Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Can't beat boss stuff for ease of use. That's why they're the biggest in their field next to quality of course. The EQ adds a most necessary complication to setting up but it is SO worth the extra time and effort.

Does metal really well but also tones down to do some nice crunchy blues stuff. That said though, if you buy one of these your generally looking to play the more heavy stuff.

The extensive EQ adds a fantastic amount of flexibility and I would have to say the EQ is the heart of the MT-2's success imo.

I use a Hamer SATQ with a JB/Jazz setup through a Marshall TSL 602 on the clean channel. The MT-2 is a quiet pedal. To be fair, I can't really compare this with any other pedal because I've not extensively tried others but I can't imagine anything better to be honest.

Only had it a couple of months but judging by the experiences I've had with other Boss pedals this is never going to be an issue.

Not had to use them.

The only thing I could possibly knock this pedal on would be battery consumption. I did use rechargeable in all my pedals and the MT-2 used to get through 2 of these in a 3 hour gig.

I've done the right thing and bought a dedicated power supply now.

If it were lost or stolen I would try other pedals first such as the Metal Core but I suspect I would come back to the MT-2 pretty sharply.

the eq on this pedal is very easy to use whilst offering a wide range of sounds. also you can go from low gain to insane distortions with just 1 twist

i use this with a epiphone les paul classic a marshall mg amp and a dunlop wah-wah, and even tho the lp is not really a metal guitar i can get a real thick distorted sound out of the classic's pickups with this pedal. Good for most metal sounds it can go from a high gain overdrive to insane thrash and heavy metal distortion. my fav setting is bass-3 oclock treble-2 oclock mid- 11 0clock middle freq- 1 oclock and gain 3 oclock this is a good general metal setting good for lead and rhythm. only problem is feedback after incresing gain more that 4 oclock

its boss no more needed 2 be said. my old boss pedal i had for 1yr with no probs before getting the mt2 and no probs so far

never needed

great for metal and hard rock i luv this pedal especialy as my small marshall canot give my that really heavy distorted sound. well worth the money. i prefer this to every other boss distortion i hav used best feture is the eq. really helps sound like my fav artist especially metallica without havin to spend lots of money on guitars with emg pickups and big amps.works well with my epiphone les paul classic marshall mg15dfx and dunlop crybaby

Parametric EQ takes some getting used to. Manuals starting EQ settings are mildly useful

Epiphone V with Marshall MG head. Using 4x10 cab with emminence speakers.

I'm doing this review on the pedal I modded.

I just put an extra diode with a forward voltage of .1v in series with one of the clipping diodes. Since the stock diodes were back to back of the same type, this additional one should make the waveform slightly asymetrical and add a little more sweetness (which the pedal needs).

Generally speaking I only really use this pedal in drop tunings (usually just stantard drop D). It has a certain whine that doesn't really sound too appealing to me for standard tuning or melodic leads and such. After the mod the whine is a little more stylish and useable but its still something you have to play with before it sounds like music.

Since its not really a very chunky sound, I use the pedal for faster type of songs. Like speed chug stuff that is played with fast double-bass drums.

Theres some great screaming harmonics that are great when played on lower strings.

The biggest effect this mod did was make the chug-attack a little larger/realistic/3-dimensional (how do you really describe a sound in words). Its still the MT2 with a very slight amound of color to it. I was going to mod it more but after I checked my work on adding the diode I was pretty satisfied with it so I stopped where I was.

In my opinion its not very versatile but I think it covers its intended sound pretty good. Solos and leads can work great espescially if you spice them up with the pinch harmonics which come out great on it. You just have to watch your playing because the whine is unforgiving.

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Works great. Stock is definately ok but the mod gives it a little extra tonal edge to make the chug stand out.

Also, if you are a modder, this is a very configurable pedal, schematics are easy to find and easy to read. Plus there are many other people that mod this so there are a lot of suggestions you can find online.


Just ask me for sound clips and I'll send them. I have 1 song made pre-mod and I'm probably going to make a bunch of new clips now that I've done it.

if you put all the controls at 12 o clock you will get a pretty good sound to start with so thats easy .....

i would say in this position it's very middly kind of brian may and michael schenker ....so if you take that as your starting point .....you can boost the bass and go for a Sabbath sound or boost the trebles for a more 80's metal sound ......

i don't know if Boss meant to do it but they've voiced this pedal for a real Randy Rhoads sound....... a sort of rasping middle but with more bass or treble if you need it ...

usual boss very good

if i had to sum it up i'd say...... Randy Rhoads .......very heavy .....but with clarity....

Lots of EQ options with para-mid boost & cut and bass/treb boost & cut. Gain-wise it's just about insane if that's what you like. Took me all of 10 minutes to find 3 settings that I'll use.
Well built, ac adapter at the top end-where they belong on ALL pedals. EZ battery changes, rubber bottom. Cool controls. Easy to dial in. Easy to use.

Les paul into MT-2 into Fender Blues Deluxe RI.
I dime the gain, dial in the mid freq to 2K and cut it down to near zero. Bass is set at 1-2 o'clock. Treb is at 12 o'clock. I run my LP at 2 on the volume pots and 7 on the tone pots. MT-2 volume is at 8 or 9 o'clock. At these settings the MT-2 is not noisy.

Perfect, thick bluesy overdrive-distortion with nice sustain and harmonic feedback. If I need more gain I move the LP pots up to 4 or 5.

The solo tone using the LP 490 R neck pickup is very dark, thick and bluesy. I'm Using the 498 T bridge pickup for the heavier rock tones with the MT-2. Monster rock tone that sings and sustains. The middle position sounds well balanced through this pedal for crunch rhythms.

I play in a classic rock & blues band so I need crunch, heavy distortion and solo power that cuts but doesn't overpower or sound stupid. The MT-2 is perfect for this.

I realize this is the quintessential METAL pedal but I like it for its versatile and wide ranging sonic potential. People are surprised when they see a Metal Zone on my board. I guess they think its reputation as a chug-chug pedal marks me as a Metallica wannabe. But when I open up the LP neck pickup for some Clapton/Cream solos or Page solos, all of that metal stuff goes out the window. The big secret to this pedal is relying on the instrument's volume and tone pots to feed a perfect signal into it so it can do the magic for me. It's a cheap, easy to use pedal for my blues / rock playing.

Okay, so when we're goofing off, noodling and chugging along with the really heavy stuff, I raise the mids to 12 o'clock and it's "chain saw city"-LOL. Finally, with the gain at near zero and the volume up, it does a nice gritty boost for thin blues solos. It almost sounds "strat-like" with the LP on 2, using the 490-R pickup.

Great Blues & Rock pedal besides all that metal stuff that it does so well. That's my story and I'm sticking to it! Ha ha. It's plenty versatile for what I do.

BOSS ...stupidly well built. Been using BOSS stuff since the early 80s. Never, ever had a piece of BOSS gear fail on me. Impossibly well constructed.

C'mon...who ever sends a pedal in to BOSS TO GET IT FIXED?

I have owned lots of BOSS & Roland gear over the years. I currently own a TR-2, MT-2, ME-5, CE-2 and a Roland Blues Cube (outstanding amp, by the way.) BOSS Roland makes top notch stuff in my opinion. My ME-5 pedals (I have two) are late 80's devices and they still crank just as well as the day they were bought.
The MT-2 is a classic-for sure. It's not JUST a metal headbanger tool. Since it has so much potential I have to say that it will serve up some nice blues and rock tones for players who give it a try.

When I run out the door to a jam with my Blues Junior or my Roland Blues Cube 30, I usually grab my MT-2 and my TR-2 pedals. With just these two I can go from surf to hard, butt-kicking rock and everything in between. Versatile, versatile, versatile.

i thought it was very easy to get the sound u wanted, if u are into a heavier sound, i went off the manual then adjusted to my likings.

i am using a crate head and behringer cab alond with a gothic v that has emg 81/85 set up, when the lvl is up loud its kinda noisey.

i have had mine for years and i never had a problem yet, i do suggest getting an adapter though

overall i think its a great pedal for fans of creed to metallica to dying fetus. if u are looking for an ac/dc feel i wouldnt reccomend it. if i lost it or it were stolen idk how much i would play till i got another one.

The metal zone is a very simple and easy pedal that has 6 control knobs,level,equalizers(high,low,middle,mid freq)and dist.And there is output and input.And is easy to turn on just by pressing on a footswitch.And there is a manual its simple and easy to read.The metal zone has not been upgraded yet.

Im using a Epiphone limited edition custome made molson canadian guitar with seymour duncon pickups with heavy bottom slinkys and a Rhoads flying V jackson and fender heavy picks with a practice amp.The metal zone is loud as hell just with all knobs at 12 o,clock.The Metal Zone is a powerful crushing grinding sound.And as you use it the sound still sounds great.I use this pedal for Metalica, Slayer ,Rage against the machine and Cannibal corpse and death metal and thrash and grunge.Using this pedal every soud you can get out of it is pretty good.

The pedal is very reliable I had battery in it for 1 year ad the pedal still sounded awesome.And I would totally use this in a gig.

Customer support was good and very freindly.You dot need t upgrade this pedal and you can get this pedal repaired

I play death metal,thrash,grunge,hard rock and this pedal can do all that.Ive been playing for 2 years,I own a crybaby and a me-20.If this were stolen I would replace it.I love the dark and heavy pounding sound but i hate that when youturn the dist or level al the way up you get a loud fuzz and the sound turns to muddy.My favourute feature are the eq's.I chose this one because its cheap and cool looking and good reveiws and the sound of the pedal.I wish thispedal had more low end.This pedal helps me make music because the sound has lots of aggresion.I recommend this pedal to metal heads!!!!!

This pedal is great but it takes sometime to get a good sound of it. Its not hard to figure out at all, especially if you read the manual because in it, it includes some really good presets that i have tried out. The fuzz, hard rock, and heavy metal presets sound the best, in my opinion. If you take the time to play around with the knobs it sounds great

It sounds good, not the greatest, but better than most pedals. It doesnt work well as and overdrive or medium distortion. It really shines when you cut the mid frequency and boost the mids. When you turn the distortion past 3 it sounds to muddy for me. Id keep it around 12 or 1

Its a BOSS... enough said

never had to never will

It works great in any genre. This is a very flexible pedal.

I bought this on eBay a few weeks ago and it took me around 15 minutes to get the sound I was looking for from it.
The controls are set out well with dual-pot tone controls so it's not too cluttered.
The knobs are very sensitive too so you don't need to crank them too far to get quite a radical change in tone.

I'm running this pedal through a Roland Cube30 and an Ibanez RG321 with standard INF3/4 pickups, the sound quality from the guitar/amp itself is pretty good but this pedal really picks it up a notch. clear highs and crisp mids, gritty punchy lows... Perfect!

My previous pedal was a Danelectro Black Paisley and I loved the sound of that, but playing with this MT-2 is just on another level. That was quite muddy and lost some clarity but this is fantastic!

I play a lot of styles megadeth/disturbed/john petrucci/neil zaza and this pedal can be tweaked to suit almost any tone you want... with the gain turned right down it's still driving pretty hard but with any amount of gain wind back the volume on the guitar and it cleans up nicely for short melow phrases where you don't want the drive to be noticably 'gone' with the pedal off...

What can I say? It's a BOSS! It's built to withstand getting driven over by a Challenger Tank... All BOSS pedals are virtually indestructible and this is no different. Foot switch feels smooth but firm, jacks and power socket feel tight and solid... Even though this was second hand when I bought it, you wouldn't know it by the feel of it.

I've not had to deal with BOSS for this pedal, but with my old flanger I had to get the footswitch/battery cover replaced and they were happy to supply me with a new cover/screw :)

Quite a pleasure to deal with to be honest.

I've used many overdrive/distortion pedals over my 18 years of playing... Marshall Guv'nor (Mk1), various BOSS overdrive/super overdrive pedals, Danelectro Daddy-O, Danelectro Fab Tone, the Danelectro Black Paisley I mentioned before... and in my oppinion and for my style of playing the MT-2 p***es all over the lot of them!

It has enough gain range to play anything from Gary Moore to Disturbed, enough tonal variation to do anything you would want with it at all.

Being called the Metal Zone leads you to think that this is ONLY for metal, but believe me, it can be used for any style at all! This is a VERY versatile pedal indeed!!

I would recommend one of these to anybody!!!

I've had one of these for years ...like since it came out .I have 2 now one stock and one I modded I like the tones of both for doing cover band work . The modded one sounds relitavely EVH but not quite but close after a bit of dialing in... depends on the room your in too .

gahh, took me about 15-20 minutes to get good sounds.
the manual...well i didnt bother reading it.

its pretty noisy yeah.but only when youpumpup the volume a bit.
the effects are strong and have a metallic, cool tone to it.i donno, try not to play blues or rock or something.getting a goodrock tone out of this is near impossible.now playing some metal is really easy.and its great for solos.
most of the settings i use are fantastic.
i dont have any complaint with the sound of the thing, except its noisy at high volume.

haha.

never tried.

i play metal, like megadeth???slayer and sometimes death metal like cannibal corpse.i also play power metal, or melodeath.for all these genres, this pedal brings out a great sound.
but for my blues music, or hard rock/rock n roll stuff, its a bit too...cold.
if it got stolen or lost, i would buy this again.
buy the adaptor btw, its a pain to keep buying batteries.

4 knobs and each one opens a whole new can of worms... spectacular

i just picked this up i dont usually use any thing other than amp distortion but my 84 jcm 800 is a pain in the ars to make quick changes on stage.... i don't... do not... i havent since highschool... played anything that is metal appart from maybe some of my solos, and i love the sound it is perfect when you keep the distortion under 5 or middle or noon or whatever. fact of the matter is this is versatility at its finest.

i hear it is great havent had it long enough to break it though :P

this is great for me and im not a metal head by any means i am excited to use it on upcoming gigs tours and even in the studio! for an idea of the type of music im using this in go to; bernadetteconnors.com and cheack out some tracks its not metal...

Kind of bizarre that the mid controls are built around the main knobs, but easy enough to use.

I tried running it with a Yamaha semi-hollowbody and a Fender Super Champ (tube and solid state hybrid). With all the settings set to noon, the distortion is colossal - too huge for anything but serious metal. It sounds like an overdriven Marshall stack, which, I think is the idea. Other than lightening quick licks or slow chugging, however, all nuances are lost with this pedal. The sustain also lacks. I was immediately disappointed the first time I plugged it in after getting it. The distortion sounds very fake when any levels are lowered below noon. Good mids, but difficult to adjust and keep subtlety. This pedal has two sounds: Heavy Metal and Tin Can.

Definitely dependable. As are all Boss pedals.

The Metal Zone pedal is really only suited for heavy metal players. Anything other than riff rock sounds terrible on it. It's not subtle enough for classic rock because it goes from zero to 11 instantly. If it were stolen or lost, I would definitely try a different Boss pedal like the overdrive or turbo distortion.

In my case manual is f***** useless (as usual) so it takes hell of a lot of time to get your sound and then even if you change settings on your amp or change the amp it all means nothing and you have to keep fiddling... again.

I've got Jackson Ke3 and marshall 1960 300W half stack, and once I set up mt2 the sound is so amazing that I forget about the misery of setting it up. It is quite noisy but noisegate makes it quiet.

I actually am one of those who think that boss effects are tanks, this thing took 4 years of heavy playing very well and i think it will outlive me

Seriously, have they even got one?

For thrash and death metal- perfect, it may take a lot of fiddling, but the sound is very rewarding.

I'm giving the easy of use an 8 due to the fact that you have to unscrew a thumb screw to get to the battery. I can't wait until this rolls under the couch some late smokey night and I never find the #uc&ing thing again.

Okay, for starters, I'm kinda new but I sat here side by side with a HardWire TL-2 Metal Distortion. I give the MT-2 an 8 and the TL-2 a 10. The Hardwire is astronomically better in everyway, sound, design, construction, ets. Plus no stupid plastic thumbsrews to loose!

Don't get me wrong, I like the MT-2. I got mine for $40 (new). A steal at that so whose complaining righ? Nuff said.

Well, let me hit on the damn thumb screw again. It's positined just below the footswitch. I know someday, I'm gonna stomp on this thing and break it. IF I don't loose it first. Let's just say, you're on a gig, you need to change the batteries, you in the parking lot or behind the stage or wherever... it's dark, you unscrew this damn thing... set it... Oh damn... where did I set that? I put it right here!!!! Now you don't have a Metal Distortion box because the foot lever switch won't stay closed or work w/o it.

Because this actually hasn't happened yet, I can't score it too low. Seriously, the knobs are hard plastic too. the TL-2 has SS knobs AND a rubber cover that covers the knobs for protection... you can throw this damn thing and never worry about it. SO SOLID.

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I'm gonna throw an 8 for overall value. Based on the fact I paid $40 for it new, it should get a 10 here, but... nah....

Pretty simple controls: level makes it louder, bass and hi's change the EQ, distortion gives you more distortion. The mid knob and the mid frequency knob gave me a little trouble, though. I had a hard time dialing in a sound that I liked. But overall, the pedal with give you a range of good sounds pretty easily.

I'm using mine with a variety of guitars. Basically, I put it through either a 1994 Fender American Tele, a 1988 Gibson SG with GFS Mean 90s in it, or a custom Tele I built with Hot Rails in the bridge and a Big Texas in the neck. I play through a 1960 Fender Champ. At bedroom levels, this pedal sounds pretty decent. If you jack up the volume at all, however, it starts sounding like a swarm of bees. The distortion isn't really very clean (if that makes any sense). Also, this sucker gets pretty noisy. I had to buy a MXR Smart Gate just to compensate, and noise gates just kill your tone. Also, no true bypass is a downer. I played with the MT-2 while I was still an amateur, and it never bothered me. But since I've gotten more serious lately, it won't cut it anymore.

My battery power supply broke, so now I have to run it through an adaptor. I think that might have been more my fault, though. But overall, Boss pedals are built like freaking tanks. I did gig with a backup.

The guys at Boss are easy to work with, and really know a lot about their products.

THIS IS NOT A REVIEW, IT'S INFORMATION FOR PROSPECTIVE BUYERS. THE MT-2 AND THE AXL DEQ2 AND JOHNSON DEQ2 PEDALS ARE EXACT THE SAME BUT WITH DIFFERENT ARANGEMENTS FOR THE POTS. THEY ALL HAVE IDENTICLE CIRCUIT BOARDS, IDENTICLE SPEC PARTS (AND IN MANY CASES, THE SAME PARTS) AND WORK IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY. AXL AND JOHNSON PEDALS ARE WAY CHEAPER THOUGH.

IT SOUNDS LIKE A DEQ2

ALTHOUGH THEY ARE EXACTLY THE SAME, THE BOSS PEDAL HAS A HIGHER BUILD QUALITY. SAVE YOUR CASH, GET A DEQ2, AND IF YOU LIKE IT, GET A MT-2 COS IT'LL PROBABLY LAST LONGER

It took me about ten minutes to find the right sound for me.It usally takes a little bit of tweaking to find the sound that is right for you.

I am running this through a Marshall MG15CDR (Piece of crap) and I play on a Esp Mh-250.The sound I can get on this pedal is absolutely amazing.

I would happily use this without a back up.

Haven't dealt with them.

I play music ranging from Sepultura to Cannibal Corpse and with this pedal you can go from soft rock to brutal death metal.I would recommend this to any people that play rock and metal.If this was stolen or lost I would by another one.

Extremely easy to use
simple dials, well diagramed to help out.
Easy to get a quick, chugging, squealing distortion from.

I use a ESP LTD M100-FM
Not the worlds best guitar
I use a Marshall 50-watt AVT
Not the worlds greatest amp
I just use your bog standard cables
With this setup i have found hardly any noise whatsoever
Barely realise its on half the time

The strength of this pedal is incredible
It sounds like an angry stack on fire
It really rips through riffs. Boosts solos to sound awesome
I have very few faults with this pedal.

It is really good for your metallica/megadeth and heavier sounds
Highly recommended pedal

This thing was built to withstand a bloody Nuclear war followed by an apocalypse
It just never breaks
I have delievered heavy abuse to this pedal. I have kicked it. Dropped it. Allsorts, ripped cables out of it
Even the jack sockets are sturdy.
No complaints at all
This section is perfect
I would definitly use this without a backup
Even the battery power is decent enough

Never had to deal with them
as pedal is most definitly bomb proof!

I have been playing 4 years, used several different amps, pedals and guitars. I work in a shop that sells guitars, amps and pedals. Everything you can imagine. Its hard to find a pedal this good until you start hitting the hundreds. I payed ??35 for mine on e-bay, in used but good condition.
If this pedal does not rip your face off you arent using it right!
This pedal is indestructible

Simple enough 4 knobs total. Bass, treble, parametric midrange, distortion, volume. IF you cant figure that out, get prescription eye glasses or learn how to play electric guitar

To put it simply if you don't play Thrash metal, death metal, metalcore, black metal, or extreme metal in general then look elsewhere. If your interpretation of metal is Black Sabbath, iron maiden, and deep purple then this pedal isnt for you as you will dont understand or appreciate the nuances of the MT-2 as it relates to metal. Get yourself the boss DS1 or go with regular amp distortion if you want a mild metal tone.. However, if you want the real standard Chugga Chugga palm mutes, razor sharp riffage of early metallica, and the general metal midrange of thrash/death/metalcore then this pedal is for you. The key is the parametric midrange EQ which give endless tonal possibilies.

Its been dropped, kicked, and has multiple scars but, still works like new

Very available...

As i said before this is for the broad spectrum of metal music. I've been playing for 10 years. I'm more of a hobbyist but am always searching for the metal perfect tone.. The closest I got to that point thus far is the Peavey 6505 and the Krankenstien but, to be fair, those are 1800 dollar amps while the MT-2 is a 100 dollar pedal so comparing apples to apples the metal zone as a pedal gets a 10. Of course thousand dollar amps are going to sound better but, if you put the metal zone in the right type of set up though a good tube power amp into a 4x12 cab for example, it can sound pretty damn close to a thousand dollar rig.. Who knows maybe even better

This pedal is very easy to use....
you can try your own sound as it has a great EQ with bass treble mid and mid cut .. you can also change the distortion level and the main voloume at it
its manual is pretty good it gives you some presets that you can use and they sound pretty nice
i give a 9 here

What setup (i.e. what guitars and amps) are you using this with?

i am using ESP guitars with humbucker pickups on it
and i am using a crybabeQ95 wah and valve amps mainly it give great distortion.

Is it noisy? On what settings?

It is noisy if you give a lot of distortion if you keep the distortion knob at high levels ... it can be used for heavy distorted riffs but i prefer to use it in lead parts
it kicks *** at solos :-)
Are the effects weak or do they always sound great?

it is not always great at sound cause you cant use it for every taste it is good on leads and on metal riffs

What amp are you using it with?

valve amps mainly

Can you get the sound of your favorite artists? Who are they?

it can give you some great lead sound like Hammett it can also give sound like Murray or smith ... it can give you a great metal lead sound but in rock riffs and leads i dont use it much

Are certain effects (distortion, chorus, ...) very good? Very bad?

i like it when i stack it with wah and reverb.... it is perfect
also chorus are good and does not lose sound quality
flanger is interesting if is stack with an MT-2



8 cause it doesnt cover big variety of sound th

Can you depend on it?

you can absolutely depend on it ... its a very strong pedal.. as i have it for long time it has felt some times from 1.5M height or even more to bare floor but it still works perfect

Would you use it on a gig without a backup?

I would never use anything in a gig without backup so it cant be a exception to the rule

i have it about 5 years and i never needed to repair it or contact to boss... so o have no opinion on this section

What style of music do you play? Is this a good match?

metall at most times and it rocks
it isnt very good at the good old rockies ... you better use OD there

How long have you been playing? What other gear do you own?

playing 9 years tube amps :marshall handwired stack , tsl 100 stack , crybabe wah , multieffect pedalls, line 6 pods , srtat guitar
i had a line six spider amp at my first steps to combine it and it sounded good

If it were stolen or lost, would you buy it again or get something else?

i wouldnt buy it again as my amps have pretty cool distortion now so i dont need it

when i bought I hadnt such good amps so i needed it

what do you love about it? What do you hate? What is your favorite feature?

i love EQ and its durability


in others i cannot reply
i give 8 overall

it takes 5 minutes to find your sound but after that
you get bad man lows and little girl highs

sound quality is amazing even plugged into an acoustic amp
i play it normally threw a dean markley or my peavey amp straight out into the pedal and then into either my fender strat or my gibson sg and sounds good with any effect on my amps

bought my used and i still kick the shat outta it, its a heavy pedal you can beat it up and it'll last

havnt used it hope dont need too

i play anything from lamb of god to metalica and the pedal sounds great and ive used other distortoin pedals ad you cant get the same sound out of a pedal as you would outta this one ive used $150 and they dont compare to the 50 i spent on this one

it's a plug in and go process.....easy to figure out for newbies and easy to master for old scoolers...i run mine through the front of the amp in the high and or low inputs..depending on yhe venue and surroundings..the manual had several settings and my setting was a mixture of all of them...

i usually play through korean guitars with gibson 500 pickups into solid state amps with fairly expensive cords and patch cords...sometimes a boss noise gate after the MT....but i never have the gate on....i dont use a lot of the gain or the level knob and i eq the tone according to ,once again, the venue...and i have never been lost without my "tone" on any of these different sounding rooms or outdoor gigs..the bottom line is that with this pedal, i can get my sound out of any amps' clean channel...

well, i have one on the pedal train..and one on a backup pedaltrain and one in my gigbag.....i think i also have one in my van...and ny bass player carrys one for mr in his gig bag...
so i dont know if i would have to worry about it much...and i am actually using the same one i started out with years ago, on my main pedal board...and i have never had any problems...i have always used an adapter with it.

boss is a great company to deal with....i love my pedals

i have been playing metal since it was called just plain old rock and roll....and i really need reliable gear that sounds great and takes a beating and i have never been disappointed in this pedal...i really cant compare it to anything else cuz i dont like anything else and believe me i tried em all....cheap,reliable and everybodys got one....so what are you waiting for....

The metal zone has 6 knobs (volume, high, low, mid range, mid and distortion.) It can be potentially fiddly at times, but finding a good tone isn't hard.
It can take a little time tweaking the settings to find a tone you love, and to remember the position of the dials.

The sound quality of this pedal is fantastic. It has been my sole distortion pedal for many a year and provides harsh, growly lows, right through to brilliantly smooth high end screams.

I've owned mine for 6 years, the majority of the time it has spend plugged in to power, extremely reliable and has never made me cry.

Great pedal. I don't play metal music but it's fantastic tones, extreme versatility and reliability make this one of my all time favourite pedals. A must have for anyone looking for great, diverse distortion.

I think it's pretty easy.
4 knobs: 1Level(Volume),1Distortion,1EQ High/Low(-15.+15)and 1EQ Middle/Mid Freq(200.5k). If you don't know how to use them just give it a try and find your personal sound.

I must say that I don't like metal and the metal sound, but I just wanted to try it. Although if you like metal than you should buy this pedal, it has the classic metal sound. As said before it has the ''zzzz'' metal sound, so buy it only if you want to play metal with it.

Would you use it on a gig without a backup?
-Oh yea, this pedal will never let you stand on the stage like a loser. You can really depend on it.

I don't know, never needed any help because I never had problems with it since it's a good wuality pedal.

If you like metal then you must buy this pedal, it is really good playing it!

It takes a long time and a lot of experience to get th sound you want. You have a lot of options on this pedal (positive) but the most of the sounds you get out of it just s//k.

Lot of people say, this pedal is good for everything. That??s not true!!!!!! It does a perfect metal and hardrock, but it??s not good for anything below.
The biggest problem is, that you get too much of thet metal zzzzzz with this pedal, so you barely can hear the notes you play, just the heawy metallic distortion.
It goes down pretty fast in a band.
Also, if the other guitarist doesn??t use a metal zone, the sound of the 2 guitars get too different.
No matter what you do, you get too much hights. And when you try to compensate this by ading more bass, you get too much bumm-bumm when you palm mute. Also, you can??t play normal (not power)-chords with it, becouse you just get a bunch of ear hurting noise.
I listen to a lot of music, from old-rock to emo to metal and punk, but this guitar doesn??t do them all.
As i said, it??s perfect for Metallica or Bullet for my Valentine-like metal, but nothing below it.
I will sell this pedal, to get a Marshall Jackhammer instead. It has the same metallic palm muted sound, but a bit softer, just more marshall.
Listen to Sanitarium from LIMP BIZKIT, that??s the tone, you get with a Jackhammer. Listen to Sanitorium from METALLICA, that??s the sound you get with a Metal Zone.

Indestructible.
I never needed a backup for any of my boss pedals.

Never needed to call them....

If you play any kind of metal, this pedal is just for you.
If not, try something else.
A lot of amateur guitarrists think, they need alot of distortion to get their favorite bands sound. But if you listen more carefully, you just realise, that??s the bass guitar you hear. (sometimes)

its really easy to use as i like the concentric knob design
just the slightest tweaking can give you a good sound
the manual gets you statred fiddling with the knobs but the presets suck for what this pedal is made for

i am running an allen lp and a dean ml shadow through this pedal i dont really use amps often but i play through a pair of sony noise cancelling headphones and i also use an ax5g to get it in stereo. this peadal isnt noisy like most pedals in its price range, of course there is a little noise because it is a distortion pedal i can get most of my metalcore and doom settings on this pedal very easily, also turn down the mids cuz they are very loud!!

the casing is tough as nails but i also play many different styles so i only use it for metal and hard rock

i usually play metal but i dont really like the tube tone as much as i like pure solid state without emulation of the tubes
i have been playing guitar for over a year and a half i also own a ax5g effects processor if this item was stolen i would get a metal muff instead for the sound i want i love all the tonal possibilities i dont really like the tube tone but only cuz i suck i bought this item on a whim during a road trip overall this is a good item if you like tube tone.

this pedal is pretty easy to use. when I first got one about 10 years ago it took me about a couple weeks to find the sweet spot that I was looking for on this panel.this is how I dialed it in, it's been dialed in this way for over 10 years. Starting with the level I have at 12 o'clock the high and low knob is dialed in at two o'clock the mid and middle frequency is dialed in at 10 o'clock and the distortion is dialed that 12 o'clock. this is a sweet spot for metal players

the sound out of this thing is awesome!!! the metal's own I'm playing right now is probably about the fifth one I have owned, if this one got stolen I would for sure by another one. I play a Stratocaster, I plug in to the metal zone and then it's plugged into a MXR sixth band EQ. I find that the six band EQ makes the metal zone come alive.

very very reliable, I have dropped these petals down flights of stairs drop yet on concrete and still they keep on giving her. I could throw this thing at a wall and you would still work.

this is the most heaviest panel that you'll find, I have been playing for 15 years and have been through a lot of gear this panel is a staple if you ask me.

Dial up yor gain to your desire, adjust the level to suit and from there on its just a matter of finding the right eq setting
That can be the daunting task but for every guitarist there is always the search for that hidden tone that may lie just beyond another turn of that dial.
There is no getting bored here when searching for a tone from the massive range of eq options on offer.
I did have a bit of a hard time finding my setting for the mids but i basically have the frequency set at about 10pm and the level for the mid frequency set between 1 and 2pm

If you want the METAL sound then buy this pedal!!!!
I cant say I have tried the new Metal Core but if you own a Metal Zone you should have no need to.
As with all distortion pedals you get some background hiss with it at high gain, I run mine at 3pm, but its easily controlled with good muting technique.
I run a GE-& after my MT-2 purely for balancing out the difference between my Strat and My Zakk Wylde Les Paul but other than this there is no need for any extra eq.

I originally borrowed one of these pedals for a gig many years ago and I barely even bothered to set it up and man ... That night i had the Fear Factory tone from hell!!!
I went out 2 days later and bought one.
Sold it few years later cause was broke and needed the cash but when it came time to get a new distortion pedal.. There was no contest... Metal Zone every time

Boss just build their pedals like tanks man so for reliability id say it is awesome.
Ask yourself this.... How many times have you seen a Boss pedal that is covered in dings, scratches etc, Literally looking like its been run over by a truck on a daily basis BUT it still sounds just as good as a new one.

I cant afford to own 2 of everything so I always used it without backup and never felt as though this was a risk.

Refer to my comments on Reliability.

Never had to have a boss pedal replaced or repaired.

I use this pedal for Metal and rock and it never dissapoints.
Run with a Strat it wails and run with a Les Paul it roars. What more could you ask for.
If it were ever lost or stolen for arguments sake I would DEFINATELY get another one.
I love the footswitch, large and easy to operate in beefy big combat boots.
I do have to admit though the large amount of adjustability on the mid settings was more than my small plug and play brain could handle at first but I eventually won.

I look at ease of use subjectively, and apart from the rest of the review. Sometimes because something is a 10 in ease of use doesn't mean it's better. In fact, sometimes the most confusing effect pedal in the world is the best.

I give this pedal a 7 because of the dual midrange eq knobs. There are a million different sounds in those 2 knobs! And these 2 knobs are the key to the Metal Zone's sound.

I doesn't sound all that bad, or that great. I've used this pedal for a very long time and with great results. Really, it sounds best with LOTS of mids. If you suck out all your mids your tone will SUCK! No one will hear you play and you will sound like sh*t! Even in the bedroom if it sounds cool to suck your mids, don't do it! You are hurting your ear for TONE! METAL, requires MIDS! Trust me, I spent half my life sucking out mids and trying to find a guitar/amp combo that sounded good live. IT DOESN'T WORK. crank those mids, and sound metal baby!

I've tried using this with a GE-7. Personally I hate the GE-7, I bought one to use in the effects loop of my 5150ii, but it destroys the tone horribly, and it certainly doesn't add much to the MT-2. You can add some clarity by boosting whatever frequency the the highest slider is. Honestly theres so many EQ options on the pedal itself you don't really need to couple it with a GE-7. Think of the Low/High and Mid/Mid on the Metal Zone with your amp's Bass, Mid and Treble as a 7 band eq!

I've only ever had 1 Boss pedal fail me. This one is not the one. (it was a DS-1).

I came upon this thing in a weird way. I used it for a small but good portion of my life, and thus I will forever treat it special and keep it forever. I play rock music. I have a good ear for tone and this thing gets the job done for metal. Play with the EQ a lot you can get a variety of good sounds out of it.

The MT-2 is, as all Boss pedals are, very easy to use. In less than two hours, you'll find yourself operating the knobs like if you had designed it. Besides, the manual has some presets that work well (especially the Heavy Metal preset), and it's way simple to adjust the low and high frequencies to get a better fit of your personal sound.

I was playing Metallica's 'Master Of Puppets' with this pedal in the Heavy Metal preset when I heard that the sound was kinda toughy. Well, by listening to the song, I got the exact sound of the band in one minute. This pedal's distortion is very good, though it makes a little bit of noise at a high volume or high distortion level. I have tried it with a small Crate combo and a big Marshall, and the sound is always great.

It's really a nice piece of gear. Reliable in all kinds of situations.

I've never had problems with any Boss pedal, so I haven't dealt with Roland yet.

I've been in this music business for only five yeras, but still I have dealt with many other pedals and stompboxes and never found a better gear than Boss'. I play all kinds of rock (progressive,mostly), and even though the MT-2 is for metal-kind distortion, I have used it with tunes of bands like Rush, Pink Floyd and Yes and it work really well, aproaching to their sound.

Pretty easy to use, simple, quick, 6 nobs basically.

Very good distortion from this. Just as it says. For Metal. It pretty much sounds great on any amp. It makes wussy amps sound mean, and SERIOUS amps sound BRUTAL. My practice amp (squier) sounds a bit more tolerable with this thing (even though squier amps suck) - but man, my Randall RG100SC really sings with this thing. Sounds best with a noise cancel/supressor pedal. Best of all you can scoop out the mids with this pedal which is essential for that heavy metal tone you need. Semi-parametric EQ built into the pedal (although it can't hurt to get a real Parametric EQ)

Reliable. Never once broken. Even if you're gonna smash your stuff on a daily basis - I have a friend who has kids who loved MY Metal Zone MT2 pedal so he got one from a friend of ours who had it too. Unfortunately, as I said, he has kids. They smashed the pedal's knobs. They still work though.. albeit bent. Built like a tank. Even if you have abnoxious kids who think they have to destroy everything.

Never had to call them for anything so no opinion.

I have been playing since I was about 9 years old. I'm 25 now. I really think this pedal is brutal. I crank it up on my Randall and devistate.
If it got stolen of course I would replace it because it is part of my sonic pallette, if I didn't have it, half my tone would be gone.
I love it because it is able to boost highs and lows, take out annoying mids while boosting the high mids. I love its explosive sound. Sounds so chuggy and crunchy.

If your going to do your homework to find the best tone for your set-up, this pedal will work great. Great control especially with the mid-freq knob. The gain is overwhelming, and with a little fiddling you can get the most saturated, chunky, menacing distortion you could imagine.

Absolute devastation. I'm using a Schecter Blackjack 7 string tuned down to A, Duncan JB and a 59, and a Paul Rivera Fender Concert Amp(Tube). The amp doesn't have the greatest low end capability, but I can get very near modern Cannibal Corpse tone. As far as I'm concerned, Cannibal Corpse is the holy grail for metal tone. If your a six stringer, then you can get close to Justice for All distortion(The other holy grail of metal tone), but not exactly unless you have multiple amps. The mid controls are key to getting the right punch. Here's my setting: Level- 2 o'clock, Low- 3 o'clock, High- 4 o'clock, Middle- about 9:30, MID Frequency- 10 o'clock, Gain- MAX. I also use a touch of reverb on the amp. You may have to vary the high/low eq, but the mid adjustments and gain are key.

You can't break this thing.

Have never dealt with them.

The ultimate distortion for metal, bar none. Unless you have a triple rectifier, but I believe the secret to Cannibal Corpse's tone is a hybrid of the two.

relativity easy to use given you know how to set you amp up right with it.

again this pedal can make any axe scream if you have a good enough amp and know to set it right with it.

not a problem yet. the metal zone is freaking tank!

no comment on this issue....ive had none with the pedal. Ive been using it for about 6 years now.

great build quality, great sound. if you can set this pedal up right with a good amp you can get some phenomenal sound out of it. my opinion the amp and your guitar pickups are more the key. if you have crap then thats how it will sound..plane and simple.

I have been playing, and building my own guitars, and effects pedals for over 15 years. I am an idiot, so in this category, I was amazed how difficult it is not to find a good tone. The key with this pedal is learning your amp, and this pedal's eq. Its as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. The manual is helpful, so there is no way you can screw it up, unless you dont work with it and your amp. If you are one of those kids that wants instant gratification without working for the tone, go buy a line 6 head, and sound like every one else. if you want a fire breathing dragon this is your pedal.

ok here is my rig

les pauls, and jackson soloists going into 2 mesa boogie nomad heads

in my signal path,

Guitar - - - - mt2 - - - boss 7band eq - - - boss chorus----wah pedal

all hooked up with monster cables, for cabs i use marshall 1960 a and b's stock. i used to like the vintage 30's but they were crazy money for a tone i dont like. Pickups are in all guitars this way, les pauls, and jacksons, 59 in the neck, jb in the bridge. i like my action low, and i tune to Eb. My sound is like cannibal corpse, with clean passages. This pedal is amazing for this. If you go through a tube head, this pedal gets a lot more character, and you lose that harsh hiss that you get when you dont know how to eq, more on that later. Amazing pedal, as long as you want metal. if you get a metal zone and you want a rock tone, you are the weakest link. this pedal is for gain heads, not for vintage tone. go get a boss sd1 or a od 2. great pedals for that

its a tank. i have 3 of these pedals and i havent broke out the other 2 ever, except to make multiple pedal boards for touring. always go with a back up. it might cost you more, but you always can get your tone

dealt with boss before going on tour, or doing the local thing, and they are always helpful. emailing them is key, and they get right back to you

I might sound like a tube snob or whatever, so I will also recommend this for solid state heads as well. I heard a guy get a killer tone out of his avt 50 head, and i hate marshalls. so to me its all personal preference. I was lucky to have a good job to get the gear i love. i also build my own stuff too, so you always want to make sure that you learn. thats the biggest benchmark. not all the 10000 worth of bullshit gear, its getting used to what you like.

sit and play with your tone, know what factors are in your tone, and stop spending stupid money on stuff. a 3500 dollar head is just a piece of shit if you dont know tone. my heads were like 600 bucks, and everyone thinks that line 6 is great. they are ok, if you want a les paul, a strat and a tele to all sound the same. thats a weird thing, but the mt2 is an amazing pedal for METAL. graphic eq's also help

Should be easy to use, but can be a bit hard to get a good sound out of and I think I know why - see below.

It's a bit fussy about the eq settings and how you set up the amp it's going into, but it is possible to get some great sounds out of this unit, especially for palm muting.

I still might sell it eventually though, as the 'Natural Speed' preset on my GT-8 is THE sound I have always tried to get with the MT-2 and never quite nailed.

I think everything that can be said on this subject in relation to Boss pedals, has been said!

Never dealt with them.

OK, this is why I am writing this review. I think I have discovered why it can be difficult to get the tone you want from this pedal. Try this: plug a 'free' lead into the input (i.e. one with the other end not plugged into anything) and a pair of headphones into the output. Press the pedal so the LED lights up. Now max out the Level, High, Low, Mid and Dist controls. Leave the Mid Freq control around the middle. Put the headphones on. The pedal should be self-oscillating - loudly enough to drive a normal pair of headphones! Move the Mid Freq control and the oscillation changes note.

Now set the Mid Freq control back to the central position, and play with the High and Low controls. Again, the oscillation frequency changes. This leads me to believe that the tone controls somehow affect each other! No wonder it's hard to set up if all the eq controls are inter-related.

Roland have done this before - ask any synth fan about the TB-303 and they'll tell you part of its unique quality comes from the fact that the controls are inter-related in a way they aren't on other synths.

So, either learn to love its quirks or give up and try something else, it's up to you. I'm still undecided...

Very easy

I've got a lot of metal pedals-most of the popular ones and this pedal is hard to beat-it has the right tone and sits in a mix very well. I recorded a song with it and you can hear it if you go to www.myspace.com/lightsounds it's the first track. It won't give you the sound of a top shelf tube amp but for a pedal it's hard to beat.

You know what they say about Boss pedals

You know what they say about Boss pedals :-)

For a pedal this baby rocks-instant gratification. And by the way-what kind of idiot would spend good money on a pedal without knowing the pedals capabilities and wether it's right for him or not! This baby delivers exactly what it promises-nuff said!

Pretty easy man, normal pedal setup. Easy to use "double" knobs for mid,bass etc..

This pedal is def (as the name says) for metal players, it has that real cold harsh scratchy sound. The tonal possibilities are pretty diverse and the sustain is wicked and you can smash solo's with it..
BUT, it just was'nt the pedal for me. It sounds WAY too fake, like ur playing a midi or keyboard sounding tone. I prefer the warm full tubey sound e.g led zep,hendrix,t-rex

tank

I would'nt buy another if mine got stolen. It just was'nt the sound i was looking for. If you like cold metal sounding tone then GREAT! But if you prefer the vintage warm tube sound SWERVE this pedal!

Somewhat difficult to use but the reason for this is a good reason - the amount of tweakability, especially in the mids, can give you so many different but excellent sounds that it can drive you nuts trying to decide on your main setting. This pedal is capable of many, many different types of distortion, even a heavy fuzz if you set it right.

Excellent sound. It is amazing how a pedal that gives an almost infinite amount of gain and is capable of the deepest and heaviest crunches that you have ever heard in your life can also have such tone, string separation, and bite. Most any time that you hear a sound this heavy and that sustains as long as the MT-2 does it is usually compressed far beyond the point of any personality. But this one doesn't. I don't know how Boss managed it, but I'm glad that they did. There is no other pedal in the world that can match this one for mind blowing heavy heavy distortion plus useable tone and personality.

Also, as far as people who say that they can't get a good sound out of it - I've been playing for 27 years. There are good sounds in this pedal. Check your amp or your guitar because it ain't the pedal.

And as for the people who claim that it must be modded to sound good - well, I prefer mine stock. Boss knows what they are doing. Just because something has been modded does not mean that it is better. Modding is making a LOT of money for the people who are doing it. Five bucks worth of Radio Shack stuff and they sell the pedal for double or more than what it costs. nice fat, easy profit. Modding is easy. If you can handle a screwdriver, a pair of pliers, and a soldering iron then all you need are the instructions that can be found all over the Internet for free. Stop putting all of your hard earned money towards buying these guys a new house - mod your own pedals! But leave this one stock imo...

It has never given me a problem and it's been around.

No opinion, never needed any.

Really simple to use and to get a decent sound.

It sounds good if you use it mainly for EQ and blend it with your own amps gain and use mostly your amp gain and keep the pedal dist. low along with the level. Other wise I think it sounds really cheesy and processed sounding, especially on the clean channel.......just horrible in my opinion. I use it with a Marshall VR100 and a 1960 Lead 4 x 12. It can be noisy depending on your settings.

Built tough and I have been stepping on it for about 10 years.

Never dealt with them.

This is good for metal/hard rock not much else, of course I suppose that is why they call it the metal zone. I have been playing for 14 years and bought this when I was a teenager cause my friend had one and I thought it sounded good, it is still OKAY I guess but if it were stolen or lost I would definetley try other overdrive/dist. boxes before buying this again just to see what else is out there. This isn't a negatvie review by any means but this pedal can sound really good or really bad depending on who's using it. If you use this through the clean channel only, you are not using this thing right. When mixed well with amp distortion it adds some nice punch and the extra eq is good too. I haven't tried many other dist. boxes but I would garauntee there is something better out there.

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.

N/A

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..