BOSS MT-2 –Metal Zone Effects Pedal for Guitar and Bass. Legendary High-Gain Distortion Pedal with over 1 Million Sold. BOSS 5-Year Warranty.

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Dan Donegan, Disturbed – another example of great use of the Metal Zone’s powerful EQ. Donegan rolls off the low end and tweaks the mids for a lo-fi radio sound, perfect for song intros and instrumental breaks. Now, take some time to really experiment with the EQ, bearing the above points in mind – particularly when using the pedal’s active EQ boosts to overdrive your amp, in conjunction with that highly tweakable midrange. Our preferred setting, in fact, uses the high and low band controls as a boost, with a heavy cut in the upper mids. In Japanese, ‘Waza’ means art or technique. That’s exactly why Boss assigned their best designers and engineers to the Waza Craft project. Their goal is to reach the pinnacle of guitar amp and effect design. So, how does a guitar noise gate pedal work? It’s actually a lot simpler than you might think. A noise gate works by “opening” and letting sound through when your guitar/amp signal goes above a certain threshold (which you can manually set on most noise gate pedals). It then “closes” to eradicate the hiss when its level falls below that threshold.

Specifications Nominal Input Level -20 dBu Input Impedance 1 M ohm Nominal Output Level -20 dBu Output Impedance 1 k ohm Recommended Load Impedance 10 k ohms or greater Bypass Buffered bypass Controls DIST knob We have seen tons of videos, comments, discussion, [and] even memes. I feel this is a bit of evidence that shows the MT-2 is loved by a lot of players,” he says. “[Its] unique characteristics and features make the MT-2 a high-gain icon that has continued to capture the hearts of many guitarists for three decades.” Become Part of the Metal Zone Legend Overdrive vs Distortion vs Fuzz: What's The Difference?: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yj53Q-pisbw&t=1sEngaging the MT-2W’s Custom mode voices the pedal for a huge, wide-ranging sound, making it ideal for nearly any current heavy style. The tone is natural and open, with increased dynamics and rounder lower mids than Standard mode. Even at the highest gain settings, the low end remains full yet tight, focused, and well-defined, perfect for chugging out low-tuned riffs. The sound also cleans up very nicely when reducing your guitar’s volume, putting an extremely balanced range of tones under your fingers. Waza Craft: The Art of Superior Tone Ultimate Metal Pedal Shootout! This is the ultimate metal pedal shootout, winner stays on edition!! Each round 2 pedals will go head to head but only the winner goes on to the next round, until we find out which contender is the ultimate heavy metal pedal! | https://tinyurl.com/2oj2m452

Kurt Ballou is a producer at GodCity studios in Salem, Massachusetts as well as a guitarist with Converge, and he's a master architect of heavy tones who knows gear better than most. He even makes his own pedals and guitars under God City Instruments name. While he's an aficionado of the Boss HM-2, for a while he used the MT-2 and like other heavyweight players on our list, he utilised it as a boost.

The MT-2 is more than a million-selling mainstay of bedroom players. Learn how Biffy Clyro, Kurt Ballou, and others harness its extreme tone. Read more… What’s the Difference Between Overdrive and Distortion? The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone has been part of the legendary Japanese effects manufacturer's fixed program since 1991 and since then has helped to turn even the weakest guitar amplifier into a fire-breathing metal monster. The analogue dual-stage gain circuit promises massive distortion sounds with long sustain, while the active 3-band EQ allows precise adjustment of the tone.

Launched in 2018, the Waza Craft Metal Zone adds an additional mode over the original with different EQ. S (Standard) mode is the same Metal Zone you love (or hate), while C (Custom) is a new mode aimed at modern metal. If you had a big enough amp, it’d put some muscle on those riffs; if going through an eight-inch practice amp speaker it’d at least make those harmonics bounce off the fingerboard and give you something searing to work with. For many players, certainly in the early '90s, the preference was to cut. Today’s Metal Zone users, particularly its professional fraternity, use it quite differently.As early as 1978, Boss added the iconic DS-1 Distortion to its compact series. In 1983, it launched the HM-2 Heavy Metal. David Gilmour used one for a while, but the HM-2 was not a triumph in the traditional sense, and certainly not a triumph at the first time of asking.

Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22) Option (sold separately) AC adaptor: PSA series Size and Weight Width 73 mm Powerful three-band EQ provides intense sound customization with High, Low, and sweepable Midrange and up to 15 dB boost/cut on each band The Metal Zone is almost always a key ingredient to the mix,” says Weaver. “The reason we’ve used the Metal Zone so often in the studio is because it just sounds so evil. And it’s very flexible. One might call the Metal Zone sound ‘cheap’, but I’d describe its brutal, necro soundas ‘perfect.’For me, its sound evokes Barrow-wights in a graveyard, and dusty old bones in an ancient crypt.As simple as an EQ pedal may initially appear, it’s a must-have for any pedalboard, large or small. Learn to use this essential effect. Read more… Five Creative Ways to Use a Distortion Pedal for Guitar Distortion stompboxes are quite straightforward. They’re designed to be plugged into the main input of your amplifier and engaged over a clean tone — adding tonnes of gain to your signal. Most distortion pedals also have fairly simple controls, often sporting ‘Level’, ‘Drive/Distortion’ and ‘Tone’ knobs. These figures will vary depending on the actual conditions of use. Accessories Leaflet ("USING THE UNIT SAFELY,""IMPORTANT NOTES," and "Information")