All user reviews for the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

Of analog distortion pedals primarily for the metal, with a 4-band equalizer (High, Low, Middle, Mid Freq). 1 Level knob + knob a Disto. Powered by 9 volt battery or AC adapter Boss (by options).

UTILIZATION

From the point of view gnral, there is nothing very complicated one turns up that is like. But it must be when even a lot of patience before finding her, especially because of the equalizer, which is not very easy to take in hand, especially for beginners. I think that has to be the main reason for the exaspration some (yes is not putting any funds you get the big sound forcment ...). Otherwise I did not have the user manual. I do not even know there was one in fact. Mdr

SOUND QUALITY

You can have a lot of types of distos available. the crunch is a big sound to fuzz a bit. may agree to play both rhythmic solo. I had used the era of my ESP / Ltd for playing Metallica and on my Whale on the buggers to Sepultura and Slayer.
I tried it on two channels of a Marshall MG30DFX Manir the following:

- Optimal use of the canal clean
- As a boost on the overdrive channel of the amp with equalization twelve o'clock
Well it is in boost I think she was doing the best.

On the clean channel I have to go almost as slowly and Level knobs with Disto boost in the saturated channel of the amp so that the bug does not blow too many. A wind that seems to invite ...

N'esprez not learn something INTERESTED if your strings are not blind.

OVERALL OPINION

A friend to me prt two weeks. The main inconvnient that I have found is that it tends blow too easily. Apart from a, it's not a bad pedals as a. You just love spending time tweaking the rglages and let the spirit of "plug and play" to ct ...

It is also best possder good leads Jack and the limit a noise gates to enjoy properly the capacity of the beast.

I think this is PDAL Designed to boost the base of the small stuff and consquent perfect for beginners to feel a little to transform its 15W transistor in a big body when playing 2 in his room.

Metal Zone
Dimensions: 70 (D) x 125 (L) x 55 (H) mm
Weight: 450 g
volume
gain
the frequency settings
-bass/aigu medium / medium low
pedal indestructible (well I think)

UTILIZATION

In the manual there are some good and adjustable from you start looking for your sound
Other than that not need to read the manual to use
I use a 9v alimentatoin

Use = must say childish

SOUND QUALITY

Okay so for any style of mtal it provides trash / death metal / grindcore / no all!
Submitted bass and treble are well can sometimes peter opreille if you set the wrong (the setting is trs prcis
I jou of death in flames iron maiden metallica pantera we arrive easily found on soon for you with a little experience
the breath does not exist (possibly because of a setting?)!
you can even find very nice overdrive omit gain (and)

http://www.bosscorp.co.jp/demos/en/MT-2_sound/demo.html
judge for yourself

EDIT: it will be good not hide this pedal is good if you stay home to play for fun covers of metal aprsd your ear will change everything will be refined to its faster ..... ...

OVERALL OPINION

So with that heavy pedals sounds are at your disposal all through the rock!
I've had 8 months and I refer this choice without any more hsiter gules beautiful!

you need a pedal for distortion then here it costs 120 and is the boss MT-2 look no further!

EDIT: Its value is a tomb from buy rather boss DS-1 pedal or other but the Uber metal and MT-2 forget

Analog distortion pedal has transistors. Mid control not clever enough by pb

UTILIZATION

Configuration simple enough for a regular at these types of pedals.

edit: simple enough? david, you can stop saying stupid things?

That's the problem with this pedal more, it's not set it (and I tested, it is indeed hard to find a * good * setting but when it was on the let go and actually yes you can make an interesting sound ...) (I have not told my principal I said its an interesting sound)

SOUND QUALITY

The sound is sometimes nice, but I find the grain makes it loud and awful. It's simple, I can not stand the sound loud. it is better to prefer a peavey bandit amp like a 112 (even if it costs 2x the price of this pedal) will sound more natural

In any case I do not like the sound is awful, not musical really rotten. it is better to prefer distos such as that of a good amp (the best of the best), or a metal muff or a home Rocktron Metal Planet. for the same price will sound much better
and I would like to edit, because I wonder if the metalzone is not underestimated ...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=51Z1iuOP2ag&feature=related

type has a good cab. Poweramp a rather tough even if it is a transistor, a graphic EQ (that's where the magic lies) and metalzone. baritone and a shovel with humbuckers given below. this explains it ...

in fact the aim of this pedal, technically speaking? the highs are on a frequency known as unpleasant to the human ear: 5000Hz. therefore be put in but very few, use the parametric mids (on one side, the frequency, on the other, the level of "boost", and put the bass at 1 / 4. and refine a boss GE- seven for example.

I wondered how it was possible that Cannibal Corpse use this pedal for example Tomb of the Mutilated (ah yes, that's not the korn, slipknot or forget because it's too straight forward and the sound focuses primarily black and death is what I see) ...

another sample?
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBHfLv4PLo # CV fbwJJStI ( http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=OaBHfLv4PLo#cv-fbwJJStI )

I take good samples of guys on the net, I am not very serious ... I will not stir my notes as I have not tested this in a real amp with a graphic eq and seen this phenomenon before my eyes (no metal zone on hand I said ...)

but, well, when I see ca ca me doubt, is that I have tried this pedal out to me that FSCHHHHHHHHHHH inaudible?

ca genre, style cold and ugly twist the ears (in the sense, I'll finish a deaf 24-year term, after so it's cool to be deaf ...)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uut1ol_HfCU&feature=related

or AC:
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=uIMn6hsAXwA&feature=related (I love the guy gearwire, it looks like he is on valium) and There's still a good scratch and a good amp .. .

So metalzone: The best and worst. and in fact really good for the brutal death of a fetus dying (oh yes it is their grain ...) and black like Darkthrone ... question of setting ... I really enjoy the side specific, nag, cheap, with an eq I will surely test ca ...

Finally, I am convinced of the usefulness of eq now Now my trip is a big sound british laney sauce and other ...
the big sound is good but in fact I use it more as an effect and not as the basis of my music ... be able to express something and to cast people as much as the move ... Finally, I will not get my usual speech.

I edit a bit, I still finds its synthetic and not great. but as I said me my trip is more like the sound british marshall 80's (like a very large number of references meta), laney, orange and so on ... laney particular, not too much for their stuff and it sounds bieng with a touch of brightness in addition to its a little to the marshall: D

I retested, but I want one with a Burr Brown OP-amp and I'll see if we can not change the diodes also ... What the modder.

OVERALL OPINION

Bah tested several times

pedal still a controversy with its interesting. but you need to know what's chop it lol and also know how to play, it helps ...

See above.

UTILIZATION

Trs simple if you know what an EQ parameter. ^ ^

-1 Volume
-1 Gain
-1 Equalizer 3-band active with mdiums parameter.

SOUND QUALITY

This PDAL possde a wide range of sounds. It is more suited for metal but it can also produce beautiful sounds in a more hard rock, unlike most of distortion pedals metal.Il will be soft on the level of acute because they quickly become aggressive. One can also venture into the fuzz tones. The mediums are paramtriques the magic of the pedals. They will find the sounds Dimebag Darell, modern metal sound with more high mdiums, and rock sounds full of mdiums as I like! Nanmoins these sounds somewhat lacking in roundness, which would be enjoyable for the shred ...

OVERALL OPINION

This is one of the best pedals in style this price range. It should trs good first purchase for a guitarist who starts playing well and wants to broaden the sonic palette of the transistor 15 watts!

With the MT-2 Metal Zone, you can recreate all the metal is imaginable (almost).

UTILIZATION

More or less simple, easy to get a big sound very fat, low or high style "scene" or "old radio". Otherwise, to imitate a sound, it's more complicated to use.

SOUND QUALITY

To play metal, I made myself to my BOSS MT-2 Metal Zone, even to play rock (that is limited but possible)

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for over a year. I love the fact that this pedal (like many others) is easy to carry. I by less against the fact that the power adapter is not included with the purchase.

A little expensive still, about $ 120 CAD, compared to other BOSS pedals about $ 70 CAD. Regardless, it was a Christmas present ^ ^ but no complaints about the quality

Boss everyone know!

input, output, power supply or battery ...

solid pedal

UTILIZATION

No need for manual EQ is overpowered, making it sound very changeable but has the same inconveniant radically change when you move a little knob on ...

not that easy after all!

SOUND QUALITY

I Rejoinder many negative opinions on these points:

1. if you fall down the distortion in the frankly horrible crunch is no hot ... impossible

2. distortions are compressed, ideal for large or heavy metal rhythm, but guitaristre a soloist, it's only the game Intet drown in the mass, in short it is to have a scaffold or boost then use a second channel amp ...

OVERALL OPINION

In total I had two, one that I had been stolen ... I bought one and after much!
nostalgia, when you hold us!
and when I was a kid, I liked this pedal.
now that I'm big, I have more experience and therefore more demanding too!

try, you will see for yourself! but very clearly there's more!
not much better for this price!

next purchase: Blackstar HT Dual

Everything has been said on that, so I will not come back ...

UTILIZATION

The config is pretty simple, it's still a distortion pedal! It happens quite easily to find the sound you're looking as long as it remains in heavy genres (forget the rock ...).

SOUND QUALITY

The choice of sounds is quite broad with more or less successfully, some settings provide enough sound shrill, but many others give me satisfaction!
While the level of heat, no ben y 'and yet this is not what we (I) asked him! No p'tit blues made for a family, here we are in the edge, c is clear, precise and it does not bleed! Honestly that's all I ask.
I use this on a Marshall VS100, Torque on a 30W as well as an Orange Crush Micro 3W Start with a copy of the 90's (thus single coil) and a whalebone55 (Seymour Duncan humbucker). I think it sounds better with the humbucker.

OVERALL OPINION

I use this pedal since 1995 and I think she has not aged even in the face and the other two MD-ML-2 (very good incidentally).
I like its sharpness and its many settings, go to find a negative aspect I Drais it's not a monster versatility ...
Before the MT-2 javais hesitated at the time with a DS-1 (which I also acquired since) but this was too wise for my taste at the time. I hesitated so long with the marshall distortion ... but the MT-2 was my favorite.
The value for money at the time was not great, at least for my purse (600 francs), but this has changed thanks to the net where you can find the new € 70 or € 40 by hand and doing well in a near new!

See manufacturer's website

UTILIZATION

The equalizer may seem difficult to configure, but once we understood what was served exactly every knob, everything is better. This is certainly why many people criticize the pedals, they have not taken the time to ask how to use it well ...

SOUND QUALITY

We are talking about one of the best distortion pedals in the market. It is excellent, I want to wring the neck of those who say that the sound is cool ... I have already said, it's all about adjustments. Indeed, the equalizer achieves almost what we want, provided you take the time and that one ear is fine enough. The pedals of very good quality as it should be used with the proper gear is like a HiFi system, if one of lments is bad, the sound will be bad. Finally, returning to the ear, I test everything that is best in Contents amp and guitar with other pros, you can always find another disto I crainds you do find no better apart from some small manufacturers by flying the prices of their products for reasons not justified. Moreover, for the pedals is not blowing, just be cool with the treble knob that boosts the breath at high frequencies and thus makes audible (it's been like all the pedals, it is an electrical phenomenon stupid). Finally, I would say to critics of this wonderful tool that their ear is very difficult if not poorly educated, take the time to listen and take care of his equipment is essential.

OVERALL OPINION

This is one of the few pedals that respects the sound of your guitar and your amp, it does not sound with low-end hardware. The purpose of a pedal is not amliorer the sound of a gear in a bad bill, but added a new sound to your pallet. Friends then buy a good guitar stuff (not necessarily expensive !!!!!) and you apprcierez much better for your trainig sessions and ca be good to those who listen to you. Small up in April 2009: Quite advice from people who have nothing else and test who do not know rgler a distortion. Apart from the bloody mary is much more CHRE, there is no better pedals to make mtal, the equalizer achieves what we want. For those who say that the sound of the pedals is loud and there's breath, turn down the treble and upper mdium especially rgler know the legalization (passive one) of a trs amp is a parameter important in the final result. Brief. When Boss offers the best product on the market for cheap, there are still people for whom it seems to give the pearls before swine. UP January 2010: he started getting tired of guys who do not know what they are talking and have the ears mouths, this is top pedals. EVERYONE CAN NOT AFFORD TO BUY Zvex.

That says it all!

UTILIZATION

That says it all!

SOUND QUALITY

Does everything said. I for one use with a clean sound from my POD XT (like tiny Tween) and it's just the foot. Tjs I cut a little treble and bass and plays with mdiums. It gives me the sound I love so much (a little box) beginners like Satriani's "Memories". The pedals made me seem to follow the sound cleans INTERESTED ... nothing to boost sound dj saturated.

My connection: Gtr-> POD (cabinet mut-> pedals Palmer (simu HP) -> Boss MT-> PC sound card

Like all distortion pedals, it does not associate forcment all systems. Me (as dj said), I use it with my POD xt and it is empty it does not turn forcment with all the amp simulations. So I can understand some of the comments ngatifs dpend ... all of what we as possde stuff.

OVERALL OPINION

I love her ... and I dare not imagine the class with those customize ....
Not suitable for all amps!!

Disto guides trs Metal carrying a double equaliqeur graphic / paramtrique basic but enough to carve and find the sound.

UTILIZATION

PDAL trs controversy, but he does prcis below, if you get a rotten his pedals with this, ask yourself seriously questions and seek solutions elsewhere!

SOUND QUALITY

As is often the optimization of its demand some patience because depending on the guitar, the amp used and many other effects sr guitarist, are the rsultats trs variables.

Otherwise rglages trs are effective and intuitive, with the bonus of paramtrique EQ which allows "fine-tuning" rather INTERESTED.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for a good fifteen years, and even if I'm using just now that TRS rptitions and concerts (some adapted to the directory moment), I do not under any spares prtexte.
Excellent quality price more than MT2 used are attractive prices across Surla canvas.

Belle powerful and versatile distortion compltant idalie my Boss SD2.

Come on, I had to ask my opinion on the pedals for distortion, as is the pedals all the kids achtent to the Rock!

The classic, well it's tough, sad as it is not allowed, in short
Everyone had a mtal zone, and only a few brave guitarists have not sold ..;
Often these brave couple of guitarists with other pedals, and as a result, this area becomes mtal not the pedals of their sound, but a gadget on a pedalboard ..;

UTILIZATION

- Config simple qualisation works, it is

SOUND QUALITY

- The effects are effective: it is a good trs dnature pedals that any good amplifier, which cre matter what a high-pitched screaming, impersonal, and kills all the expressiveness a guitar.

raliste it to be: it's ugly!

T in this colonial music, who wanted an even playing in the spirit Porcupine Tree, he had a sound with a spectrum ridiculous mdium acute, which was covered by all the beats .... is to say a bass and drums playing average volume

A Marshall MG 100, and LTD, in fact fairly good mid-range guitars

Me: "your pedals is a mtal zone, right?
The kid: "Yeah '
Me: "come on, the vires is ugly, you try with the distortion of the amp, and your re-qua!"
Him: "uh .. but uh ...."

5 minutes later, with just the amp, qualis properly, mtal zone in the toilet of the canteen:
Lu, lvres smile: "Ah bah yeah, uh, it's really better ...

I read that he had to change four of the amp <img class="smiley" src="/images/audiofanzine/interface/smileys/icon_cry.gif" alt="" />

But frankly, a good distortion pedals in, you do not change the four of the amp, you put all afternoon, and you sculpt your sound with pedals.
Especially when the pedals has a four .....

Finally, it is my opinion .....

Considering the price, um, it's foutage of mouth:
Standard pedals, which makes standard any musician, good or bad.

OVERALL OPINION

- Use it, never ever, ever. It has me prt I Bouff DSOL yuck

- Of other models, let us go electro harmonix, in Rat, and a package of beautiful trs distos mconnues

- Particular feature I like most: the commercial Boss pany that has made a perrave pedals, one standard and one of the guitarists who know how to use it.

- The least: but why, why, why it is still selling, that lbr />
- Report quality price: foutage of mouth, let's be creative, do not fall into the scam, the pedals of the grand c'tait ERRF in the 80's when he started playing the guitar electric.

- I still would do this same choice every time I see one, I unplug, Zounds .....

Here I just wanted to scream, but arrtez to buy this as distortion pedals pedals Premire !!!!!!!!!

With an increase in metal players with more access to gear Boss decided to make a follow up to the Boss Hm-2. The pedal was just a few years before the release of the Boss Hm-3. This pedal had a better distortion that translated into a more smooth gain which was a little better than the Boss HM-2 and the Boss Hm-3. This pedal also featured a three band EQ which enabled it to get a better control over the frequencies used. To date this has been the most successful metal pedal put out by Boss and one of Boss's most successful pedals of all time.

Version Differences
There are 3 main versions of the MT-2. The opamps used have changed over time and the colour of the text has changed slightly.

Version 1: All chips M5218AL, text colour orange
Version 2: IC1,2,4 M5218AL and IC3 NJM4558L, text colour orange with "more blue"
Version 3: IC1,2,4 NJM14558L and IC3 NJM4558L, text colour orange with "more blue"


UTILIZATION

Specifications

Controls: Level, Equalizer (Low, Middle, High), Dist.
Connectors: Input, Output, AC Adaptor
Current Draw: 20 mA (DC 9V)
Weight: 410 g (15 oz.)
Recommended AC Adaptor: PSA Series


SOUND QUALITY

Well just because it was the smoothest distortion of the Boss Hm2- and the Boss Hm-3, that doesn't mean that it sounds good. This pedal sounds like garbage. The tone is just horrendous. It is beyond me why someone would think that this pedal sounds good. I know there are a lot of metal heads out their and me being one but come on this pedal sound like trash. The tone is thin and metallic sounding at best. The control are easy but if the sound is terrible then it is like polishing a turd. You can polish it all you want but its still a turd. I am a fan of Boss and Roland gear because they manufacturer budgeted products for the consumer and their keyboard are some of the best in the business and of course they have the best clean tone amp in the world. Many of their pedals are very user friendly and sound amazing in certain applications but this thing is just a nightmare to play. The tone if you can call it that is just terrible!

OVERALL OPINION

At new you can find these pedals right at around $99. Way too much money for the sound that this thing makes. It really is a terrible sounding pedal no question about it. I would get a BLackstar distortion pedal if you need something that is over the top but also sounds good to listen to.

Metal facing recess, and super rich equation to find THE sound!

UTILIZATION

take a good fifteen minutes to configure and learn, there are so many possible sounds it takes a while to understand how it works but once acquired it is a real pleasure!

SOUND QUALITY

good transistor distortion, nothing better for what little you do see even Metal Punk xD

OVERALL OPINION

that's good, I've had it for years now and have always found the sound I wanted with, do not buy new I think, many resell for they know not configure it, ENJOY IT! ! this is THE pedal for you to play records Metal / Trash and other sounds very big, heavy and nags.

The Boss Metal Zone was designed to basically offer the tones of a very high gain amplifier stack like a Peavey 5150 or Mesa Boogie Dual Rectifier, but in their classic and compact stompbox format. It features level and gain controls, as well as two dual mode equalization controls, one controlling lows and highs, the other controlling midrange and midrange frequencies. It is housed in Boss' standard compact pedal enclosure, with 4 knobs (the two EQ controls feature concentric pots). It runs on either a 9 volt battery or on Boss' standard PSA adapter.



UTILIZATION

Setting up tones with this pedal is very simple. It's designed to be a very extreme sounding distortion right from the get-go, so you know right away the type of tone you are going to get out of this pedal for the most part.

The level knob controls the overall output level you are hearing (turn it up for more, or down for less, very simple), the first EQ knob controls your low end (bass) frequencies as well as your high end (treble) frequencies. The second EQ knob controls your midrange amount as well as the frequency it sits in (more of a scooped sound or more of a boosted sound).

SOUND QUALITY

I've tried many different versions of this pedal through the years. They're very nice for a young musician who wants a metal tone on a budget. At the time that I owned/used these I was looking for a very classic metal sound like that of Metallica or other thrash metal bands. This pedal works well for that type of high octane tone, though it doesn't come even close to the sound of a good high gain tube amp like the 5150 or Recto. I preferred to boost the mids slightly so that I could be heard within the mix of a band, but still get enough cutting chunky tones out of it as well.

It tended to sound better when I was using higher output pickups like EMGs or Seymour Duncan Invaders. However, since I don't play that sort of metal music any more, those pickups are not something I use. As a result I don't think the MT2 would work for the type of gain tone I go for nowadays, which is more of a classic hard rock vibe.

OVERALL OPINION

All in all I feel that the Boss MT2 is a good pedal for someone on a budget who is looking for a classic metal sound. It's not recommended for someone who knows great tube amp tone, because it will almost certainly fall short, but for a sub $100 pedal it does an okay job at capturing a slice of molten metal tone.

- Controls for Volume, highs, lows, high mids, low mids, drive

- Solid construction, components.

- Powered by either 9v battery or 9v (-) adapter, standard Boss style

- Easy access battery compartment

- Bright red LED

- Buffered bypass

UTILIZATION

Pretty standard pedal setup, input, output, footswitch, power.

Controls for volume and distortion are likewise easy to setup. The 4 band EQ is a little more unusual in a pedal, and can be difficult to dial in for people who aren't familiar with it. The manual is pretty good about providing starting points for various genres and sounds.

Pretty reliable as most boss pedals are. Never had any issues with it.

SOUND QUALITY

There isn't a whole lot of leeway, the MT2 is definitely a metal guitarists pedal. It CAN be coaxed into producing more of a hard rock sound, but that isn't really what it was designed to do.
Overall, the sound is a little thin and fizzy. This can be capitalized on to achieve a very particular form of distortion, but it definitely doesn't have the bottom end that a lot of heavy music requires.

I've found that placing a graphic EQ pedal directly after the Metal Zone can really bring it to life through a little fine tuning. I've also heard great things about the Keeley and Monte Allums mods for it.

Keep in mind it uses the standard Boss buffer which doesn't do great things to your bypassed signal.

OVERALL OPINION

This pedal definitely has a bad reputation among guitarists and the online music community. To be fair, a lot of this has to do with beginners who run it through cheap digital amps that don't take pedals well at all.
But that aside, its not the best pedal out there. It is definitely no replacement for a good high gain channel.

This was the first pedal I bought many years back, and would have probably made a different choice had I been exposed to different options. In my opinion it just isn't worth the money when you can get a digitech TL2 or used Barber Dirty Bomb for the same amount of money.