Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

It is as simple as anything I have ever used. For gods sake, you step on it! the controls are straight foreward, really.

I love the sound that this pedal throws at you.

all I use is this pedal, and some times my Boss ME - 33, to add a delay or flange. it sounds amazing.

I use it with a Strat, a Les Paul, and an Ibanez Roadstar, into any Peavey amp

hell yeah, I have thrown it out the window a few times, I have dropped it numerous times, I jump on it like a madman......

I would trust it with all my money, but more importantly, I trust it with my sound, its trust worthy.

no upgrades, this company rocks

I play everything from John Coltrane to Cannibal Corpse, It packs a punch, and I also use it with minimal distortion, I guess as sort of an equalizer. I have been playing for 8 years.

If this was stolen, I would Buy 5 more, just in case they ever got stolen again.

I dont hate anything about it.

it is top of the line, If this pedal didnt exist though, I would be using a Behringer Ultra Metal, that is the only thing comparable.

it doesnt get in the way

Very straightforward Boss Pedal. All the knobs do exactly what they state. BUT, the Mid control is where you will find the most variation in tone. Use a 9V battery or AC adapter, I recommend the adapter. The tone gets really thin and weak, if your batteries are even slightly down on power.

A friend of mine gave me this pedal about 2 years ago and I didn't even bother plugging it in and trying it out. I was a tone snob at that time. I thought its never going to come close to my current setup, ADA MP-1 --> Peavey 50/50 Power Amp --> 4x12 cabinet. Well one day, I gave it a whirl and I was BLOWN away. So now I don't have the rack setup, because this one pedal does that job so much better.

This pedal is a lot more versatile than its name implies. I can go from SRV-ish tone to Metallica with just the volume knob on my guitar. Btw, I'm using a Schecter C1+ with Seymour Duncan JB Bridge and Jazz Neck.

The key to getting the tone you want in this pedal is the mid knob(s). Make sure you play around with it for a while, the difference in tone is staggering.

My setup... Level 12'o clock, High 3'o clock, Low 11'o clock, Middle 9'o clock, Mid Freq 10'o clock, dist 12'o clock. This goes directly into a Peavey Bandit 112 (don't laugh! LOL) with the clean channel set at Vintage and all the tone controls set at 12'o clock. Turn the volume up to taste.

I recently went to Samash to try and see if I can get this sound out of another amp. Tried Marshall JVM something, Randall Head, Line6 Vetta II combo... not even close.

NO issues... it will probably survive a nuclear blast.

Have not had a need to.

I play hard rock, heavy metal and occaisonally dabble in thrash. I've been playing for 18 years and have tried quite a few pedals and amps out there. The Metalzone nails the tone I'm going for. Set it up and hit a E power chord, you will feel it in your gut... rich and powerful tone. I am open to trying other pedals, but I don't think I will ever get rid of this one. I've dialed in my sound and I don't anticipate ever changing from it.

Okay, here's the deal here with some of the bad reviews of this product: They are simply morons.

The Boss Metal Zone is an excellent pedal that has a high degree of customization available to the end user. I suspect most of the complaints against this product are with people who either have seriously shitty amps to begin with, or just don't want to spend the time necessary to tweak the proper tone out of the thing. I give it an 8 for ease of use because it is not a plug-n-go kind of pedal. It NEEDS to be fine tuned and dealt with to get the sound out of it that you need. If you want that sort of thing, try out the BOSS Metal Core pedal, but be warned: That pedal is more expensive and it does NOT have the same degree of customization that the Metal Zone has.

The manual is fine, but I felt just fine jumping into it head first without any instruction. That's how you find YOUR sound, anyway.

My favorite artists are Alexisonfire, A Wilhelm Scream, and similar bands. But getting their sound is not what I care about, I wanted to get a sound that I felt was unique, at least, to me.

My setup is pretty decent, I feel. I've got a Schecter C-1 Hellraiser with an EMG 81/60 combo. Going through a Fender Twin 100 watt tube amp. Now, the Fender Twin is one of the best combo amps I've ever had the pleasure of using. With the effects loop, I've got my BOSS chromatic tuner chained with this thing and it's wonderful. I've gotten a bit of crap from my bandmate because I route the pedals this way (he feels the tuner should be on the main line in between the guitar and the amp's input), but I've found this setup works great. The way I've got things set up on this thing, I never even need the amp's footswitch-- I just hit the Metal Zone pedal again when I need my clean tone and it works great.

Christ, it's a BOSS pedal. You can probably jump on the thing and not even come close to breaking it.

I've never had to deal with BOSS but I've heard great things.

I play in a band that does a punk and metal fusion sort of thing, and it excels for this sound. I've been playing guitar for four or five years now and I'm in my first project. Admittedly I am inexperienced, but I'm playing with a dude who has been in two bands prior and has been playing for over ten years and he has guided me with his supreme wisdom in an almost infallible manner. This pedal fits the bill and if it were lost or stolen I would almost certainly replace it. As far as other gear, I've got an assortment of acoustic and electric guitars and basses as well as the BOSS chromatic tuner, plus a Roland Microcube practice amp. It's good as gold, man. Good as gold. That's all you need to know.

6 knobs in total - its not very easy getting the sound you want out of this pedal its taken me months to find sounds that im happy with but when you do the position the dials in will stick in your head forever because it sounds amazing.
manual is pretty shit and it has those mid controls which are very powerfull if u wanna scoop or add mids (can get a bit harsh) but then that freq thing is complicated to get the sound u want.

using it with a line 6 spider2 30 watt and sometimes with a allums modded dyna comp after it. the distortion is very agressive sounding hard hitting and sharp it is good for moddern metal but that can all be smoothed out with a compressor if u need to. it has stacks of bass stacks of treble and you can scoop out loads of mids or add in even more it has a huge tonal range to choose from and anfter shit loads of tweaking you get the sound you want. some of you may disagree but i think i get a good dimebag/pantera sound it also nails metallicas earlier stuff.

boss = built like a tank = ment for stamping on.

never needed

ace

Its pretty strait forward. The manual gives you about 4 preset sounds that you could make which is helpful in creating you own tone.

I have had this pedal for a while and i just fell in love with it all over again. Its easy enough to get a good chord chomping tone from it but i can get some great lead sound as well...its more vers. than I thought it would be. The only problem is that if your not running it on a copper-top (witch may not last through a whole gig) use a Boss adapter cuz most other off brand adapters will give your amp a light buz (not enought to ruin the show but loud enough to piss you off).

300 years from now someone will find this pedal and it will still work...why??? Because its BOSS!!!

Boss doesnt need customer support!

This thing is great. I think im going to get another one so that i can have one for my rythem and another for Kick-A@# leads...this thing is great for me and i play anything from Folk to Rock to Hip-hop, and i can get it to sound like whatever i want.

Ease of Use,Well it depends on How you can hit a Chord/Note and adjust.

Sound Quality is Very Good EXCEPT The Nasaly Mids.Get a Mod done to it. Other than that,lemme put it to you Guys this way.I have been on a few "Death Metal" Bands Websites recently,and they are using it!! That May mean something.And these are BIG Name Bands That EVERY Metal Head Knows. Reason why a "10" is because of the mods out there.If No mod,a 7.5-8.The Boss Metal Zone is a Great Foundation that COULD be Awaken.

Hence the name "Stompbox" Built very rugged.

Well $19.99 for a Owners Manual + $5.00 S&H is alittle(ALOT)on the high side,but you can always download it from their website for free.

Style(s) of Playing,,Hmm Thrash,Death,etc,you get the Picture. For My other side(Rockabilly) this isnt a choice pedal,BUT if you tweak it(And it takes time),She will do good.How long have I been Playing?? Off and On since I was 14(ok,lemme think,,carry the 2) Thats 18 Years!!?? Time has gone By! If it was stolen,You bet I'd Buy another one,and ship it out to mod again.

Easy. Plug in and turn the knobs.

Excellent! Tons of tonal capabilities. I can't believe some people say they can't get a good sound out of it. Some people just like to be tone snobs, I think.

It's a Boss man.

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Great pedal. I got one for use with my 15w VOX Pathfinder and now I have a killer practice setup. The VOX cleans are outstanding and now with the MT-2 I can get all the dirty drive distortion crunchy gain metal tone I could ever need. (Don't pay $100 for one, check Ebay get one for about 1/2 that.)

EASY to use and set if you mess w/ it enough.

Kicks butt! Deep, lush, grinding, dark, and smooth METAL. All depends how ya adjust the EQ's on this thing. Much different sound than the other Boss dist./overdrive pedals, but that's the point here. Don't mod it, leave it as is, sounds great (to my ears).

Great-built tough-as long as you take care of your things, it lasts.

no idea

Great pedal for what I like.

It takes a bit of twiddling to get some good sounds out of this pedal, but there are 6 knobs: Level, High, Low, Mids, Mid Range, and Dist. which allows for a lot of versatility. Unfortunately it means a lot of setting sound like shit on toast, and turning the dist knob all the way up isn't going to get you the sound you want, I guarantee it. BUT the knobs aren't all the sensitive and settings seem pretty consistent.

Like I said you can get a LOT of different tones from this pedal, you probably wont get it to sounds EXACTLY like anybody, but it can get close to pretty much any distortion sound. Downside is that the pedal is very hissy, especially with the "fuller" distortion sounds. I have run this through a Peavey Practice Amp, a Crate RFX65, an Ampeg SuperJet, and a Vox Valvetronix AD50VT-212, and It never sounded fantastic but always sounded good. I have also played it through my various rented bass amps on bass and it sounds good on that but you do loose a little bottom end.

Like everyone says a Boss is a Boss, and I treat this one like it can take it, and it can. No mechanism problems, I only give a 9 because sometimes the LED is a little unreliable on mine.

I play bass and guitar for a psychedelic noise band and this works better for the bass, I prefer to use my vintage RAT for guitar. I haven't been playing for all that long (2 years) but I am a gearhead and have compared this to many pedals. Honestly I wouldn't worry about it if I lost it, I might get something else, The two mid controls are the real unique feature on it that works some good metal magic, we will see how it compared to the homemade pedal I'm working on.

you know i've use a lot of muti effects and none of them seems to capture the sound of MT2,,, sometimes when you mix some patches on a multi effects a lot of feed back and noise come out from this effects but when you use boss it realy completes the noise reduction from feedback earasure.. for me it souds realy fine.. easy to twist the knobs from its right positions.....

tough gadget my fried.... something that you can relly on...

it helps to create more metal sounds compare to other effects..