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moosers
Published on 02/07/10 at 20:09
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.
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.