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title: "HeadRush MX5 - Electric Guitar Multi Effects Pedal and Amp Modeling Processor with Touch Screen, Expression Pedal, Looper, and Audio Interface"
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# Multi-core processor power 4-inch high-res touch display 300+ precision impulse responses HeadRush MX5 - Electric Guitar Multi Effects Pedal and Amp Modeling Processor with Touch Screen, Expression Pedal, Looper, and Audio Interface

**Brand:** headrush
**Price:** B/.441
**Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock

## Summary

> 🎸 Elevate your sound game—where pro tone meets intuitive tech!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** HeadRush MX5 - Electric Guitar Multi Effects Pedal and Amp Modeling Processor with Touch Screen, Expression Pedal, Looper, and Audio Interface by headrush
- **How much does it cost?** B/.441 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Currently out of stock
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## Best For

- headrush enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted headrush brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Instant Tone Sculpting:** Touch, swipe, and drag to craft your signature sound with a vibrant 4-inch touchscreen interface.
- • **Plug & Play Integration:** Comprehensive I/O including USB audio interface, MIDI, stereo FX loop, and headphone out for studio or live setups.
- • **Seamless Performance Flow:** Gapless preset switching with reverb/delay tail spillover means no awkward silences or tone drops on stage.
- • **Pro-Level Amp & FX Library:** Access 52 amp models, 15 cabinets, 10 mic emulations, and 74 premium effects—constantly updated to keep you ahead.
- • **Ultimate Control Flexibility:** Fully-assignable expression pedal with dual modes and hands-free editing lets you tweak tones mid-performance effortlessly.

## Overview

The HeadRush MX5 is a compact yet powerful electric guitar multi-effects pedal and amp modeler featuring a multi-core processor and a 4-inch high-resolution touchscreen for intuitive tone creation. It offers an expansive library of 52 amp models, 15 cabinets, 10 mic emulations, and over 300 precision impulse responses, all upgradeable via firmware. Designed for seamless live performance, it supports gapless preset switching with reverb/delay spillover and includes a fully-assignable expression pedal and hands-free editing mode. With versatile connectivity options including USB audio interface, MIDI, and stereo FX loop, the MX5 integrates effortlessly into any rig, delivering professional-grade tones at any volume.

## Description

Featuring a finely-tuned multi-core processor and 4” high-resolution touch display, the HeadRush MX5 is an easy-to-use and realistic-sounding guitar FX and amp modeling processor that enables you to touch, swipe, and drag-and-drop to instantly create and edit your perfect tone in an unprecedentedly realistic and intuitive way. It features gapless preset changes with reverb and delay tail spillover to ensure your rig changes sound seamless, a built-in looper with 20 minutes of record time, the ability to load custom impulse response files, and original effects that can’t be found anywhere else. MX5 is packed with a versatile library of 52-amp models, 15 cabinets with 10 microphone emulations, 300 IRs, and 74 premium FX plus additional Headrush FX. Utilize the MX5’s Hands-Free Edit Mode, allowing you to adjust any parameter mid-song without stopping playing. With a ¼-inch guitar in, 2 switchable ¼-inch TRS outs, a 1/8-inch headphone out, 5-Pin MIDI in/out via 2 1/8"-to-MIDI adapters, ¼-inch stereo FX loop and ¼-inch TRS in for external expression pedal, MX5 easily integrates with your existing set up. Whatever your space demands, MX5 delivers, letting you quickly apply corrective equalization to your main ¼” outputs and all of your presets without permanently altering them.

Review: FANTASTIC multi-effects processor (if you are somewhat tech savvy) - I am extremely happy with this purchase and was pleasantly surprised at the build and versatility of this little tank. First and foremost, while I didn't go through all of the literally hundreds of built-in effects and amp modelers that come with the device, I played around with them enough to know that they are decent, but not mind-blowing. The good thing about that though is there are tons of resources on the web where you can download free and premium (paid) IRs (Impulse Responses) and guitar rigs to faithfully recreate the perfect tones you are wanting from top artists and songs, as well as pre-designed IRs, rigs, and tones that were curated by pros with way more time, patience, and skill than me. I ended up deleting pretty much all of the stock IRs and rigs from the device and I'm replacing them with third-party amps and effects that I use for my own style of playing. All of the ones I've put on the device sound incredible so far even through my cheap Danelectro Nifty Fifty practice amp, and I'm beyond pleased and excited to find what else is out there. The touchscreen is bright and responsive, and is pretty intuitive once you know what you're looking at. Adding new tones is a fairly simple process of plugging your MX5 into your computer, go to Global Settings -> USB Transfer and all of the effects, rigs, and IRs will then be displayed in your File Explorer. You can delete, replace, remove and upload to your heart's content using this method. Now, for the trickier part - operating the pedal has a good bit of a learning curve. I've found it to be pretty essential that, if you don't have a brain that likes playing with tech and figuring things out, a thorough reading of the manual is a must. Since there are only three stomp switches, putting together a "setlist" with multiple guitar rigs and learning how to switch between them took me about an hour or so of playing around to figure out and I still have to pause for a moment to remember how to do certain functions (although the more I use it, I'm getting faster). That aside, I am still giving this the 5-star rating it deserves due to the fact that I KNEW going into it that having only three switches would make things slightly more complicated. That is no fault of the manufacturer, but rather part of the design and the price I signed up for when buying this. I will say, however, that I plan to get the HeadRush Prime in light of the fact that it gives you much more control by having 12 switches as opposed to three (so that I can trigger and control individual effects without needing to perform complicated switching on the fly to get to a specific component). Overall, I highly recommend the MX5 for those who may not need a ton of instant versatility and dynamics and maybe only want to play with a handful of guitar tones at any given time. The pedal itself is designed well, sounds GREAT, and is more than enough for most types of guitar playing out there.
Review: As Good As It Gets at This Price! - I love the tones I hear on recordings of my favorite guitarists. THOSE are the sounds I want to hear when I’m playing. So my new ‘rig’ is a powered FRFR cabinet being fed by a digital modeler front end. I tried the $399 Tonex unit and found it mostly excellent except that it isn’t a true modeling amp but rather a unit built around specific tone samples. Some were fantastic, others much less so. The unit also had a handful of basic effects to complement those samples. In contrast, and for only $100 more, the HeadRush Flex Prime uses meticulously crafted models of LOTS and LOTS of actual popular amps, effects, cabinets and IRs too. I finally have the full spectrum of guitar tones spanning from the 50s through today, accurately and faithfully reproduced, right down to the feel of how the tones respond to my fingers, pick, dynamics and note muting techniques. I am currently feeding it into my Spark FRFR cabinet and it sounds terrific, and ay all volume levels too. Getting satisfying, album-like tones at low volume levels is one of the benefits of using a FRFR based system. A conventional tube amp has to be cranked to ear-splitting levels to get the tones we crave, but that our wives and neighbors hate to also have to listen to. This unit supposedly has the exact same technical innards and sound models as the bigger, more expensive HeadRush units, and each tonal patch allow up to fifteen ‘blocks’ including an amp and cab, and are almost endlessly tweakable, but easily and in instantly musically ways. I’ve had it now for about a month and have already created the dozen or so patches I need to cover 90% of what I need. The learning curve is about an hour, but the combinations of tonal elements near infinite, and so I’ve barely scratched the surface. But the results are accurate, satisfying and most importantly, INSPIRING! You just want to play for hours! But it doesn’t stop there. Included is their ‘Revalver 5.0’ software, a program where you can modify amp models’ internal circuitry and build rigs that can ultimately be transferred to your physical unit. There’s also their ‘Amp Cloner’ software for capturing your own amps’ tones should you have a specific amp sound you’d like to take everywhere you go without having to lug your heavy tube amp head/combo and half/full stack. I’m just getting into these so look for a follow-up review in another few months. Is the experience the same as standing in front of a raging stack blasting at 120 db while your pant legs flutter? No. But in my mind it’s better. You get to hear the tones you’re actually chasing, like you hear on the albums, at any volume you want. And they sound right because this little box has accurate models of the amps that created them, not just the one or two tones your stack provides.

## Features

- Powerful Multi-Core Processor and High Resolution 4-Inch Touch display with guitarist-centric interface - Simply touch, swipe, and drag-and-drop to instantly create and edit your perfect tone
- Versatile library of realistic & responsive amplifier, cabinet, mic and FX models that will be expanded with regular firmware updates based on user feedback plus USB Audio Interface
- All the Connections – Features a ¼-inch guitar in, switchable (2) ¼-inch TRS outs, a 1/8-inch headphone out, 5-Pin MIDI in/out via (2) 1/8"-to-MIDI adapters, plus an onboard ¼-inch stereo FX loop
- Over 300 precision-captured impulse responses, meticulously crafted in IoSR Studios, or load your own third-party IRs with virtually unlimited storage for IRs with 1024 and 2048 sample lengths
- Fully-Assignable Expression Pedal for Maximum Control - Two powerful modes: Classic Mode and Advanced Mode, alongside a toe switch to switch between two banks
- Gapless Preset Switching with Reverb/Delay Tail Spillover for fluid and seamless rig changes; Hands Free Mode for on-the-fly editing

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B09BZZJ9FY |
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,923 in Musical Instruments ( See Top 100 in Musical Instruments ) #6 in Multieffects Processors |
| Color Name | MX5 - black |
| Compatible Devices | Guitar |
| Connector Type | 6.35mm Jack, 3.5mm Jack, USB |
| Customer Reviews | 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars (730) |
| Date First Available | August 18, 2021 |
| Hardware Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 3.52 pounds |
| Item model number | MX5 |
| Power Source | Corded Electric |
| Product Dimensions | 11.76 x 6 x 2.76 inches |
| Signal Format | Analog |
| Standing screen display size | 4 Inches |
| Voltage | 12 Volts |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** HEADRUSH
- **Color:** MX5 - black
- **Item Weight:** 1.6 Kilograms
- **Product Dimensions:** 11.76"L x 6"W x 2.76"H
- **Style:** MX5

## Images

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## Questions & Answers

**Q: Can you use a lithium battery  pack to power the Headrush mx5?**
A: if it were me i would use 6x 18650 2 packs of 3 to hit 12.5 vdc , then use a 7809 vreg or a dc step down to hit 9 v dc . i have done this in the past  no problem with all sorts of digital multi effects

**Q: I have read from several people, the pedal is failing after a few months, I just ordered it online (amazon) what happens if, for example, after 4 or 5**
A: Hi, HeadRush support here! We are unaware of any problems regarding the featured expression pedal, however, we are always here to help you if for any reason an issue arises. Please feel free to contact our support team directly - amzsupport@headrushfx.com

**Q: Do you have a Dumble model in the amps?**
A: Hi, HeadRush support here! MX5 does not feature a Dumble amp model. A list of the included amp and effects models can be found here - headrushfx.com/products/mx5

**Q: Can this be 100% ouput to headphones? I don't have an amp that has an effects loop or a decent speaker**
A: Hi, HeadRush support here! Yes, MX5 features the ability to route all audio to your headphones! MX5 even features Global EQ capabilities; allowing you to fine-tune your presets to compliment the frequency response of virtually any headphones!

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ FANTASTIC multi-effects processor (if you are somewhat tech savvy)
*by A***. on August 2, 2023*

I am extremely happy with this purchase and was pleasantly surprised at the build and versatility of this little tank. First and foremost, while I didn't go through all of the literally hundreds of built-in effects and amp modelers that come with the device, I played around with them enough to know that they are decent, but not mind-blowing. The good thing about that though is there are tons of resources on the web where you can download free and premium (paid) IRs (Impulse Responses) and guitar rigs to faithfully recreate the perfect tones you are wanting from top artists and songs, as well as pre-designed IRs, rigs, and tones that were curated by pros with way more time, patience, and skill than me. I ended up deleting pretty much all of the stock IRs and rigs from the device and I'm replacing them with third-party amps and effects that I use for my own style of playing. All of the ones I've put on the device sound incredible so far even through my cheap Danelectro Nifty Fifty practice amp, and I'm beyond pleased and excited to find what else is out there. The touchscreen is bright and responsive, and is pretty intuitive once you know what you're looking at. Adding new tones is a fairly simple process of plugging your MX5 into your computer, go to Global Settings -> USB Transfer and all of the effects, rigs, and IRs will then be displayed in your File Explorer. You can delete, replace, remove and upload to your heart's content using this method. Now, for the trickier part - operating the pedal has a good bit of a learning curve. I've found it to be pretty essential that, if you don't have a brain that likes playing with tech and figuring things out, a thorough reading of the manual is a must. Since there are only three stomp switches, putting together a "setlist" with multiple guitar rigs and learning how to switch between them took me about an hour or so of playing around to figure out and I still have to pause for a moment to remember how to do certain functions (although the more I use it, I'm getting faster). That aside, I am still giving this the 5-star rating it deserves due to the fact that I KNEW going into it that having only three switches would make things slightly more complicated. That is no fault of the manufacturer, but rather part of the design and the price I signed up for when buying this. I will say, however, that I plan to get the HeadRush Prime in light of the fact that it gives you much more control by having 12 switches as opposed to three (so that I can trigger and control individual effects without needing to perform complicated switching on the fly to get to a specific component). Overall, I highly recommend the MX5 for those who may not need a ton of instant versatility and dynamics and maybe only want to play with a handful of guitar tones at any given time. The pedal itself is designed well, sounds GREAT, and is more than enough for most types of guitar playing out there.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ As Good As It Gets at This Price!
*by D***6 on February 18, 2025*

I love the tones I hear on recordings of my favorite guitarists. THOSE are the sounds I want to hear when I’m playing. So my new ‘rig’ is a powered FRFR cabinet being fed by a digital modeler front end. I tried the $399 Tonex unit and found it mostly excellent except that it isn’t a true modeling amp but rather a unit built around specific tone samples. Some were fantastic, others much less so. The unit also had a handful of basic effects to complement those samples. In contrast, and for only $100 more, the HeadRush Flex Prime uses meticulously crafted models of LOTS and LOTS of actual popular amps, effects, cabinets and IRs too. I finally have the full spectrum of guitar tones spanning from the 50s through today, accurately and faithfully reproduced, right down to the feel of how the tones respond to my fingers, pick, dynamics and note muting techniques. I am currently feeding it into my Spark FRFR cabinet and it sounds terrific, and ay all volume levels too. Getting satisfying, album-like tones at low volume levels is one of the benefits of using a FRFR based system. A conventional tube amp has to be cranked to ear-splitting levels to get the tones we crave, but that our wives and neighbors hate to also have to listen to. This unit supposedly has the exact same technical innards and sound models as the bigger, more expensive HeadRush units, and each tonal patch allow up to fifteen ‘blocks’ including an amp and cab, and are almost endlessly tweakable, but easily and in instantly musically ways. I’ve had it now for about a month and have already created the dozen or so patches I need to cover 90% of what I need. The learning curve is about an hour, but the combinations of tonal elements near infinite, and so I’ve barely scratched the surface. But the results are accurate, satisfying and most importantly, INSPIRING! You just want to play for hours! But it doesn’t stop there. Included is their ‘Revalver 5.0’ software, a program where you can modify amp models’ internal circuitry and build rigs that can ultimately be transferred to your physical unit. There’s also their ‘Amp Cloner’ software for capturing your own amps’ tones should you have a specific amp sound you’d like to take everywhere you go without having to lug your heavy tube amp head/combo and half/full stack. I’m just getting into these so look for a follow-up review in another few months. Is the experience the same as standing in front of a raging stack blasting at 120 db while your pant legs flutter? No. But in my mind it’s better. You get to hear the tones you’re actually chasing, like you hear on the albums, at any volume you want. And they sound right because this little box has accurate models of the amps that created them, not just the one or two tones your stack provides.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great product at a fraction of the price of the big boys!
*by Y***1 on January 26, 2026*

I have all of the Tonex Line and 2 Valeton GP-5 pedals and 2 versions of the Sonicake modelers but none compare to this. The ease of creating and editing a rig is amazing. The sounds are great and I found a lot of pre-created free rigs online and loaded many IRs to create my own. I love the vintage Tweed and Vox IR sounds and the versatility of the rig editing on the browser based app is unsurpassed. Very high quality!

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