All user reviews for the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

It is a distortion-oriented metal and big sound.

Everything has been said for a long time on the beast. From classic. Heavy.

UTILIZATION

Very easy to use.

SOUND QUALITY

Excellent sound quality: a grain which makes it very special property with a good tube amp and a guitar with double Lespaul kind ... Classic, cream pie, seen ... but what is good.

OVERALL OPINION

I drag this pedal for 15 years at least. The cross has already been changed several times, the knobs crack, paint is peeling almost entirely, the base were rewelded jack ...

Impossible to separate myself. When I plug it in front of my Hiwatt Custom, disto barely 1 / 3 get illico sound hellish. Metal? Not really. Somewhere between hardcore New York and hairy stoner. Of course we can do more metal but it is not my thing.

It preserves the dynamics of the guitar, adds little buzz. It achieves powerful and dynamic distos or the intricacies of the game are not erased by the effect. And what grain! This is America!

If I fart (not easy, it's sturdy), I bought one now! Purchased a fortune in the 90s (in francs before, nostalgia, nostalgia ...). It seems it is for 60 or 80 € today. So if you play on a good tube amp and you like the big sound that spot ...

A great pedal ditorsion safe! Made for metal, hard rock and rock (see the little blues-rock) this pedal is a real bomb in her!
Its 3-band EQ provides extreme versatility enough.

UTILIZATION

Ouch! If you want to acquire it will have to arm yourself with patience and a lot of enthusiasm to find the sound you need because we are so tempted to do everything quickly we forget all our settings. Luckily the manual provides examples and explains its more or less the details of the pedal or ...

PS: the sound given by the distortion is also changed by that of the amp you are using!
pay attention to the settings of the pedal and the amp

SOUND QUALITY

Nothing to say about this because if the use is not something easy, the sound, it is a marvel!
Highly oriented metal / hard rock, this pedal will satisfy metalheads large and small rocker

I use a gibson les paul studio and amp Vox VT30 and this pedal is a marvel!

OVERALL OPINION

I've had 2 ½ months and I can not get enough!
Strengths: sound, its size (no bigger than a palm of hand) its robustness, its definition
Weakness: The configuration (even if it is not too difficult at first, its might discourage)

Pedal that I recommend to everyone confirmed that both beginner and you want (if you already have) a very good game and (if you have not and think you have to buy it) go for it!

The Boss MT-2 is one of the more infamous pedals in the Boss line up, and I don't mean that in a good way. Boss set out to create a crazy "heavy metal" to cater towards the metal scene that was prominent at the time. It features a level knob, distortion knob and a three band EQ along with a mid-band knob to adjust the overall tone of the pedal.

UTILIZATION

Boss actually did a really good job at throwing everything in there. It's housed in the famous Boss enclosures, so it'll withstand a nuclear bomb. That said, it also has a pretty bad FET bypass that sucks quite a bit of tone. The manual does a great job at describing what everything does, and first time users might want to glance it over considering this has a 3 band EQ that most people probably aren't used to.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound of this pedal is famous for its poorness. Basically, this pedal sounds pretty bad. The distortion is very harsh and buzzy, and there's no real way of cleaning it up. It's so over the top and noisy that it's almost unusable. I have no clue what Boss was thinking of when they released this pedal. The only saving grace to this pedal is that there's a trick you can do -- Given that it has a three band EQ, you can actually use this as a parametric EQ to boost the amp like a lot of 80s players did back when the Furman PQ-3 was popular. That's actually not a bad way of running this pedal, and it can get some decent tones as it's acting more like an overdrive than a distortion pedal.

OVERALL OPINION

Aside from the trick of using this pedal as an EQ to boost the amp, I really can't recommend this at all. It sounds way too buzzy and fizzy to be of any real use. Most people who buy these are beginners who have no clue what they're getting themselves into. What's worse is they tend to run these things through solid state amps which just square waves the entire signal into some awful mush they call distortion. There are some modders out there that can make them sound good, but I honestly don't think it's worth messing with.

This is a metal distortion pedal. It has a load of gain on tap, a distortion knob, and a four band EQ consisting of High, Low, Mid, and middle frequency. It has an input, an output, and a standard BOSS style center negative 9V DC jack.

UTILIZATION

This pedal is easy to set up and easy to use. Set the EQ and gain to taste, the volume so it's equal at bypass and you're ready to riff. The manual is very clear on what knob does what.

SOUND QUALITY

This pedal does not sound all that good. It's harsh, fizzy, thin, and muddy. There's not much you can do to make this pedal sound good at all. It's far too trebely. It's a grating, harsh, fizzy mess. It sounds like you've connected your guitar to a can of bees instead of an amp. The best way to describe the pedal is a buzz saw. It sounds like someone hooked up a buzz saw instead of a guitar to your amp. It sounds a lot like Dimebag's tone, which, in my opinion, is NOT a god thing. I am always unbiased when reviewing and never go on bandwagon. I am reviewing this based on my impression of it, and that is, this pedal is too harsh and fizzy.

OVERALL OPINION

This pedal is ok at best. There isn't much you can do to dial out the insane amount of treble present in the sound. THAT is it's big downfall. It's harsh and muddy. For $99, there are many better options for a metal pedal than this. $99 is far too much for what it is. If you wanna sound like a buzz saw, this is the pedal for you. If you wanna sound like Dimebag Darrel, this is the pedal for you. If you want a usable and good sounding metal distortion, steer clear. I would never buy this pedal again.

everything has been said, it is small and solid, it's Boss.
sold without transformer.

UTILIZATION

No need for manual, very simple just turn the buttons.

SOUND QUALITY

too harsh and aggressive for me, metal type of course, I do not think it can be used as a main distortion or for solos Dailleurs little rhythmic riffs to be secondary, in short breath away but it is not the distortion I was looking for, very few versatile, it remains in its field.
I highly recommend you to try it because it somewhat surprising, we like it or not.


OVERALL OPINION

I've had it for 2 years now, she is kindly in her closet.
re ^ ^ after changes scratches in my effects loop it all his utilitée, it is not my main disto (I play Punk, Rock, Grunge, Funk, etc.), but from time to time for good thrash metal though, it doest matter XD and then coupled with another distortion pedal it pretty interesting ^ ^

The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone stomp box is a standard Boss enclosure with 6 knobs.
These controls include:
-Level
-High
-Low
-Middle
-Mid Frequency
-Dist

The pedal is powered by a standard 9 volt battery (which can easily be accessed by turning a simple thumb screw and opening the compartment under the "stomp" hatch) or a standard 9 volt adapter.

UTILIZATION

Dialing in a useable sound can be a bit tricky, due to the fact that the pedal always retains a sort of "cocked-wah" type of sound, but thankfully the eq controls cover a LOT of ground so a desirable sound can usually be coaxed out of this unit.

More pedals should have this type of eq section. Being able to choose what mid frequency you like and then adjusting the amount of it really adds a whole other dimension to the usual distortion box layout!

SOUND QUALITY

Here's where this unit falls a little short. Keep in mind I'm judging the sound quality of this pedal based on its performance against many other high end boutique units, as well as other cheaper production units such as Boss, MXR, etc.

As mentioned earlier, the eq section really lets you zone in on specific frequencies and dial in many different tones. The problem is that the basic distortion circuit and its overall tonal qualities are not the best compared to other units available. While there are tons of sounds available, I only found a couple settings really useable and convincing in a live environment.

That said, when dialed in properly for my rig, the Metal Zone produced a thick, sharp and tight Metal chug that was very present with a solid low end that never got messy, and nice mids. The only negative is that the high frequencies can sound little nasally. Everything from old-school thrash to Nu-Metal, and Modern "Djenty" tones can be achieved with this pedal. It just takes a little tweaking.

There are many modifications available for DIY'ers or from companies like Keeley, Analogman, Monte Allums, etc that clean up this pedal and open the sound up, making the distortion more natural and useable. It is a great modding platform!

OVERALL OPINION

As stated earlier, the only negative I can write about this unit is the average distortion tone and nasally character of the pedal. But the excellent eq controls and the fact that there are cheap modifications available make it a great pedal in my book.

It's been around for many years, and is the standard for heavy metal in a pedal. Buy one used for cheap and have fun!

go to review the 20,000 already carac'disons just that it compact and complete

UTILIZATION

this has already thickens the "accuracy" of the eq is very (too?) sensitive so the adjustment can break the balls, however the sound is really "sculptable

SOUND QUALITY

Ben's mouth breaks you either love or hate, I would say this pedal is not made for solos, not very expressive, difficult to make the harmonic whistled as it should, artifficiel, so in many areas is a stew, or much else it is very average, however there are one or palm mute it excels, g test quite a distortion pedal (EHX, MXR, Boss, t-rex, dod, Zvex ... ) on the amp a lot (all tubes, fender vox orange) all higher except for the palm mute
Mass is said

OVERALL OPINION

double effect Kiss cool: stuff means overpriced
super pedal to palm mute

Analog Distortion, 6 knobs (2 normal and 2 double), simply connect in / out and plug for power or for battery box, I odnne 8 because there are better and because mine is Made in Taiwan.

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple but I think he must know the type of sound is wanted, the manual is clear but useless because it's easy, but for editing sounds must be said that it has been over six months that it is my home and I still can not find my sound! I'm looking for a sound intermediate between a good and a rhythmic solo hot and it's not easy.

SOUND QUALITY

Yes to quality, it is the same with the distortion at 10 it rocks, I second flight with an Ibanez SZ320 with a Seymour Duncan SH4 in bridge and an amplifier H & K Attax 40, but I always linked to a pedal equalizer of same GE-7 because for me it is necessary, I put 7 because I think this distortion is not as versatile especially with a gain of 9 below.

OVERALL OPINION

Yes I have used many pedals (an Ibanez TS5 Ibanez and metal loading MS10-I-ale, and finally a boss DS1) and must say that the metal box is very aggressive! c and it's dommaine if you are looking for a great price aggressively you've come to the right place, and the ratio Q / P is excellent and with experience I would do so this election and I would never sell this edu if only to buy a Japanese of the same reference

It is a distortion, and everything has been said about the character.

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple in theory but in real case is squarely face.
Editing sounds is super simple.
The manual I do not know.

SOUND QUALITY

Okay so the big piece, notice the sound.

Puree the MT2, broad question is not obvious.

Good already strong points:
Gain control allows range from crunchouille delivered at a distal overgrown, inaccurate and without personality, without any dynamics. Between both the range and wide.
The equalizer came after the cell distortion can cut the sound drastically and efficiently, without prejudice to the action of the amp's preamp downstream.
The interesting aspect of the proposed adjustment of mediums is that with two guitarists can fiddle with the sound to share the mid frequencies, without stepping on each other. brief fit into the mix. The sound alone is disgusting, nobody would play with him alone with his settings, but
at least two guitar sounds are well separated.

Defects:
The filter is located before the distortion gives a rather special grain that makes the sound a bit tinny with a pronounced hump in the treble. Loved the grain remains rather the same (a little rocky stuff) adapted to a large metal saturation, but not super suited with a minimum gain settings.
The EQ is very effective, downside it is very easy to oobtenir frankly rotten sound by changing the equalizer. The button p____n mediums is much too sensitive, it must be fiddling with micropoil, it really makes no difference.

Room on an amp at low volumes, we lower the mids a bit, it grows low to the big palm mute and treble is added, it candidly flattering.
Set in this manner is atrocious group, group it more bluntly galley to use the big bass are eaten by bass, or returning it in competition, if you cut the mids they are still more that a heinous shit that spin treble filthy ears., so he must review all equalization, but difficult to get away with something honorable.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had six years is not the best pedal in the world, it's clear now I think the difficulty to adjust, earned him a reputation that is not justified execrable.

Already it is not versatile, but it's not a fault either, I would advise against buying this pedal first. A beast DS1 or SD1 after the amp is much more interesting. But gos rock stain, it does pretty well.

It is true that some adjustment has a small synthetic side and I understand people who are nasal, but with a soldering iron can improve things on that side.
Otherwise the sound is cold according to some, is not even funny I see how a metal distortion could have a warm sound, it seems paradoxical to me.
It may not be accurate, but good gain setting can also rotate counterclockwise, which contributes much to gain in precision.

Obviously with this level of distortion, it hums very easily be double and have to get away from noise sources (eg the receiver).

To finish at 100 euros, it's not interesting, now seen secondhand current document is a good little pedal for someone looking for a big distortion, occasional. I doubt that lme for fans of pure metal and hard, there meixu but I doubt whether at 40 euros. In any case if mine makes a soul I redeemed.

Edit: Okay I just décourvrir the Ibanez SM7 on the same segment of the SM7, less twangy, more dynamic and incorporates a noise gate is minimalist and less sweet deal breaks. In short I found that it bursts through the MT2, you see, but try both I think is important before buying.

see previous review

UTILIZATION

with the unit, must also know how to set his guitar and his amp behind, even the volume / gain on the amp and will change the rendering, it can lead to big moments making repeated head, and his note ALL settings once you are satisfied with the stuff.
this may seem silly, but it can quickly being quite tiring (even crappy!) for the ears, his own and those of others.
I never had the manual, but the use is simple, équalo is very effective and can add or widen the frequency range in particular. It can go from serious to very fat too bright and super sharp slap. The double knob support mediums is also very effective. I've always tended to keep almost the same 'line' (these are two knobs 'inlaid' into one another, and in general it sounds better like that).
I'd say it's not always easy to recreate the sound of distortion that is desired, because this pedal is very 'cold'. Therefore not suitable for all styles, for example, forget the blues, in my opinion. After people do what they want!
In short, the distortion of knob sends puree, spit it and can even dribble or puking ... The level is also effective.

SOUND QUALITY

It is a metal distortion, no problems with that. It is clearly stated and it does the job.
I mainly used this pedal with a bass (Aria Pro II SB1000 77, jap fender mustang, and now with a telecaster for great entry-level, but it's really good poilade, I avoid the Ricken, or then to fool around 2 seconds!)
Basically for the bass, it's still not a top one for the guitar, not bad or very well on the palm mutes and everything, but must love metal, and cold to boot. Of course, with an amp lamp ass, it rebalances.

OVERALL OPINION

I use it for too long to remember!
it's a good pedal, very typical for cons, I would say it is not very versatile for that, but when it does, it renders great service, and sent the chocolate. For the price I paid, and since the time I have, I must say that this is a very good acquisition.

I think everything has t say about this, so I passed this chapter.

UTILIZATION

Good, operation is simple and effective.
rglages are various possible and interresting, after all dpend the way you use it. (Disto main or other) then

SOUND QUALITY

, cluck sonority is, as the name suggests typ metal.
anyway if not to play in this style, I'll deprecated. same as putting a little gain and typ is not that (as well take something else).
otherwise, the era c'tait a very good pedal, but now a bit though when even Exceeds interesting. Me, I use to get sound distortion filter type, thanks to rglage offered this pedal.
That said, although it may do better pedals today, it remains very interresting price after you buy it. but be careful with rglages. you can make a beautiful sound of shit if you are greedy and stingy on bass in medium. (at least he serat flattering if you play alone, but once in a group with a low behind say goodbye to your guitar sound) Otherwise, if you take the time to work, you Serz well placed in the mix with his "mtal" that can delight you. the problem is that I am the board on a tube amp, but if you have an amp lamps, I advise you to use your amp distortion. unless there is no course.


OVERALL OPINION

Basically, if you amp has a `light ductless saturated mtal you are doing and you fall on the pedals for a fifty euro is OCCAZ has a grasp. beyond a, with the same config and a budget is a little bit more lev find better today.

The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is a distortion pedal designed for use with electric guitar. It has a 1/4 inch input and output and is powered by either a nine volt battery or by a nine volt power supply. It is not a rack mountable piece of gear because it is a stomp box.

UTILIZATION

Like most Boss pedals, the configuration of the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is really easy to figure out. From left to right, it has parameters for level, two for EQ that each have two bands on them (high and low, and two middle frequencies) and then a knob of distortion. It is really easy to zoom in on whatever sound you might be after. The manual for the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is pretty complete and thorough, but really isn't necessary when trying to learn this pedal.

SOUND QUALITY

The sound quality of the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is respectable and like the name states, is best suited for playing metal or hard rock music. It is a really thick and heavy sounding distortion and because of this is pretty one dimensional. If you have an amp that doesn't have distortion like me, you probably have been looking for that perfect distortion pedal for a while now, but unless you play mostly heavy metal this probably isn't it. Don't get me wrong, the sound quality of the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is clean and the distortion is big and heavy, but is really only suitable for one type of music. Being fair though, it doesn't really advertise to be anything more than that anyway.

OVERALL OPINION

I've been using the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone for about three years and while it is a good sounding pedal with a decent amount of parameters, I don't use it very often simply because I don't play the type of music that this pedal is intended for anymore. The price of this pedal makes it a very attractive option and I would encourage those interested in a distortion pedal in this price range to try out this pedal as well as some of the other pedals Boss and their competitors has to offer. All in all, the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is definitely worth a try for those who play harder rock and need a thick sounding distortion pedal.