GEAR SPOTLIGHT
ISSUE 203
O C T O B E R 27
MXR
CARBON COPY
DELUXE
REVIEW BY S.P. BURKE
STREET PRICE $229.99
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In just a few short years,
MXR’s Carbon Copy has
become one of the most
popular delay units on
the market. What’s not to
like? There’s warm sound,
lots of delay time, tons
of subtle ways to tweak
your tone in a palm-sized
package, and a reasonable
price. Where else is there
to take things but the next
level? This is the Carbon
Copy Deluxe.
MXR has already released
two versions of the
Carbon Copy: the original
with its dark analog
sound, and its chipper
younger brother the
Carbon Copy Bright with
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its sharper tone. MXR
has not only combined
features from both pedals,
but also added some new
ones. The Carbon Copy
Deluxe still boasts some
of the original features
on its iridescent green
chassis. It has the same
Mix, Regen, and Delay
controls, although delay
time has been doubled
from 600 milliseconds
to 1.2 seconds. It has a
Bright switch so you can
get both sounds from
one pedal, along with
a Modulation switch
complete with Speed and
Depth controls, offered
on previous versions but
only as internal knobs.
Mxr Carb o n c o py d eluxe
Completely new features
include the onboard tap
tempo, an output for an
expression pedal, and
a handy onboard LED
system for subdivisions
of the tap tempo: dotted
eighths, eighths, triplets,
and sixteenths. MXR still
retains some internal
controls though, with one
internal switch for input
gain (instrument or line
level) and another dry
switch for recording.
An underrated feature I
should mention from the
manual is the expression
output can control several
different functions on
the pedal, depending