Curtis P Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 Guitar Geek Review Thats my pedal, i got it given to me, replaced the battery, played it, about 4 months later the ground wire came off so for 10 bucks i got it replaced, I love this pedal! does anyone else use this one? Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I used to but i didnt like it much. It wasent very versitial i could only get a 80's Metallica tone, nothing else. But i have no need for pedals now that i have my 5150 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I was messing with a similar one at guitar center today, actually. I like the Boss Metal Zone and Digitech Metal Master both much more. I was surprised though... none of the pedals there besides the metal master could handle my AADGBE tuning without an EQ pedal. I tried the Metal Master, and the Boss OS2, MT2, an orange distortion one, and a black distortion one that looked(and sounded like?) what you posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canuckguitarist Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 I was messing with a similar one at guitar center today, actually. I like the Boss Metal Zone and Digitech Metal Master both much more. I was surprised though... none of the pedals there besides the metal master could handle my AADGBE tuning without an EQ pedal. I tried the Metal Master, and the Boss OS2, MT2, an orange distortion one, and a black distortion one that looked(and sounded like?) what you posted. I don't like the metal master 'cause it doesn't have a gain knob... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLS Posted February 21, 2004 Report Share Posted February 21, 2004 And its digital It eats up batterys REAL quick. The metalzone is good though. A tuning??? EWWW I know Nile tunes in A. But live they sound like crap its SOOO muddy just like a elephant with massive gas problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Nile does drop A which is drop D then 5 half-steps down. I only dropped my E string down to A. I believe Zakk Wylde had some songs on 1919-Eternal in this tuning. Anyway, yeah, the Metal Master is by no means perfect, but it did more for my sound than any of the other ones i messed with. I also played in standard, and I was using a signature Joe Satriani guitar, and the Metal Zone gave me a huge volume difference between the low strings and the high ones if I got a good sound without an outside EQ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Page_Master Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 my rig is pretty comical at the moment. i have a boss MT-2 and TU-12 through a Peavey Rage 158 - 15 watt. i have used the HM-2 before, but i much prefer the MT-2. it just sounds more brutal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazyderek Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 it's a good pedal to use in conjunction with another drive depal, it gives lots of low end thickness and thunk.... i used to use it along with a boss overdrive distortion...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILOWAT® Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 is that efx distortioned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 sorry posted before i read properly ignore this post Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWishICouldShred Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 Im not totally sure about the a tuning you guys are talking about but to clear things up Zakk plays in Drop A not the whole guitar tuned down a perfect 4th. If this is what you both meant then pardon the hijack! Thats what I meant, but he was talking about the dropped/perfect 4th down tuning. Anyway, 2 pedals at once? doesnt that give some nasty feedback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylde1919 Posted February 24, 2004 Report Share Posted February 24, 2004 guess my edit wasnt fast enough either huh. BUt to comment on the pedal, I dont think boss ever made a pedal that wasn't well worth its price tag. It did make some shady multiFX units tho. Ive got one that sounds like trash. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveq Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 Ive got one that sounds like trash. Which one? I bought a multi-effects unit made by Boss once (I think it was a GT-3 or GT-5?). It was a floor box with several pedals. It looked pretty cool and sounded like it had possibilities when I tried it out. Knowing that most multi-effects coem with awful presets, I decided to buy and try messing around to get the sound I wanted. The advertisements kept bragging about it's COSM technology but daaaauuummm - that thig was absoluely horrible at producing a useful distortion/lead type sound. It was pitifully weak. I couldn't believe it - I was so dissapointed. The other effects were probably pretty good but I just couldn't get past the idea that I couldn't use it for any distortion work. I returned it and ended up getting a G-Major a few years later (even though it doesn't do distortion). It's the best multi-effects unit available in my opinion (in it's price range). Oh yeah, I also tried the MT-2. I liked it better than most pedals I tried (including some botique/big $$$ pedals) but I still favor my amp's distortion over any pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 26, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2004 Well, i was thinkin of actually sellin my pedal for a MXR distortion + but decided that some slight tweaking and with my CRAPPY Yamaha amp, it can actually sound good, nice crunch and all Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_diemos Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 I have the mt-2 and am somewhat pleased with the sound that i get out of it. Recently though (for the past few months), i don't even bother using it as my distortion. I now use a boss sd-1 instead. This, and my amps distortion create a sound tighter than the one created from just the mt-2. It also gives me more versatility. I still kind of like the mt-2, but the sound is either too trebly, or there is so much bass in it that it can't be heard alongside a bass guitar. But otherwise, it is a great pedal for the money. I havent seen or heard a hm-2 pedal. would like to though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KILOWAT® Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 i found a boss heavy metal pedal from a 2nd hand guitar shop it costs 80CHF does that pedal sound good? does anyone use it? i actually didnt play with it yet--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snork Posted February 28, 2004 Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 for what kind of music. its a pretty limited pedal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curtis P Posted February 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2004 http://st13.yahoo.com/lib/tonefrenzy/boss-...heavymetal2.mp2 their is a link to a sound clip with my Boss HM-2 Curtis P.S. that aint me playin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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