Boss MD-2

Relatively easy to use, probably could do with less knobs.

Use an epiphone les paul and have tried it out on quite a few amps from a cheap carlsbro, to a marshall dfx to a jcm800 half stack and it majorly sucks with all of them! I cant get even a half decent sound out of it at all, it colours the tone of my guitar to the extent that it sounds like a keyboard! Problems with feedback too. Its a shame, I thought once I got a decent amp it might shine, but I was wrong...
If you want a heavy sound at all in my humble opinion stay away!

Sturdy as a brick, shame its about as useful

Never dealt with manufacturer.

I play hard rock and some metal and this thing doesnt cut the mustard at all. Some people obviously like it but there's no way I would recommend it if you played heavy metal, even my zoom 606 distortion sounds are infinitely fuller and more vibrant than the fuzzy synth noise you get from this.

Very easy to use. Manual offers all the information you need. Level, tone, bottom ajust, gain, and distortion knobs. Does take a while to get the right sound with your amp (I suggest don't dime anything at first).

Running an ESP SC-200 -> MD-2 -> EQ-7 -> Roland Cube 30. The pedal doesn't create any noise at all, besides a little bit of bass hum with all the knobs dimed. You shouldn't be doing that anyway, so don't worry about it. I keep mine at around Tone 3 O'clock, Bottom 3 O'Clock, Distortion 4 O'Clock, Gain 2 O'Clock. Gives me a good grind that sends me across the room every time I hit a chord. However, it does muddle anything beyond 3 string power chords, so be warned. Even power chords sounded a little blanketed, so I suggest roll off a little bottom and use an EQ if you have one. With the EQ engaged, I get a great Tool/Linkin Park/Deftones sound. For soloing, it's not the best (you won't get that shrill Judas Priest overdrive tone), but it does seem to have more heft than say the Metal Zone.

It's a BOSS.

Never dealt with BOSS, all their products are very reliable.

I play lots of alternative and art rock, and this thing fits the bill pretty good for my style. Think Incubus, Deftones, Tool, A Perfect Circle, ect. It's a pretty good match. Don't expect stellar tone out of a stomp box into a practice amp, though. If it was stolen, I'd be pissed and probably hop on eBay and get another one, since they run cheap there. I love the heavy, smooth, full distortion tones this thing offers. However, it basically sucks for that 80's metal palm mute riffage, so don't attempt to use it for that. Palm mutes sound muddled and fuzzed over.

I think that this peddal is easy to get good sound out of. It has a meaty sound, but sometimes can be too much. the manual had a standard set ups which were quite good at first. but i learnt more that u can do with it :D

im using it with a yamaha pacifica because i cant afford a gibson yet. i think its not very noisy. the effects are good for general play.... but it needs more when u play solo's, i cant find the right peddel to give it a really good sound when u play solo's.

its indestructable....

none needed, indestructable....

its good for general metal/emo play but during solo's it needs more meet and depth, but not to the extent all u can hear is the bass....

level, tone, bottom, distortion and gain boost. very easy to dial good sounds. a little patience to get great sounds.

just plain great!
this is a very chunky distortion pedal. think tool for example. I'm using a gibson SG with this pedal and a marshall in clean or semi-dirty settings. and this pedal has way better tones than the marshall I have (it's AVT20) which some people would laugh at me because of this! well, it's not like the amp, IMO amp is way clearer and less gain. the pedal is compressed and can be dialed to a scoop mids tone which you can't really have with a marshall.
anyway,
it's a fun pedal with a lot of versatility.

oh baby... kick it harder.

it's a very cheap pedal if you think about the quality!
it's versatile and has all the gain you'd ever need withot turning them all the way up. honestly I'm playing a lot of hi-gain stuff and I only set both knobs to 12 o'clock. that's all!
if you want gain you gotta have some hot pickups! get EMGs, SD distortions... stuff like that. nobody can get a chunky heavy tone out of some vintage sounding single-coils! not that I don't like them, it just doesn't fit.

MD-2 is a great dist./OD pedal. and it's cute, too!!!

There is small manual, some standard setups ... It's not hard to us but you need some time to set the best sound.

I have Hughes&Kettner Club Reverb 65W, Cort KX1F Katana. MD-2 work fine with them. It's noisy when you put it too high ... You need, a Noise Gate. It's very good for metal and rock because you fit it to yourself like a suite. It's better than MT-2 pedal.

Muhahaha ... Russian Tank - no way to destroy - BOSS :)

I never need any support ...

If you need good distortion pedal you need to test them but for me MD-2 is the best. MT-2 have too bad sound forme. DS-1 is not so powerful like MegaDistortion :)

5 knobs for tweaking, 1 button for stomping. Very easy to use.

If you don't know what you're doing with the gain knobs you won't like this pedal.

I own an ESP LTD F-50, I run it through a Boss NS-2, MD-2, and GE-7, into a Rogue 100W 2x12 amp.

One day I had the opportunity to try out every Boss pedal. Every one. I was looking for a distortion pedal.

The SD-1: Too weak. Went well with a good amp overdrive, though.
DS-1: Too weak. Tone control sucked.
MT-2: Very harsh and artifical, very thin sounding
MD-2: Woah...

This pedal is VERY full sounding. It has a highly tweakable bottom end, which when lowered will get you a nice thrashy tone. The highs are gritty, but not to the point that it'll hurt your ears.

The two gain knobs give this pedal a lot of versatility. You can go from a VERY convincing light overdrive with both knobs all the way down to a fuzzy, noisy mess with both at full.

You have to remember the difference between Gain and Distortion to use them right. Gain is overdriving the sound. Distortion is clipping it. The Gain will sound (somewhat) tubey and natural and the distortion will sound harsher. I prefer the Gain all the way up and the Distortion knob to be tweaked to perfect the tone.

This pedal gives me a perfect skull crushing low end. It's so much heavier than anything I could do with any of the other pedals.

For leads, it can sound harsh, but switching to a neck pickup or both pickups will give you a very smooth, very full lead sound.

It's built out of solid steel. I trust it to survive.

Never had to contact them.

I enjoy this pedal. It works very well with the heavy metal and hard rock that I like to play.

I do NOT agree with a few people here who said that this wasn't a metal pedal. It works VERY well for metal.

I have probably the cheapest set up you could get. Total I've payed 550 dollars for my setup ( guitar, amp, pedals, everything ). Right now I have a tone that's just as good as many amps costing twice as much as my entire setup.

I intend to upgrade to a Behringer LX-1200H Halfstack and an Edwards E-FR-120GT. I will probably keep my current pedals even with the upgraded amp and guitar.

This pedal is super easy to use just stomp on it and go! She only has one sound no matter where the knobs are set, and that is so FULL SHRED!

I run this lil orange killer into a variety of Rouge, Crate, Peavey, and Behringer amps....(you know the ones with all the killer effects built in). I only like to use "top drawer" gear if you can feel me.

Anyways....the only way I can describe the sound of this demon forced down the throat of my amps clean channel on 10 is that it is Super High Intensity Turbo! Or shit for short.....yep I said it!.. this pedal sounds like shit!

This monster is built like a Sherman tank. Great design. I Tossed it out a two story window onto pavement and it still delivers the Super High Intensity Turbo!

Roland and Boss................nuff said.

I only play tunes that totally kill.....nuff said. I have been playing detuned one finger power chords for 25 years now. Sometimes I use my first finger...sometimes my third. But they will all crush your skull!
I can't mention what would happen if it were stolen.......for legal purposes.
If you wanna annialate, and destroy everything in your path.........man this box has the S.H.I.T.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, it's got manual, but only for idiots...
Very straight forward set up, so I got into my set up in no time.
Some people will take more time to find right sound from their Guitar&Amp....Play with knobs then you will get it!

Firstly, my set up was suggested by local music shop based on my guitar and amp.
My set up is Epiphone LP stanadrd, Morley Wah, Boss MD-2, Ibanez CF7, Boss GE7, Boss NF1, to Marshall-MG30cd.
I tried only the MD2 into the amp, I was very impressed with the sounds, it's got plenty of bottom and middle, with warm, good amounts of tone adjustable...
After connecting all loops, there were very different sounds and tone, heavy distorted sounds are great...just love it!
I play 80' hard rock and 90' heavy metal...I can get exact sound of Randy Roads, and Guns and Roses.
Only thing you have to experiment is playing two knobs- dist and Gain Boost...It generates very different or crapy sound sometimes when you set up differently with these two knobs.

It's BOSS...!!!

Never needed help.

I've had this one for 4 weeks now, I've tried few different distortion pedals in different brands, but MD2 gave the best sound I was looking for. I also, loved Boss MT2(Metal Zone), but MD2 has got more natural wide distorted sounds, that gives you options to play 70~80 Rock, up to very heavy metal music.
If stolen, I will get another one without doubt.
I've read the reviews on this site, some people are not happy with this pedal and gave very low score. BUT...I must say that "Check your Guitar or Amp"...it's all depends on your basic equipment you have, it's only a guitar effect, it's not a magic stomp box!...

it is rather difficult unless you know EXACTLY what sound you want. so if you're going after a crappy distortion sound there ya go.

i have a gibson les paul standard running into a fender deluxe tube amp. this thing sucked. it muddied up my amp and made my guitar sound like a crappy squier w/ a cheap pick-up. I had it for 3 days and took it back to guitar center because i felt so ripped off and embarressed for even buying it. I got an ibanez turbo tube screamer and i don't regret that. The md2 just isn't "nu-school" or "old school" or any-school that matter besides muddy-rip-off-school. DO NOT BUY THIS HUNK OF JUNK!!!!

WEAK! VERY WEAK AND CHEAP SOUNDING...TONE IS DISGUSTING

Typical Boss, simple knobs to tweak the sound. User Manual supplied is adequate as with all Boss stuff.

Ahhh sound quality.....I wouldn;t use the word quality and MD2 in the same sentence.....this has to be the worst distortion pedal I have ever bought and it went back in the box after about a month of desperately trying to get any sort of half decent sound out if it....it is now packed away in the loft where it shall remain !!!

I have 3 valve amps all good quality, but no matter what you do the sound is awful and mushy, buzzy noise....nothing like the demo on the Boss cd. Maybe it would sound ok through a Marshall Valve Head with a 4x12 cab....but then why would you buy this pedal in this case ???

Built to last, like all Boss pedals.

No experience/

I would not recommend this pedal to anyone at any level....buy the MT2 if you want some kind of tone, or try one of the Marshall pedals like the JackHammer....or if you have enough money look at one of the boutique pedals....but please don't buy this awful piece of equipment !!