DigiTech X-Series Metal Master

its pretty easy to use. hook it up to your signal chain, and shred away

the sound quality on this is pretty good for a pedal. I havent had good results with distortion pedals seeing how they cut the volume on high powered tube amps by atleast 30%, im always looking for something more gain saturated, crunchier, and louder. i was going for more of a searing, punishing wall of gain on this pedal, but obviously you're not going to get the sound of a certain lesser known german amp manufacturer without buying the amp.

i've dropped it occasionally, so its pretty solid. i should maybe get a power supply before doing anything else, as it eats through batteries.

digitech's customer support was never that great.

i play alot of extreme metal (death, black, grind). and the pedal does its job to an extent. don't expect to sound as brutal as Nile.

This is what blows the boss metal zone away. it takes no effort to get a good sound out of this pedal! don't even need to look at the manual just experiment with it and you'll get it

i'm using an Ibanez PGM30 and a standard fender strat thru a Boss Chromatic Tuner -> Boss Super OverDrive -> DigiTech Metal Master -> DigiTech Digidelay -> Boss Chorus Ensemble CE-5 -> Peavey Studio Pro 112.

Is it noisy? come on it's a high gain metal pedal of course there's gotta be some hiss but when you're playing you can't hear it at all. this pedal is 10X better than the metal zone i had before and no matter how you tweak it you get a great tone unlike the metal zone which sounds like a fuzz box. Not the metal master..it doesn't sound fuzzy and it certainly will give you the best metal sound coming from a stomp box

alright here's to all who say the drawback is: USE AN AC ADAPTOR...NEVER BATTERIES with this pedal..it'll stop working and do strange things when run on batteries. this pedal draws about 80mA of current so be sure your power supply has enough output left if you use it to power more than one effect

never dealt with them..but i give them a 5 just for putting the manuals on there website

this is a great pedal any metal lover should own it...i give it a 9 cuz nothing's perfect

Very easy, Level knob, high and low adjust, and a morph knob. Not hard at all to figure out some good settings.

I really like this pedal. I a/b it with a boss metal zone, and the metal master blew it away. If you are looking for brutal distortion, this will do. It can get you very close to sounding like all your favorite metal bands. Plus with the high, low, and morph knobs you can dial in your own sound. Very good for soloing, a ton of sustian.
I have found to really do this pedal justice you need to use it with a tube amp. I tried it with a tube and a solid state amp, and the tube amp sound a lot better (and I mean a LOT!). I found that good pickups help a bunch too. Cheaper pickups will feed back at higher volumes (anything higher than bedroom). Great Pedal!

I have had it for about 6 months with no problems. I highly recomend an ac adaptor. It will go through batteries like crazy. Built tuff.

Never needed it.

If you want a very heavy pedal, this is imoo is the best. I love mine! I give it a 9 because nothing is a ten.

Very Simple, Level, Low, Hi, Morph (Color)
An idiot can have no problem setting this up.
The two side panel springs for battery change is annoying. But I use adapters so I only had to deal with it once :)

Great great sound. You can get a HUGE variety of metal distortion on this. Works extremely well with Delay. Great clean tone. And no hiss or buzz when the guitar volume is off. I highly recommend it for metal players out there.

Curious question to those who gave this product a bad rating for reliability. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU PEOPLE DO TO IT?!?! I've owned this pedal for very very long and never had a single damn problem at all. Ive played tons of gigs with it and no problem. Do you people chuck it at walls, sit on the pedal, or take shits on it?!?! This pedal is extremely durable unless u do one of the following listed above.

Never had to deal with it, because I take care of my equipment.

Perfectly matches my style (Progressive Metal) However it gives lots of other tones and sounds. I've been using this pedal very long and have experimented with it until I found "My Distortion Tone" GREAT GREAT PEDAL. I HIGHLY RECOMMEND FOR METALHEADS.

im using a 10w amp by Dean Markly, and the guitar im using is a Slammer XP-Stardard.

ive only had this for a bout a month, its still going strong.

i haven thad to call up for help. But im sure their nice...cummon is Digitech, one of the best guitar effects companys around today.

I dont know what all these pepole are sayin on here. You can all eat a sack of dicks. If ur into playing Cannibal Corpse, The Haunted, Strapping Young Lad, Dying Fetus, Dimmu Borgir, OTEP or Cradle of Filth style music then BUY it. If ur gonna play Linkin Park or Good Charlott or sum Rollingstones type shit, then stay the hell away from it, you pussies should be using an Aria Ultra Metal Pedal...and even thats too good for ur fuckin pussy music. If ur into the true heavy music, then buy it. This is probably the best death metal pedal available. And who cares if its hard to replace the god dam battery, its sounds is soo fuckin heavy, you will cry once u got it on the right settings. Go to www.Digitech.com and check out this pedal there. They've got sounds clips and even show you how to set up the sic efect called "Tour of Hell" or summin. Check it out. Once you've heard this thing U WILL BUY IT!!!!

As easy as any distortion pedal. Just watch out for the right output (amp/console). Changing batteries is boring but I doubt that you can run this pedal on batteries alone ($$$$)

Killer distortion (when it works) for any kind of Metal, from Maiden and Priest to Sepultura and Slayer to Nile and Cannibal Corpse. Better than the MT2, 1000 times (again, when it works)! Clear distorted (does it make sense??) sound, aggresive and chunky. The better your setup (PU's, guitar, amp, effects, cables, etc.), the better it sounds, but that'sa given doesn't it?

Total shit!!! I agree with another user, the switch is useless for clean/distorted type of songs. It's total shit, what a shame. Too much noise, too.

This is a fair contendant to the Zoom Tri-Metal. Sorry for the switch, if it wouldn't for that, it would be a total winner.

I really like the X series , I think for the cash , they sound great , they are easy to use , Digitech has alot of sample settings on their website to get u started

The sound on this baby just kills , the way I use this pedal , I have a koch powertone II which is a great amp a Gain lovers delite , with 2 gain channels one regular gain ala Marshall the other one a ultra gain ala hot rodded Soldano type , and of course the clean channel , I wanted a 3rd gain channel with a different type of gain sound , thus I keep the metal master on the clean channel , Im using a GCX pro , so I keep the pedal on all the time and am able to switch on and off at will from the ground controler
my rig currently consists of a TC Electronics G Major processor , which is Excellent , which replaced alot of the other x series , pedals , which like I said are good quality but the Gmaj is superior to stomp boxs , a fulltone clyde deluxe wah , a whammy , the metal master and Ill rotate a few of my many pedals just to use them ,
I play Hard Rock , Blues anything from cream to maiden to UFO to mercyful Fate ,sabbath , hendrix , trower and so on and on , mostly Gibsons

heres where it does take a wack , digitech builds shit , my digitech whammy was on the fritz after a year , Ive had 2 X series pedals need minor repairs after only a few months , so built well theyre not , and they eat batteries for snacks average battery life is 20 minutes , the only way I use them is like I said , constantly on and controled by the GCX , I think it would be fine that way , because the GCx powers it and 7 other effects up , And if it craped out My Powertone is ballsy enuff to handle it without it , I just like it because it gives a 3rrd option if I want a different tone

never dealth with em ,

Ive been playing forever , such wish I sounded like it , lol , I have a gazillion pedals some boss , MXR , fulltones , alot of have retired to my recent purchase of the TC Gmaj , which is great in my humble opinion ,
The sound on the metal master I think is great , as I think the digitech X series I think are all great sounding , But you have to have a juice box or pedal power or u will go thru a gangload of batterys .

Very easy, good sounds on almost any setting. Lacks the gain knob though... It has 2 outputs, one to the amp, the other for recording direct (surprisingly nice-sounding), so you've gotta be careful when connecting it, but besides that, it's a piece of cake. The manual is well written but not a must, just plug n' play.

I compared it A/B with a BOSS MT-2, and the MetalMaster crushed it in every aspect: clarity of sound, aggressiveness, power, crunch, sustain, palm-muted, versatility (despite the limited eq.), and it looks killer too. I played a riff or a solo with the MT-2 and the the same riff or solo with the same guitar (ESP LTD V100), same amp (PEAVEY Bandit, various MARSHALL), same cables (DIMARZIO) and the MetalMaster, an it was like removing a pillow from my amp (yeah, I know it sounds cliche, but in this case it is absolutely true!). It made my other effects in the chain sound better too ; )

BOOOOOO... that's where the charm of such a nice pedal ends... Poor (and I mean POOR, piece of crap) switching system, it may look very similar to a BOSS but believe me, it's not even as half as reliable, thus you can't play song with dirty/clean/dirty (or whatever, you get the point) consecutive changes without worring to sound like a dork on stage, because the switch won't engage. Plus, who in the Hell thought of such an awful battery access??, it's stupid, almost retarded, you need to push the locks with something, defying it's purpouse of convenience; at least you can use your hands alone with a BOSS, with the X-series you need a tool or something... : ( ... That's why I've never liked MXR, just lazyness.

I thought that this could be my main distortion, but due to it's faulty switch it will be deranged to practice status only.

no idea... do they have one??

If it wasn't for the awful switching problem, this would be a very nice main distortion, but in the mean time... only for bedroom practice (what a shame, it just sounds so fuckin' good at gig levels, I can tell!). Very modern Metal sound, it crushes hands down everything in the same niche.

Super easy to use, except for that new pop the pins to get the pedal out, i have to find a key or something to get it off

OH MY GOD!!! i played freak on a leash by korn and the one by metallica and it sounds so clear and just cuts through everything, specially for the one solo, everyone said it sounded studio quality, only thing is, turn it off when your playing and you have a pause, there's a lot of sound, so stop, unless you have noise gate

Very reliable

none

This is the best metal distortion pelda out there.....sell your boss metal zone, your ibanez smash box or whatever you have this kicks all of their asses!!

Easy to use? Ya step on it and go. Simple.

Ok, here's a tip for anyone who is having microphonic feedback (the shitty kind). A.) Take the pick up cover off of your humbucker. B.) Turn down the gain on your amp (ya I know thats not a cool thing to do but dial it back). That should help you. The hiss is a pain in the ass but I found that after a little eq-ing (spend some time with you amps other controls) you could 'lessen' it. Buy a noise gate, or a rocktron hush unit to kill the hiss.

I found that, after playing it through my JCM900 stack, I dialed up a Hetfield (MesaBoogie MKII) tone without the EMG pick ups. I play a Les Paul so the sound is real fat. My strat has a cool tone through it too...almost a petruci sound. Get rid of the hiss and I'll give it a higher score.

Heavy? yep. Does that mean rugged? Nah. But I think it'll last since I take care of my gear.

Never called em...did'nt have to. You get a 5 just for having a customer service. I'll add or deduct if ever use them.

I play metal, hard rock (modern, 80's, and 90's). The sound is crucial to cover most of what I play. I like new distortion pedals every now and then, it gets me in a creative mood.

very easy, level(volume), high, low, and morph

great for what it cost, switched from a boss metalzone to this

i play stuff from atreyu, to pantera, to hatebreed, to metallica and it works great

if your looking for any kind of metal or agressive punk and dont have a big budget for a triple rectifer this petal works great, if it only had some type of tube simulation it would be a portable orgasum

if you use it with a chorus petal it makes a great great sound when you let a note ring

the ONLY down sides to this petal are 1. lots of feedback when you arn't playing and 2. sounds to solid statey, it woudl really kick ass if it sounded more like tube high gain distortion

never had it cut out

never needed to contact them

Until you can aford a the expensive stuff this is the way to go.

Very easy to manipulate, you don't need a manual, unless your're a drummer ha ha ha ha! : ) Kidding aside, this pedal sounds good right-off-the-bat. In fact, it sounds really good in more than one or two settings (MT2... anybody???), and that is a good thing (lots of options). For the uninitiated: the MORPH knob is sort of an advanced color mix; the lack of a gain knob is not a loss really, 'cause I later realized that this is the less used knob on a heavy distortion pedal, everytime is full-up, so it doesn't matter. The eq. options are limited (low & high and that's it) but useful indeed.

My current setup: Kramer Vanguard/Yamaha RGX621/BC Rich Mockingbird w/EMG81 - Digitech Metal Master - Ibanez DE7 - Ibanez FL9 (a jewel!) - Boss CH3 (another gem) - whatever amp is supplied at the venue. This thing is the shit for playing Brutal Death Metal. You can cover a VAST spectrum of sounds, from Motley Crue to Judas Priest, from vintage Slayer to Morbid Angel, from Cannibal Corpse to Nile to Suffocation. It sounds good in front of any amp, PLUS the fact that you can go direct to the board using it's special output; I tried that when recording guitars for our second album, just to have a laugh, and wonder what??? Everyone was blown away, including myself. That damn thing really works!!

The obvious point of reference... against the much overpriced and lately very underrated Boss Metal Zone: Yes, the Metal Master sounds better, crispier and fuller, more consistent and most important: CLEAR! The MT2 has better eq options but lots of annoying settings, the Metal Master sounds good almost any way you put it. I'm planning to add an eq. pedal to my setup just to improve my sound a little bit more.

The output volume is lower than the MT2's in comparisson, but better sounding overall, and you can always use the Master Volume on the amp... The sound could use a little more punch; I want to try a Zoom Tri-Metal just to hear how do they stand one another, I've hear loads of nice things about the Zoom.

Don't know what to think really. Seem as rugged or more than a typical BOSS, but the foot switch just sucks. Sometimes I have to push it twice in a row to turn it off. I hope that this doesn't become a recurrent problem. I need to gig to support our album, and I sold my old MT2, so no backup (this thing better work good day in and day out!!)

Haven't tried yet.

I play Death Metal and this thing delivers. Good for palm muting, for fast pickining riffs and for soloing. Very clear sound, very articulate and heavy. From pussy-Marshall to masculine-Mesa Boogie is all here. If you're into Nile, Mortician, Dying Fetus, Krisiun, Cephalic Carnage, Vader, Bloodbath etc. this is a really nice buy. Highly recommended. I deduct a point for reliability.

this pedal does what it says that it does, which is give you the most heavy ass riffing capabilities possible. pretty simple to use, have not used the simulations capabilities yet.

i like it, it is heavy sounding. i bought it to use with my peavey rage so i don't have to keep my half stack out. the morph knob is great and flexible. if you want fender sounds don't buy this pedal.

seems dependable

if you like heavy metal and want that marshall or mesa sound go for this pedal.

the metal master is very easy to get up and running. it takes a while to get the tone you want out of it. other than that, easy.

i'm using a peavey studio pro 112 amp and a peavey raptor guitar in a S-S-S configuration.

the quality of the actual distortion is very good. Testament is my favorite band, and i had no problem dialing in the "practice what you preach" tone. at the full counter-clockwise position, i can even play some blues. granted, it doesn't sound great, but it's fun.

the hiss is almost unbearable unless i switch my pickups to the neck-middle or the bridge-middle positions, (effectively "bucking the hum").

it's a very durable pedal. it's heavy and doesn't slide around at all. it's absolutely perfect for home use.

if you're going to gig with this pedal, make sure you have the adapter or a large suppy of good 9-volts on hand. this pedal goes through batteries like water.

never had to deal with them.

i've been playing for a little over 2 years, so i may not be the foremost authority on effects, but it does what i need it to. the harmonics are great as is the sustain. by turning up the morph knob about 1/4 of the way you can even get a good tone for solo work. if it were stolen, i'd buy another one.

i compared it to the "DOD death metal", the "Boss DS-1", and the "Boss Metal Zone". the digitech had the best sound quality in my opinion. it's a lot chunkier than the DS-1, and less muddy than the DOD pedal.

i play a lot of old school thrash metal (slayer, testament, overkill, anthrax, napalm death), and this is a perfect pedal for that type of music. the lack of a gain knob isn't that big of a deal. if you want a more versatile pedal, you shouldn't buy something called "metal master".

As easy as any other pedal

Sound quality is bad... Huge noise floor that causes feedback
at stage volume - and not cool, controlable feedback. I could
get a good distortion, but the ocean of noise behind it is just
unacceptable. I returned the pedal asap. I know that the RP series
has some good sounds, I was disappointed that it did not carry
over to the x-series pedal line.

Nice heavy-duty case, but the dual-spring release to get to
the battery compartment is annoying.

Unknown.

Sound quality is my bottom line, and this pedal doesn't make
the grade. I think DigiTech needed some more R&D on this series
of effects; good idea, poor execution.

Well, it's a distortion. The lack of a gain knob is immediately apparent, and I'd gladly swap the level control for it. Other than that, couldn't be simpler - low end, high end, and 'morph', which is really just a color control.

The standard output is what you'd expect - nice gainy signal with a bit of crackle. The 'mixer' output - which is meant to be the cabinet modelling - is pretty damn neat too, but its a shame there isn't some kind of sub-mix you can do to alter the final signal. I guess an EQ pedal or whatever board you are plugging it into will do the trick.
There seems to be a high-pitched frequency that just pops up now and then for no good reason, coming from the unit itself. Quite annoying at times.

This pedal started screwing up the first time I used it. It gets stuck in 'on' mode, the lights are all stuck on, and then it starts making the weirdest ring-mod appregio type sounds. Which WOULD be pretty damn cool, but its completely random and uncontrollable, so no dice. I'd never 'gig' with this thing. Like russian roulette.

I took it back to the store a week after I got it, cause of the weird problem described above. I probably just got a dud, but that sorta blew the buzz on the whole pedal -- they're gonna try and fix it [ha!] but I think I'll end up exchanging it for something else.

This pedal delivers what it promises -- a wide range of thick metal tones. But overall, it's nothing that hasnt been done before better and cheaper. The cabinet modelling is really the only gimmick this has going for it, and you'd be better off with a standalone unit for that anyway [it sounds kinda like a Sansamp Classic or GT2]. I can imitate almost any sound this pedal can do with either a Boss HM-2, or a Tokai TDS-1. Their 'color' knobs are just as powerful as the mis-labelled 'morph' knob.

Easy as it gets. Not very versatile

This pedal basically has two sounds that I use. A seriously heavy Marshall or a seriously heavy Mesa. That's it. Everything else sounds crappy. The Marshall is between 1 and 2 o'clock. The Mesa is full clockwise. Bass all the way up and treble about 2 o'clock. I play an Ibanez RG with Duncan Distortions into that and a chorus pedal straight into an SWR Workingman's 4004 Bass head with two Mesa 4x10 bass cabinets. Yeah, it's overkill but I like.

Yeah

I play bass in one band (Tool/Deftones-ish) and guitar in another (Slayer/Suffocation/Opeth-ish) and I use pretty much the same rig for both. I don't care if I don't have a tube in my whole rig...people need to get away from that idea cuz about 99% of the population couldn't tell the difference anyway. Excellent sound for some heavy grinding and shredding. Decent for solos but I'd prefer an old Boss Heavy Metal for that stuff. The XMM sounds a lot better than the Metal Zone and just as good as any amps distortion.

Really easy to use, It has 4 knobs Level,Low,Hi,and Morph. It has a manual, Sort of, But if you need a manual for a pedal.. you dont need a guitar.

I'm Using a BC Rich Platinum Warlock with a Rogue CS-100R 2x12' Combo Amp. It isnt really that noisy at all, a little hiss, but no big deal. The Effects are awesome, The Morph knob is great, I can get the good Thick sound I want, Since I play Death Metal, I use a good Amount of Palm Muting, and this Pedal is a god send for Palm muting! I can get some Great Sounds From Bands That I Listen to Like Mortician, GoreLord, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under...etc. It is amazing for Death Metal! The Distortion is great, you can do bends, hammerons, pull offs. it just all sounds good, To me. I love the pedal. and for people that say there isnt a gain knob..does it really matter? If you want a Pedal for Metal, This is a good buy.

This Pedal Seems Very Dependable, Its in a metal Casing. I would definently use this without a back-up. (but make sure you have Energizer Batteries on Yand, this pedal eats them Alive.. and as far as I have seem Energizers are the best for this pedal.)

I havnt ever used Customer Services..so I dunno.

I play Death Metal, and This Pedal Delivers, I have been playing 2 and half to 3 years. I have a DOD Death Metal Pedal, and The Metal Master Makes it sound weak. I also Played with the Metal Zone, Which is a good Pedal. But I think Teh Metal Master has a heavier sound, WHich is awesome. If It was stolen, Yes I would buy it again. I love how good of distortion i get from it, Especially for Palm Muting, Its Amazing how good it is for palming. I hate how it eats batteries, but I'm getting a PS200r power supply for it soon, so That wont matter much longer. I love the morph knob, you can get a variety pof metal sounds out of it.
I compared it to the DOD Death Metal PEdal, and The Boss Matal Zone. And This Pedal is superior to them for the music I play. I cant think of anything I wished it had.. altho a mid would be nice I guess.. but Mid doesnt really matter. It helps me make a great Low Tuned Distortion I Love. So Heavy. I recommend this pedal to someone looking for Metal Distotion, Especially Death-Metal.

Controls are self explanitory. Got a good sound out of it in seconds.

My setup is: Parker Fly Deluxe -> Metal Master -> Boss SD-1 -> Trace Elliot amp.
I give this pedal a 9 for distortion. Not much analog circuitry here. It digitizes the signal and completely changes your sound into powerful distortion with lots of low end for palm muting metal tunes. But it is noisy...there is a slight hiss when it is on unlike a Boss. The hiss sound is a light white noise if your amp is putting out a clean signal, so it isn't too bad. The midrange sounded muffled to me, so I put a Boss SD-1 (super overdrive) AFTER the pedal and got unbelievable note clarity and harmonics. I've found the combination of the two pedals gives me the widest range of distortions since the Metal Master doesn't allow you to lower the gain.

You cannot use just any power AC adaptor with this pedal or you will hear the 60Hz hum like crazy! I didn't want to spend the money Digitech wants for a their adaptor, so I bought a switching 9V power supply# AD-090-2 from circuitspecialists.com for $12 and got the cleanest power you can imagine. Now the unit is as quiet as if I was using a battery. (Unit needs about 100mA to run.)

I've owned one since they first were released and had no problems. Built well.

Not dealt with it. Web site has excellent demos and info however.

I play metal and found this pedal ideal with just the right kinds of distortion. I found it superior to all other distortion pedals for this purpose. You'll need to buy something like the Boss SD-1 if you want to get warm overdrive sounds which this pedal does not produce.

Simple, Step on pedal to turn off and on. Level(How Loud when distortion is on) Low(Cut/or Boost) High(Cut/ or Boost) Morph(Shape what style of Distortion). Retaining pins on pedal allow fast and easy battery changes. Between the Low, High, and Morph knobs on the pedal along with my amp knobs I am able to obtain many different tones without an additional Graphic or Parametric EQ.

I play Jacksons(Warrior, Kelly, DR-7, DR-6, Dinky Rev Pro, and a Custom Charvel/Jackson) running through a Marshall MG-15ms mini-stack amp. I found the Metal Master a very Quiet, Viscious Toned pedal with very controllable harmonic feedback, that turned my novelty discussion piece single channel amp into a Practicle flexible and potent practice amp. I now have the flexibility of clean tones and the sound of a High Gain Amp at home during practice, the same as I do on stage with my Marshall 100 watt stack.

It seems as Durable as my Boss Pedals, as typical with Digitech pedals and Digital Effect Pedals, Batteries will be drained quickly, so either buy a power supply adapter, or Keep extra batteries handy. As for me I just plugged it into my Daisy chain along with my other new pedals on my new pedal board.

Knock on Wood, I have ever had the need to Call on them. And I've used Digitech gear ever since 1990

I play Metal, and this pedal suits me perfectly. I have been playing Since 1986. Ever since 1992 I have sworn by Dual and Triple Channel Tube amps along with Midi controlled Rack Gear to be the only Weapons of choice. Now after test driving the Metal Master along with my solid state 15 watt Mini Me 3" tall Marshall stack. I'm leaving the Full stack and Rack gear for the Stage/Studio, and Using the Metal Master at Home.

I use an American made Gibson Les Paul with ebony fretboards and an American Fender Strat. My main amp is a Matchless Chieftan but I also have a JCM 800 w/4X12 cab, Fender Tweed Deluxe and an old Ampeg B25. I use Monster cables.

I play professionally for audiences of up to 500 at a time. Tone and sound are VERY important to me.

Plugging this pedal in, I was amazed with how noisy it is. It's a white noise 'hiss' that is there even with the guitar volume on zero.

After a month, it started whistling! I moved the pedal and guitar far away from the amp thinking there was some kind of oscillation but this high pitched whistle noise was still there. It was coming from the pedal! I tried different guitar, cable and amp combinations but it was obviously the pedal. I changed the battery but the whistling was worse. I tried carbon, alkaline and lithium batteries but nothing helped.

My main metal pedals are an MXR Distortion plus and a Boss DS-2. They are much better than the Digitec offering.

Depend on it? LOL!

Never dealt with them.

I play classic rock & metal.

4 knobs, and even though I hate that they are plasic, I love the tightness to them...you won't lose your settings when you move it.

i'm playing this through a variety of amps, and it sounds pretty killer with all of them. The big shock for me was how good it sounded with my little Princeton Chorus...not very noisy at all, and with a bit of reverb, it made my little amp sound huge. I'm not sure I like the tones on the left side (counterclockwise), but as you turn the Morph knob to the right, it gets good about a third of the way, and goes through a bunch of good sounds from there.

Alot of people complain, but mine has held up so far...I wonder if people are running it off of batteries? The computer-processing stuff in it requires AC power, or those high-output batteries, or it sounds like junk.

Well, their website is pretty informative, and it looks like they have people from the company quickly answering questions posted on their message board.

Nice distortion...and teh next person who mentions the lack of a gain knob gets a thrashing!! It's metal, for Satan's sake, not your church picnic, so deal with it. Oh, and maybe if the people complaining knew how to work all those little knobs on their amp, it might sound better. I know I sound pissed off, but I happen to love this pedal. If I want a versatile pedal, I've got overdrive pedals for that. For just straight-up killer metal, this thing rocks!

easy easy

- 540s/dod fx7/metal master/v-4/#2 good 100w celestion copies

like how all distortions should be..
1. it serves its certain niche perfect and does not really go anywhere else
2. as it should be again..eq's and such greatly enhance this unit
3. fine with harmonics
4. not noisy

very sturdy..much better design and look over BOSS/DOD (but I like dod FX7 tho)

not yet

very good for raw yet refined thrash metal..(1 good step above slayers seasons of abyss..but a step below slayers reign in blood..
odd how slayers sound kind kinda weaker on a later album eh?)

without eq's and stuff you can't get that wacking off/WWF soundtrack/raised-pickup-truck commercial soundtrack/pantera sound

With four knobs it's really easy. The morph knob is awesome, you can get thrash metal, nu metal, classic fuzz, just basically any kind of metal you can think of

I'm using this with a Crate electra guitar thru the metal master thru my Fender M80, not a really good setup, but I'm getting some EMG's, so than it should be good after that. This thing definately beats out the metal zone, not that it's a bad pedal, but this one is higher in quality and sound, the metal zone is a toy.
PROS First and foremost, I don't know what kind of equipment you guys are using, but you must have crap pickups and guitars. This is a good pedal. It's called a metal master, it's not for playing poppy distorted stuff, it's for METAL, and it's a very diverse pedal for different metal sounds. Again it being a metal pedal, it hisses a bit, but hey, if you have a noisegate, it's not a problem. But all distortion pedals I have used, aka a lot, have hissed. BUY A NOISEGATE!!!
CONS Okay, it's a bit pricey, but you can't spend less than about 80 90 dollars anyway to buy a decent pedal, or you can get a used one, or ebay, or anything. If it had a gain knob, it would be the best pedal in the world hands down.

To hear some examples of what this thing can do go to
www.digitech.com and click on hear x series, or something like that

This thing is built better than a boss. You don't have to worry at all about breaking a screw or anything, the battery is well protected and is easy to get to. Digitech is definately setting a new standard with the battery excess compartment.
I have never gigged, but I guess you should always have a backup, but it's heavy (1.2 lbs) and made of metal, so it would be fine, even if you stomped on it.

I can't find the cerel number, which sucks. I have never dealt with them

I play any kind of metal, and some classic fuzzy stuff. This pedal is superb for this. I have been playing for 4 1/2 years. If it was stolen or lost, I would probably try to get one a little cheaper. I love the fact that it's so sturdy and I can dial in any distortion that I want. The best feature is the morph knob. Like I said with a gain knob, it would be king. It makes some killer music. Serisouly check this out, of course try it before you buy, or make sure you can return it if you don't like it. Everyone has different tastes. If it was a little cheaper it would get a 10. Seriously, email me if you have any questions.

C'mon.

NOISY. No DISTORTION CONTROL. GOOD FOR PRACTICE AMP USE BUT COMPLETLEY WORTHLESS IN A LIVE SETTING. BOSS METAL ZONE-2 IS MUCH MORE VERSATILE EVEN THOUGH IT IS NOT MY FAVORITE PEDAL EITHER. THIS SUCKER IS A DOG. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IT IF DIGITECH PAID ME.

I DID MY ORIGINAL REVIEW OF THIS PRODUCT ON 08/11/02. SINCE THAT DAY, MY PEDAL DIED. NEVER LEFT MY HOME AND WAS ONLY USED WITH MY PRACTICE RIG AND IT DIED. UNFORTUNATELY, MY PEDAL HAD NO SERIAL NUMBER STICKER ON IT. I HAD TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK BEFORE IT DIED AND WAS DENIED. NOW I HAVE NO WARRANTY ON THIS SINCE I COULD NOT REGISTER THE DAMN THING. I NOW HAVE AN UTTERLY USELESS ( AND NOW BROKEN) PEDAL THAT I CANT EVEN SELL ON EBAY. I WOULD FEEL BAD TAKING SOMEONE'S MONEY FOR THIS PEDAL ANYWAYS.

SINCE I COULD NOT REGISTER FOR THE WARRANTY I DID NOT BOTHER TO CALL THEM. DIGITECH IS NORMALLY VERY FRIENDLY FROM PAST EXPERINCES. HOWEVER, I DONT WANT THEM TO FIX MY PEDAL ANYWAYS. I WOULD PREFER AN APOLOGY FOR THEM PUTTING THIS PEDAL ON THE MARKET.

JUNK. JUNK. JUNK. DIGITECH MISSED THE MARK WITH THIS PEDAL. STICK WITH YOUR BOSS PEDALS UNTIL THE ENTIRE R&D DEPARTMENT AT DIGITECH GETS FIRED AND THEY HIRE A WHOLE NEW STAFF. SHAME ON YOU DIGITECH!!!!!!!