# MXR Distortion+

> This gain entry consolidates documented MXR Distortion+ variants, controls, settings and roles across dated guitarist pedalboards.

- Canonical page: https://pedalboardarchive.com/pedals/mxr-distortion/
- Machine-readable index of the archive: https://pedalboardarchive.com/llms.txt
- Evidence and reconstruction conventions: https://pedalboardarchive.com/methodology/

- **Category:** Gain
- **Types:** Distortion, Overdrive
- **Also known as:** Distortion Plus, Distortion+
- **Controls:** Distortion, Output, Remote on/off switch
- **Identification:** The model is identified.
- **Documented appearances:** 2 boards, 1978–1982

A small mustard-yellow MXR box with two black knobs and a single centered footswitch.

## Documented boards

Each row is an observed appearance on a dated board. A position is only an observed one where that board's order evidence says so.

| Artist | Board | Date | Positions | Order evidence | Page |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jerry Garcia | Wolf onboard-loop effects chain | 1978-06-01 | 3 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/jerry-garcia/wolf-obel-effects-chain-1978/ |
| Randy Rhoads | Custom touring pedalboard | 1982-02-02 | 3 | Source-described | https://pedalboardarchive.com/artists/randy-rhoads/custom-touring-pedalboard-1982/ |