All user reviews of 4/5 for the MXR M116 Fullbore Metal

Analog distortion pedal, not editable.
Noise gate integrated with internal knob setting.
Volume, Freq (frequency range mids), gain, 3-band EQ, Noise Gate, Scoop (death to boost treble and bass).
PSU or 9V Boss guy.
The pedal is very small, brushed aluminum, and you really feel like a small tank at his feet, visually, aurally and then ...
Settings very complete and effective.
I'm not 10, we will say that the adjustment knob noise gate could be on the top of the pedal, or the LED may be less violent, but it's the ass pounding of flies!

UTILIZATION

The configuration is simple to start all the knobs have much effect on the race.
The manual could perhaps extend the function of the Frequency knob, the operation is still a bit mysterious to me, but good as it sounds ...

SOUND QUALITY

BUTCHER THE TOTAL. This pedal sends a power ... I never rises beyond half the gain on an amp in its completely clear! It covers all styles of Metal Modern Sans Souci, however friends sounds 70's-80's little saturated this pedal is in my opinion too violent and not voicée for these styles of music. Pedal makes a lot of treble, so for me it is the treble knob between 0 and 1, that is otherwise honeycomb!
Overall you have to search a bit to find the LE, but once the interaction of these knobs is understood, we found it quiet and will the edge surgical and cold to Death (Group eh), fat and the serious Cannibal Corpse, through the 80's Hair Metal or dug his mids to Pantera or even a honeycomb lifeless to the Mayhem ...
I play with my Cort Aero 11 mounted with EMGX 60 and 81 on a combo Blackheart BH15-112.
I love his side very powerful, versatile, capable of spitting Death Metal with a Roland JC-120 ...
I do not like his side and sometimes acute honeycomb fuzzy if it is set incorrectly.

OVERALL OPINION

I've had 2-3 months and I do not regret my purchase, but I will try very HT-Metal Blackstar from home or from Ibanez Tube King story
It will not suit everyone, that's for sure, but she has personality, and balls of steel!

This is a distortion pedal with moults settings.
Gain, Volume, 3 band equalizer a + a frequency filter media and a noise gate.
Building the confidence and reliability, the knobs are sturdy and the box, although light, provides a solid feel free.
Possibility of a 9V adapter, I plugged personal stacked on the board of the seller. Unplugged the jack when not in use can expect a long screws for the battery.

I'm not a fan of 10, even if I lower the overall average, the eight that I put is a "true" 8.

UTILIZATION

The manual is very very basic ... same too. Editing sounds is quite naturally if one is accustomed. It should avoid extreme positions of knobs (bass style bottom, mid cut ...) if one wishes to have a sound similar to something.
The doses are very high gain even with the gain set very low.

SOUND QUALITY

I tested the pedal 2 config.
First on a Strat plugged into a standard Laboga The beast itself plugged into my house 1x12 Jensen. For the second config I plugged my Tele FMT HH with its Tone Zone in an acute in Sipder III 75W.

The sound quality is pretty binary: if you want to play heavy metal stain of the Slayer what's all good, if we look a versatile overdrive pedal for cruncher, this is not the equipment that will be directed.

Sounds all have the characteristic of being dug in the midrange, mushy and aggressive. They are very accurate cons and provide a lot of fun and rhythmic palm mute. After testing of a config we can notice that the dynamics of the lamps is a bit lost. The strat sounds like a racing metal guitar despite its single coils and the pedal does not respect the personality of the stuff on which it is connected.
On the Config 2, I pushed the vice by giving me a tone lower and there is the slap ... the rhythmic poudrent fly, adding a mid yields of lead sounds very acceptable but again dedicated to a single style. This pedal sounds only comes out of metal but it is well taf. The last test to do would be accompanied by drum and bass rhythm guitar. I suspect she does not throw in the mix but it is to be confirmed.

In short this is the sound of metal and attention, not heavy or power. Thrash sound, aggressive punk or death metal and black. In this register it overwrites the Spider III digital distortion and overdrive of The Beast seems to be sound "bluesy" ...

The rating reflects only the sounds of metal.

OVERALL OPINION

It's rare that I write a test as quickly acquiring equipment but this pedal really does not require a long apprenticeship to learn the essence.
I tried it in / / a Boss DS1 and a Metalcore. I was looking for the true metal sound and uncompromising in this register it has crushed the competition as the digital simulation of the spider.
It is dedicated to one style but it does its job. Very rhythmic and compelling offering a wide range of opportunities to refine the basic sound enough typed it is a good companion for those who like to shake his head while playing hard.

Since I was looking for a disto dedicated to metal but I'm satisfied I do not advise that in this framework.

Last brutal distortion pedal from MXR
As some distortion pedals in style, it is a little complicated ...
In addition to the basic EQ, it has a knob for frequency.
Also a built-in noise gate (a strong point of the pedal) that can adjust the help of an screwdriver unscrew the bottom plate. And a function (I remember his name) that serves as the outline. Both are activated via 2 mini switch with LED on the pedal.

Note that the pedal is incredibly lightweight, it weighs about half of the OV zack wilde

UTILIZATION

I bought this pedal OCCAZ, I needed to use it in repeat, on any amp, for my metal band.
I specify that only the tail of an amp missing distal thick

SOUND QUALITY

The pedal has a gain incredible distortion. See too. It is useless to exceed 12 ...
Like all pedals of this style, the combining of the EQ pedal knob freq + the extra you can get any type of grain distortion. Of course, it falls quickly in the field of synthetic, cold, inaudible, as very aggressive. After all depends on how you set the EQ of the amp. The sound palette is very broad
Warning treble bleed! For my part, they remain at 0

OVERALL OPINION

I needed a distortion pedal, I have this chopper. It is very much the case in my case, that is to say to use it only repeated, but not live.
I Jarte a Metalzone for this one and I am satisfied.
A big plus for his practical side of owning a noise gate, which avoids adding in a systematically.
And yes, non metalheads do not know what for a noise gate ..
Possessing a mesa recto on the other hand, I can tell you there's no picture, is not comparable.
Fullbore completely distorts the sound of your guitar, I plug a proof for telecaster and ESP above horizon, I see little difference.
In my opinion, it may do the trick for those unable / unwilling to invest in a high gain amp.
This is downright synthetic when you know amps like 6505, mesa recto, powerball etc. ..
I leave a note anyway, because for the price remains good, in this range of pedal

Having the MXR dime earlier, the Fullbore remains below this

The MXR M-116 Fullbore Metal is a distortion pedal designed for use with electric guitar. The pedal is made up of analog parts, with standard 1/4" connections and 9 volt power requirements. The pedal is built extremely well and sturdy, and isn't rackable as it is stomp box.

UTILIZATION

While the MXR M-116 Fullbore Metal definitely has more parameters to work with than your average distortion or overdrive pedal, this is still a very simple pedal to use. The pedal has parameters for volume, gain, low, mid, and high, as well as one to set the frequency for the mid gain. In addition, it also has buttons for gate and 'scoop' which will cut out the mid frequencies. I didn't find that using the pedal was hard at all, so I don't believe that you need a manual to use it.

SOUND QUALITY

Like the name hints, the MXR M-116 Fullbore Metal is definitely a high gain distortion pedal, offering up a lot of thickness and a ton of gain. While I will say that you can use it beyond just the genre of metal, it will definitely work best within this confine. I've used the pedal with a Fender Telecaster and a '76 Fender Twin Reverb, which has no built in distortion or overdrive. I get a pretty good idea of what this pedal sounds like within this configuration, and the main thing that I want to get across is that this pedal really gives you a thick distortion sound, with endless amounts of gain!

OVERALL OPINION

MXR wouldn't be the company that I would think of if I was going to buy a 'metal' oriented distortion pedal, but they have definitely done a nice job here with the M-116. While I don't play too much hard rock or metal, this is certainly suitable for other genres in situations where you would want some heavy, high gain distortion. MXR is a company that I trust to make high quality pedals, and this one is certainly reasonably priced at around $100 USD. I wouldn't necessarily recommend this to everyone, but if you're looking for a super high gain distortion pedal, definitely at least give this one a try.