Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

It's not very difficult to use. but for me it's hard to get a good sound since it has a lot of settings...

I use LTD (ESP) M-102 guitar and Roland Cube 15. I use only bridge pickup.
I listen to seattle grunge (Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Hole, Babes In Toyland...) and thrash metal (Metallica, Slayer, Sepultura), also Alice Cooper, Led Zeppelin, Guns N Roses, Marilyn Manson (mostly antichrist & portrait), Hypocrisy, Behemoth, Death, Vader, Mandragora, Dimmu Borgir & Dissimulation (the only black metal bands i listen to). And i play mostly Nirvana and Metallica songs + trying to write some mine grunge or Hypocrisy-type songs. Metallica, Hypocrisy, Dimmu Borgir sound well to me with MT-2, but still i don't like it's sound very much, it's too noisy for me (great for "kill em all", but sux with "master of puppets"). And it's NOT for grunge at all. Since i'm getting more and more into grunge, i am going to sell this one and purchase a DS-2.

It works well. of course i would use it on a gig without a backup

have never dealt

It's good for thrash metal like "Kill em all" with distortion level all the way up, but it lacks something when playing something more heavy. it's too noisy, i think.
and it don't help me make music. i can get a headache playing with this shit all day, so sometimes i just switch to MD-2 on my Roland Cube.

Couldnt Be easier

Read this, for the people who bag on this pedal because it sounds fake its shitty or some other retarded reason, they havnt opened the potential of it.Cmon , it will sound like shit if you scoop all mids out(and I know thats what all you metalzone newbee critics do) and max out the highs, lows, and dist. Add mids to your clean channel on amp, halfway on the metalzone(mid freq. just a touch higher)halfway on highs and a touch more on lows with dist. about 9o'clock. Now if this sounds like shit, you probably have a crappy setup. But I tried this on so many setups(Good and Crappy) and the metalzone NEVER FAILED ME or other guitars that have tried it.

Boss never, ever builds crappy pedals

always great.

Buy this pedal trust me. Theres goin to be a critic for everything you buy, and theres alot of critics against this pedal because they have no experience. I have experience and Ive been playing METAL too long for some metal guitar wanabee to tell me or you wrong.

The Boss metal zone pedal is very easy to use, if you know what sounds you are lookin for. You can get great distortions out of it, you can go from a soft distortion to a huge distortion that is insane. I don't have the manual, I bought it from a store used for only $30!!! And it is in great shape, just like it was new without the box and manual.

The boss metal zone pedal has the biggest heavey metal distortion I have ever heard, so far. THis pedal is insane, it is not for all you cool kids who like punk music, punk is terrible, punk has some of the worst musicians ever. Definitly a pedal for anyone who plays metal. The only thing I don't like about the metal zone is that it gives out alittle too much middle, but it is still a great pedal.

It is a Boss pedal, it is made of metal, Boss pedals are built to last. When I play shows with my metal band I use the Boss metal zone pedal.

Never had a problem with my boss pedals, so I don't know, but will give a 10 because they are probably good.

I have about every kind of pedal made, distortions, overdrives, flangers, phasers, fuzz, compressor/sustainer, delays, and many more. But the boss metal zone definitly has the heaviest distortion I have ever used. If this pedal was lost or stolen I would probably buy another, I might not only because I don't play metal a lot.

If you want easy to use, by a typical hot rodded marshal clone. Getting a metal sound from solid state gear takes more work but can sound heavier if you're trying to get a really heavy "guitar" sound that doesn't really sound like a guitar anymore at all. What sounds good by yourself won't sound good with a band because you need mids to cut through, so you have to spend time with the EQ. That's why this has a 4 band EQ. It'd be nice to have a middle notch, but it will do everything necessary to get the sound right for the amp and pickup. It takes more effort than plugging into a mesa boogie, but it's not rocket science either.

This is the only distortion worth using for hard metal. Tube amps are nice and easier to get the sound right with, but will never sound as heavy as this pedal can with the right amp and pickup setup. It doesn't sound warm, or sweet, just cold, harsh and heavy. Unless you're looking for an unintelligible sound, there should be NO distortion of any kind in the signal chain after this pedal. Also, high gain pickups are pointless and can hurt your sound with this kind of distortion. I use a Les Paul with plain paf type humbuckers, and of course I only use the bridge pickup with this pedal. Keeping the pickup height backed off a bit gets a better sound. Use the most powerful clean amp you can find, whether tube or solid state, though this will usually be solid state unless you're using a HI FI tube amp or something. Tube guitar amps are made to distort, even if only a little, and you need the opposite with this pedal. Solid state guitar heads with lots of power (more than 100w rms with a 4x12 cab) or PA heads work best since they have a useable EQ and spring reverb which I use a little of, and a decent one will go very loud and very clean. With lots of clean power and the EQ dialed in right this pedal will beat anything else for a hard tight metal sound. Very smooth and tight distortion with a very fast modulation so it never craps out into chainsaw mode and can follow very fast muted playing. It's a very dense blast with open chords and a very tight bass hit when you mute. This pedal doesn't do overdrive, it doesn't do blues rock, and it's not useful for anything that actually sounds like a guitar. If you want to sound like clapton, beck or page when your cover band plays at the bowling alley, don't buy this pedal. I've heard and played through all the garbage people were wasting money on in the 90's with all those rack preamps and multieffectors, and they all suck compared to this. I've never heard a useable distortion in any multieffects unit or rack preamp that didn't take a lot of processing just to sound like a metal zone in a tin can. For what it's supposed to do it's a 10, or anything else it'd be a 0.

Typical Boss pedal.

I wouldn't know.

If it were lost and I was still playing metal I'd buy another one. I have no complaints, this does one simple thing and does it right. A middle notch in the EQ would make dialing it in a little faster and easier.

Anyone aquainted with effects pedals in general or just plain using an EQ shouldn't have a difficult time with this pedal. Really, as far as pedals go, it's very simple. However, those wanting a more "tubelike" sound (i.e., tube clipping), will be quite frustrated. This pedal works best for speed metal/heavy picking attacks. If you're looking for subtlety, you've bought the wrong distortion pedal. As far as the sounds this thing is capable of producing...lock in your favorite metal tone and then forget that the tone knobs are even there (assuming you don't change your amplifier!). This pedal is one-dimensional, but what a dimension! I've not found a tighter, fuller-sounding solid state distortion pedal. There is definitely a reason that this pedal has been a standby for many metal enthusiasts. And despite what the "tone snobs" will say about its lack of warmth...I say tube and solid state are just different colors of sound...I actually find most tube amps to be brittle and problematic in certain contexts...although that's not to say solid state amps and effects don't have their share of problems. Just realize what this pedal is: a METAL Zone...not to be confused with tube screamers or big muffs, or tube preamps, etc....try learning English and actually pay attention to what words (again...in English) are on the box and/or pedal.

I've used the MT-2 with a variety of solid state amps (Crate 1X12, Crate 2X10, Crate GX900H with 4X12, Peavey Transtube Supreme with 4X12 cab loaded with Celestions (G12H-80's), and a Kustom Quad 65DFX) and several guitars. I've used cheap strats, a cheap Les Paul rip off, a shitty Charvel (my first electric guitar), an ESP 200, ESP 207, and last but best, a US Masters Versatek. I've had luck with every setup I've had. This pedal does react differently to different amps, but its never a radical shift, and minimal tweaking should be necessary...it really depends on how you EQ your amp.

I basically go for the old Metallica sound with this pedal...it doesn't nail Metallica tone, but it's in the ball park...then again, Metallica was using a lot more gear than I can afford! Anyway, for the money, it's the best Metal pedal you can buy.

I give it a nine on this because there is a bit of a hiss that comes along with your sound when your playing. It's not very noticeable until you really stop and analyze the sound. Overall, however, this doesn't detract much of my enthusiasm for the pedal...other pedals I've used are worse!

Unless you're trying to break it, you shouldn't have a problem in this area. I've had mine for 9 years, and it's held up very well.

Don't know. Never had a problem.

If you're into metal, and you're working on a tight budget, I would recommend this pedal. If you've got the cash, go for a nice, quality preamp or something. For the money, this thing really shines.

Small knobs,Takes time to tweak.Touchy with different amps.But like all things it takes time.

Using the Boss Metal zone,A DOD Death Metal Pedal and the Digitech Metal Master(distortion freak) ran throught a couple of Yamaha Guitars(The good quality ones,not the cheap ones) that have different pick ups,like 1 has the Seymour Duncan Distortions and another has the Seymour duncan Invader.Running through a Marshall Solid state head(TUBES SUCK!)and sorry,a tube head can only give you a portion of good distortion.

I use 3 pedals,but very reliable.

Never had to deal with them.

O.K.here is the scoop.Dont listen to these people who "i cant stand this pedal",if you dont like it,take it to a pawn shop,or better yet,,find a person standing outside a guitar store and give it to him!.If it was stolen,yes i would replace it!This is a great pedal.I have been playing speed/thrash/death for 16 years,(I am almost 30 now,)and love distortion more than what i did when i started playing)and if you dont play old fogey Van Halen/Foghat/Led Zepplin/blues/country/etc that your parents would listen to(sure i have respect,but that is all i have for them).Other than that,dont let these people bash on this product.It can cover sloppyness,but so can a overdrivven crappy tube amp cranked to "10"(solid state all the way).So go buy this pedal,better investment than owning a pro-co rat or a overdrive pedal(you want to hear a "tinny"sound buy a regualar distortion pedal or a overdrive pedal).Better yet get it modded,it would scream!.THIS IS A METAL PEDAL!thats what it says,it doesnt say"Lawrence Welk,Geriatric music pedal"

Because of the dual equalizers, it was difficult for me to choose the settings. Once i found the perfect settings the pedal was amazing. After experimenting with the different settings I found there were settings within the manual which I highly approve of. Hard rock, metal, overdrive, rock, British rock all these settings are included.

Its is very very quiet when you want it to be and loud when you want it to be. The leval knob on the left side of the pedal gives you the option of volume of the effect. Boss has there reputation of desirable effects and this is no less than perfect. This pedal gives me the fuzz i want out of my old Fender Blues Junior tube amp. I suggest the metal settings, it is the best effect.

It Boss they have the best Reliability. And a 5 year warranty.

I have not had any problems with it so far.

It works with all types of styles and I strongly suggest this pedal. Its one of the best Boss pedals I have played on.

It's pretty damn hard to get a decent sound out of this baby, I've been using it for about 8 months now and I'm finding my tone now.

I'm using an Epiphone Goth Les Paul through this pedal only into a Marshall MG10CD, which is mic'ed with a Shure SM-57 running into a Behringer UB-livemixer into a Crown 2x1000Watt amp and a London City 2x500 into 2 LEM 15" subs and 2 LEM 12" tops with horn tweeter.
This pedal gives a little hum when not playing while the dist is on, but once you start playing it rocks out. The only way of getting a good tone out of it, though, is NOT ignoring all of those knobs on your guitar itself. I've got my bridge-volume to 9, neck-volume to 4 for some extra thickness. Bridge-tone to 7 and neck-tone to 3. I added a tiny bit to the highs and lows and cut a bit on the 5K mids, and now i get a thick rythm tone which is still not too shrill when playing a solo.

It's more or less busted right now, the footswitch isn't working half of the time, so I'm going to return it and get it fixed.

Never delt with.

I'm mostly playing metal and rock. For a rock-sound I really have to drop the output of my pickups to like 1 or 2 out of 10, else the gain gets too much. For metal it's great though, I've made it scream and growl and it does it all!

this pedal can be a pain in the ass, to get a great tone out of. mostly because it reacts strangely on different amps. and the knobs can be tricky, because of the huge difference of tones with the mid-sweep knob. never had a manual with it.

i'm currently using the mt2 with an old randall head,4x12 cab, celestions. and, an 80's les paul studio,w/emg's. i really hate to see all these guys knocking this pedal, because it's one of the best metal distortions out there. it really depends on the application. i've played this pedal through several different amps, and had to tweak it extensively, to get it to work right through each one. my current amp, the rg100 randall, loves this pedal, but i still had to set it up specific for this amp! the level sems to be low on most amps, and i think that's where most guys are getting the signal loss that is mentioned. my settings on this amp are: level: full-on,bass:12:00,trble:11:00,mid freq:10:00,mid level:10:00,gain/dist:12:00-1:00 positions. but as i said every amp is going to act differently to this pedal,btu, once you get it set up for the amp, it's a monster. i also used to run it through a mesa bass amp(about 300 watts tube),and 4-4x12 cabs,and seriously i had never heard a heavier, brutal sound. i do think guys buying this for anything other than heavy type music,are not reading the label. and guys that are not getting a good heavy sound out of it are not tweaking it to it's fullest extent. it can sound nasally, or thin,and maybe isn't the ultimate distortion ever, but i get a ripping sound out of it, and i'm not a kid on a little practice amp, i've played in full bands for about 10years,and guys that i play around with 5150's,mesa's,marshalls, whatever, always come up to me and ask what in the hell i'm using! evryone comments on how sick the tone is. again, dial in your particular amp for the tone you like, andthen adjust the pedal according to your amp. i'm currently getting a metal zone modded by keeley to see if it improves the level and overall natural nature of the midrange. i'm giving it a 9, because it is hard to dial in the right tone for different amps,and even it's gain can be improved from what i've heard of the keeley mods.

absolutely, i've had one of them for at least 8-9 years, and never had a problem, and i won't have a backup until i get my modded pedal back. never needed one for a few hundred gigs.

never dealt with them, i always buy gear used.

i play hard core/ grindcore/regular rock, and this pedal does it for me. i've been playing for about 15yrs now, and using this pedal for about 10 of them.if it were stolen or lost i would definately buy another, and they're easy to find.i love the amount of dist. it has on tap, i never turn the gain all the way up, ever! and it can go from zepplin, to soilent green! i wish it didn't have the tendancy to be low level compared to the plain signal going into the amp, that's why i run the level all the way up regardless! i' hoping the mod will take care of this.

since you have a four eq options rather than just one tone knob it takes awhile to dial your tone in, but that that option is exactly what i like about it.

i'm a classic 60's/70's garage punk and hard rock player. my set up is pretty vintage so i'd never use this for overall tone BUT for certain leads this thing is killer. the scooped mid on the neck pick up sounds awesome. not something i'd use alot but a great pedal to have in your arsenal especially for recording.

i think i may have spliced the the 9volt wires back together once. other than that you could drop a brick on it and i doubt much would happen to it.

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for how often i use it i wouldn't pay full price for it but worth having around if you can get it on the cheap.

It's easy to find a good sound. A lot of control for so few knobs.

I am using Washburn guitars with EMG 81's, usually going into a solid state Peavey, sometimes a Fender super six. This is in my opinion a very quiet pedal, especially considering the amount of gain. Reviews that I have read are usually a love it or hate it affair. A lot of people seem to get angry when they hear a great review of it. As other people have said, this should be used for extreme metal sounds, is wicked even at low volume levels-distortion is better around 12 o'clock, 9 o'clock for high volume with the band. It is true that this distortion won't let the unique character of your guitar show through, but I'm not playing blues here. Maybe not a purists effect, but for the price I think it is amazing. It's a matter of taste. First VanHalen album it is not. Newer wicked metal it is. Maybe I have immature taste, but I have been playing for 17 yrs., have tried a lot of dist., am still looking for something to top it in my opinion.

Dependable-needs no backup. This shouldn't be special so no 10.

As a do it all distortion, not a very good rating. But for a narrow taste of wicked scooped metal, I beleive they hit the bullseye. Years ago I tried a ART dist/reverb pedal. I cant remember the name and wish that I had bought it. It had a real stud wicked distortion and a pretty good reverb(the boss reverb/delay pedal totally sucks). I'm looking for this pedal.

It is a little hard to get the sound you want out of the MT-2 from scratch. A good idea would be using the settings that come with the pedal and tweak them to your liking. It's a bit complicated.

My Pedals are run through to a MG Series 15DFX practice amp. I play an Ibanez GRX 40. This pedal is not noisy at all except on the bridge pickups when the distortion is turned full, but thats to be expected. It also feeds back like a bitch through my acoustic. The effects never sound weak, but if u play blues or rock n' roll u screwed with this pedal. This is good for thrash, metal hardcore, and some nu-metal line NIN and RATM.

This thing is very dependable. I have had mine for about a year and only one of the knobs has been bent a bit, but is still in awsome working condition. Boss is a very dependable brand. I would use this without a backup live any day.

Have not had to deal with them.

I play heavy metal along the lines of In Flames, Metallica, Slayer...etc. It is a great pedal for thrash and hardcore as well. You can also get a not-so-bad overdrive from this baby. I have been playing for about a year and 1/2. Not very long, but i practice a lot so i believe my oppinion should matter. I also own a Boss DD-3 Digital delay and an Ibanez TS-5 Soundtank. If it were stolen i'd be really pissed off. I would buy a new one. I love the great tone you get out of this pedal, especially when run through mdg's....mmmmmmmm good.... One problem with it is that it is not really ideal for anything but heavy music. I compared this pedal with the DOD Metal Master and the Digitech Metal pedal, however the MT-2 beat them both. I wish it came with built in flanger...but thats just me...im weird. I highly advise people to buy this pedal.

very simple. 4b eq, dist, level.
if you havent been introduced to a 4th eq yet, then you'll have some
fun.

using with squier strat to
mt2
ce2
dd3 to
peavey transtube pro 112

sounds fake. good distortion, but sounds too much fake. like a circus tiger, trained, but restricted. can go all around the cage, but forget about ripping trough humain flesh. it has more crunch than the dist on the amp, but the amp's dist still sounds better. sounds good with the amp's vintage dist, but too much hum.

anyway, cant get any of my favorite band's sound. I guess it's okay for bands like metallica, or any other shallow metal band, but dont expect to let your spirit bleed through the strings.

reliable. the only way your would beak it is if you play with a frickin hammer on stage. why would you do that anyway? if you do, then bring a backup, but otherwise, dont even consider it.

playing 4 or 5 years.
stolen, I wouldnt buy another one. that's what I'm planning to do anyway right now.

better than nothing. not satisfying though.

It's pretty damn easy to use. There is a 3 band eq with sweepable mids, a volume knob, and a distortion knob. Pretty easy.

let see... I had this pedal since i got my first electric guitar. that was 8 or 9 years ago... i liked the sound of it then.. I thought it was the best distortion pedal on the market, because it was the closest thing you could get to metallica in a stompbox. But about 5 years ago.. I got a Marshall head... and I just used the distortion on that rather than messing with pedals, and i pretty much forgot about the metal zone. I was bored the other day.. and I decided to hook up the old metal zone. I couldn't believe how crappy it sounded. Harsh... like something coming out of a tin can. The battery wasnt the problem cause i just put a fresh one in, and i even tried it with a power supply, but i got the same results. I can't believe i used this pedal for 3 or 4 years. I guess once you get a taste of something good (marshall distortion) and you get so used to it.. and then go back to something you cherished and used for so long, you realize how shitty it was. Basically.. most of the new players out there start off playing low line equipment... as did I... and they were looking for a nice heavy sound like metallica, megadeath, nu-metal, etc... cause they don't know what tone is.. and they cant get anything heavy out of their 10 watt crate or fender amp. Generally there is hardly any bottom end in those combos and the metal zone provides more than enough low end boost to get a scooped sound. They will realize that their metal zone is crap, once they get out there and try some other equipment. I fiddled with it for almost an hour trying to get a decent sound out of it. It was horrible. I now have a gibson les paul standard with the new burstbuckers, and I use a marshall 50 watt super lead (metal face), so the gear isn't the problem. There are so many better sounding distortion pedals out there, like, ones from boss even.. like.. ds-1 or ds-2 turbo distortion, proco rat, fulltone distortion pro, fulldrive, etc. All of the aforementioned listed are better sounding, and don't have the harsh mids and brittle high's of the metal zone. Not to mention this is a battery and tone sucker, and it's noisy as hell.

Well.. I certainly can't bash this pedal in this category. The pedal still operates like it was new, it has a sturdy, solid metal case, and seems to be able to take a beating. No Problems here.

never dealt with boss.

I play a bit of everything. I like Guns n Roses, Kiss, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, Cream, acdc, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, etc... pretty much all over the place. i've been playing for almost 9 years now, and I have a good idea in what is crap and what isn't. The metal zone is leaning towards the crap rating. It sounds completely horrible compared to the DS-2 or DS-1, or a fulltone fulldrive, etc. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. It is Boss's best selling pedal, cause all the people who use it are the newcomers of guitar playing, and they don't get a chance to play something real or good sounding, and they think this is the shit. They'll realize that the metal zone is crap, if they research and try some other pedals.
Cheers

this unit is so easy to set up that my mom could set it up. very easy sound shaping

I'm using a 66' fender band master, modified with 2 6L6 tubes and 4 12ax7 tubes and other mods, its pushing about 100 watts, the mettal zone blows out all other pedals by far.

I would throw it at a brick wall and use it im my live settup moments later.......very dependable

no need for it

By far its the best distotion without a marshall amp and those who complain about it are the ones who don't know what it does in the first place. I play Gun's and Roses and sound very accurate with this pedal I also play NELLY FURTADO,Bon jovi,Metallica,matchbox 20 and its quite versitile its one bitchen set-up. I also noticed it cut the noise down in my rig, clean tones are much more defined and kick ass without the noise. I hate people who bitch about distotion saying it covers up bad playing, its take take good playing to tame distortion(almost another skill) so don't give the play clean to sound like a pro shit, distortion and clean are two different animals both take good skill to play.

The Metal Zone, love it or hate it. It's not easy to get a good sound out of this pedal, you will be tweaking a lot before the end. I strongly recommend turning the distortion down when playing loud (not past 12 o'clock), it doesn't help your sound. The manual is somewhat helpful, but you really need to try this pedal and see what settings work best for your style of music.

Sound quality is adequate, but tends to be somewhat tinny and weak. You really need to boost the bass and mids, or else your guitar will get lost in the mix. I once plugged straight into my amp (Fender Hot Rod Deluxe - 40 watt all-tube) and getting this really great blues tone. Then inserting the Metal Zone there was major frequency shift. The mids dropped out, and even after boosting them with the tone knobs there is still that "metal" sound. This is definitely a metal-only pedal, if you are playing anything else you will not like this pedal. I plan to replace this pedal with something that has a hardwire bypass, anything else will affect your tone adversely.

Pedal is very reliable. Haven't broken it yet after nearly 8 years.

Never had to deal with the company.

I notice that some people who say they don't like this pedal and give it bad reviews indicate that they play blues or RNR. It's a disservice to the people reading this forum to confuse them with bad reviews when you should not even be using the product in the first place. However I do play metal and having said that I would not recommend this pedal. There is no hardwire bypass and it sounds tinny. It might be good for the beginner or someone looking to duplicate metal guitar sounds in their basement or bedroom without having to crank an amp. I will keep this pedal as a backup but I want something with a true bypass feature and better sound.

Fairly easy, if you sit down with the manual and start tweaking the knobs to see what they do. The presets in the manual are useless for me, until I tweaked till I found what I wanted, and it matched the Heavy Metal setting, except for the drive. More below. I give it an 8 because there's more than one knob. Oh, hell, even one knob is too much for some.

My use for this is with SD JB's in the bridge. Start with a Morley Bad Horsie, MT-2, Keeley SD-1 (set for boost), into Mesa amps with a DOD EQ and a Line 6 Delay in the loop.

I've had this thing for well over 15 years, and hated it very soon after I bought it. I was using an original Japanese DS-1 into a Fender Harvard (ran at 10 all the time, nothing like it :-), and wanted something harder. The MT-2 was fizzy, shrill, weak, empty, nothing that someone else below hasn't said before. It may work for bedroom floorgazing, but you sure as hell don't want to turn it up. So, in the garage it went.

So, I'm cleaning out my old guitar stuff for either ebay or the shitcan, and I pull this out. I think, well, one last time before I sell it. Hook it up, and the same shrill noise. But then, since I gave up distortion pedals and just use boost pedals now, I turned the drive to 0 and the level to 1 o'clock, heavy metal setting, and BAM! My Mesa's (Mark 1, IV, and V-Twin, no Rectifiers) sound like a wall of Recto! Unbelievable push, grind, I couldn't believe it. So then, in the undeniable lust for more boost, I put the Keeley SD-1 in front of it. Sounded like shit. That never happened before with boost. Then, in a fit of creative rage, I put it after the MT-2, before the amp, level on 2 o'clock, drive on 8 o'clock. NIRVANA!!! If you think Mesa's sound good, try this setup out. The only thing left to do now is send the Metal Zone to Keeley for his Twilight Mod. If you even sort of like Boss, try a Keeley mod. It doesn't get any better if you're trying to get a serious message across.

The only real downside is a tiny bit of distortion bleed when bypassed, I don't know if Keeley can fix this or if I'll need a true bypass box for the clean stuff (that's why I don't go Recto or Marshall) but it'll be worth it when it's finished.

9 as a boost, 6 as a distortion pedal.

I have never had a problem with Boss pedals in 28 years of playing. I wish I could say the same thing for women.

No reason for a backup, you can always find another one the next day somewhere. But when Keeley's finished with it, I may have to keep one for a rainy day.

Never needed Boss for any help, and Keeley is going to take over after the mod. Customer service doesn't get any better than Robert Keeley, period.

I play everything from crappy jazz to lame rock to arthritic shred metal. You'd think after all these years I'd be better. Oh, well, it did get me laid a few times. I've finally settled on a usable rig, now if I can only trim 80 pounds off my Boogie amps.

It makes me play longer than I usually do, so that's a good thing. It even makes me write more songs, so that's an even better thing. Try it as a boost, you won't be disappointed.

On a small home setup (in my case a 15w marshall valvestate) it can be easy to enough to get a useable sound out of it. Not so much a "good" sound, but just a workable sound - something u can jam with at home.

But when you start to use better equipment with more power you immediately notice how hard it is to actually get a "real" sound out of it, and it takes a lot of twiddling to find something you could use.

The manual supplied as can be expected has a few suggestions, but these are pretty pointless to be honest, because you should be aiming for your own sound.

In rehersal with band I use a maverick X1 --> marshall ed1 compressor --> metal zone --> boss noise suppressor --> marshall 100w hdfx head --> 1960 marshall cab. The reason for me buying it was because my amp distortion, although very good, wasnt quite loud enough or cutting in rehersal so I thought a metal zone (on recommondation) would get me a cutting sound. To a certain degree it did, once i had dialed in the best sound. But the actual tone that i was getting was awful - it doesnt sound real by any stretch of the imagination. It wasnt crunchy at all, just a kind off fizzy metallic sound with no real body to it. The kind of music we play is hard rock, metal , but this pedal just doesnt sound right to me. No matter how much tweaking I did with it, i just couldnt bring myself to like the sound that was coming out. In rehersal situations it made my tone very cheap sounding , as though i was using a #50 amp cranked right up. I have now invested in a Marshall Jackhammer pedal, which is far superior, and actually gives a much more real overdriven distortion sound with plenty of body.

very reliable, with it beign a boss and all.

n/a

overall, this pedal is good for bedroom jamming and possibly home recording, because on smaller setups it can be tweaked for a useable sound, but if you want a natural hard distortion for live and rehersal then this pedal isnt for you.

I'm sorry but i feel i should say something to warn anyone looking here for info on this pedal.

I am tired of seeing posts by guys who use this piece of shit and say that its the best pedal around for metal, and saying that people who say it sounds tinny or harsh are using squires and crates.

i bought this, played around for a few months before giving a review, so i tried it with many different setups (most were kickass setups) and it actually sounded a little better on the cheaper rigs. but it really sounded like shit using good equipment. i am used to tweaking every little thing in a signal path to get a good sound, but this sucks.

i guess if someone wants just thick distortion thick enough to cover up slop with a harsh and tin sound, this is it.

so dont think buying this will give you an immediate "good" sounding metal.

i think those who rave about it are getting thier 2nd distortion pedal that sounds a little heavier than the rogue pedal they started out playing with. it's o.k. jr, i know you think its the bomb right now, but give it a few years for puberty and experience to set in, and then you will understand.


i'm sorry but this hype about the MT2 from new guys (or guys who have played a few months and went from rogue distortion to MT2) are just setting up alot of people who are in the market for a good pedal to be stuck with a heavy piece of shit.

This is the main downfall of the pedal...takes a long time to get a perfect sound. It's very sensitive and the suggested settings in the manual are quite poor! Don't worry though..enough tinkering and you will find something eventually but just make sure you make a note of your settings!

i play the mt-2 through a fender champion 30 dsp amp with a mxr phase 90 and an epiphone les paul. I would give this a 9 out of 10 because the setting i use is fantastic but at least half of the other settings you can dial are piss poor! at times you'll have the mid so high that turning the distortion knob between halfway and full wont make any difference.

Definately...it does use batteries fast so just buy a cheap adaptor and you'll never have to worry again! But other than that its metal and built like a brick so it isnt goin to break in a hurry

Never dealt with boss but ive heard good things about their customer support so i'll give them an 8

I play mostly Brit Rock like Muse, Radiohead and The Cooper Temple Clause..You can get a great Muse style sound which is quite similar to the zvex fuzz factory sound Matt Bellamy uses. If it was stolen i think i'd try something else but this definately is worth a look at cos theres so many different tones you can get...also at high volumes it can sound shit again depending on the settings u have. basically its just all about patience with the pedal and it getting it spot on.

not easy...
6 control... but this isn't the problem... the regulation of mid freq is SO hard cause it's very sensible.

well... my configuration:
gibson les paul (gothic)-> noise suppressor ->[DS2-> MetalZoneMT2 -> EH BigMuff ->FlangerBF2 ->Zoom505II]-> amp:fender deville 410

his sound isn't bad BUT sometimes i had the impression that with this distortion i was playing with a mosquito into the amp. (ZZZZZZZZZZZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)
perfect for play metal of every kind... and if you have the time and the tranquillity to STUDY its sound, it will be perfect for ALL.
pay attention to high and mid regulation. They are the problem. pay attention. =)

perfect

good, but it is not the best!

This product is realatively easy to use, it took me a good 10 minutes to get the settings right but generally easy.

i am using a Marshall ATV-100 with it and the sound is perfect for my purposes. It is a perfect clone of Metallica's sound and is the only pedal i have found the appropriate crunch of the band in. Iron Maiden and Guns N Roses also sound great.... basically any metal overall great metal sound.

I definately use it in gigs with no backups, it is not breaking soon.

This is overall the perfect pedal for my metal purposes. I would certainly buy another if it were stolen, from no other source can i get such a great metal sound. I would be lost in band practice/gigs without it.

It takes forever to get a decent sound out of this thing(if it can even be called decent).There's a few extra knobs on it so it's not moron-friendly. By the way, the settings in the manual suck. I rate ease of use an 8 unless you can't figure out an EQ with mid frequency.

When I first got this I played it through a Fender Frontman 25 and it sounded like shit and then I got a Marshall JCM800, and yep, still sounds like shit. It's not like i'm using cheap gear either..I play a Fender Strat with a Rio Grande humbucker in the bridge and Tex-Mex's in the neck and middle position. As for sound quality, if you really enjoy having all the heart and soul taken from your guitar's tone then this pedal's for you. I even tried putting a Boss EQ after it but there was no way to get this thing to sound good.

Boss makes good stuff. I have other pedals by them and none have had any problems.

I mostly play blues and blues oriented rock and this pedal sucks for everything except music that requires you to be untalented. There are way too many people playing guitar these days with no ear for music. They should all give their guitars to someone who actually knows what SOUL is. I hope this pedal gets stolen so I can laugh at whoever stole it. I wish I never bought this piece of shit when I could have bought something MUCH better for less or about what I paid for this.
Final Verdict: DON'T BUY THIS PEDAL!!

Need different combinations to figure out your taste, after that you are set.

One of the best, I have a small practice amp, it makes it come ALIVE!!
again, with a 1000$ amp I dont think you get what you want but i've hearn in band situation this thing SMOKES every other distortion pedal.

Its BOSS WHAT CAN I SAY? Just kidding :)

No human being alone without any other tools can damage this. It will knock you out.

For its price its absolutly ONE OF THE BEST.
Compare to all its one of the top ones.

It's not difficult, really. But I don't know that I'd call it easy to use either. This is a difficult thing to rate since acclimation to gadgets and their options/settings is different for each person. I found it VERY easy to use once. The labels under the knobs are self-explanatory. But there are 6 knobs which can be a lot for a stomp box. So versatile that there's almost too many options for a little pedal. Manual is very helpful with recommendations for sound, though I didn't care for most of the recommendeds.

Gear: Fender Mexican Strat and Gibson Nighthawk with a Boss TU-2 (awesome), DOD FX Compression, Marshall Shred Master (set for a good warm light crunch overdrive), BOSS MT-2, DOD Ice Box Chorus, Dunlop Crybaby, Danelectro Tunamelt Tremolo, DOD FX Digital Delay/Sampler, Morley Volume to a Peavey 50W/410 tube combo amp. Not noisy, the effects are incredibly versatile with the parametric mid EQ. You can boost high or low mids. Totally awesome! Rather than really perfectly nailing any one particular artist's sound, I find I get 90% close to most of them, which is close enough for the non-guitar player. Creed, Zep, Hendrix, Matchbox20, MxPx, SRV, Metallica, Hootie & the BF, etc (like I said VERY versatile). I wish I had another!

Super reliable. I've jumped on this thing, dropped it, I've had cords yanked out of the jacks and it keeps on ticking. Short of scratching the paint you can't hurt this pedal (or most Boss pedals).

Never had to deal with them, though support through Boss's website is quite helpful.

I've been playing for about 8 or 9 years. I play mostly original rock now. Harder than Springstein, Matchbox 20 and GooGoo Dolls, but not quite as intense as Creed or Nickleback. Probably somewhere along the lines of Foo Fighters or Switchfoot (don't know who they are? gott find out). But I play around with punk/thrash just for fun and my friends and I love Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Stones, Eagles, Who, etc and this pedal can do it all pretty well. I don't just give all 10's to everything, I'm usually quite critical but I just couldn't find anything wrong with this one.

It has more knobs than most other distortions, but that's actually great, since you can get a more unique sound. It took some time for me to find the right setting, but when i did... Wow!

I use a Marshall JMP 2203 100w and a Marshall AV box (which i just bought). Many people kept telling me that MT-2 works really well on this type of marshalls.. And the combination really is great! I put the bass to 3 o'clock, turn the treble down completely(why is it there anyway?), the middle to a half or something around, the mid-freq. to 2 o'clock and the dist. to 1/2.Knocks me out, true heavy metal sound.

I bought it new a year ago, it seems indestructible.No problems.

Didn't need any yet.

It's really great for HM, but i imagine you could get a variety of different blues/rock sounds from it as well.. really very flexible. I think i'd buy it again if it were stolen, as you really get a lot for the money. The treble does bother me,though... just gets in the way, really!

Ok now,this pedal is not one of those "Dial the onlyone tone knob" things,it has rather more advanced EQ if i can say so,its not 200 bands EQ but one is parametric,the one for mids,lets you choose the frequency you wish to change.Really nice,you can dial mids from dark stupid metal tone which i dislike very much to a nice blues-rock type of tone.
You got Tone,High,Low and Gain controls too,nothing to suprise anybody who ever saw a pedal.

Well,how about a little advice?If you see a review that has a 1 for sound quality and starts something like this "Oh,this pedal sucks,trough my 10000$ Mesa Boogie it sounds thin,and also my 4 Marshall heads are better too......" SKIP IT!I just hate those guys,i mean you have one of the best state of the art amps that is like 4000$ more expencive and you are comparing it to a little metal box with few transistors in?
Im writing this for you dudes out there who are struggling to buy any equipment and try to have fun with gear that is not worth millions,like i did.
First,that METAL in pedal name is pure marketing shit,i dont like metal,in fact i hate it,i love blues and hard rock,and i did get those sounds out of this pedal.I have Roland JC160 and Strat,pretty basic stuff,but hey i work hard and money is not fallin from trees you know.I get that rock sounds i always wanted out of solid state amp,rich,with lots of sustain,and clarity.Noisy,yes it is,but its a pedal to remind you.I never dial gain to full,its too much for me ,so it really has power.This is my setup High=0,Low=full,Mid gain at full and frq. at 2 clock,now you havent seen this on other reviews right?Well it just a fact that every amp reacts differently to pedal,so you need to dial the right tone for every amp.In the shop it sounded awfull,but guy let me try it at home and i never returned it :)))

Had it 3 years,no problems.

All you folks who are not having thoushands dollars to spend on amps,this pedal is great,for begginers perfect.Im not sayin youre gonna get exactly a Marshall sound,thats imposibble without a ........well,Marshall head.But i believe every gutarist is dreamin about all tube amp,well at least i do,and i will get one for sure,those things are the best out there,but if you need something that will keep you satisfied and give you that devilish smile on your face when you hit that riff and it responds with so much power,this pedal is for you.

Very easy to get a workable sound. I bought it used so no manual.

Here is were it gets tricky. I got this used for cheap, I normally play through a fender Bassman 2 12 cab, dble humbucker pups. This pedal sounded like garbage through this setup, may be good for people that cant play to cover up their emberrassment. I took this pedal from my non climate controled detached studio to my house for the winter. In my house I have an old 2 12 yamaha solid state, very clean sounding amp. My other pedals dont push thia amp enough, but the MT-2 makes it sound great. I put all the knobs at about 12:00, sounds like good 80s hard rock, AC/DC, some OZZY, Sabbath and so on.

Boss is very reliable.

Been playing for 20 years. Hard rock some blues. If it were stolen I would buy another one , but wait for the same price. It is good for practice, but too much with my real set up. I chose this because it was at the pawn shop for the price, otherwise I would not have bought one. Good to have if you can get it cheap, but lot of better sounding stuff out there for the retail price of this pedal.

Well,first off its not easy to get good sound out of a pile of shit,which is exactly what this pedal is.

I was using this paper wieght with a Gibson Flying V through my Marshall 80 watt combo,everyone was talking me up on how great it was so i bought one.After i hooked it up and jammed for a few minutes,i noticed such a tinny,fake,dull,lifeless tone,i kicked it into the wall.Good thing i got my money back on this second coming of the turdish 'Heavy Metal Pedal',which was weak,crappy and lacked gain also.

Are you joking?I wouldnt use this pedal to audition for The White Stripes(who suck ass)

My name is Rob,i mainly play Prog,Metal,and classical(Howe,Rhoads,Van Halen are my main influences)If the pedal were stolen,i'd give the thief bus fair to take it home,it would be a good thing if it sounded halfway decent,but it sounds too much like mice fucking in a tin can.Digitech's distortions are a billion times better than the tone on this thing.

The manual has a set of suggested settings for different sounds which are good to use as a guide to shape your own sound.

This is the only pedal I have in my setup and all I will ever need. At first(1 year ago) I didn't like it until I realised it was because back then I couldn't tune my guitar very well and only tried it on my lame 15watt Peavey practice amp. Once I upgraded to a 50watt Marshall MG amp the Metal-Zone gave me one of the best distortion tones I've ever heard. Here are my settings "High" 9o'clock, "Low" 3o'clock, "Middle" Zero, "Mid Freq" 9o'clock. I can't wait to hear how it sounds when I upgrade my guitar to a better one and finally get a Stack amp.

Hasn't Broken before, don't think it ever will.

Haven't had to deal with them.

Ive been playing for 4 years and play mostly Offspring, RATM and Metallica apart from my own songs. In my opinion, I'd say the Metal-Zone sounds good for playing most styles especially for Metallica & Offspring. Its the only pedal I'll ever need and would replace it if it was lost or stolen.

This pedal is not the easiest to tweak....but it will give you some nice sounds if you work at it.

I like hard rock sounds..this mod improved the pedal. I like the smooth hormonics and the higher distortion settings. I don't play that much heavy metal. The pedal can still get tin sounding when you dime it. The bass setting sounds like some one placed a blanket on my amp. I can get close to Pantera or Ozzy with this one. I like Les Paul's and this is a good distortion pedal that can get heavy enough for just about anybody that is ready to rock.

Boss makes good stuff.

Brain got the pedal and modded it right away and got it right back. He answers emails fast. Seems too do all the right things.

I mostly play blues and classic rock, this could be used for a lead boost of sorts. As a main tone generator it is too heavy for me. I thought a mod might bring this ol' pedal out of the closet and help blow some dust of the speakers which it can do. The overall improvement is there...over the top?? no..just a nice heavy metal pedal improved in a good way. More sustian, smoother dynamics and richer harmonics. That is all now go play your guitar.

VERY EASY

VERY QUIET CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF DIST ON TAP. VERY STERILE, THIN, CUTTING TONE. THIS IS NOT A VERY VERSITILE SOUND. DOD DEATHMETAL IS ALOT THICKER AND MORE VERSITILE (AND CHEAPER TOO), BUT A NOISE GATE IS A MUST WITH THAT PEDAL. GREAT FAKE METALLICA TONE W/ TUBE AMP (SOLID-STATE IS MUCH TOO THIN).

I USED THE WRONG DC-ADAPTER ONCE,AND IT WAS BROKE FOR ABOUT ONE MINUET. THEN IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. I HAD ONE FOR 3 YEARS, AND SOLD IT. GOT A NEW ONE A YEAR AGO . IT STILL WORKS, BUT I HAVENT USED IT MUCH (2 OR 3 BATTERIES).

TUBE DISTORTION IS MUCH BETTER. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING FOR 9 YEARS. BEST FAKE METALLICA SOUND OUT THERE, BUT WAY TOO THIN. SOUNDS TERRIBLE W/ EMGS. 6 FOR SOLID-STATE/ 7.125 FOR TUBE *** ATTENTION METALHEADS ***-SELL YOUR PEDALS!!!, AND GET A TUBE AMP!!!!! DONT LISTEN TO NU-METAL OR CREED OR LINKIN PARK OR TECHNO!!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)

I had this pedal between 1992 and 1997.If you have mess around with distortion and eq pedals before the metal zone should be pretty easy to figure out.i have to admit the parametric mid control is very flexible in tone compare to the digitech parametric eq's which didnt do no justice to my sound at all.I guess if you buy those pedals brand new the dealer should provide you a manual.

I've ran this pedal through a fender m-80 chorus combo w/a gibson les paulincluding amps(fender sidekick switcher,peavey ultra 120 amp.I cant recall any noise problems but i do remember playing with peoples metal zone boxes and it would get real noisy when you turn the guitar volume knob down.Personally i dont pedal distortion but this is probably the best distortion box that i ever played through.It doesnt have that cheap fuzzy crap tone that most standard distortion boxes have.the only thing that i dont like about the pedal is that it has a very fake lead tone(ala wah bass filter)which is way i like amp distortion it has a natural harmonic sense between high and low frequencie .But the eq is great,very versatile ranging from warm valve-like tones/tear your face off scooped mids metal tone.

no comment

i never dealt with them

Personally i like diffrent metal sounds and this pedal does a decent job with it's flexible eq.But the truth is within the last 16 years as a guitar.I'm sorry but a distortion just doesnt have the balls and power that a fully driven amplifier has. Nowadays i just stick to my marshalls because that's what hard rock/metal is all about no imitaters please.

Teenie weenie little knobs. Need to were my magnoplasmic glasses when using it on stage.

Very hard to find a fat sound that cuts through but blends well with the rest of the dudes. Extremely noisy used through my 100 watt Marshall I guess if your just a basement metal head band and you wanna' be the loud and proud dude this might work.

It's a Boss. They don't break. Switches will dye after about 20 years of steady stompin' though.

It's a Boss.

I added this pedal to my board 'cause I wanted some real grind for a couple of Metal Head tunes the boys wanted to play. I finally found the sound after about a month of messing with it. This is not an easy pedal to use, unlike the Boss OD's that sound good just about anywhere they are set. I have a pedal board with 10 effects on it and this is the hardest one to use. If you turn the gain and the distortion down to the 9:00 o'clock setting it's usable there. Anywhere past that it becomes uncontrollable and way to scary to use live. Get one if you really wanna' screw up your sound man. They just hate them.

Very easy to use..........it's only knobs how hard can that be?

I'm playing a stock strat thru a carvin x100B half stack and a fender sidekick 35 bass, and this pedal sounds good thru both of them. I play funk-rock, and I use this pedal for my lead tones. I can get dirty heavy percussive sounds to clean sustained sounds ala carlos santana. Don't let the name metal zone fool you, it's a very versitle pedal that you can tweak and get many different tones. I first got a DS-1 and it was way too tame as a distortion box. Metal zone will give you the sustain for legato technique and still keep the clarity to hear every picked note during solos.

c'mon this is boss, I've never had any problems with any boss pedals.

I've played thru many pedals, and I was cautious when getting this pedal because I didn't want that shrill cheap amp type distortion, but I am pleased with this one. I really love the smooth gain and sustain. If it was stolen, I would buy another. I gave it a 9 because there's always room to improve on something.

Do you know what Gain, volume, and EQ do? Then you can use this. Gave it a nine because nothing deserves a 10 (nothing's perfect), and the mid-sweep might confuse some fresh rookie guitartists.

Now this seems to be where the debate is. And I think I have the solution to it. I used it through a Peavey Bandit (one of the newer models), and the other guitarist in my band still does. I got an absolutely amazing sound out of it and it was my main distortion for 4 years. Now I got my mesa stack I don't really use it. I tried it through the clean channel on my mesa, and it sounded like shit; had the tinny, thin sound that others have complained about. So the solution i mentioned earlier is that it seems this pedal really depends on the amp you put it through.

So I would say this: If your a young or begining guitarist who can't afford a "real" rig (Mesa, Marshall etc) who needs awesome metal distortion, this is your pedal. If your someone who bitches that this pedal sounds like crap throuh your mesa or marshall, well tough shit cause if you have a mesa or marshall, you don't need this pedal anyway.

Gets a 7 for the amazing sound it made through my Peavey Bandit, but not higher casue I gave my Mesa head a nine and its much much better.

Made of metal, takes lots of stomping and keeps.....uh....romping?? (needed something that rhymed). The two middle knobs broke off, but only after my 10 pound stereo speakers fell on it from 4 feet up about 6 or 7 times. (one would think I would move the pedal after the first or second).

Havn't had to deal with them.

As a distortion pedal, this gets an 8 cause it is capable of amazing metal tones, but loses points cause it really does sound like crap through some amps.

Easy to set up. Not to hard to get a great sound out of. Mids however do make a mass difference when setting your sound, But thats how its susposed to be.

This is the best distortion box ever. It has mass harmonics, razer sharp highs and super tight bass. Great for metal. Anyone that thinks this pedal sucks must be playing the wrong music for it. Dont expect limp bizkit or blues to come out of this thing. This pedal does sound like METALLICA MEGADETH and SLAYER. Mass gain . I love it.

Its Boss. It Metal. Nuff said.

never delt with but their website kicks butt. You can sample the metalzone and other pedals as well. Just remember that the metalzone sounds even better live.

Ok I play metal and use jackson and bc rich guitars with upgrades to them. I know metal ,been doing it for 11years now. It goes through a ampeg vh140-c head and a genz benz 4x12, with an assortment of pedals and rackmounts. If this pedal did suck I would know and let me tell you THIS PEDAL KICKS ALL ASS. Other guys might say no versatility and it sounds to tinny wah wah wah, and I dont know why maybe they should put down their squire guitar and 1x12 combo and get some real shit. TO me this pedal has all the versitility it needs, To cover all your metal sounds.

it's easy to figure out what the knobs are "supposed" to do.
twist knobs for desired (usually undesired) function.
no rocket science involved

i got this a few months ago, noticed the horrible sounds but decided to give it a while before bashing it right away.


it would probably make a teenage rocker in your life a nice gift for the bedroom. everyone has that one pedal, that sucks for live/recording, but sounds pretty good in the bedroom to play heavy music.

but trying to put it through good equipment there are no useable sounds except for that harsh tinny sound that makes a good "joke intro".

i am using only perfect equipment, the type guitarists look at and immediatly drool, cry, then vomit.

the effect is o.k. for beefing up a small bedroom amp for practice, but dont try to use this recording (i tried every possible setting over the few months) and dont say to use with an E.Q., as there are good pedals out there that respond well to playing and get shaped by the amp.....but with this, well - i guess my amp does not like to shape "shit".

i'm sorry, but thats the only word that comes to mind other than harsh and tinny.

i would rely on it to knock someone out, as it is a tank like the other boss pedals.

use it without a backup? i wouldnt use it at all live or recording.

i never dealt with them except for when getting free stuff, but i think i'll complain about this one

i wont keep bashing, as you all can tell my opinion is that this thing would only please a beginner or one who never had good drive before, and thinks its the "bomb"



you all have heard my thick screaming tone many times before, but i cant say my name. but trust me, i will never abuse my fans by recording with this. you all should feel safe that every album i put out will grind as always, and i wont even use this on the "low-fi" crunch (its too lo-fi)

Humm Yea its easy to use! Very vesatille if you like its sound! Dont understand what the 2 mid nobs do though! Makes a lot of difference!

Really fake! Tight tinney toneless pedal!
Sucks out all the tone compresses the sound like you wouldnt belive. Leaves you with a dark, week, tight tone! Very aggressive ill give it that but couldnt use it in a band it will never cut through the mix you would just be heard as a noisy tinney thing! Doesnt have any crunch its to compressed! Makes you guitar sound like a guitar patch on played on a keyboard! Not good at all!

Sounds Ok in the bedroom thou!Loud and aggressive can have alot of fun with it! And can get loads of satuation hich can be good for simple heavey riffs! But still unusable live especially if you wanna play lead!

Yea soild asa roc couldnt break this thing if u tried!The best bit with this pedal. You can buy it 2nd hand and be 99% certain that it works like new!

Never delt with them and wouldnt think you would have to! Some companies may do an upgrade which would be good as the pedal is very versatille and could be shapped into something better! Somthing to make it sound better live. I like to feel my distortion shake every bone in my body this on bearly wobbles my lips!

Good for bedroom use! Very unusable in a band situation! Very agressive very dark with good bass response but too tight too compressed too fake not crunchy or big enough sounding! Otherwise its great!:)!
One word to describe it is Tonless! O and Solid! Dont expect to take it to a gig we wont even no there aguitarist in the band!

Can it be simpler?

For a small transistor stompbox, it cannot be better. I don't know how verstile it can be but for metal it really rocks. I've used it with many amps(Crates, Peavys, Marshalls), Jackson and Fender guitars and it has always nailed the sounds I was after.

It's a rock!

Don't know, see preevious answer.

I've been playing metal for 10 years and it alway as been around. It is a great distortion. I sold it because I'm going for the Line6 Vetta so it will be useless to me (it is in the Vetta). The only "problem" with this is that you have the same sound all night long, or you have to get on your knees during the show to change your setting...

Pretty easy to get good sounds out of it. The mid and mid contour are the controls you need to take the most time with, they practically morph the sound, while the low and high controls just make this thing sound harsh and farty. Be conservative with the high and low knobs, and careful with the mids, and you'll be sounding like you're favorite nu-metal guitarist in no time!

:)

I've never owned this pedal, but my friend and former bandmate used this on his Randall RH100 for almost a year, and I played it a fairly good bit, even borrowing it to further evaluate the sound. This pedal used to sound bad-assed to me, having never even played a high gain tube amp, or any tube amp for that matter, just cheap SS amps with various distortion pedals.

Now, for a pedal, its hard to beat. I've yet to hear a distortion pedal that can nail a metal tone as good as this. But as far as distortions go in general, it doesn't hold up very well. But hey, what do you expect for $80?

I bought a Peavey 5150 II head not too long ago, my first tube amp, without even trying it out because I live in a shithole redneck dump of a town in western Louisiana, and there are NO places to try out amps, REAL amps, anywhere near me. I first turned on the amp, and was shocked at how much it just pushed my flaws right back in my face. It was so articulate that I couldn't hide minor mistakes, even behind immense amouts of gain.

I went back and played the Metal Zone again, and the Randall RH100 amp distortion, and both just felt kinda "dead" compared to my 5150. The sound coming out of the speakers was good, yes, but that "feeling" just wasn't there, and everything I played felt uninspired. I can't go back to SS amps, and I CERTAINLY can't go back to these "metal" pedals.

As far as getting the sound of your favorite artists, I don't know. The only artist that I know who uses one of these is Crowbar, because they actually use these, and they have an ultra thick, HEAVY, crushing sound that could kill small animals. And yes, with a powerful amp or power amp, you can get those sounds.

Seems very rugged. Boss isn't a cheap brand, but they make up for it with great reliability.

never dealt with Boss.

Guys, I know a lot of you are just starting out playing guitar, and if you want a good distortion, and you can't afford an amp with decent distortion, then look no further. The Metal Zone will make you sound good, but it will also hide your mistakes, and when you actually get to play a nice high gain tube amp, I hope you're inspired to become a better player. Thats how it worked for me.
I guess this thing will be wonderful for slamming on power chords, puts its not very articulate and can sometimes sound mushy.
But, like I said, for a pedal distortion, you can't beat it.

It is very easy to use. Just play with it a bit. I'd say look at the manual to see what it has, I always do, sometimes it's good, sometimes not. This one is ok.

I use ESP guitars. A EX with EMG 60 and 81 pickups, Metallica, go figure, and a v-350. I thought about going 81-81 with that, but I really like the HZ's. They ain't half bad. But, I go through those two guitars, Ex for rhythm and V for leads, then to a Boss OC-2 - Dod Death Metal - Dunlop Dimdbag Cry Baby from Hell - Digitech Metal Master - Boss MT-2 - Randall RH200. It isn't that noisy at all. That;s probably due to the EMG's. No feedback whatsoever with those. Like everyone else has said, it is perfect for Megadeth. I do really like the pedal. But I just wish it was more. I thought it was a Metal Master with a Mid knob. It's not that at all. I guess that's what I was lookin for. it's goes great with the OC-2. I haven't had it for that long so I guess I have to play around with it some more.

It's a Boss. Go figure. When I gig, I use all of my pedals. I use them for all different songs, sometimes I switch them durin the song. I switch guitars when I play One. I use my EX during beginning of the song, but the other guitarist can't play the solo so right before the solo I switch to my V so I can do the solo. This pedal will probably will be used for the parts of songs that just need a little distortion. Like intro to St.Anger. That kind of stuff.

Never delt with any company. Everything I've bought was good. and stayed good. I take care of my shit.

I play all metal. This is ok i guess for my music. I play some other stuff but mainly my own. I have been playin for about 2 years. People don't believe me cause i have progressed to much. Especially in the last couple of months. I probably wouldn't buy another one if it was stolen. I'd probably buy a flanger, Ive wanted one for a while now. I guess, I wish it had the tone the Metal Master does. Other than that's it's pretty good.

THIS PEDAL IS VERY EASY TO USE, TWIST THE KNOBS TILL U FIND YOUR DESIRED TONE, OR USE BOOKLET, OR GO ON THE INTERNET TO FIND SETTING YOU CAN A VARIETY OF TONES,FROM METALLICA TO VAN HALEN,EVEN SOME BLUES TONES

THE SOUND QUALITY OF THIS PEDAL IS THE BEST IVE USED AND IVE USED ALOT OF THEM!NOT A VERY FAT TONE A LITTLE TREBLEY,I USE MARSHALL AVT100 AMP WITH BOSS TU-2 TUNER,CRYBABY WAH WAH 535Q AND THE METAL ZONE MT2 AND A GIBSON LES PAUL STANDARD,IBANEZ RG220 WITH EMG 81 AND A TEXAS SPECIAL AMERICAN FENDER FAT STRAT WITH SEYMOUR DUNCAN PEARLY GATES,IBANEZ WITH EMG 81 SOUNDS THE BEST WITH THIS PEDAL!

ITS A BOSSS ITS VERY DURABLE LIKE A BRICK!

HAVENT DEALT WITH THEM

I PLAY METALLICA STYLE OF MUSIC AND THIS PEDAL IS PERFECT FOR THAT STYLE,IVE BEEN PLAYING GUITAR FOR 3 YRS,WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THE BOSS MT2 METAL ZONE IS TONE,EASE OF USE,BEING ABLE TO CHANGE TONES FROM METALLICA TO STEVIE RAY VAUGHN,I COMPARE THIS PEDAL TO DOD,MARSHALL JH1,AND DIGITECH AND THIS MT2 SMOKES ALL OF THEM,THIS PEDAL ALLOWS ME TO GET A STACK SOUND OUT OF A COMBO AMP!BUY THIS PEDAL IF U LIKE TO PLAY METAL IF NOT DONT BUY IT,ITS FOR METAL HEADS!

For simply the distortion circuit its relatively straight forward for any user, but the 4 way EQ makes it slightly more complicated for a beginner. The manual has some nice instructions for the tone settings on how to achieve various different tones. A bit of patience with the pedal, your amp and your guitar will be rewarding.

its not THE ABSOLUTE best distortion ive heared, but for its price its outstanding. I got this pedal before i had a decent amp (i was originaly using a Leem KA-1210) and i was impressed with its sound imediately. Then i got a marshall valvestate and it still sounded good. The best ive heared it sound was through a mesa boogie (but thats not really surprising now, is it). As for guitars i use either a Gibson SG, Fender Jaguar or Fender Mustang. All these guitars used with this pedal have different pro's and cons. With the SG i can get a really nice screaming lead sound, one thing that struck me about this pedal is its sustain. The compression settings in the distortion circuit must be really high. I have the 'DIST' setting up to about 3 o'clock, mid gain at about 1, mid frequency at 12, low at 5 and high at 12.
The mustang and the jaguar sound better with the pedals 'DIST' at about 12/1 o'clock. I do find that sometimes i wish there was more 'UMF' to the drive but i might be being silly, i generally use light strings anyway so thats probably what does it. The pedal gives a nice sort of sustainy/screamy/smooth type distortion if that makes sense (as opposed to crunchy) and that suits me down to the ground but i can see why others dont like it, particularly after the bands they mention. I use the pedal in conjunction with several other pedals, a Boss compression sustainer (for even more sustain) and a boss DD-3. The pedal is good for placebo esque sounds as it really excenuates the high strings for hammer on's. I would say that if you're into muse/placebo/garbage, you'll be happy. But metallica (as so many of you mention) i'd look elsewhere.

i wont even answer this question

in accordance with the question above, ill leave this question too

this is a good pedal, but its good for what its good for. Thats why people like us have so many different pedals and effects and guitars i guess. And thats why manufacturers like boss keep churning them out. I've been playing (and when i say playing i dont mean 1 hour practice a week in my bedroom) for only about 6 years. But im very familier with music production generally and other instruments. I produce many different types of music and use 'guitar pedals' for all sorts. For example the boss MT-2 in question sounds fantastic on a 2 oscillator mono synth, twin squarewave, bit of delay and then the MT-2, if you've ever heared 'voodoo people' by the prodigy then you'll know the sound im getting at. But for guitar and 'rock' based music im happy with my MT-2. The other distortion i use is a roger mayer voodoo. If one cant do the job the other can. I would replace this pedal if it where stolen or lost.
One minor 'piss off' factor. The low gain has a steady incline (obviously) but in the last 1/4 centimeter it sudenly becomes earth shattering creating a horrible noise through the amp. This product was a replacement for my old boss distortion, a HM-2 and as a result im much happier with the MT-2.

All in all its personal preference. But i would recommend this pedal if you're after sustain/distortion without the need for separate hardware. So if you're into 'Christan Death' then this is the one for you.

Using this pedal for things other then it's intention can be frustrating.

Very difficult to get blues tones, grunge tones, brown sounds, etc

If you use this pedal to obtain Metal tones from the likes of bands like Megadeth, Judas Priest, Ratt, L.A. Guns, etc, then the MetalZone is superpable easy to use.

If you experience noise it's either a broken MetalZone or you've got problems elsewhere. The metalZone is very powerful. Folks,this pedal has TWICE the gain of an ordinary distortion pedal (like the classic Boss DS-1). If you have the gain over 1/4 up you are in a high gain situation. ANY high gain situation is going to expose your rigs noisey parts. Be it noisy pick ups (like single coils), noisy cables, noisy electronics, etc, like a compressor the MetalZone will amplify any noise going into it. The MetalZone itself is very very quiet. It's low noise. Remove the input cable and you will see.

The MetalZone is very powerful. I usually have the gain set at 11 o'clock. ELEVEN o'clock folks! That's less than half way up and still I have tons of gain. I can turn the gain down to almost off and still have a good metal rhythm crunch.

Tone? I love it! But it's NOT Korn, Limpbizkit, Pantera, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Van Halen, Aerosmith, King's X, Suicidal Tendencies, Overkill, Ted Nugent, Stone Temple Pilots, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Beatles, BB King, Guns n Roses, Blind Melon, or a million other bands.

This pedal has the Megadeth's Symphoney Of Destruction CD tone. It also has the Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengence CD tone. It also does Ratt's sound extremely well. Remember Rip And Tear from L.A. Guns? That too is how the MetalZone sounds.

Can you also get Nirvana, Korn, Led Zeppelin or Scorpion tones from the MetalZone? Maybe, sorta, kind of, but there are better ways.

I use a stock JPM Marshall head and cabinet with a Les Paul with the MetalZone. I have no problem with hiss or noise at decent gain levels. With the gain full up I might be turning off the MetalZone between songs. Imagine that? But why would I have the MetalZone's gain full up? Full up is only good for insane leads exactly like the last lead in the song from Medadeth's Captive Honour. Man, that's a MetalZone with the gain all the way up. Do you think it is possible to have no floor noise with that much gain? Not without a noise gate working hard. I don't care how good your equipment is.

Boos pedals are the most reliable pedals ever built....I think. I've got 20 of them that I've been abusing for the last 25 years.

i play all kinds of styles of music.

When I want to sound like Megadeth, Ratt, L.A. Guns or Judas Priest I break out the MetalZone!

If it broke I'd get another one within a week or two.

What do I hate about it? Maybe the mid or treble controls could use more adjustments.

I've got a dozen distortion pedals. The MetalZone is a high quality and professional tool. Sophisticated electronics inside. Excellent noise to output specifications.

I love the Megadeth's Countdown To Extinction CD. It's so angry! The guitars are bad ass. The leads are wild and over the top. What an album! Buy it! Some of the greatest lead guitar ever is on this collection of tunes.........and you can bet they used noise gates to make it!

Too bad no one can play lead guitar anymore. Todays rebelious head bangers have got it easy. Does Greenday even know what a pentatonic scale is? Easy money! lol

pretty straight forward. volume, high/low knob, mid/frequency knob, and distortion knob. easy to tweak if you know what each function is used for

Here's where the problem lies and I dont know what you all are talking about when you choose to give this thing high marks. Granted it gives off sharp distortion great for palm mutes and a high frequency to give detail to the low notes but, common the hiss on this thing is annoying as hell which throws everything out of wack when trying to play through it. It sounds so unprofessional that I found it discouraging to continue on playing. In addition I found that it lacked warmth in its sound. Its sounded to dry and buzzy which makes your music suck if you want to compare it to the sound to a high quality device.

The metal zone is Good for palm mutes and power chords but, dont expect this thing to give you a good sound when playing lead guitar or a solo because the high frequency buzzes out all the detail. I feel the Digitech Metal Master is a superior pedal in producing a fuller and more rangy sound for metal but, it also has the same drawback as the metal zone which is it does not provide clarity on leads guitar and solos.

The moment that you stomp on it...if your playing on a small squeaky-clean Fender of some sort...is just like...YEAH!!!!!:) Very 'master of puppets' to be sure.

If you know how to use the EQs properly you can get a great sound.

I was suprised at how little noise this pedal produces. My guitar is a humbucker-singlecoil-humbucker Ibanez RG170, so I can flip through to single coils to see how the noise floor is. Obviously it depends on the pickups and the amp too, I donno maybe I'm just lucky I guess.

The EQs are the best thing on this amp. It can be a bit confusing, particularily the frequency selection and its respective cut/boost.

Here's my favourite setting:

Lows (bottom section of the left EQ knob) - 2 or 3 o'clock
Highs (top section of the left EQ knob) - 10 to 12 o'clock
(this pedal produces ear piercing treble...I usually cut some of it)

Frequency (bottom section of the right EQ knob) - 2 or 3 o'clock
(this is the frequency you are cutting or boosting...at that position thats around 1khz...dont ask, it just sounds good, okay lol)

Cut/boost (top section of the right EQ knob) - 1 or 2 o'clock
(your boosting the frequency range that much).

This gives you somewhat of a less harsh sound out of this thing, with the gain still cranked. I use this pedal on an old Roland DAC-15XD (solid state). The beauty about this pedal is that it's killer for solid state amps, particularily practice amps. I would much rather use this pedal on a squeaky clean Fender Princeton or a Marshall MG than any of their respective amp-gains.

However I wouldn't bother using this on a tube amp of any sort. Thats when this stomp box sounds like a stomp box. And who'd be dumb enough to use a $100 stomp box distortion pedaul on a $1,500+ stack? thats just retarded...

This pedal is definatly Metallica/Pantera/Megadeth. Thats what it's best suited for. ABout the gain settings though, people have said this before, you dont want it under 12 o'clock. One of the reasons why this pedal has such massive gain is because it compresses the guitar signal like CRAZY.

So basically with the pedal turned on, your softest playing turns out as loud as your heavy playing. And with the gain setting any less than 12 0'clock, yeah your getting softer distortion, but its still compressde and very muddy. You'd get a slightly better sound cranking the gain to full, and lowering the volume of your guitar.

I can't say if this is the best pedal ever, but certainly the best from Boss. It will always sound like metal though. So I wouldn't reccomend it for Blues players. It has a certain resonant peak in the high mids...if you want mellow "tube like" distortion, try the Boss Blues Driver, or an Ibanez Tubesreamer.

its a fucking Boss pedal!

I play alot of Nirvana, Rush, Metallica, Zeppelin, that sort of thing. This pedal is made for practice amps with harsh and muddy gains (Marshall MGs), or Fender solid-states with wimpy gains. This is my first guitar pedal, I've tried others mostly from Boss. I liked the versatility in the EQ section, and of course I liked the huge amounts of gain.

Yeah it can get a bit muddy if you play music thats subtle. This pedal's not subtle though! It just rocks, and the EQ just varies the degree of fuckin ROCK. Dont even bother with the gain. Leave it cranked, and use your guitar's volume knob as your variation of gain!

E-mail me at snowdog2112@gosympatico.ca if you have questions or whatever. Later!

I like the distrotion at around 11 oclock and the rest around straight up. Tweeking the tone knobs off of straight up is dangerous but i wiil boost the bass and cut the higher mids a bit.

I think the treble control could have used a better frequency range to adjust. Too high. A parametric for the treble would be a nice added touch. Maybe some pedal guru out there will start modding the Metalzone for a better treble control.

A seasoned musician will be able to quickly turn an old Marshall half stack or old Fender Twin into a Symphony Of Destruction.

I play my Metalzone with a 1972 Marshall 50 watt head [all original] and a 300 watt Marshall 4x12 cabinet and the tone is perfect. I mean PERFECT! It lacks nothing. It's awesome! It's Megadeth! It's Slayer! It's Tool! It's Pantera! It's hard and tight SPEED METAL!

Of course, I set the distortion at below halfway. Sounds like shit all the way up!

I can get away with playing grunge with it too but prefer other pedals for grunge like S.T.P., Nirvana, Alice In Chains, Pearl Jam, etc. I like the Boss DS-1 Distortion or HM-2 Heavy Metal pedals for grunge and real old metal like Led Zeppelin.

I've tried a hundred different pedals in my years. I like Boss pedals the most.

Better than Marshall, DOD, Ibanez, Electro Harmonix, Jekyl and Hyde, Ross, MXR, Maxim, TC, Mutron!, shit, no one makes a better quality pedal. I've got some from the 70s that still work and sound like new and I play guitar everyday since the 70's.

I'm sure it would be hell to have these guys fix an old pedal. I usually replace broken wires and grommets my self. The foot switches can get intermittant and should be available at music stores that sell Boss pedals.

I like metal, grunge, rock, blues and thrash. I play the metalzone for the metal music from 1980 to the present. I think Judas Priest was the first band to coin this sound with the Screaming For Vengence album (1982). Using a flanger before the Metalzone really captures that album. Ya, I'm listening to "The Hellion" right now from the album and it's a Metalzone sound for sure. I wonder if you kids under 40 can appreciate this album. (LOL, kids under 40) Oh fuck! Where's my Geritol?
You punks banging your heads to Limp Biscuit and Korn can find the roots to your music here. From Chuck Berry to Led Zeppelin to Judas Priest to Megadeth to Tool the torch keeps getting passed down from generation to generation. Except no one can play lead anymore! in the 90's guitar players got too lazy to play lead anymore! LOL! Just kidding. After the Malmsteen dude from Switzerland blew our heads off we needed a good long break!

Like I said earlier. The treble adjustment could use a parametric adjustment but what the hell, change a capacitor in it and taylor it to your own taste. Where's my soldering iron?

Boy, old Rob Halford sure sings like a tough guy! I really hope to see Judas Priest in 2024 do another tour right before the end of the world! Hell, we'll all be near 70 by then! Will Metal still be produced by teenagers and selling millions? Shit, metal is suppossed to be young rebellious expression. Now we have teens and senior citizens banging their heads at the same concerts. Look at Ozzy Osborne for shit's sake! That's how fucking old Heavy Metal is kids! We love ya though! As long as the goverment keeps treating us like slaves in a salt mine Heavy Metal will live!

It's very easy to get the sound Boss intended. YOu just plug it in and go.

I'm going to give it a five and I will explain why:

On one hand, if you are a young player who wants to sound like the Metallica CD and are playing a practice amp in your bedroom, yeah, buy this. You will have a great time with the raunchy distortion this pedal gives.

On the other hand, if you are a professional player, or have professional-grade gear, you will laugh at this pedal. And miked? Forget it...it sounds like a mosquito got into the PA. This pedal is not geared for someone playing through a Marshall and being miked into a PA. It's too much for that...

So it depends on what you are doing. I would never, ever think of using this in the studio or in a live situation. However, for re-learning old solos from Priest records in my living room, it's perfect.

I think they should make international borders out of the casings of Boss pedals. War would be a thing of the past since no one could get through the border.

I've never needed Boss support in 20+ years of using their products.

I have been playing for over 20 years. Many of those years were as a professional club musician. I have owned a lot of different amps, including a Marshall JCM 800 50 watt 1/2 stack, and different Fender combos.

I worked with this pedal and got a kick out of the mid-80's sound it gave me when I was sitting in front of the amp. No, it has no versatility, but then again, if you are looking for Neil Young's tone, what on earth are you doing messing with a pedal called "Metal Zone"? I tweaked the tone, messed with different levels of distortion, but still ended up with that midrangey raunch distortion. This is good and bad. Like I have already said...it's great in the application of someone who wants a buzzbomb to use in their bedroom and to get a killer 80's sound. It's ridiculous in any miked, live or studio setting.

Not too bad. It could be a bit tricky for first time users to get the sounds you want. But once you've figured it out, it's as easy as ABC.

You've got to sacrifice some ease of use for versatility.

WOW!!!

No other BOSS distortion pedal could give you such a powerful distortion with massive sustain. This thing gives out endless sustain even when the Dist level is set to 5. Pumps out more gain and sustain than the newer Boss Mega Distortion pedal (MD-2), although not as bassy. But definately cleaner.

Very versatile. The people that complain that it's one sided probably havent discovered it's full potential yet. Besides cranking the Dist all the way, try cranking up the Level (turn your amp master down first!!!) then adjust the Dist level. You won't need to crank the Dist all the way up.

You could literally use this with a hollowbody Jazz guitar with floating mini-humbuckers plugged into a karaoke amp and you would still sound like Metallica. Beleive me, i've tried it!

No matter how much i've tried hating this pedal, i could'nt. I've tried using other distortion pedals in the past 10 years but keep coming back to it time and time again.

AMAZING!!!...for a pedal.

Built like a brick. Tank like structure.

The most vulnerable bits are the knobs and they are pretty much indestructible...unless you get some C4 and blow the thing up.

Then again, I don't think a chunk of C4 could completely destroy this thing.

Definately gig without backup.

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As hundreds of other BOSS reviewers wrote:

"NEVER need to deal with them."

Unless you're a Roland / Boss technician, how many broken Boss single effect pedals have you come across in your life? Since i started using them 10 years ago, none.

Maybe i'll come across 1 or 2 in 20 years time....

I use it when i play heavy, grunge metal music and it suits me just fine, every thing from 70's style of Kravitz to Slipknot.

I've been playing on and off for over 10 years. I've owned 2 Ibanez's, an Aria-Pro, Washburn and Yamaha guitars. I've also used Epiphone, BC Rich and ESP guitars. I've owned 4 Boss distortion/overdrive pedals (OD-2, OS-2 and MT-2). I started off with a tiny little BOSS amp (yes, they make little amps years ago) to a Marshall combo.

If my MT-2 got stolen, i'd definately buy another.

I've sold it (big mistake), and bought it again brand new.

I love it's clean distortion compared to MD-2 and it's endless sustain. The only thing that i hate, as others have mentioned, is the battery life. I love the fact that it pumps out more gain / sustain than the OD-2 and OS-2 put together at max level and gain but without the noise.

I compared the MT-2 directly with the newer MD-2 at my local music store. Spent about an hour testing it back and forth. It's a close call, but I choose the MT-2 for the second time just because i miss it's sound. The MD-2 sounds harsher and doen't have the sustain that the MT-2 has. I really, really tried loving the MD-2 over the MT-2 just because it's newer.

Wish it doesn't use up battery as fast.

The MT-2 definately help me get the sound i want.

I made the mistake of getting 2 overdrive pedals before i heard the MT-2. I really thought that a distortion / overdrive pedal was meant to be a supplement to the existing distortion of the amp. Was i wrong.

As i've mentioned before, this thing could turn a Jazz guitar plugged into a karaoke amp sound like an ESP with EMG pickups plugged into a stack of Marshalls (sort of). You will have years of fun with this pedal.