DigiTech X-Series Metal Master

very very easy, 4 knobs, piece of cake

very BRUTAL distortion, i dont know what this kid was saying about not using it live, i've used it live countless times without falter, not to mention it works in great conjunction with the amp I use, fender cyber twin 130, so when i turn off the distortion, the clean is the best you can get. And just a word of advise to this rich ass hypocrit before me, you were talking about not using a distortion pedal live and to use an amp with real fuckin balls. You said you have a fuckin Randall!!! That amp is made for brutal distortion, Darral Fuckin Dimebag distortion!!! And you use a distortion pedal with it, what the fuck wrong with you. This thing has Brutal fuckin sound if you know what your doing.

Digitech!!!

never dealt

Amazing quality

its a goddamn stopbox. easy as shit

i use a randall stack, dimebag darrell Dime3db guitar, crybaby wah,digitech chorus pedal and then this thing. i find the sound of this pedal a tad bit weak and fuzzy, its got a good amount of fuckin noise with it. one of my friends has an MXR doubleshot distortion, that blows this motherfucking pedal out of the water.By its self this pedal sounds similar to the megadeth album Rust in Peace. dont get me wrong that album is kick ass but it aint heavy. but if u add an MXR ten band EQ you start to hear similarities of the albums countdown to Extinction or some pretty heavy slayer. this pedal is good for playing in your basement or bedroom, u cant use this thing live for a couple of reasons, for one u shouldnt have to use a distortion pedal live, u should have a bad assed amp like mine for heavy distortion, all u assholes who buy these measa booger dual rectos and then hook a distortion pedal up to it need to learn more about heavy sound. if u gotta use a distortion pedal live then use the MXR doubleshot, seriously that thing kills. another reason is the noise that comes with this damn thing, even with a noise reductor it still fucks things up, this isnt a pedal that u turn up loud but i dont kno maybe it will sound good for u fuckers. this may be a good pedal for those faggot ass nu metal bands full of gay fucks who cant even solo. or maybe not. if u want real metal like metallica,slayer,anthrax,Damageplan,and megadeth.... get the MXR or a really bad ass amp like a marshall mode four or some shit.

i notice a sound difference sometimes after i uplug my stuff but i hear this from other people too. its built like a Hummer H2

havent talked to them

despite some of the bullshit about it its a pretty good distortion pedal, it beats the hell out of the boss metal zone. not many pedals have this sorta sound but no pedal compares to bonecrushing amp distortion. im 14 and have been playing for a while, ive used alot of guitars,amps, and pedals. this one isnt too bad.

4 knobs: Level (volume), Hi, Lo, Morph (varies the type of distortion). No Gain knob, which is a shame, but doesn't bother that much tbh.

Ok, this is the first distortion pedal i've tried that deserves the name "brutal". This pedal produces a real balls to the wall tone.

I've had the Boss Metal Zone and Ibanez Smash Box SM-7 pedals before, and for the music i play (metal), this one is far superior.

The only drawback is that it produces some noise. But i'd never play high gain metal without a decent noise gate anyways. Trust me, this pedal justifies it, so get a Boss NS-2 to accompany the MM.

It's built like a tank, personally i dont know how people manage to break it. Very heavy and sturdy.

No comments.

I play hard metal (black, death), and this is THE pedal for it. Far superior to Boss Metal Zone and quite a lot better than Ibanez Smash Box SM-7.

A+

This has got to be one of the easiest distortion pedals to use in the world. No just take about thirty seconds playin with it and you'll have a killer fuckin sound.

Ok, first off this distortion is one BRUTAL mother fucker, easily comparable to a mesa triple rectifier, VHT pitbull, or a Rocktron Pirhana. As far as noise, there is a little, but I just started using a boss GE-7 equilizer, and there is almost no noise at all. I use mainly a jackson USA rhodes with Duncan livewire metal in the bridge, that makes it even better, i sometimes will do a pinch harmonic without intending to, and when i do want to theres no falling off or going dull, this thing is good!!

I gig without backups, in all seriousness, it's a fuckin digitech!!!! You'd probably have the pound it with a sledgehammer for about 30 minutes to break it.

never had any problems, and they were doing a buy 2 get one free on the x series when i bought this 2 years ago, and they sent me the free one.

I have 3 bands right now, one is eightys style hair metal, one is a straight up Grindcore, and the other is a thrash band. I use this for all of them, and this thing can produce the perfect sound. if it were stolen i'd buy a new one. The only distortion pedal that i think can beat this is the rocktron silver dragon, but that thing is 130 bucks, and i dont wanna spend that on a distortion when i've already got a killer one. And as a final remark, if you get this then buy the boss ge-7, it makes the sound even better.

This is a update from my past post.

It's very easy, at least for me it was. I've changed the settings on the pedal as well as on my Crate head. My sound is better, not as trebly and bassy. I let the amp do that and the pedal just gives it a kick in the ass.

Going to be changing the bridge pickup in my ESP H-301. Still not sure but either a Seymour Duncan Full Shred or Live Wire Heavy Metal. Still the ESP->Metal Master->Crate GX130C Head->Behringer 4X12. I might also get a noise gate, I want to get my tone as machine like as I can. I go for the high gain, clarity. It's still brutal but most people I know go for a muddy, thick sound but I want people to be able to hear every note and chord I play so they can hear the technical aspect of my music.

I try to aim for a Shadows Fall/Skinless high gain that sounds crisp and crunchy on palm mutes.

I have a AC adapter for it. It's not going to crap out anytime soon. It's been through a bunch of jams and tons of personal practices. It's a tank and a half.

Haven't dealt with DigiTech.

Amazing. It's perfect for my thrashcore band. Think along the lines of Lamb of God and a less melodic Shadows Fall. I'm a death-head forever and this pedal works just as good for death metal. It can also handle hardcore. I couldn't have asked for more.

This is definitely an easy pedal to use. Just plug in, experiment with the 4 knobs, and you're gonna like the sound, especially if you are into any kind of metal.

Right now, I'm using this pedal with a PRS 24 along with a crybaby and a boss compressor into a peavey ultra 112 tube amp. I also use a down-tuned Ibnaez S470 through the same rig and am very impressed with the overall sound and range of this pedal. I had been using a boss metal zone for the past 4 years and this pedal has more bottom end and a fuller, punchier sound. With my PRS, I can get more of a classic rock tone if I turn up the midrange on my amp, have the morph knob around 10 o'clock and turn down the volume a bit on my guitar. This pedal is called the metal master for a reason and if you like a tight chainsaw sound, this is the quickest way to get it.

I've only had the pedal for a week, but it is very solid and well constructed.

Great freakin' pedal...

Pretty much a no-brainer, you got bass, treble, and the morph knob kind of controls the mids, I usually have the morph around 2 o'clock or so, below halfway sounds a little weird, and turned all the way up you get ultra sick death metal distortion.

This thing is one mean mother. You'll have all the bass and treble you could ever want with this thing, very powerful sounding. Just keep in mind it's called the metal master, and it's tone is good but only for metal. I play a mexican made Fender strat throuh a peavey bandit 112 that has it's power going to a Randall 4x12 cabinet.

One thing I cannot stress enough: You must buy the AC adapter for this pedal!! It requires 9.6 volts and will sound not near as good with anything else. I used a radio shack ac adapter for awhile and I got a constant super loud and annoying hum. Another thing is you will probably want to have some kind of noise gate with this pedal. I use a boss noise suppressor, I think the nd-2 or something and it works great. So basically if you want this sound it's going to cost you a couple hundred bucks, which I would say is worth it, but then again you could get a Randall rh100 for a little over 300 I think. Tough decision, but I will say this; playing through this pedal gives me an evil smile all the time, especially when playing, for example, lamb of god, sounds frightenly close.

Again, make sure you buy the AC Adapter!!
Haven't had a problem, this thing seems pretty solid, it's very heavy.

If you want to play brutal and powerful sounding metal, this is a pretty good little pedal to use, say if you already have a powerful amp but don't like it's distortion. Just keep in mind you'll be spending an extra 26 bucks for the ac adapter and you'll probably want a noise suppressor too, which is another 80 bucks or so. I've been playing for 10 years and overall I'm pretty happy with this pedal, I gave it an 8 just because of the extra costs.

This would have to be the simplest piece of equipment I own. But changing the settings of your Head or combo to get your sound is another story.

I have a Ibanez RG370 with A digitech metal master X-series, Digitech RP80 Multi-Fx Pedal, and crybaby Wah all running through a Crate GXT100 head and crate 4x12 box.

This Pedal is a noisy mother... It hums very bad with an AC adaptor. If you are going to record tracks with this pedal, DONT BE CHEAP AND PURCHASE A BATTERY! it will take 85% of the humming away. This pedal is awsome if you can tweak it properly with your settings on your head or combo or purchase an EQ, you will get a wicked sound. The only noise gate I have tried this pedal with is the one in my multi-fx pedal, it did not one thing at all (it might decrease with other noise gates). alot of the humming will deffantly come from the AC adaptor. But this leaves you with the problem with the battery making your pedal chucking a spaz.

I bought one MM X-series and I used a battery for 1 day and the next day the pedal started making like an echo sound like it was jumping, so I took the pedal back and got another on and the same thing happened again. If you are going to use batterys buy descent ones, the pedal dont like el'cheapo ones.

I still use a AC adaptor at gigs and band practice though, I recomend not taking the risk of the pedal going mental on you insted of METAL! In my opinion this Pedal shits all over any other distrotion pedals I have used, but like most things in life it's going to have its faults. You can achieve so many differant sounds out this pedal its not funny. I created some very nice original sounds with this pedal mixing it with other effects, but you have to be dedicated to working all its faults out to use it effectively.

I play all kinds of metal, but if you are looking to imatate Slipknots sound you can deffantly do it with this pedal, it's either buying this pedal or the more costly LINE 6 spider heads. If you are more into stuff like God Forbid, KsE, At The gates, Children Of bodom like me, then I would recomend testing some heads out to try and recieve the sound you are looking for. But deffantly test out the MM X-series it may be for you.

You can rely on this pedal if you have a AC adaptor, but with a battery defantly not.

This is the only pedal I would buy for metal, but it's personal prefrence. I have been playing guitar for 8 years and this is the most wide stretched distortion pedal I have used. I love the fact that you can achieve a really chunky sound, but I hate the fact that their is just not enough top end. If it were stolen or lost I would probally save my bux and purchase a Peavy 5150 Head but if I saw one cheap or second hand I would buy it again for sure. My favourite thing about the MM x-series is the morph nob it's just really that flexable. So my final coment is test it for yourself and see if its the right pedal for you.

This isn't a frickin' lovetone, people, it's pretty easy.

You get a good sound despite any attempts to mess it up. The distortion is clear, and the tone controls can give everything from a blow-out-a-candle-across-the-room punch to a high gain fuzz.

Twisting the morph knob, every member of the band made me stop and play at a different point. You would have to be deaf not to find a good sound in this box.

My setup is as follows: Ibanez SZ230, Digitech Tone Driver, Digitech Metal Master, Digitech Turbo Flange, Digitech Hyper Phase, Digitech Multi CHorus, Line 6 PODxt, and 60 watt Crate Blue Voodoo.

This thing sounds beautiful. It has a rich, full tone, and the hardest clipping distortion i have ever heard. The distortion (how i set it up) has a very thick bass and strong treble, with the morph setting right on a "drop off", giving it an excellent metal/metalcore tone.

DON'T LISTEN TO THE IDIOTS. The boss metal-zone is far inferior to this pedal. old boss fanatics tend to mislead like that, and the majority of them are just looking for something to gripe over. The Metal Zone is a setting on the pedal, for crying out loud!

People complain of hiss. Now, I'm not sure what they're doing running a metal distortion into a rectifier (or whatever) but this thing is completely silent. I cannot even hear it turn on. You may end up startling yourself because you didn't realize it, and accidently scraped the string.

Sound quality? This thing can kick out sharp, clear harmonics at the same volume as your ordinary playing with ease. Sustain lasts for just about eternity, so you may be needing a volume pedal, if you're impatient. Why complain over a lack of a gain control? It doesn't need one. Using the morph knob, it actually "masks" the distortion (hence the drop off) as you go lower. If you still can't get over, put an overdrive in front of it. viola, a gain knob.

It can sound like anyone. Agony Scene, Himsa, Mudvayne, Norma Jean, Unearth, Pig Destroyer, whatever. that morph control makes the pedal extremely flexible, and the high and low knobs let you make the fine adjustments necessary to go from excellent to superior.

This pedal gets along well with others. With the OD and chorus, i can make a variety of rich solo sounds. with the chorus, i can get that "huge" sound that makes for a killer intro. the OD with the MM gives the sort of sound i would expect from a "high gain blues amp", or something... truly unique. My PODxt has many many amp models and options, allowing for a neverending amount of options.

This is the toughest looking stompbox i have ever seen. boss makes tough pedals? hah. those sheltered children have clearly never seen these pedals. you could probably run this thing over, replace a few knobs, and have no real problems but an ugly paint job... seriously.

I would be fine gigging without an additional one, as if i had to run off stage from an angry crowd, dragging it from my cord and down stairs, i know it would survive

Never dealt with them, but people often complain about whammy problems that the company costs a fortune about...

This pedal is very unlikely to be damaged. If it is, you probably have a cooked tranny or broken solder, EASILY FIXABLE. How likely is a digital chip to crap out, really?

For metal, this is the pinnacle of distortion pedals. For all you Blues and Classical fans that bought this (idiots), it obviously isn't going to work. Chicken pickers, stay away. :P

I have been playing for about a year now, and have 2 other metal pedals. this is the one, people.

I would buy it that very day if i lost it. too valuable not to have.

I love its full, powerful tone. I love its incredible options. my gripe? it needs memory, so you can several distortions :)

As compared to other products? Metal zone = weaker distortion, limited sound, very noisy. Danelectro Black Coffee = weaker distortion, very limited sound, useless treble knob. DOD death metal = weaker distortion, limited sound, noisy. Mega Distortion = don't even get me started. Line 6 distortions = not strong enough, very adjustable, also silent. Voodoo distortion = noisy, not strong enough, limited adjustments, feedback king. X(

Something i wish it had? how about an attachable arm, so it can reach up and hammer with me while playing himsa? find me a pedal with that, and i'll take back what i've said.

This thing MAKES the music, doesn't get in the way (except if you're a clumsy bass player) and has no bypass problems at all.

Buy this pedal.

Very easy to use. There's 4 knobs: Level, Low, High, and Morph. Couldn't be anymore straight forward

Ibanez RG 550(with Duncan SH-4 JB bridge pick-up) & Ibanez SZ320bk (stock SZ pick-ups) -> Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor -> Then through the NS-2's FX Loop -> Boss MT-2 Metal Zone (I now only use this for a crappy lo-fi sound) -> Digitech XMM X-SERIES METAL MASTER -> Boss GE-7 EQ -> Boss BF-2 Flanger -> back to NS-2 return -> Peavey Special 112 160w head (used to be a combo amp, now a head) Preamp out -> ADA MicroTube 200 Power Amp.

The XMM is the most brutal dist. pedal I've ever heard. Extremely thick sound. I can match the Chimaira guitar sound no problem.
I used to use the Metal Zone pedal as my main dist., but now its the XMM all the way. I gave the pedal a 9 instead of a 10 because of the fact that you definately need a Noise Suppressor while running this pedal. It also helps to have an EQ pedal to push it a little bit more. When I bought this pedal, I tested it against a Metal Zone, a Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion (biggest piece of crap I've ever heard... unless you like fuzz), and the MXR M-151 Doubleshot Distortion. The XMM was in a world all its own and destroyed the others IMO. I havent used the CIT cabinet modeling output yet, so I cant comment on that.
It's has such a tight bottom end, that this will definately be my sound, unless something better comes out, but I doubt that will happen. When you play a chugging or palm muted riff, you can feel it all through the floor. My buddy told me one day when I was playing that he could feel the drive way outside my house rumbling when he was walking up to my door.
Amazing pedal, especially if you cant afford a triple Rectifier, or 5150 head.

This pedal is so sturdy, that if you strapped it to a nuclear bomb, it would still be in tact after it went off. Its considerably heavier (in weight) than any of my boss pedals. Havent had any problems with reliability.

Heavent had to call for support

If you want a completely sick tone, without spending thousands of dollars on a really good head... then get this pedal. But like I said, be prepared to forkout more $$ for a Noise Suppressor. Will be worth it to pick up an EQ pedal as well. You can get tons of different tones with the "Morph" knob. I set mine at 3/4 of the way. At 100%, it can get to be a bit too much.... but its fun to mess around with.
I recommend this pedal to anyone who is looking for the ultimate heavy distortion sound... I love Chimaira, and I can get thier sound with this pedal.
Once again, I give it a 9 out of 10 for the simple fact that this pedal really needs a noise suppresor. other than that, it would be a 10.