Boss MZ-2 Digital Metallizer

It's a BOSS, how hard can it be, came with my first real guitar, so as a novice it was a little hard to get a good sound out of it, but as time passed its become a lot more versatile.

I'm using an older RG570 with a Crate G-40C, this pedal is soooo versatile. I hated it at first, but after about a year(I'm a novice) I am able to get the sounds I want out of it. Great for metal(Metallica, Iron Maiden), but I can get an awesome Black Sabbath and even Zeppelin sound out of it. The distortion sounds great, but I've found the chorus just to be a nuisance so I just don't use it, no problem, but its there if I want it. Very versatile, it can produce anything from a mild overdrive to a screaming metal sound.

Its a BOSS, I got this used I don't know what the guy who had it first did, but it's got this big hole on the side of the switch cover, but it works great, I don't gig, but if I did I would use this(its all I've got!), but it has never done anything weird, except burn out 9-volts in record time!

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I play mostly hard rock and metal, but some 70's stuff too, really anything from Zeppelin to Iron Maiden, this pedal can do it. This pedal is my only pedal and I would never get rid of it(jerk-offs only wanna give $20 for it!), if it were stolen I'd have to beat somebody mercilessly with a crowbar;), but I probably wouldn't buy it again unless I could find another one for a really good price, I like to mess arounf with new stuff. I think that you could get a similar sound out of the Metal Zone and I never use the chorus, plus the Metal Zone has so many more knobs to mess with It would take me years to get all the sounds out of it. This has probably helped me the most with my music because the Crate's distortion sucks and I don't have anything else. I even used this as an amp before I got one(plugged into my stereo, it worked!) I've found that for my setup and my style of music this pedal is great, but I wish I could get a nice marshall/tube sound out of it, but its more for a solid-state, Metallica/Slayer sound. If you know any good setings, email me I'd appreciate it.

Very simple. 4 knobs Level, tone, drive, mode. 6 modes: 3 doublers, 2 chorus, one straight ahead distortion which kills the metal zone.

I would use this pedal with any guitar with a humbucker. To get a good sound from a strat you'd have to have a single coil thats hotter than hell. Surprisingly low noise factor here. The in and out swooshing of the chorus is inaudible when you're NOT playing. The chorus sound is amazing with a 4x12 marshall stack. This pedal should be called the the Digital Metallica. Its sound is exactly the same as Hetfield's main sound. Turn the tone all the way up and you've got Hammett's tone.

Its a BOSS. It will NOT break.

Never needed to talk to them.

I play Progressional Rock/metal. It is a great all around pedal for any sound. I'd buy it again if it were stolen. If you are into Metallica, KMFDM, Queensryche, or Dream Theatre buy this pedal.

Of course it's easy to use. Like you already know, there are only four knobs to choose between... that couldn't be so difficult to hand with, Could it? But it's extremly ifficult to get a good sound of it... 'cause it has no good sound in it...

First of all before I throw this pedal with the carbages I'm gonna tell you what equipment I was using when I tested it. I used my Fender USA Stratocaster 40th anneversary and a Gibson Les Paul Standard -92, Spectraflex cables, Marshall JCM900 Hi-gain Dual Reverb 100w combo 2*12". Notice... I didn't use any kind of effects expect this fu**ing pedal. The tone-control sux, you don't have any speciall use of it. The drive-control is the knob that I used most... and it sounds best with high gain settings... although it's sounding far from good... you know that typical "transistor-made-in-taiwan-soud": BZZZZZZZZZZ!!! And it's very noisy... It can't be my Marshall cos I was using the clean channel. :-( The chorus-kno is the only one that affects the sound in a good way, it can infact sound almoust good with some other distortion pedals (valve). You can have that control to get 3 doubing- sounds and 2 different chorus-sounds.

I have only used it on a gig at once... When my Marshll was broke, so I haved to take my Samick 10w transistor (hihi) amp... so I really didn't care about the sound then... No I use that pedal as a football...:-)

Well The pedal isn't broke yet... It is still working after 3 years... so I can't complain about the customer support.

I would never ever buy that thing again... I've been palying the guitar for 9 years and I have noticed that you can have much better sound than what you get with this pedal... Buy something else!

Quite easy to get a good sound. It is a shame boss discountinued it. Small manual with a few settings that I thought were crap!

I use a homemade guitar (strat-like) with seymour duncan full shred pickup (humbucker) + a peavey bandit 112 I like sounds like van halen and metallica, those scooped mids and rough edged sounds. This unit has a good doubling effect that works great + 2 choruses. Nice touch Boss! Not good for a marshall type sound. Bluesy sounds are kinda possible.

You need the dc adapter. It eats through batteries like a sex starved hore! None the less very reliable.

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I play rock, metal it is a good piece of equipment but I would like a marshall type sound. Maybe even a santana sound but not with this pedal. I love the doubling. If you turn the drive down to 0 and put the chorus on it can sound nice clean. It helps me play music a touch. If its cheap secondhand and comes with an adapter.... get one!

Very easy to get a good sound from it, in the instructions it has a bunch of good settings. Easy to change the battery.

So far haven't found it to be too noisy, yet. The effects are great and there are two outputs on it and a chorus with distortion, so it would probably sound good if you used it with two differnt cabinets. The chorus is alright and the distortion is great.

I guess it is dependable, but the batteries don't last long, I would recommend getting one of those AC adapters for it.

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I would probably buy it again, I like all of the distortion settings and the versatility. The chorus and distortions are great. I compared it with the hyper metal pedal by Boss, which was the pretty much the same price. I chose this one because it had basically the same distortion with more options. Buy an AC adapter for it instead of spending 3 dollars on each of those stupid 9 volt batteries.

a pretty straight forward pedal, step on it to make it work, and remember to unplug it when your done

has a lot of "hiss" when not playing, and is REALLY trebely! Would be a great pedal for a metal player, but if looking for classic distortion go with another boss product.The chorusing opton makes very faint textures in sound and isn't worth the space for an extra knob. For this genre of distortion it kicks but is pisses away battery life like you wouldn't beleive. Wouldn't buy it again

All I have to say is that it's a Boss product and is extremely solid. I've kicked, jumped on, and stood on the thing out of frusturation and it won't break. Like I said, battery life in minimal. Definately reliable with an ac adapter though.

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I wouldn't buy this thing for anything less than $50, I hate the lack of tones, the damn short battery life, and I wished it had a more of a sane distortion tone which would actually be useful in the music industry. If however you like metal, it's most likely for you. and lastly, get an ac adapter, and stick with something else by Boss

I was reading the reviews on this pedal, and I was appalled! The people who submitted those must have been on drugs! The Digital Metallizer is THE BEST distortion unit that I have EVER used. And I run a guitar shop, so I see a LOT come and go! It is so EASY to use! The manual is such a help, I can't believe it! It has all of the perfect settings! I can now sound like a cross between Hendrix and Clapton. I am a uitar God now, thanks to this pedal!

Like I said, this pedal is an amazing sounding device! The chorus effects are SO WILD and INTENSE, I can hardly take it! It takes my solos to another dimention!

Well, I've had mine for 6 years, and have changed the battery EXACTLY 15 times. I once went on vacation, and accidentally left it plugged in. Well, when I returned, the little red light was still shining bright! It was truely a moving experience! I cried.

Since I run a guitar shop, I tend to talk to the good ol' Boss/Roland fellows a lot, and they are SO helpful! They are even considering making me a custom Metallizer (with my own special twists) if I can sell enough of their products by the end of the year!

I think I'v emade myself clear, but if not: This is THE pedal, for ANY Sound! It is so flexible! I can get warm blues to intense raging death metal. The doubling effect sounds as if 10 other guitarists are jamming along with me! I recommend that everyone e-mail Boss and see if they can get this pedal back on the market! It reigns supreme over recent Metal pedals like the Metal Zone and Hyper Metal. BUY IT!!!! BUY TEN OF THEM IF YOU MUST!!!! BECOME A GUITAR GOD LIKE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's really noisy. It makes a ton of feedback. There is distortion, 3 different doublings, and 2 chorus options on this pedal. All 3 doublings are the same and you can hardly tell if it's doubling. The 2 chorus options just make more feedback and slight chorusing. You can't make clean chorus even if you turn the Drive knob to 0.

It's very undependable. I can charge the battery up the night before and then jam for 15 minutes. I'll leave the cord plugged into the input jack and go up and get a drink. I'll come down in 5 minutes and the battery will be completely drained and it would sound like crap. In other words, it's a battery sapping machine.

I'll never bother fixing it for 2 reaons. 1. The name "digital metalizer" makes it too embarrasing to take it into a music store for fixing. 2. It's already too crapped up to get any worse.

Overall, it sucks. It looks and sounds ugly. I would never take it to a gig because it would be too embarrasing to stop halfway through every other song to change the battery. I ended up selling it to some sucker at a music store for $30 Canadian. My friend went to the same store the other day and saw it for sale for $120. What a rip-off!

Four Knobs. You'd think it would be easy. I got mine without a manual, so I was lost there, but it has basic distortion knobs. Its not as though its hard to use. Getting a good sound out of it, that's another story.

This pedal isn't THAT noisy, but it ain't quiet. It has 6 modes : normal, 3 delays, and 2 choruses. The 5 doubling effects are not only VERY subtle, they all sound EXACTLY THE SAME. Getting a good distortion out of it is impossible. Its either too fuzzy or too thin. Never a middle, bassy sound. Its a treble pedal.

This pedal sucks batteries like you wouldn't believe. 15 minutes and the battery is dead, I absolutely swear. I don't even think that an adaptor could save this thing.

Well, its a Boss, so naturally, when you get so pissed at it and throw it against the wall, it'll still work. That's the only good thing I can think of about this pedal.

I never ever want to this pedal again. It is worse than my old DOD thrash master! It is the trebliest, fuzziest (in a bad way) pedal I have ever had the displeasure of hearing. The doubling adds a VERY slight chorus effect, like two identical notes played at the same time. Big deal. It's name is misleading, it isn't a metal pedal, it should be called the digital Crappitizer. I guess that's why they stopped making them. I read a review of it in a guitar magazine, and they said roughly the same things. Trust me, if you want a "metal" sound, get another BOSS metal pedal, and if you want a fuzz sound, two words: Big Muff.