The ULTIMATE Metal Pedal Shoot-Out
admin | Dec 30, 2010 | Comments 33
’10 Pedals in 10 Minutes’, a wrap-up to ‘30 Pedals in 30 Days’
Watch the Video Shoot-Out, THEN Vote! Click HERE to watch on YouTube, or scroll down to watch on this page. When voting, you can select up to 3.
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Trivia Question (for those who made it this far down on the page … Can anyone guess why I reviewed these pedals in the order as outlined in the list below? If you think you know the answer, comment below.
- ZVEX Box of Metal
- Digitech Death Metal
- MXR Fullbore Metal
- Behringe Heavy Metal
- Boss Metal Core
- Hardwire Metal Distortion
- Arion Metal Master
- Digitech Metal Master
- Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff w/ Top Boost
- Boss Metal Zone
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Alphabetical by model name.
Good: Digitech Death Metal, Hardwire Metal Distortion, Boss Metal Zone
OK: ZVEX Box Of Metal, Boss Metal Core, Digitech Metal Master, Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff
Tantalizing But Disappointing: MXR Fullbore Metal (good harmonic content, but too trebly)
Stunk: Behringer Heavy Metal, Arion Metal Master
the hardwire was the only one that had a full rich tone.
many of them thinned the tone.
Great metal pedal review!!! My number one is the MXR Fullbore metal followed by the Boss Metal Zone and then the Hardwire Metal Distortion.
You reviewed them in that order because if you removed the brand name, they would be in alphabetical order
love my mt2,, Arion sounds like fart
They are all in alphabetical order, Duh.
MT-2 Best For Metal
Gonna have to go with Digitech Metal Master as the one that sounded best to MY ears. The M.M. seemed to have a wide range of tonal capabilities..only my opinion!
My top 3 in no exact order…
1.Digitech M.M.
2.Hardwire Metal Distortion
3.MT-2 Metal Zone
None of them really sounded that great to me personally.
i liked the hardwire and mxr, makes me want to go out and buy one
Boss Metal Zone
the list is price (high to low)
MT-2 coz i never try the others
I’ve been a loyal fan of the MT-2 since I started playing. Mainly because it was what was available (permanently borrowed about 5 before I actually bought my first) but a huge reason why I kept it was because of the potential and spectrum of sound it has. Paired with a tube amp, this baby growls! My first and latest MT-2 is a Keeley Twilight MOD. It has clarity and volume by $#!Tloads but definitely took me a while before I settled with the distortion it gives. In the end what really stood out the most was the fact that it made me experiment with Volumes and speaker thresholds. That’s where the magic is.
Keeley MOD IMHO blows the rest of these with little effort (or knob switching). And that’s me being nice.
The Digitech Death Metal comes in second…(And last) for simply because It can go toe to toe with the Stock MT-2.
Personally, I outgrew the “Mid-Scoop” phase a long time ago. kinda.
I kinda wish you hadn’t put the bass up so loud, it really makes everything sound really distant/drowned out.
For instance, the Death Metal sounded so clear and articulate, while the others sounded pretty muffled.
Great video/selection of pedals, but wish you had gone through a more diverse set of settings…
Well, some tough choices on this one. A few of these were obviously bad pedals right off the bat, but most did a surprisingly good job.
1)Boss Metal Zone (MT-2) – Always the “go to” pedal for metal sounds. has been for a long time.
2)Boss Metal Core (though it was pretty close between this and the Hardwire Metal for me)
3)Hardwire Metal Distortion
4)Digitech Death Metal
5)Metal Muff
6)MXR Fullbore Metal (though i like the Mid shift option, the scooped sound was too thin for me)
7)Zvex Box o’ Metal
The rest just didn’t sound good to me and are barely worth talking about, however the Arion was just plain awful.
in no particular order, my 3 picks are the Digitech Death Metal, Hardwire(Digitech) Metal Distortion, and the BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone
ABC order by pedal name
For my top 3 (in no particular order), I had to pick the Metal Muff, the Hardwire Metal Distorion, and the MXR Fullbore. However, there were many useful pedals. If I was in a cover band that only did 70′s-80′s hard rock and metal, I would be likely to pick the Arion, because its very natural tone, or maybe even the ZVEX, just because of how smooth it is. But, may top 3 were based on more contemporary sounds (all of these pedals can achieve very usable sounds).
alphabetical order by name of pedal
Id say the Metal Muff has a lot of potential compared to all the pedals used on this vid.
Tricky: it’s a double index. First alphabetical by pedal name, then secondarily by manufacturer name.
I prefer metal muff,
since that the only one that I have,.. =P
I liked the Digitech Death Metal best, had a nice bluesy natural tone to it.
My guess for the Trivia Question: Alphabetically by model name, not brand name.
The Fullbore, Box of Metal, and Arion made my cry.
The Hardwire and Metal Master made my jizz.
now ,not so sure lol, went back and listened to the Boss Metal Zone and it didn’t sound as harsh as the Digitech Death Metal
Interesting , I really loved the Hardwire ,it was my favourite, was surprised I picked a Digitech over a Boss pedal, with the Death Metal pedal ,this may have been my second pick and thirdly I picked the MXR ,but it didn’t start to shine for me until part way through,it seemed a little muddy at first ,maybe didn’t quite get a fair break ,because even I thought at first whoa not really impressed ! but I think you have been just trying to play with the bassy side of it ? and as to why I think you put the pedals in the order you did,I’m sure you had a method to your madness ,in why you put them in the order you did , I’m sort of thinking you already knew what they sounded like and wanted to break up say a Digitech beside a Digitech ,or the ones that sort of sound a little similar,so our ears wouldn’t be burned out ,and make it a little easier to differentiate ????
woops sorry for the so many replies my comp was teeling me it wasnt going threw
ABC order by pedal name not by brand and um the berringer is the same as the metal zone
ABC ORDER NOT BY BRAND BUT PEDAL NAME heres a hint though the beringer heavy metal is the same as metalzone
ALPHABETICAL ORDER IT IS
nght5tlkr has it right.
Alphabetical order =P