“Expand your instrument’s creative potential”: MXR’s new Layers pedal is a supreme soundscaping stompbox that will let you create chord voicings “you never thought possible”

MXR’s much-anticipated Randy Rhoads Distortion+ pedal may have finally arrived after numerous delays, but now the pedal firm is showcasing a different side of its tonal repertoire with the new Layers pedal – a wide-ranging soundscaping multi-tool.

Described as an open-ended creative tool that will “expand your instrument’s creative potential”, it promises a “fresh perspective on sustain” through its host of customizable sounds, laying everything from ambient pads to interstellar chord voicings and stacked harmonies at the feet of pedal-loving players.

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