BOSS MT-2 –Metal Zone Effects Pedal for Guitar and Bass. Legendary High-Gain Distortion Pedal with over 1 Million Sold. BOSS 5-Year Warranty.

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The famously “mean and green” Tube Screamer possesses unique EQ characteristics; shelving flabby low-end and boosting mid-range to increase clarity. Because of these qualities, Tube Screamer pedals interact incredibly well with distorted high-gain guitar amplifiers and also help to produce extra saturation by adding a touch more gain. Most metal players will typically set a Tube Screamer’s ‘Drive’ knob low, and use the ‘Volume’ control to adjust the gain to taste — with ‘Tone’ acting like a presence control. Engaging the MT-2W’s Custom mode voices the pedal for a huge, wide-ranging sound, making it ideal for nearly any current heavy style. The tone is natural and open, with increased dynamics and rounder lower mids than Standard mode. Even at the highest gain settings, the low end remains full yet tight, focused, and well-defined, perfect for chugging out low-tuned riffs. The sound also cleans up very nicely when reducing your guitar’s volume, putting an extremely balanced range of tones under your fingers. Waza Craft: The Art of Superior Tone The MT-2 has been such an important pedal that Boss has released a few variations of this timeless classic.

Part of the reason for the MT-2’s infamy is its sound out of the box. We’ve all been there; the confusion when you first plug it in and wonder how you could have made such a decision. But have patience – all it takes is a little tweaking. So how do you get a good sound out of a Metal Zone? Carbon-zinc battery (9 V, 6F22) Option (sold separately) AC adaptor: PSA series Size and Weight Width 73 mm Preamp pedals, on the other hand, are a little bit more sophisticated. These are designed to emulate the preamp stage of a guitar amp, which is where almost all of an amplifier’s gain, EQ characteristics and, ultimately, “tone” come from. Preamp pedals therefore boast the controls you’d find on most guitar amplifiers; including EQ knobs (like ‘Treble’, ‘Middle’ and ‘Bass’) that allow you to precisely adjust their sounds. Preamp pedals can be plugged into the front-end of your amp, but often work better in the effects loop as they can essentially bypass and replace your amp’s existing preamp stage — yielding a richer and more organic tone.Each Waza Craft pedal is a complete redesign of the classic circuits by the original designers. Find out exactly what makes them so unique. Read more… Waza Craft Ultimate Rundown! The MT-2 is more than a million-selling mainstay of bedroom players. Learn how Biffy Clyro, Kurt Ballou, and others harness its extreme tone. Read more… What’s the Difference Between Overdrive and Distortion? The Metal Zone may be designed for more aggressive and hard-hitting musical genres, though it has become a hidden gem among soloists. The Metal Zone is renowned for its almost insane level of distortion. The power of the MT-2 is phenomenal and is used to achieve some of the most extreme tones possible from a distortion pedal. Launched in 2018, the Waza Craft Metal Zone adds an additional mode over the original with different EQ. S (Standard) mode is the same Metal Zone you love (or hate), while C (Custom) is a new mode aimed at modern metal. From the ‘80s to early ‘90s, high-gain guitar sounds were getting more popular and influential. Most musicians used distinctive high-gain sounds such as mid-scooped or boosted distortion,” recalls Yoshi Ikegami, president of Boss. “Unlike now, there were not many amps that could provide high-gain distortion sounds easily, so it was difficult for most non-professional guitarists to make these sounds.”

Many of us are die-hard metal enthusiasts, so we understand the importance of achieving the crushingly heavy guitar tone. We leverage our extensive experience using guitar pedals in live performances, studio recordings, and rehearsals to identify the best products for our guides. There are any number of ways that other guitarists have used the Metal Zone, but three of our favorite methods come from Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil, Converge's Kurt Ballou and YouTuber Ola Englund.Don’t scoop the mids! While there’s no harm in jamming some classic Metallica or Pantera riffs, the days of mid-scooping are over. You have to learn to let go. If you want to find your own sound with the Metal Zone, embrace the mids. You’ll find that it suddenly plays nice with other pedals, and sounds way better in a mix – either recorded or live.

The Metal Zone is almost always a key ingredient to the mix,” says Weaver. “The reason we’ve used the Metal Zone so often in the studio is because it just sounds so evil. And it’s very flexible. One might call the Metal Zone sound ‘cheap’, but I’d describe its brutal, necro soundas ‘perfect.’For me, its sound evokes Barrow-wights in a graveyard, and dusty old bones in an ancient crypt. The Boss MT-2 is notoriously popular for modding, for a couple of reasons. First of all, it’s fairly straightforward – more so now than ever, as many companies offer simple modding kits that you can buy online. Secondly, that out-the-box sound is just begging to be tweaked. As mentioned above, spending time with the controls makes a huge difference. But for the more adventurous gearheads among us, the temptation to pop the MT-2 open and play around with its insides is irresistible… 4: Famous Boss Metal Zone users There's no release date yet for the album as of yet, though in a 2021 interview with Metal Kaoz, Gaster said it would arrive in early 2022. He also spoke of trialing new material in front of a crowd before putting it to record.Since its debut 30 years ago, the MT-2 has added its patented layer of dense, saturated distortion to the rigs of bedroom beginners, professional-level guitarists, and modern-day YouTube sensations alike. Along the way, it weathered numerous musical-genre sea changes, made the jump from effects pedal to meme and Halloween costume, and even claimed the distinction of being bizarrely (and falsely) lin ked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Choose between the original gain circuitand a brand new modern setting in the MT-2W. The first has been overhauled to widen its range. By updating the first circuit with discrete components, Waza Craft have increased the expression and tone density. At Guitar World, our team of experts comprises seasoned musicians, many of whom have played in metal bands of varying genres and questionable quality over the years. We have played and tested numerous guitar products, including an unimaginable amount of guitar pedals. With that out of the way, let’s get to tone-shaping. We’d advise you start at a very low gain setting, and increase it gradually until you find the sweet spot for your guitar and amp. There's more gain than you'll ever need here!

Kurt Ballou is a man who knows a thing or two about metal tone, first from his band Converge, but also as the owner of God City Studios. He's a fan of flattening the MT-2’s EQ, turning down the gain and using the level control to smash a tube amp into saturation. From there, you can adjust the EQ on the Metal Zone to your taste, making it a very powerful dirty boost.Overdrive and distortion are unique sounds that can be confused. Gain an increased awareness of the differences between the two terms. Read more… What is the Waza Craft Pedal Line? Powerful three-band EQ provides intense sound customization with High, Low, and sweepable Midrange and up to 15 dB boost/cut on each band Even then it’s far from transparent,” he explained to Boss. “There’s some pre-emphasis EQ that’s always present which adds clarity and harmonics even at low gain.”