DOUBLE SHOT?

[jonathan perez]

WHAT IS IT?
NEVER SEEN BEFORE
ISN'T IT A VARIATION OF MXR DOUBLE SHOT?

NOT AS FAR AS IM CONCERNED. IF ANYTHING IS A VARIANT OF THE DOUBLE SHOT, ITS THE DIME.

[HOTGUIT]

mmmmmmh, maybe...

[analogguru]

Looking at the photos posted by cbriere in this thread:

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=58308.0

my quick tracing comes to the following result:

Take a Tubescreamer, remove the diodes, place diodes like in the Mxr-Distortion and you will have approximately a Distortion III.

analogguru

[scaesic]

5 transistors? my guess is that its more like a metalzone than a ts.

[brattmoore]

It's a low gain pedal. A little more treble and it would be a great pedal !