MT-2 Review

MT-2 distortion pedal MT2 for guitar. Equipped with a dual gain circuit, provides super-long sustain and heavy mids and lows like a stack of overdriven amps. Three-band EQ, wide range of distortion textures.

Ease of Use:	8.6
Sound:	8.9
Reliability:	9.2
Impression:	9.1
Overall rating:	9
Users rating:	8
Comments:	148

overall: 8.5

Featured review by: Dithindious, on april 30, 2009

Price paid: £ 54.99

Purchased from: Merchant City Music

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 was designed to provide heavy distortion via one unit, something many pedals strive for however few can actually deliver. It comes with a 3 band EQ coupled with a mid frequency control and standard volume and gain(distortion) controls. It is not a particularly easy pedal to get a good sound out of but this is due to the complexity of the control system that you are offered. However anyone with previous experience with this style of control should be at home here and have no difficulty achieving the sound they desire. The manual does make it easier for begginers to understand the controls and also comes with a range of generic preset examples such as 'heavy metal' and 'fuzz' which although handy for a basic idea, it is much better to map the output of the pedal to match your particular guitar/amp. As far as I am aware there has been 2 models of MT-2 made available, however the Original model, which many claim to be the best, is no longer manufactured. This review is for the newer model. // 7

Sound: I mainly use this pedal through an Ibanez S520EX with EMG 81 and 85 combination. I have played this setup through many amps all of which I have been able to produce similar results with appropriate tweaking.

It is a fairly quite pedal however as with all high gain equipment it is best to run them through a noise gate. I have it set up for a combination thrash/death metal sound and as such the gain levels are fairly high, even at these levels however it remains fairly quite up to higher volume levels where the high levels of feedback become and issue.

I don't believe I would find myself using this pedal through a high quality, high gain tube amp however this pedal will fit right at home with most solid state setups. It does not always sound brilliant but for my purposes it functions extremely well. it's not a particularly warm sound and it cansound a bit thin at the high end sometimes but in general it does it's job and provides high gain metal sounds efficiently. I am capable of emulating most older death and thrash metal sounds however it would struggle to match the tone of bands such as Pantera or on the less extreme side of metal with bands such as Iron Maiden. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It is a Boss pedal with all metal construction, I strongly believe that this pedal would last through a nuclear war. As with everything electronic, faults can however occur and as such you would have to be a madman to gig without a backup. If however I was tempted to Live life on the edge, this would be one of the pedals I would feel safe about. I have owned it for nearly 2 years and have had no issues so far. // 10

Impression: As I have previously mentioned. I primarily play metal ranging from Classic metal through to Death Metal. This pedal works at it's best when coupled with soem of the more extreme, higher gain areas of the genre. I have been playing for nearly 4 years now however do not own as much high quality gear as I would like too. If I came into possession of a hgih gain tube amp I do not believe that this pedal would find a place in my effects loop however at the moment I am using solid state, an area where this pedals dynamics are really shown off. If it was stolen I would probably buy it again, it's fairly cheap and does the job very well. The only other real thing to meantion is the obvious, buy an AC adaptor cause it munches batteries like nothing else! // 9

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: PlanetTelex, on august 01, 2005

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This pedal is difficult for newbies to get their desired sound. This was my first pedal I bought, and it intmidated me at first. However, the manual gives you a few setting to get started with, as well as an explanation of the 3 band EQ, which helped me alot. // 8

Sound: I use this tiny little 15 watt Crate amp with a mediocre sound, but this distortion makes a big difference. The Overdrive setting they give you sounds amazing through my Mexican Fender Fat Strat. I was so surprised that I could get the sound I did out of it. The heavy metal sound is menacing (in a good way). I might as well be crashing to metal bricks into each other. The three band EQ gives me alot more versatility than the average distortion pedal, even though it was a new concept for me. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss. I would rely on this pedal anywhere, no backup neccessary. // 10

Impression: Don't let the name Metal Zone fool you. I've gotten Hendrix and Santana tones out of this pedal. Like I said, this was my first pedal, and I doubt I will need another distortion pedal, unless I wanted a really bluesy tone. I love the fact that I can get a good amount of sounds and tones out of it. My only problem was the fact that it was difficult to use at first. But don't be intimidated; I know a guy who plays in a reggae band and uses only this pedal and a wah! I highly reccomend this product. If this was lost, I would run out and buy it again. I got it on sale, it's normally a bit more expensive, but I think it's worth the price. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: Donkey Fly, on february 06, 2006

Price paid: $ 118.95

Purchased from: Sound Control , Leeds

Ease of Use: It's is pretty easy to get a sound out of. I just messed about with the controls till I found my sound. In the manual there are some settings in there to get certain sounds like heavy metal, British rock etc. The maunual is pretty good, there are the settings as I said in the above paragraph and some information on how to the work it, what's on the pedal, and the normal technical difficulties shit. I'm pretty sure this is the only Meral Zone pedal Boss have released. // 8

Sound: I use a Richwood Les Paul with Ernie Ball customs. A Behringer 15 watt GM108 amp a DigiTech RP50 for Multi FX, a Behringer OD100 for my distortion and Overdrive and the MT-2 for lead and some rhythm. It can be a bit noisy if you are in a small room and close to your amp which is on full volume but you expect that on sertain pedals really. It isn't noisy as in feedback noisy though. The effect I have at the moment for lead is extremely good. I haven't really checked any other sounds out but I love the sound I've got now. I play Green Day, Blink 182, Rise Against and other stuff and it works great for them, especially when I use my OD100 with it. // 10

Reliability & Durability: As with all Boss pedals there are almost indestructable. Extremely well made. I would definately use this without a back up. // 10

Impression: I play rock music and it fits perfectly. If it was stolen or lost I would buy another if I had the money, but I'll make sure it is never stolen! I compared it to all the other Boss distortion pedals apart from one which was the Mega Distortion MD-2. I also compared it to other pedals such as the Marshall Guvnor. This pedal was so much better then the others but quite alot. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: metalshreder, on february 17, 2007

Price paid: $ 144.9

Purchased from: AL Music

Ease of Use: The MT-2 is very easy to achieve a desired tone and any reasonable tone. The manual is ok but it is only templates for the MT-2 and well you should experiment with your tone a little. I mean they is settings for all types of music that is guitar related, Blues, Jazz, Rock, British Rock, Heavy Metal and more. // 10

Sound: I use a STG.03 Aria Strat and Jackson Pro series Dinky on Marshall MG100DFX. And well with the strat it is a bit noisy actually buzz because it uses cheap single coil pickups but with the Jackson well hum because of the Seymour Duncan pickups are'nt cheap. The distortion is always optimal providing you use a Boss AC-2 9v Adaptor, but with a battery it will die quickly. You can get that tone of all of your favourite artist's easily. I listen to mainly metal like Maiden, Priest, Trivium and it suits that tone very well. The distortion is very good it's actually just unsurpasable. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It is a very reliable pedal. I would definetly depend on it any where. I would use it Live surely without backup aswell it is sturdy and capable of beatings and if you were perfoming in a cold environment it would stay at it's best I'm certain but obviuosly it isn't going to work if you throw in a river and expect it work now seriously what pedal can. // 10

Impression: I play an assortment of music and yes it is a an excellent match without a doubt. I have been playing over one year. I also own a MG100DFX, Dunlop picks, Aria STG.03 stratocaster, A 10watt Kustom Practice amp and a few other small things straps etc. If it were stolen I would buy it again in an instint without a doubt that's if I had the money. I love the whole middle selection tone and fq. which makes it sound great. I compared it to a DigiTech Death Metal, DigiTech Grunge, A Boss Mega Distortion and A Boss DS-1 and there was'nt much comparison really. There is nothing really I wish it had except that they cost less really I found the metal zone a really good pedal overall. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 12, 2006

Purchased from: guitar center

Ease of Use: First off, let me just say that if you're a 15 year old kid, have a squire strat, and a 15 watt Peavey practice amp, then this is the pedal for you. But if you're a serious musician, and are either gigging or recording, keep looking. You see, most Boss pedals, in fact all of them, are very good single effect units. But the gain that this unit is made to achieve is just too much for one little unit to handle. If you are playing on a clean channel and switch to distortion (via MT-2) the sound is instantly diminished in tone and volume. // 4

Sound: I used a Fender Jag-Stang, Jackson DXMG, and even a '61 SG reissue with this thing, and it just doesn't cut it as for as good solid sound. At first, I ran it through a Line 6 Spider II 30 watt, and then realized how much better the amp's distortion was than the pedal itself. Another thing about this pedal is that, unless you have the gain almost all the way up, your going to get a very thin(not in a good way) and buzzy sound. // 3

Reliability & Durability: Here is where the Metal zone has it's good points. Like all Boss single units, this thing could be run over by a Ford pickup and still work perfectly (although I'm not saying you should go try it). And if you, for some reason are using it at a gig (which I really don't suggest)have no fear, this thing wont cut out on you. But just make sure you've either got it plugged into a power supply, or have Brand New batteries in it (because Boss pedals absolutely devour battery life). // 9

Impression: Overall, I guess this is an ok pedal. Like I said, if you're just starting out, then go right ahead, since you probably won't be playing anywhere but you're bedroom. But if you're an active musician, and are looking for a heavy sound at a cheaper price, I'd go with either a Peavey valve king, or a Line 6 Spider 2 (Spider 3's are cool but have too much bottom end in them, causing a real muddy sound if you're not careful). hope this review was helpful! // 5

overall: 8

Reviewed by: metallica1991, on january 22, 2007

Price paid: $ 110.2

Purchased from: Ceceres Music

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 is a guitar pedal made for heavy metal rockin'. This product is a great one for someone Who is into rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and hardcore music. I play most of that kind of music, even though I don't really like the hardcore genre it's still really fun to use and you get a great sound no matter what. Their is a manual that comes with it and it is very detailed. // 7

Sound: The Boss MT-2 has a great sound to it. I have a Marshall AVT-50 and an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and when it's cranked up (only have it on clean with about 4 gain and 7 or 8 vloume by the way if you want it to really sound good with it also being loud) there is hardly any feedback when your not playing and whenyoure playing it's so crisp you can only hear the notes you play unlike some other pedals which have other crap that you don't want. The distortion on it is terrific and warm sounding with a lot of punch. You can get perfect sounds for Metallica, rage against the Machine and pantera or other heavy bands or turn the gain down to about 3 or 4 and get the acdc or Wolfmother sounds you like to hear. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This product is very reliable it comes with a battery included but it didn't last me long so I just used a acdc adaptor for it it works perfectly. I haven't giged with it yet because we haven't got any booked until late march so I haven't got to use it in a gig. It would be perfect in a gig aswell I'd have to say. // 8

Impression: I play any thing from rock and roll to really heavy metal music and back down to nice warm acoustic music this is perfect for everything I play, maybe not so much the acoustic but it still works for my liking. I've been playin seriously for bout a year mainly rithym tunes but I'm starting to get in to lead stuff. if it was stolen I'd proabaly try and save up for a new one but I am poor so it would be hard. I really like this product because it's perfect. I compared it to a Marshall jackhammer and a DigiTech metal master and I'd would opick this one anyday of the week every thing is on this except contour and chorus feature but it's not that important though. // 8

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: vampwizzard, on april 11, 2004

Purchased from: Alto Music, Middletown NY

Ease of Use: Relatively easiy, pedal opens straight foward, battery connects correctly. The knobs are simplistic in both design and functionality, came with a manual that gave knob positions for presets. // 10

Sound: Simply Amazing. Clean takes most minimal hit that isn't noticable unless you sit there and switch it a couple times. It gave me a nice "texture" for playing Immigrant Song that made me stand out, even with a smaller amp. I got a good fuzz sound, a good sound like from The Clash, and even some nice scathing alternative distortion. Set correctly, you can get a good crunch that comes close to the Grunge sound.. but not quite. A very good pedal // 10

Reliability & Durability: Well.. this depends. Out of the box, you have to use 9volts, which the unit will eat if your not careful. If you unplug your input and output cables after you are done playing, it lasts for quite awhile. Replacing batterys takes away one point on this stat. If you purchase the power adapter from Boss (cheap) you won't run into this problem. As for design, the pedal is about 6 years old and works like brand new. // 8

Impression: Id say this pedal is a very very good one. I like its sound over the DigiTech metal pedal equivalent. Like I said, if you take care of it, it will most definately take care of you. Buy either this or the Boss Metal Distortion Wah pedal, which has this pedal built in ;) // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: the transaction, on november 07, 2005

Purchased from: Starr Music

Ease of Use: This pedal is great for any type of music that you need distortion, from Death Metal to rock and everything else too. I love this pedal, and for the money I paid or even more its one of the best distortion pedals. // 10

Sound: I'm using a Squier Fender Strat with a Crate bass amp (which works very well with music that needs a boost of low tones) and it works good except the occasional screech, but you only hear that if your laying your guitar down. Its "big" sounding and it sounds great if your using palm mutes. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Super tough and reliable (what do you expect from Boss). I would give these to my whole band to use without any backup pedals. // 10

Impression: I play metal, and nu-metal and its perfect for that it's sometimes a pain to set the levels but it's great! I haven't been playing that long but I play bass guitar, electric guitar, I sing, and my whole family is very musically orieted. This is the only pedal I own, but I have heard other pedals while checking them out on the Web, and I've read very many reviews that have stated that this pedal isn't very practical unless you play metal, but I have to disagree the only reason I can think of for them to say so is that they don't want to find out how to play those things. The companys pedals that try to sound like this one and trying in vein because this pedal has so many different styles of setups and tones. I wish Boss included a sheet with different setups for different music styles. If this were stolen I would deffinatley buy another MT-2. // 9

overall: 8

Reviewed by: guitar_hero999, on march 04, 2009

Price paid: £ 79.99

Purchased from: Nevada Music Warehouse

Ease of Use: This Was My first pedal, so it is very confusing to use, but once the instructions are read, it becomes simple. It can create many different effects, from blues to metal, although I can't get to grips with how to get the blues effect. There is also a chart that comes with the box that gives people a rough idea of what settings they need for different styles of playing. // 8

Sound: for my setup I used an Epiphone SG Gothic Pierced with A Squire SP10 and it sounded amazing once the distortion knob was up to the max. At the moment I can't give you any details on how to get your fave artists sounds but it is a very good pedal for the clean to distorted change in a song e.g Dani California By RHCP. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I would say that this is a great pedal except if you don't have an A/C adaptor for it, have lots of spare 9v batteries with you just in case, because it's a serious energy drainer. However, the check liht will dim when it has low batteries so gives you plenty of warning when the batteries need changing. In spite of thisI think that this pedal would do for an entire gig, no backup needed. // 8

Impression: Being Honest, this is a perfect pedal for first time buyers Who are trying to get the clean/distortion turn into a song for the verse/chorus shift. it's simple, yet effectve for a decent song without confusing ameteur guitarists. I have had this pedal for 2 years now and it has never failed me. Highly recomended *** // 8

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: jeremy_chan, on august 11, 2005

Price paid: $ 74.14

Purchased from: Tom Lee Music

Ease of Use: When I first got this pedal, I was ecstatic because I've always wanted to get a really heavy distorted tone but my amp simply couldn't do the right job. But as it turns out, I had to screw around with the pedal until I finally found the manual which had some MT-2 presets such as fuzz, heavy metal, blues, Overdrive, but since my amp was a crappy 15 watt Behringer GM-108 amp, the heaviest tone possible that I would find, would sound somewhat like deep purple, which in my opinion isn't distored enough, as I was looking for a Metallica or Children Of Bodom tone, but I think the main problem has to be my amp, because within the first week of having my MT-2, my amp would vibrantly shake if I were to play something with the MT-2 hooked up, so I'm assuming that the amp's speaker is probably f--ked up, because when I tried the effect pedal on another much more expensive amplifier in the music shop, the sound was at least 1000x better. But I'm rather satisfied with the tone because I managed to find the most heavy and distorted tone possible on the MT-2 one random night when I was fiddling with the controls, but as it turns out, the tone I found can mimic any Lamb Of God, Arch Enemy, Children Of Bodom, even nu-metal bands such as Linkin Park and Papa Roach. So maybe in the end, the pedal does need some experimenting if you want to get your most preferred tone. // 8

Sound: I'm currently using an Ibanez RG450LTD and it sounds great with the MT-2, especially if I make a high harmonic with the distortion on, and spaz out with the Whammy bar, mainly because my guitar literally screams when that happens, due to the right amount of distortion I get from my trusty MT-2. Unfortunately, if you don't have humbucker pickups, you'll definately get a really loud 'hum' feedback sound if you don't do anything with your guitar with the distortion turned on to the max, but lucky enough, my RG450 has 2 humbucker pickups which will eliminate any unwanted sound, putting my ears and nerves at ease. Another good point is that, the sound will always stay as heavy as it should be, even if the battery's running well low, which is absolutely great because I find replacing batteries on this bad boy is a pain in the neck, but they're sure to last long enough to keep you from throwing a tantrum. I can definately get the sound of my favourite artists ranging from a very thrashy metallica to a mildly distorted offspring tone which is great, because often the distotion even 'tops out' some of the distortion I hear in the actual songs I listen to which earns this buddy a big 5. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal was built to last and I am living proof. Even though I've dropped this pedal several times (by accident obviously), and this pedal has sustained only minor scratches and dents but it does not effect the tone at all because all the harm was done on the outside, and not in the inside. On the other hand, I would depend on this pedal without a backup because the only backups I probably need are batteries to keep my friend running. // 10

Impression: I play mostly heavy, death, thrash metal and this pedals tops it all. Again, it can create a more distorted tone than today's modern heavy metal bands such as avenged sevenfold, atreyu, evanescence and many more. Lastly, for ya'll lucky metal zone owners out there, I'd like to recommend my tone to you all because this is the exact tone I had to fiddle around with to finally get it, so here goes - level=12 o'clock, high=3 o'clock, low=3 o'clock, middle=5 o'clock (max), mid freq=5 o'clock (max), dist=max. So there you have it. My ultimate tone I can get from my MT-2 Metal Zone. By the way if anyone else can recommend me a much tastier tone. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on july 01, 2004

Price paid: $ 89.99

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 comes with 3-band EQ knobs and some mid knob that I've never messed with so I don't know what it does. It is pretty easy to acheive what sound you want when you have bass, middle, and treble knobs to work with. The thing can go pretty loud too. To match my amp, I only needed to put the level to 3. The battery is very easy to access. There is a thumb screw (no tools required) near the bottom of the pedal and from there you can change batteries. One should know that if you're using a battery and not the AC adapter, always unplug the input when you're done using the pedal because the battery gets drained when there is something plugged into the input. // 10

Sound: I use the Boss MT-2 with an Ibanez RG321 and a Marshall MG15CD. The distortion quality comparison of the built in and the Boss MT-2 is amazing. The Marshall distortion almost sounds fake compared to the Boss MT-2. I have distortion set to 10 and its not fuzzy at all. But I have the treble at around 4. Higher than 5 it can produce a feedback at high volumes. You can acheive hundreds of different sound from this pedal because of the 3-band EQ. One side note, although I only tried for like 5 minutes, I was unable to get the more heavy chunky sound of System of a Down distortion but I'm sure with the right tweaking, it's possible. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This thing is built to last. It's completley metal and has a rubber base. The knobs are made of plastic but none have popped off on me yet. The only problem I've had so far is that every month or so, the thumb screw comes loose but it's no problem whatsoever. The pedal can be used even without the screw and it's never come loose to the point where I can loose the screw because the screw if pretty long. // 8

Impression: It's a great pedal and matched with a good amp like a Marshall, it can sound incredible. It's definatley worth the money and it's nice having something that you know will last you through your gradual increase of skill or something like that. // 10

overall: 7.8

Reviewed by: ClaimYourVictim, on april 19, 2007

Price paid: $ 99.99

Purchased from: Toms River Music

Ease of Use: I got it free from a friend a while ago, he didn't like the sound of it but I gladly took it. I love this pedal, the distortion is really easy to work with, because there are 4 knobs with 2 mini-knobs on the treble and middle, for extra adjusting. It's not black, like everyone else says it is, it's dark grey with orange font (not that that's important or anything). // 9

Sound: I personally like the pedal's overall sound. It reminds me of the early thrash metal tones like Slayer, Metallica, and others. The only thing I don't like about it is it gets way too trebley for my taste and it sounds hissy. But I know of many people Who own this pedal, and I can see why. It's surprisingly easy to get a lot of different sounds from it. You can even get an aggressive punk sound out of it too, very versatile. It gets nice and bassy, which I like. it's sound character is really good for leads, and I like the middle register of eq you can get out of it, and I tend to put the middle knob up higher than I usually do. I am using this pedal with my Ibanez RG350MDX and Ibanez GAX70, with an Ibanez Tone Blaster halfstack. I don't like to play the pedal over the distortion of the amp, because there is so much gain that the channel goes nuts, so I use it on the clean. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I can definitely depend on this pedal. It's genuine Boss and I also own a Boss NS-2 Noise Supressor. It's strong and durable and it has rubber grups on the bottom so when you stomp on it, it doesn't slide anywhere. I would use it live without a backup. It is reliable and durable. // 10

Impression: Honestly, if it was lost or stolen, I would not buy it again. It's way too metally and has way too much gain for my preference. I have played many effects pedals and I enjoy them, but this one is not for me. It's a great pedal and all for what it is, but it's a little too heavy for me. I got it for free from a friend, so I'm not complaining, and at least I didn't have to pay 100 bucks for it. // 3

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 25, 2007

Price paid: $ 110.5921

Purchased from: Steve's Music

Ease of Use: This pedal has got to have the best sounding distortion I've ever heard. You can choose if you want to play with heavy metal distortion, Overdrive, or even british rock with this. I haven't found any of my own good setting but I use the Heavy Metal setting. The manual shows all the settings you can put it on. It also has the electrical stuff your supposed to read and crapola like that. It is fairly easy to get good sound out of it, but making your own settings, and making them sound good, is fairly hard. // 9

Sound: I am using the pedal with an ESP LTD AX-50 guitar and a weird crappy amp. Even with the crappy amp, it sounds insane. Imagine what it would sound like with a good one. It is the loudest pedal I've gotten so far for the heavy metal settings, it blows your mind. It always sound great even with low battery. it'll work great until the battery dies. With the Heavy Metal setting with the distortion on full, I can get pretty close to the sound of Killswitch Engage and As I Lay Dying. I really don't like the british rock setting on it, they could have put like a different metal setting but overall it's really good. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I can definitly depend on this pedal. I have dropped it numerous times on the ground when I am bringing it to my band's place and it still work's like it was Brand New. I wouldn't even have to think about having a backup pedal for this pedal. I don't think it will ever break. // 10

Impression: Overall, I am extremely satisfied. I play MetalCore music and it works perfectly for it. I don't think I could find a better match for MetalCore music. I've been playing for 2 years now, doesnt't seem that long but I'm like 10 better then some people I know who have been playing for 4-7 years, it just doesnt't compare to any other distortion. I wish I wouldve asked before I bought this pedal, "Why is this pedal so god damn good?" Other then that I have no complaints. Heavy metal setting is the best one, just screw around with the amount of distortion and you can get it sounding like any thing. If this thing got stolen, first, I'd beat the crap out of whoever took this peice of magic from me, then I'd go buy another one. This is, the best distortion pedal ever. Period. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: RX120D, on may 02, 2007

Price paid: $ 146.15

Purchased from: Melody Music

Ease of Use: I got an amazing, beefy and clear tone out of this thing in minutes, the manual is clear and concise, the tones they provide in the back are okay but try to get your own sound. The batteries die quickly but to replace them is the easiest of all pedals, one screw and your done, no tools. My unit is stock, I've had it for about 2 years, and it's still perfect. // 10

Sound: Right now, I am using a modded Jackson JS30RR running through a Boss PW-10 Wah, to the MT-2 then a multi effects through the effects loop on a Randall RX120D Half stack. A lil noisy at high volumes, my settings are (vol:12 o clock/high and low:2 o clock/mid:10 o clock/mid Freq:12 o clock/Dist.:4 o clock(barely before max) and it sounds amazing. I can get all my favourite tones through this baby. I love Metallica, and this pedal is definetely worthy, and I also play a lot of bodom and this pedal is perfect. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Its the most dependable pedal I own along with my Boss PW-10 wah, Strong, cool looking too. Two years of hardcore stomping and it still works without fault, no break-ups, no sctrachy sounds wehn the patches are moved and the connections are tight so your patch cords wont slip out. I would definetely play a gig with no backup. It's that reliable. // 10

Impression: I play metal, from NWOBHM and Bay area thrash to black metal and some metalcore, suits all styles perfectly. I have been playing for 5 years, I have tried many dist. pedals before I got this one. it wiped the floor with all of them. If it was stolen, I would cry. If I lost it I would find it lol. I love everything about the pedal, the only thing I don't like is the adapter. Garbage, it burnt out after 6 mths of use. my favourit feature is the mid frequency knob, you can achieve almost any tone with it. I compared it to, Line 6 Uber Metal, all DigiTech dist pedals, a Maxon and an MXR pedal and it cut through all of them with ease. The only thing I wish it had would be a noise gate. // 10

overall: 4.5

Reviewed by: iheartemo69, on may 31, 2007

Ease of Use: All I’ve heard about this pedal were good reviews, so you can imagine how disappointed I was once I hooked it up. I was searching for the perfect distortion pedal, mainly for metal, but capable of other diverse distortions. Well, this one didn't fare so well with my 70-something Fender Twin Reverb. It was impossible to get a decent sound out of it, not to mention the amount of feedback it produced. However, it worked decently on my 10" Crate SS amp. // 3

Sound: Like I said before, I have a 70-something Fender Twin Reverb (tube, for those who aren't familiar) and I play a Fender Jag-Stang. Now, the Jag-Stang is by no means a "heavy metal" pedal, which is why I was looking for a good distortion pedal with an equalizer and such to boost the lower tones that my guitar lacks. Upon hooking up the MT-2, there was immediate feedback and I was standing 8 feet away from my amp! Even after playing with the many knobs (which was one of the selling points for me) I still could not get the crunched-fuzz I wanted. I even tried the presets suggested in the manual, but nothing sounded as it should have). I know it was not my amp, because when I tried the Line 6 Uber Metal (albeit it has a built-in noise suppressor) it worked beautifully (even with the feedback gate turned off). It does, however, sound decent with a solid state amp. // 3

Reliability & Durability: I never trust batteries, so I definitely would have bought an adaptor, had I purchased this pedal. I know someone who owns this pedal, and they have had it about 6 months or so and have only had to replace the battery once so far. He has never had a problem with it cutting out or the knobs breaking off, and it’s in mint shape (I know this because I have seen it and heard him play it). He's used it for many gigs, and it has worked extremely well for him. The design was sturdy, as I had dropped in a couple times and nothing happened to it cosmetically or functionally. Definitely a bonus for those who gig. Very durable! // 8

Impression: I play a lot of metal/screamo music, as well as some classic rock (Zeppelin, Sabbath) and this pedal just didn't cut it for me. Like I said, I compared it to a Line 6 Uber Metal, which kills the MT-2! If it had a built in noise suppressor then maybe it would have worked out better. Since I never bought it, I would not replace it. But it's all personal preference. To each, his own. // 4

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 22, 2007

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This pedal takes some getting used to, as the three-way EQ looks a little overwhelming at first. I mean, there are tone controls inside tone controls! But once you get used to the adjustment process, this is one easy pedal to use. The manual gives a clear explanation of the adjustment process, and even gives you some setting examples that you can build your own tone from. Overall, it's very user friendly. // 9

Sound: Finding a pedal that flexes with the styles I play, which range from blues and classic rock to metal, is not easy. Then I stumbled across this baby. It's the only distortion that I'll ever need. I know that it says Metal Zone in big Orange letters on the front (and yes, when set right, this thing will unleash ungodly amounts of distortion), but it does so much more than that. I can get everything from classic SRV/Santana crunch to Hanneman-worthy shrieks. This pedal is very versatile. The only caveat: switching from a clean channel to to this pedal does take away some note definition and some volume. It can get a litlle annoying at times, but most people won't notice it (unless you are a seasoned pro or a studio man). The sound also can get a little thin on certain settings. I run it with my Marshall DFX-50 and an '04 black Fender Standard Strat. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss. 'Nuff said. It's built like a tank; I've dropped it and stepped on it at night, one of my friends kicked it into a cinderblock wall accidentally, and I still have no problems with it. I don't really gig, but I would take this anywhere without a backup. Giggers, I'm warning you now in case you don't know: Boss pedals are battery vampires. They suck them dry so fast. I highly recommend getting the plug-in power supply for it. // 9

Impression: This is a definite keeper. In my seven years of playing, I have never used a pedal that was more fun than this one. If I ever lost this or if it got stolen, I would get another one within the week (depending on if I can get a ride somewhere, as I can't Drive). I love the tonal ranges and the just plain fun factor of having something that goes from a slight crunch to white noise. Like I said, when you Switch channels (from clean to this pedal) you will lose some volume and note definition. // 9

overall: 10

Reviewed by: MeTaLhead90, on march 26, 2007

Price paid: $ 89.99

Purchased from: skip's music

Ease of Use: Very easy to get a great sound out of this thing. I like to scoop the mids and it sounds very good. I didn't get the manual for this thing but it's pretty easy to use. not sure if this thing has been upgraded or not and I really don't care because I would never part with this. // 10

Sound: I am playing on a Dean ml xt through a Marshall MG30DFX. this thing is great, I love everything about it. I listen to artists like pantera, Sepultura, soulfly, Slayer and Metallica. I don't try to emulate my favorite artists tones or anything I try to work on my own sound and and with this thing it's sounding pretty good. // 10

Reliability & Durability: What do I say, it's a Boss. I don't think I would need a backup for this thing. Boss pedals are pretty much rock solid. I thought I was having a problem but come to find out it was just my 9v adaptor which I got rid of. It's all fine now. The adaptor has been replaced and I haven't had any problem with it yet. // 10

Impression: I play very heavy metal and this thing gives distortion up the arss. Any other pedal I have to crank the gain up to 10(or whatever the highest setting is), but on this thing I play with gain up a little over 3/4 of the way. I've been playing for about 2 1/2 years and I play on it with a Marshall MG30DFX(which is about to change) and a Dunlop crybaby wah. Other pedals have only tone volume and gain knob but this thing has your treble (high), bass (low), midrange and midrange frequency. If this was stolen I would go on a shooting rampage and if I absolutely couldnt find the guy I would break down and buy another one. // 10

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: H1ghGa1n, on may 30, 2007

Price paid: $ 100

Ease of Use: It actually took me quite a while to find out how to get a desirable sound out of it. I still think I would rather have a nice tube amp, but this pedals pretty nice for the price. I read the manual and it gives you some presets and shows you how to work the pedal and where the battery goes and stuff, so it's rather useless if you just take the time to examine the pedal and play with the knobs. // 9

Sound: I've used all of my guitars through this pedal. And they all sound good except my warlock. It's not too noisy and if it gets noisy just turn down the volume or the distortion a bit. The pedal always sounds good unless your guitar has horrible pickups. I can get the sound of my favorite artists with a bit of tweeking. I've gotten a sound similar to Petrucci's rhythm guitar sound. It can really do any sound you want it to with some tweaking but it's the easiest to get a metal sound. // 9

Reliability & Durability: In terms of Reliability & Durability it's a Boss of course I can depend on it, and if I gigged with it I wouldn't need a backup. Most Boss pedals you can say the same thing about because they're practically little tanks, although unlike a tank it's harmless, well unless your hurling it at someone but why would any one do that? // 10

Impression: My over all impression is I play a lot of everything, and it's a great match for that. It's an incredibly versatile dist pedal and I recommend it to everyone, but I'd save for a nice tube amp if you can. Still get this pedal if you need to make a crappy amp sound metal! // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 15, 2007

Price paid: $ 100.65

Purchased from: SoundControl Southampton

Ease of Use: Fiddle with the dials for a while if you don't understand frequency settings on the built in EQ, and you'll be tearing Slayer themselves a new asshole. Distortion can go overboard on some settings, takes a few minutes to fine-tune. Not good if your little brother-sister, wife, or any other annoyance in your life plays with the dials. Can amplify input from the instrument, which is very useful. The manual wasn't needed, but included some cute diagrams for newbies on how to set their guitars up for things like "british rock" and "heavy metal". Altogether, satisfying but possibly difficult for new users to set. // 9

Sound: I use a Line 6 Spider III 4x12 cab with Spider III head. Very loud, surprisingly little feedback. I play a B\.C\. Rich NJ Warlock, with 27 frets (baritone) and it produces only slight feedback when turned up to full volume. The presets Line 6 is known for are great for combining with the pedal, but if using a distorted preset and a distortion pedal, you may end up with a disgusting crunchy sound, not that great at all. Effects are always powerful, moving and awe inspiring from such a small pedal. I can achieve sounds from artists like Killswitch Engage, Job for a Cowboy, Muse, Razorlight, Meshuggah, Cannibal Corpse and The Haunted. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Dependency is everything. Nothing worse than gigging and ending up distortionless due to pedals kicking the bucket, so to speak. This pedal is physically unbreakable, made from sheet steel. weighs a ton and a half, probably could work as a bulletproof shield for when you get out in more rough venues. Or you could lob it as a crazed fan, might shatter their skull though. I rate it a ten just for it's sheer weaponry capabilities. they should equip the FBI with these things. Battery life is a real drag though, so get the adaptor and plug it in! // 10

Impression: Metal, Deathmetal, Grindcore, NintendoCore, Cheesemetal, Bimetal, Symphonic metal, and smooth love ballads. Oh, and sex on the beach. Been playing 8 years, I own an Ibanez Ergodyne bass as well. I buy all my picks from Ebay, and they are all made from either copper, aluminium or steel. Preferably magnetic. I would buy again, no doubt. I love its looks, sound, colour scheme, robust quality, and generally it in itself. I compared it with every other similar product by Boss and it stood out a mile. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: fragydig529, on december 06, 2006

Price paid: $ 60

Purchased from: eBay

Ease of Use: This pedal is pretty straight forward, the knobs are labeled with the right text, unlike a lot of other pedals that disguise the name, like the Rocktron Silver Dragon pedal. It did come with a manual but I haven't looked through it. I didn't need to, it's really easy to use. The only thing that took me a while to understand was the mid freq. knob. // 9

Sound: I use a BC Rich Warlock, and a Peavey Express 112, 65 Watt. The pedal adds a lot of hum if you turn the distortion above about 3 o'clock, which that is enough distortion anyways, after that it gets pretty muddy. With this pedal you can get an Overdrive sound by turning the distortion all the way down, or a nice distorted tone by turning it up. It's not my favorite distortion, but when I first started it suited my needs just fine, but now, it's not enough, it sounds kinda ethereal to me now. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Who can't depend on Boss? It's lightweight and strong, I would use this on a gig any day and even without a backup. I've had it for the better part of a year with no wear and tear to show. Who can't depend on Boss? It's lightweight and strong, I would use this on a gig any day and even without a backup. I've had it for the better part of a year with no wear and tear to show. Who can't depend on Boss? It's lightweight and strong, I would use this on a gig any day and even without a backup. I've had it for the better part of a year with no wear and tear to show. // 10

Impression: This pedal is great for beginners if you have the cash to dish out. I got mine on eBay really cheap, it was my first pedal and I am pleased with it, I still play around the house and practice with it, it's still probably my most used pedal, although I am looking to replace it with a more versatile distortion pedal. If it were lost or stolen I would most definitely buy another one. // 9

overall: 10

Reviewed by: subzero3009, on december 04, 2006

Ease of Use: It is pretty easy to use. Just have to set up the eq on your amp and pedal (which you always have to) and rock out. It's really good as a Switch for an amp because I set up the volume and put it on clean so I can switch to it with the same volume to git a killer sound in the middle of songs. It's really easy to use, straight forward, nice EQ. // 10

Sound: I have used 3 amps with this pedal. All of them are cheaper models but the metal zone sounds amazing with most of them. I have ran it through a Fender Frontman 15G (I bought it from a friend for some of my students to mess with), Marshall MG-15CD (my daily routine amp), and a Crate GX-15 (my dad already owned it). The Fender is very clean at first and you put this on it and it's really loud for the size, pretty good sound. If you are playing modern that's really good. I put it through the Marshall and that was just my sound of choice, really nice, if you stand away from the amp it's really good because the static level goes down. With the Crate it sounded kind of heavy tubish, because I cranked up the mids on both of them. Sounded pretty Vintage metal.

It was good for some of my artists stuff, it is good when you are playing stuff like "Smells like teen spirit", anything by Metallica, anything by Slayer, Megadeth, Children Of Bodom (if you set it up right), and very nice with Arch Enemy. The effect is one effect mainly but the eq is really good for setting it up. Very heavy, and you can go just about anywhere with heavy metal on this thing. Along with heavier rock stuff. I didn't really mix it with much else, I have messed with a chorus on it and that sounded pretty wicked if you can get it right. It does overdistort somewhat, but as I said get a noise gate, or something to help that. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The guy that I got it from was telling me that the battery drained out really fast and the input was something wrong with it. When I played it, it was amazing. I have had the battery in it for like a few weeks and I play for hours a day, and it's a cheap Dollar General battery and it still hasn't failed. It's life is much better then a metal master with a 9V battery. Sounds better too in my opinion. I would definitely use it during a gig. This thing is extremely durable, the chasis is very hard, it's not that heavy. It's good for about any sound, I am not big on the scoop sound though when you kill the mids and contour because it is just to buzzy sounding. // 10

Impression: This is definitely a good pedal to get if you are into any kind of hard rock or metal scene. If you solo with it on a neck pickup like my Seymour Duncan SH-2N (Jazz pickup) it gives you an amazing sound. It's a very good warm sound on a neck pickup and a very hard attack on the bridge. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Greenday389, on november 20, 2006

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: It's very easy to get a good sound out of it. This think rocks. The manual is good but I doubt you need it. I didn't need the manual. IT hasn't been upgraded yet. This is a realy easy pedal to use. All you have to do is EQ it to your amp's EQ then tweek the gain and level to your liking. // 10

Sound: I use my Dean Custom through the pedal to my Behringer Ultraroc GX 110. It's supposed to be noisy. It's metal, it's brutal it's awesome. The distortion always sounds great to me no matter how high or low I have it. I can get a Metallica sound out of it. I bet I could get way more people's tones but I use my own instead. This pedal is a distortion pedal. It's very good. I think the distortion is too dry, but it is a distortion pedal after all so it's supposed to be that way. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This thing is built like a tank. Very dependable. I would deffinatly use this at a gig without backup. I have an adapter so I don't need to wory about batteries. I'd hate to worry if the batteries would die. The knobs havn't fallen off and the plastic screw hasn't loosened at all. This is what all pedals should be built like. // 10

Impression: I play metal and classic rock. This thing works wonders for metal. Not so much Classic rock (I didn't buy the peddle for classic rock anyways). I've been playing for 3 1/2 years and I own a Peavey Rage 158, Dunlop Crybaby from Hell, Behringer V-AMP2, Behringer Ultraroc GX110, and a Dean Custom. If this were stolen I'd either buy another one or beat the guy up. I love how it's just so plain asome. I like all of it's features. I compared this to the Line 6 Uber Metal, and the DigiTech Death Metal pedal. I chose this one because it was beter than those two. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: hokiecmo, on september 13, 2006

Purchased from: Gift from my brother

Ease of Use: This unit is somewhat difficult to find a good tone with, but once you find it, it's by far my favorite pedal. All it really takes is playing around with the settings and you can find some great sounds. Its features include: gain, 3 band EQ, and level. The EQ has bass, middle, middle freq., and treble. Standard Boss stompbox and input/output jacks of course. // 8

Sound: This is the best part of it to me. I can get anything from Jimi Hendrix to Dimebag. I use it with my Custom Fat Strat and a Marshall amp. Turn the gain almost all the way down, fix the EQ and you got Hendrix, love the tone for Foxey Lady. Turn the gain all the way up, turn the bass and mids up a bit and you've got Dimebag. I find it to be pretty versatile, but you can also get some pretty horrible sounds with the pedal if you don't bother to mess with the EQ controls. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I haven't had any trouble with it as of yet, but I also haven't had a gig with it either. It looks and feels very sturdy, as most Boss pedals do, so that's really all I can go on for that. I have dropped it a few times actually though and it has held up well. Travelling with it doesn't seem to be a problem either, as I take it back and forth on 200 mile trips all the time and I just stick it in an extra pocket on my guitar bag. // 9

Impression: This is a great pedal for rockers and metal heads alike. I've been playing for about a year and 9 months now and I've really enjoyed being able to finally get the tones I wanted. I've only tried it through my strat, since my Kingston has been out of comission for a bit. If it were lost or stolen, I would definitely buy a new one to replace it. I just love the sound you can get, but hate the time it takes to find it. The ease of use is my only complaint and it's not really a complaint, it just takes a bit of timie. The reliability and durability seem to be great and this pedal has great capabilities. It's my favorite pedal of its kind! // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: ckmma, on december 06, 2006

Purchased from: wembley guitar centre

Ease of Use: This pedal although to me was my first pedal, it has got to be one of the most complicated to use as it has 6 knobs to change, although one is the volume. The manual those give good instructions on how to make it do certain sounds, as well as the Boss website, under the demos of the pedal. // 8

Sound: By the name, you can tell it's for the distortion, and it's very good at customising, as there are a lot of setting to change to, to make it your own customised sound. I use this on my Yamaha Pacifica which is complete crap but makes it sound good. I use a Line 6 75w amp and so I also you a noise suppressor to stop the bad feedback. I find that the sounds are quite unique, although when you hear it, it doesn't feel heavy, when recorded, it feels almost as heavy as some of my favorite metal bands, such as arch enemy and Children Of Bodom. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This thing is very durable, I have accidentaly dropped it a few times and it shows no sign of damage. It's also very good for stamping on as it is a pedal, instead of some which are more sort of bottons. I haven't done a gig yet so I can't say about how reliable it is then, but considering it hasn't let me down in over a year. // 10

Impression: This thing is practically essential to my sound until I can afford a decent amp, I get the nice heavy distortion when I need it, and when I need it heavier I can use my equilizer. I only use Boss pedals because I was recomended this pedal and loved it so I decided to buy mostly from Boss, I only have at the moment the metal zone, equilizer and the noise suppresor but my interest in Incubus is leading me to buy a phaser and a chorus as I have started wanting a clean sound. if this thing was stolen I would have to get straight to the shop because I don't know how I would enjoy playing guitar without the metal sound I get from this. this thing compared to the death metal distortion by DigiTech is slightly better, I say this because I tryed them both out before I bought them, I decided I wanted this one as it had more range of sounds for £10 more. I couldn't really ask for anything more from this, if it had a memory to remeber the settings then cool but they already have those and they are very expensive. // 9

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: acdc_rocks_1992, on july 13, 2007

Price paid: $ 118.5

Purchased from: Sobers Music

Ease of Use: I find that this Boss MT-2 is one of the easier pedals to use. It also has some great distortion that any musician can't go without. It has a 4 knob equalizer low, middle, middle frequency and high it also has a volume knob and a distortion knob. One of it's features is natural bypass and you have the option of a 9 volt battery or a 9 volt adapter. It is impossible to compare this pedal with any other it has a tone of it's own. // 9

Sound: When I play with the MT-2 I use a berhinger guitar and a berhinger amp and still with the crappy little amp that I have this pedal makes it sound like a Marshall stack. With this metal zone distortion you can top even the coolest of tones it has everything from so heavy you think you'll die to very light and calming distortion. The knobs on this pedal are very sensitive if you move the knob a hair you can change your whole distortion. The only thing that's bad about this pedal is when the battery is almost dead the tones are crap you get like a mix between black dog and jack white. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This is one of the most dependable pedals money can buy. I could play a gig without any concern that the pedal will quit the only thing I have to watch out for is the 9 volt adapter I have troubles with it but that's about the only trouble I have with it. It is also a very durable pedal it will last a long time and looks like it could take a lot of damage before it quits working I'd feel safe to drop it, it fell like 10 minutes ago it's fine. // 10

Impression: I play well most of the time lighter stuff like dire straits but the odd time I play heavy stuff and this pedal will accomodate all of my distortion needs and then some it has lots of bite and can take a lot the only thing to watch is make sure that your battery doesn't die other wise it will sound like crap but other then that it's a great pedal. I compared it too Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff in the end I bought the Metal Muff because the MT-2 wasn't in stock they only had the one for show but I have it now. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: boboguitar, on august 08, 2006

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: When I first looked at this pedal I was confused. But I looked in the manual and it had a bunch of different settings to get different sounds for it. Now I can use it very easily. If you want to get this pedal used, you should find the manual on-line so you can find all the different settings. // 9

Sound: I'm using the MT-2 with a Squier Telecaster Custom and a Roland Micro Cube. This is probably the only distortion I'll ever need because I can get so many sounds from it. I usually use this pedal for getting sounds of AC/DC and other stuff like that. It sounds amazing if you're playing metal (hence the name "Metal Zone") but no matter what kind of music I use it for it sounds great. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I would always depend on this pedal. I don't gig, but if I did I wouldn't have a backup pedal, but I might bring some extra batteries if the place didn't have any outlets, which I always use. When I'm messing around at home, I stomp on it like crazy and there isnt a scratch on it. It's almost entirely made of metal, so I don't think it would break very easily. // 9

Impression: I've been playing for about a year. I play mostly metal and hard rock. Not only can I get those sounds, but almost any other style of rock or punk. If this thing was stolen I'd be really ticked and then I'd get a new one as soon as I could. I was looking to get a new distortion and was looking at a bunch of other Boss effects, but this one was so versatile, I just had to get it. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: The AfterLight, on february 03, 2007

Price paid: $ 80

Ease of Use: I lost my manual for the pedal within the first week of buying it. It was my first pedal and I didn't have much experience at the time, so I didn't use it for quite a while. However, in the past couple of years I have rediscovered it. Even without the manual, you could figure out some pretty nice sounding settings. Really easy to use once you find what you're looking for. // 9

Sound: I use it on my cheap warlock rig as well as my Gibson SG. Makes both guitars sound great. It's able to get a punchy, raunchy, or even a crisp distorted sound. Plays anything from Metallica to Sugarcult to Clapton and to the Sex Pistols. Pretty great sound if you get the settings right. // 10

Reliability & Durability: "Tank" is the only way to describe it. Or bomb shelter. This thing cannot be destroyed, it's very durable. I've never had a need for a backup because of its extreme durability. One fault is that it eats batteries up, but that problem can be fixed if you just remember to unplug every input. // 9

Impression: Because I play absolutely everything, it was necessary to find a flexible, diverse pedal. It works well for me and hasn't let up in the maybe 4 or 5 years I've had it. The only thing I would've wished for was another manual so I didn't feel so discouraged the first time I bought it. Now that I know certain settings, I have fun playing with my tone. I suppose I could buy another distortion if I just happened to lose this one, but I don't think I'd be as satisfied. Gives a great tone, is built like a rock, and is able to satisfy many genres and styles of playing. // 10

overall: 8

Reviewed by: 444648, on august 03, 2006

Price paid: $ 110

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This pedal is fairly easy to "make noise with" but it takes a bit of finesse to get the two EQ nobs to just the right tone. The lack of a manual didn't help, but a small booklet on Boss pedals gave me some ideas for tones. Not ver well designed but not bad at all. // 6

Sound: Once you get all of the little tiny knobs and dials set right you can extranct a pretty good sound, but at higher volumes and distortion rates it adds in a butt of static. By mixing it with an amp with built in distortion, and turning both the amp and the pedal to full you can get an extremely harsh feedback tone (kind of like the Jimi Hendrix Star Spangled Banner) from the guitar. I usually end up using the pedal unconventionally but no matter how you use it, it is a good pedal. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I've had it for about two years and it's always been perfect, nothing ever goes wrong. Ocasionally the screw to the battery compartment will come lose, causing the pedal to take a wild leap into the air, but nothing seriously wrong besides the fact that the tone is a bit subdued if you don't have it set up just right. // 9

Impression: The distortion level is extremely variable and can give you anything from a bit of Overdrive to all out Death Metal. Overall I would suggest buying this to pretty much anyone except people just starting out on the guitar because it might be a little difficult to extract the tone you want from the weird EQ setup. // 8

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: Marco89, on july 20, 2006

Price paid: $ 126

Purchased from: guitarcenter

Ease of Use: It's a Boss MT-2 Metal zone. It has a 4 band EQ, volume and distortion controls. I suggest buying a adapter, makes it more reliable. First time I used it I had no idea of how getting decent sound out of it, lucky for me the manual gave me presets. // 9

Sound: Before I was running it over a Behringer amp, the amp's distortion was bad. I was using it with an old Boss distortion, but needed this one for the fatter sound. Now the Behringer amp is gone I run it trough a Mesa/boogie DC-3 tube amp with a Epiphone SG armed with Gibson pickups (500t + Toni Iommi sign). Now I only use it for a clearer solo tone, becouse the lead channel on my Mesa has more note definition but for solo's I use the metalzone. On the right settings it allways sounds awesome, thick, heavy and brutal with a nice crisp edge. But the bad thing about it is, it delivers by the name: Metal. It's only usuable for metal, hardrock and bleussolo things. For slight overdriven classic rock sounds it's useless. For me sometimes it's just to fat. I give it a 9 becouse the metal realy sounds killer, if you're looking for that, here is God! // 9

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss, build like a tank. It's real reliable, one time at a show there was beer all over it and it didn't feel a thing. Just doing the job! Normaly I'm nicer to my equipment. // 10

Impression: I play mostly rock and metal things, now with the band we are going more to a Velvet Revolver direction. And the lead channel on my Mesa/Boogie is better for that becouse it has more definition. The Boss is a bit to fat. I still use the Boss for nice sharp solo's that the Mesa just can't give me. But I throw a bit creamy Overdrive tones in from the Mesa clean channel wich makes it more bleusy. For metal, fusion and shred this thing is God, and I love it. If it was stolen I would definately buy it again! // 9

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: overkill127, on august 31, 2009

Price paid: $ 67

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This pedal is not for impatient guitarists. It is probably the most versatile distortion pedal on the market, and for this reason it takes a lot of meticulous work to get the exact tone you want. With practice it becomes easy, as everything does, but this might be a difficult first pedal.

Fortunately this is a Boss, and it comes with a somewhat helpful manual and an even more helpful website, both helping the process. // 8

Sound: As I said earlier, it is difficult to get a good sound out of this pedal with no previous experience, and it is very easy to get a bad one. But once you play with it enough you can nail a plethora of different sounds. Although this is a high gain pedal, there are settings that will allow you to dial back the gain a little bit, adding more versatility. You can get great tones for all metal from Arch Enemy to Zappa with this pedal.

It does have a slight oscillation, but it is barely noticeable. However it becomes very obvious if you play in an area with a lot a cell phones and other similar devices, and general noise from the pedal can also become amplified, since it is so high gain, which is why I recommend getting a noise gate.

The only problem I have with the sound is when palm muted notes are played one the lower strings, they seem to lack definition. But this can be solved by ramping the volume.

Another problem is very high notes. They can sound too digital if your knobs are not set up properly, or, again, if the volume from your guitar/amp is too low. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Although I haven't had my pedal for too long now, I know people who have the same pedal from the 80s which is still playing as great as it did back then. So you won't have to worry about that.

This is one place Boss pedals really Shine. My cousin's DigiTech Grunge dropped four feet from his car to the sidewalk and now it sounds like a tin can. This pedal is built tough and will stay tough. // 10

Impression: I play absolutely everything. When I went to buy this pedal, I thought i was only getting a pedal to play straight up metal, but while this pedal does great with metal, it'll also do well with rock, punk, and even some blues. It may be hard to achieve these settings, but its possible. It has excellent control, for those Who know how to use it, and it creates great tones. I compared this pedal to the Line 6 Uber Metal and the DigiTech Death Metal. The Line 6 was overpriced and did not have enough gain, and the Death Metal was not as versatile and too noisy, and both are not as durable as this one is. The only thing I would want for this pedal is crunchier palm muted notes, but this problem can, for the most part, be averted. This is a pedal I would take good care not to get lost or stolen, and I would recommend it to anyone wanting a good distortion pedal. // 9

overall: 7

Reviewed by: bigtimmy, on september 26, 2008

Price paid: A$ 90

Purchased from: ebay

Ease of Use: The good thing about these little bastards are they're plentiful to get your hands on and it's a good starting point for a beginner guitarist to experiment with a flexible tonal option. 6 dials to contorl you're metal tone \m/ 1 volume, 1 Drive, and 4 middle controls for your EQ. The mids controls (3rd from left) are neat in the fact they can be controlled to a 2nd degree, as in how much presence they can have overall in the tone of the effect. Very easy to tweak, and you'll be playing in no time. // 9

Sound: I used to use a beringher GM108 15w amp with this and my LTD with EMG 81/85 pickups. the reason I got it was to compensate for the shitty tone (I used to think) from the amp. Back then, all I wanted was a big thick crunch, and for that reason and in my youth I thought the pedal was amazing. Don't get me wrong, I still think it's a good sound, but nothing compared to my Laney VH100R... sorry folks!

It can be quite noisy, but then again I haven't used one in awhile and I have much better equipment (leads n that) at my arsenal now. Getting a nice thrashy scooped sound (which I wanted) was easily achieved and sounded quite brutal if the EQ was right (with your amp settings as well) For a good ld school slayer/metallica sound this pedal was a cheaper option for a newbie guitarist rather than splashing out on a JCM series Marshall. // 7

Reliability & Durability: Hmmm. Well the pedal was 3rd hand when I got it and had been treated rather poorly. I can say I didn't treat it much better. I couldnt use the Power supply with it because it killed the signal. The wires had to be resoldered every day. Eventually I gave up on it when it died ten times during a gig. By that stage I had a Roland Cube 60 and just threw it away in anger and switched to my Roland r-fier setting, which I now prefer. I'm giving it a low score because I don't know if a new unit would hold up as well... keep in mind this thing was abused. // 5

Impression: I used to play nothing but thrash. For that reason the pedal was great, and as I've said it was a good choice for my beginner stages of playing guitar. I've been playing 5 years now, and own quality leads, a solid guitar and my wicked Laney VH100R. Back when it worked, I loved it and even considered buying a new one before I upgraded amps. But now, I wouldn't bother, maybe as an EQ thing, but not as a effect pedal, why would I not use the distortion from a 100w valve amp? If someone stole of me now, I'd laugh and be curious if they got it to work haha. 3 years ago, I would chase them down. // 7

overall: 8.5

Reviewed by: raviction, on september 29, 2008

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Saptaswara Musicals

Ease of Use: Its pretty simple to get any kinda sound out of it ranging from crunch[trust me] to thrash, death, etc. it's always good to have your own sound when you are doing a gig and MT-2 helps you in exploring your own true sound [obviously you gotto do some homework before getting on stage]. MT-2 has a EQ which you can fool around with and get a wide range of sounds. The manual just gives a brief explanation about high, low, mid, etc [I think most of the guitarists already know what it means, but for first timers it's kinda helpfull]. Th manual gives you a few presets to try which is not a bad attempt but even a layman can fiddle around with it and extract some amazing sounds out of it. // 9

Sound: I'm using a Vintage strat with 2 single coils and a humbucker and I'm using a 20W Stranger amp. Though I don't have the best of amps, I still find it amazingly great. I don't think it's noisy and I'm pretty sure about it because only when you get close to the amp, you get a hiss otherwise I find it smooth. But at high level and mid, it gets a little noisy [Nothing is perfect in this world]. I was shocked on how easily I could get harmonix and the squeels using this pedal. It just screems out. I like Grunge, hard rock, metal, alt metal, thrash. I can easily get all these tones from my pedal. If you are still not satisfied with this pedal, you can get it modified from robert Keeley. I dint go for a mod, But I think after the mod, this pedal will become the god of all the pedals in this world [Robert Keeley removes the existing shortcomings associated with the pedal [if any] and gives you a moded pedal which is error free] // 9

Reliability & Durability: I have not yet done a gig with MT-2 but I don't think that ll face problems of any sorts while doing a gig. I have heard that this pedal is too loud and the other guitars can't be heard when played simultaneously. I don't know how true it is, But I think it should be ok if we take care of the logistics well ahead of the show. This pedal is very strong and rigid and I'm sure it ll last more than your life. // 7

Impression: I play metal, grunge, alt metal, hard rock. I think this pedal suits my style of music and enhances my nuances of playing. I got this pedal 3 months back and I'm satisfied with it. But I wish this pedal had come with a better manual and presets. I would like to add a compressor and a noise gate to it soon. I compared with a lot of other products like metal core, death metal, DS-1, DigiTech shit, but I think MT-2 kickass and rules the world // 9

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: !IKTPQ!, on september 26, 2008

Purchased from: Jet Landry Music

Ease of Use: Well it took me a little bit of my life to get a nice sound that suited my playing styles best, but there are many great sites on the web that real people can submit their settings for different pedals such as Tonedepot.com. It came with safety instructions and a little "brochure" with all of bosses pedals. It also came with a sheet with many different settings such as british rock, heavy metal, hard rock. // 9

Sound: I use this pedal with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard, and a Marshall MG30DFX amp (always on clean channel). You get a little bit of buzzing in the background but that's what you get with a pedal that has such heavy distortion. The distortion is always pretty chunky and heavy, but trust me there are many different types of tones that can come out of this pedal, you just gotta learn to use it. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is a tank, literaly. I've dropped it many times while carrying it and all the knobs and still in place and nothings wrong with it. May I add that you must remember to unplug both patch cords from the output and input of the pedal because it will EAT away at your batterie ( I learned the hard way). I would totaly use this in a gig, love this pedal. // 10

Impression: I play a lot of metal/punk/screamo... What ever you wanna call it and this pedal suits it perfectly. Althought it took me a really long time to get the right settings dialed in, it was worth it. If this pedal were stolen from me, I would knock out whoever did and get my pedal back. If I couldnt get it back I would buy another one for sure. I love everything about this pedal except for the fact that it's hard to get your own tone out of it, but many different variations so it's a great peadal to buy. Um I've tried a Boss DS1 (the Kurt Cobain one) and it is a little similar but the MT-2 is much better as far as I'm concerned. I like this pedal just the way it is. Great for Parkway Drive, All That Remains, pretty much any fast, smooth metal band. Even good for classic rock. // 10

overall: 8.5

Reviewed by: Mr_Rawr_Rawr II, on september 06, 2008

Price paid: $ 160

Purchased from: Music Maker

Ease of Use: It can be difficult at first, but within a day or two, you will have it down. The manual it comes with shows you all knids of diffferent presets such as fuzz, british rock, and heavy metal, though I get all my settings from Guitar World. Most of the tones in the manual sounded pretty good though. // 9

Sound: I am just using the Epiphone SG Special pack. It is very noisy no matter what setting you have it on though. Depending on the setting, it sounds really good. I picked it over about 5 or 6 other distortions, and I like it. I play everything from heavy metal to classic rock. I can easily get all those sounds. I only have the metal zone and some really old chorus pedal. When I use them together, the chorus cuts down a lot of the noise, but adds to the tone. I'm not sure about with a wah because I've never had one. And one problem is that the metal zone makes it really hard to do harmonics, so if you play a lot of stuff that uses harmonics, I wouldn't recommend this pedal. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Come on, it's a Boss. I've dropped it countless times, and it still works perfectly. I wouldn't have a prolem using it without backup at all. But, as with most pedals, I recommend a power supply. It drains batteries fast. Besides, it's made of steel. It won't be breaking on me ever. // 7

Impression: I play almost every kind of rock. Stuff like Metallica, Pantera, Led Zeppelin, Children Of Bodom. It probably gives out to much dist. to play stuff like the Beatles though. I've been playing almost 4 years, and I just own that old chorus pedal. I wish I told my parents how much it was in Musician's Friend. It is half the price in there. If it were stolen, I would somehow get the money and get another one without a doubt. I just love it's heavy distortions. I hate how it cuts out your harmonics. I compared it to the metal master, distortion factory, Grunge, and ds-1 distortions. I listened to them all and I liked the metal zone the best. I wish it had a noise supressor though. // 9

overall: 8

Reviewed by: Toxikk, on august 25, 2008

Price paid: $ 45.00

Ease of Use: This pedal takes a bit of tweaking to get the sound you want, because it has dual level knobs, but once you figure out where you want it, it is the perfect distortion pedal for any type of rock. I got it from someone, so it didn't have the manual anymore, but all the description it needs is on top of the pedal. // 8

Sound: I my Metal Zone through a B-52 LS 100, with a Jackson Dinky. The pedal has a tiny bit of fuzz, but it has less noise in the background than my Crate amp's stock Distortion. The tone on the pedal can be a bit harsh if the treble and bass aren't equalized, but other than that it sounds good. I can get a sound out of this pedal to match anything from Zeppelin to As Blood Runs Black. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Since all Boss pedals are made out of metal, they aren't very likely to fall apart with even the heaviest of users. The one thing I can't depend on with mine, is I don't have the 9v plug for it so it dies fast, but if I had the 9v I would use it for everything. // 9

Impression: I play heavy metal, and this pedal fits my style perfectly, but it also fits the blues I play, and the classic rock type tunes too. I've been playing for about three years, but I've tried a bunch of distortion pedals and this is my favorite. If I lost this pedal I would buy it again, No Doubt. I love that it has good sustain and it is very easy to hear the harmonics and mutes. // 7

overall: 9

Reviewed by: inhale_exhale, on october 08, 2008

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: The MT-2 is a great, great pedal. Getting a good sound out of it is fairly easy, and can be done in little time. It's super easy to use at gigs, although mine gives me a big load of feedback sometimes. I'm not sure why it does, but I think it's the amp and stuff I use at gigs. // 8

Sound: I'm using my Fender/Squier Strat with it right now, but I'll soon be using it with a PRS Paul Allender. =) My amp is a regular Fender amp, but I can't remember the model or anything. The pedal's a bit noisy when you have all the knobs all the way up, or sometimes when it's just turned on at all. The effects on the pedal sound great, just as long as the feedback isn't drowning them out. I can get a Haste The Day/Switchfoot/Skillet/Inhale Exhale type sound out of this little pedal, which is pretty sweet! The distortion on the pedal is great. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I think I can definitely depend on this pedal, it's pretty awesome. It's really durable... (one time it got dropped a fair distance onto concrete and it still works.) I don't think I would use it on a gig without a backup though. If it starts giving me all that feedback crap, I'd want to swap my pedals out. // 9

Impression: I play screamo stuff (Inhale Exhale, Underoath, Haste The Day), Rock (Switchfoot, Skillet, Nirvana), Metal (Dragonforce, Metallica, Guns N Roses), Punk Rock (Weezer)... Pretty much everything but crap like the jonas brothers.. They make my ears bleed and they should really learn how to play guitar. Haha, anyway, this pedal is a good match for most of the stuff I play. I can get lots of different sounds out of it. I've been playing for almost 2 years. I'm getting ready to get a new guitar (PRS Paul Allender). Right now I play with a Fender/Squier Strat, it's pretty cool, but I'm ready for an upgrade, haha. Before I bought this product I wish I had asked if there was any feedback. Feedback is the thing that bugs me the most. If it was stolen or lost I think I'd buy another one if I had the money. It's a pretty sweet pedal. I love all the different sounds and tones you can get out of this thing, but I hate the feedback. The sound is great on it too, if the feedback isn't drowning everything out. I did compare it to other pedals, but I don't remember which ones I compared it to. Danelectro maybe? I'm not sure. I ended up choosing this one because Boss is typically a good brand, so I figured the pedal would be pretty awesome. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: synister legacy, on october 13, 2008

Purchased from: Music Showcase

Ease of Use: It's pretty easy to get a good sound out of it, just mess around for a while and you can find a great sound that you like. The pedal is a straight forward distortion pedal with a three band equalizer and dual gain circuits. The nobs are well labeled and easy to use. Even if you can't read then all you have to do is turn them to find out what each one does. I only glanced at the manual, but it's fairly detailed with instructions on replacing the battery and some presets such as "Heavy Metal" or "British Rock." // 9

Sound: I play a Les Paul, Strat, and PRS through this pedal and into a Marshall JCM 2000 Dual Super Lead Head and JCM 900 Cab. I've also played an Ibanez RG7321 through the same setup and it sounds amazing. The pedal sounds best through the clean channel on my amp. It can be a little noisy (a little bit of buzzing), but once you move into a garage or onto a stage the buzzing is basically eliminated. The distortion is always melt-your-face-off-oh-god-it's-the-apocalypse strong, even on low battery. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This thing is completely indestructible. You could probably run it over with a car 10 times and it would still work. It's made out of metal which makes it pretty heavy, and it has a rubber bottom for no slip grip on whatever kind of stage/ground you have it set on. I would use it at a gig without a backup if I had to (it's never smart to not have a backup, no matter how good your main pedal is), just make sure you have extra batteries or a Boss 9v ac adapter. The thing eats batteries like a fat kid eats cake. I used to go through one a week at least before I got the ac adapter. // 9

Impression: I play Death Metal, thrash metal, black metal and hard rock. This pedal is very versatile, I've been able to get everything from Hendrix to Death Metal out of it. I've been playing for about 3 years and I've had this pedal for about 10 months. So far it's one of the best sounding pedals I've played, the Boss metal core pedal doesn't even compare. the only pedal I own that can give this one a run for it's money (in terms of sound) is an old DOD 86B Death Metal distortion pedal. If this pedal was lost or stolen, I would definitely buy it again. It would be a huge blow to lose something like this. The only problem I've had with it is that the thumb screw occasionally comes a little unscrewed, but it's never completely come off. When I went down the the local music store, I tested out a few Boss distortion pedals, but I knew I was looking for something heavy. I tried the MD-2 Which didn't really cut it with me. Then I tried the ML-2, which didn't sound all that great. then I tried the MT-2 and compared to the ML-2, it blew it out of the water. If you're looking for a great overall metal distortion pedal, Then the MT-2 is perfect to you. I hope this review has been helpful. // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: slashe50, on february 26, 2009

Price paid: $ 99.99

Purchased from: Maximum Music

Ease of Use: As with most Boss compact stompboxes, it's pretty straightforward and simple. You can get any sound out of it, with the wide EQ it has. The manual is also easy to use, with some presets that can you can twiddle around with it a bit to get the sound you want. // 10

Sound: I play a Dean ML Baby through a Peavey Vypyr 15 (Not the greatest amp). It usually sounds pretty good, although if you turn the level up more than halfway, the palm muting gets muddy and the sound gets noisy, although this could be my amp. I can get nail Megadeth, early Metallica, and some classic rock too. I can't exactly get heavier sounds, but that could be my amp. // 8

Reliability & Durability: This thing is an absolute tank. I could drop it off a building, and it would survive (and from the looks of it, it probably has). This wouldn't need a backup at all, although with my lead foot you can't be sure. I haven't had to deal with their customer service, and probably never will. // 10

Impression: Since I play metal, and it's called the Metal Zone, it could be assumed that it would be pretty good for me. I've played it on better amplifiers, and It sounds great. It's versatile, and I can play everything I need. I've been playing for about two years, and I also own a Yamaha RGX120D, and a Fender Starcaster, which came with a Fender SP-10. I don't have any regrets buying this product, and I would definitely get another one if it were stolen/lost. I had compared it to the DigiTech Metal Master, but since it didn't have a gain function, I got the Metal Zone instead. // 9

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: mcdiddles, on february 04, 2009

Price paid: $ 129.99

Purchased from: Local music shop

Ease of Use: This pedal is really easy to get a good metal or heavier tone out of it. The manual is really helpful, the manual explains what each knob is for and how to properlyuse the pedal. My unit has never been upgraded it came straigh from the store in it's original box. // 10

Sound: I use this pedal through my Epiphone juniour valve 35 watt. If your amp is up loud and the distortion is cranked up to the max the is a little bit of fuzzy noise but that could be my pickups or cable. I can get sounds from the fuzz of jimi hendrix to the distortion of As I Lay Dying The guitar I'm using is a ESP LTD MH-250. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I can depend on it whenever I need it. I have used this pedal many hours since I purchased it. I would use it on a gig without a backup because it is in a cast iron shell and is very tough. This pedal has been dropped been in different weather conditions and still holds up very nicely. // 10

Impression: Heavy metal. This pedal is a goo match afterall, is is called the metal zone. Everything that I should've asked was explained in full detail through the manual. I love the versatility of tone I can getthrough this pedal. If it was stolen I would buy it again as soon as I saved up enough money. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: TW909, on january 14, 2009

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: The MT-2 Metal Zone pedal is ver user friendly. Turning the knobs ever so slightly results in incredible tonal changes yet finding the "right" sound was almost effortless. The manual is as good as any other but you need to get your hands dirty to get a feel for this pedal. I havn't had any problems with my unit and I've had it over a year. The case is very solid and it runs well on 9-volt batteries or better with an adapter. // 9

Sound: I use the metal zone with my Washburn Dimebolt and follow it with a BBE Sonic Stomp. I plug into a Crate 120 watt combo. I personally like to dial the mids all the way off, with the frequency set at about 11:00.I put the treble at 2 and the bass a little lower. Of course gain all the way up! The pedal is pretty quiet in the chain and with the Sonic Stomp noise is never a problem. The tones last when held and it produces great harmonics. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Not gonna quit on you. I got mine over a year ago and I still find better, more pleasing tones with it every time i turn it on. I would feel secure using it as a stand alone distortion pedal. It has the Boss name right there in bright Orange. // 10

Impression: I play a lot of Slipknot, Slayer, behemoth, etc. I also play Ozzy, lynard skynard, Ac/Dc, etc. This pedal can dish out any tone you set your ears on. Nothing would replace this pedal for sure if lost or stolen. I have a line-6 uber metal that I don't even use and it cost way more thaen the MT-2. // 10

overall: 7.8

Reviewed by: The Purple Fury, on january 15, 2009

Price paid: $ 124.00

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: At first you don't know what to do with it. The equalizer is capable of being very fine tuned and if you haven't dealt with anything like it before it might take some time ot get used to it. Once you've gotten the hang of tweeking it just rite to make the sounds you want, it's pretty much self explainetory. // 7

Sound: I use my MT-2 Metal Zone pedal with one of two guitars, my B\.C\. Rich Wave with EMG pickups, or my Fender Squier Showmaster Blackout (People bash it for it's brand, but it's amazingly comforitable). I play threw two 16" Crate speakers connected to a 4x12 Crate Bass cabnet, with a Crate KBA150 head unit. A clustered amp really, but it gives me a good combination of high end and low end sound at the same time. Admitedly, by itself the pedal is fairly sloppy. It produces a lot of noise and fuzz that you don't want, and it generaly not that good sounding. If it is the only pedal you have, I wouldn't recommend relying on it for the best sound. I run mine threw a DigiTech RP50 multi-effects pedal, wich really brings the sound the MT-2 produces to a fantastic quality. The RP50 has a noise supressor and a few other tweeks to get a heavier, but cleaner sound. Combine that with the fine tuning abilities of the MT-2 and you've got some kill noise comming out of your amplifier. // 6

Reliability & Durability: I would have to say it is an extraordinarily reliable pedal. I would trust that thing to get me threw any gig one could come up with. It, structually, is very sturdy. Mine has been dropped several times, down flights of stairs and on pavement and it still works like new. My freind, Who is also sporting one of these fine pedals leaves his in a garage, despite frezzing cold, or extremem heat and it never fails. Great durability. // 10

Impression: I mostly play heavy metal, and Industrial metal, music like, Static-X, Strapping Young Lad, Coal Chamber, and Killswitch Engage, and this pedal does the job fairly well. Like I said I have to use another pedals "tweeks" to get the exact clear sound I want, but if properly used this pedal can produce amazing sound. I use it as my main distortion pedal at the moment, but I am always willing to try new things. If it were stolen, I woud replace it immediately, even if I wasn't using it as a primary, the quality, and the potential sound possibilities it has always has me comming back for more. // 8

overall: 9

Reviewed by: RighteousMagik, on december 24, 2008

Price paid: $ 120

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: For the beginner it will take about 20mins of fiddling around to understand how the triple band on this pedal works. But after the initial trial period you can find almost any rock medal tone you will ever need. If your into softer distortion I can't promise it will give you the tone you want. For softer distortion I would invest in a fuzz or Overdrive pedal. the supplied manual gives you a basis in which you can find the sound you want. For being 115.99 with a power supply this is a good beginner, intermediate, semi professional pedal. // 10

Sound: I have used this pedal mainly through a Marshall amp. Fenders, gibsons and many more have been used with this pedal so I can say it is a universally good distortion pedal. It provides just about any sound you could ever used or very close to it. the reason it got an 8 is because if you don't understand the pedal, or how to work with specific parts of your sound it can be a little frustrating. A beginner to this pedal should keep the mids higher up and just mess with the lows and highs. // 8

Reliability & Durability: As it being a Boss pedal it is in a very protective metal case so it will only die of age or mods to it. It looks to be able to handle many kinds of abuse but I am protective of my investments so I haven't thrown it or anything but it should easily be sturdy enough for many gigs and a long life span. // 9

Impression: This works perfectly for my style of music and seems to work for a wide variety of others as well. If it were lost or stolen I'd probably buy one off of craigslist for a really good price. I love the abilities of the pedal to fine tune the sound of your distortion but the only thing that could be better was if they made a dual combo of this and the metal core pedal. // 9

overall: 8.3

Reviewed by: Rad_Sauce, yo, on july 08, 2008

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: I just started getting into experimenting with effects and different tones. The main reason I purchased this pedal was because I didn't care for the distortion on my practice amp, and wished for a crunchier tone for the type of music I play. This pedal offers the classic "Metal up your Ass" tone easily, and comes with a straight-forward owners manual for those Who don't know how to use pedals and the like (which came in handy in my case). // 8

Sound: Currently I'm running this pedal through a Randall EX15FX, and playing with a 1986 Aria Pro II ZZ Custom and a Silvertone Paul Stanley Apocalypse Special. One of the main problems I've had with this pedal is the range of feedback. I get horrible feedback whenever I'm not playing, and it gets annoying fast. I just use the AC adapter, so using batteries might effect how much feedback you get, but I'm not entirely sure. One of the other problems I've had is how much distortion I get out of it. That little thing has a massive punch, let me tell ya. Too much distortion, in fact. I often have to keep the volume or the distortion on the pedal low because of how overdriven it is. Typically though, I can get a classic old-school Metallica sound out of it using the Aria Pro II, and a range of other older thrash metal bands which is perfect, as that's usually what I play. There's a limited range of versatility, as some tones are hard to obtain. For example, I've tried to get a good tone to match Anthrax so I could play along, or cover them with my band, but I can't get it perfectly. Close, but not perfect. // 7

Reliability & Durability: So far I haven't had a single problem with it. It has yet to brake, after about a year's worth of use, and I'd gladly use it on a gig if and only if I couldn't get a better amp that would eliminate the need for this particular pedal. I have yet to lose faith in it. // 9

Impression: For the time being, I play strictly metal and nothing else, so obviously the metal zone is a good pedal for what I play. I've been playing guitar for about 15 months (1 yr, 5mo.) now, and this is the only pedal I own. If it were lost or stolen I'd probably spend the money to buy a better pedal, such as the Boss ME-50 Guitar Multi Effects Pedal. My guitarist has that pedal, and it's truly amazing. However, if I couldn't afford anything else, I'd stick with the Metal Zone. My favorite part about it is how I can obtain a classic Metallica tone, I love playing along to Master of Puppets and Seek And Destroy. // 9

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: MetalMoses x, on june 18, 2008

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: The Metal Zone pedal is relatively easy to use. There are 4 knobs 2 of which are doubled. You have your level, high, low, mid, distortion, and mid frequency. All of which are pretty self explanitory. It can be hard at times to find the kind of distortion you are looking for but for the most part it just takes a little messing with. // 8

Sound: A good sounding pedal. It does hair metal and prog better than any other pedal that I have ever used but at times it's hard to get an enjoyable crunch sound out of it. An up side to it is that it has the abillity to give you distortion while not making it much harder to distinguish individual notes. Its main downside is that it seems hard to get the super heavy distortion used by most Death Metal bands. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It is a very high end pedal. It acts like any other single effect Boss pedal as far as the mechanics and I still have not had any problems with it in the year and a half that I've had it. Everything seems solid and well built. I would be able to gig with this pedal easily without a backup and without a care in my mind. // 10

Impression: I play metal, mainly thrash, prog and melodic death and I must say that this pedal is a good match for any of those genres. I own a Line 6 Uber Metal pedal also which is what I use as my primary however I still love to play with my metalzone. It is definately a worthy pedal and I recommend it to any metal musicians out there especially those Who want a more classic sound. // 9

overall: 7.5

Reviewed by: Sloopy, on august 30, 2007

Price paid: $ 102.6921

Purchased from: Long & McQuade

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal is one that I thought was borderline useless. The distortion on my amp was way less muddled. Set-up is very simple but it sucks batteries. I found the manual decent and the settings they recommend god awful. The pedal is very simple with only a level, distortion, and a couple of tone knobs. It's super easy to activate to and requires little pressure. // 7

Sound: I'm playing it through a mid-50's Fender Telecaster and a Fender Twin Reverb amplifier. The pedal causes excessive feedback from a variety of directions making it a pain to use in small ares like a practice room. I found that after awhile no matter how much I toyed the settings all sounded exactly alike. I bought this pedal to achieve a heavier tone for when I feel like playing along with a Van Halen or Aerosmith record, but all I got was something that muddled the tone and I could barely create a melodic sounding lead line. Bottom line; the sound's not worth the money. // 7

Reliability & Durability: I know that Boss pedals are reknowned for their durability, and this pedal is a tank. I wouldn't gig with it though because it sounds terrible. I think that someone Who gigs a few times every couple of months or so would this pedal a very reliable piece of equipment, however it'd make more sense to fasten it to a pedaboard for a travelling musician. // 9

Impression: I play a mix of classic rock, blues, and jazz. This pedal does decent for hard rock rhythym playing but blows chunks in every other aspect. I've been played forty something years and I never thought I could find an effects pedal so useless. I wish I could have tried it out in the store instead of just buying it on the spot, that's something I won't do again. Overall I don't recommend the MT-2, just save the money and buy an amp with an excellent distortion channel because it'll sound the same or better. // 7

overall: 7.8

Reviewed by: Saffron_Inferno, on september 21, 2007

Price paid: $ 160

Purchased from: Adrian's Music

Ease of Use: It is relativly easy to use as just pluging it in and using the standard factory settings (all knobs 12 o'clock) gives really awesome unbelievable distortion (equivalent to Papa Roach). However if you have your heart set on a specific kind of sound then you will need to spend some time experimenting with this pedal. The manual is basic and just gives instructions on how to plug it in and some easy factory settings (heavy metal 1, 2, overdrive etc). // 9

Sound: I am using an Ibanez GSZ120 with a very average starfire mega 10 Crate amp but this pedal made my rig! the sound I got from it was amazing I couldn't believe it was my same old starfire. I got some really heavy sounds from this pedal. The effects always sound great on this pedal. you can get the sound of a lot of bands with this pedal, like Slipknot, Mudvayne, Papa Roach, Deftones, Sum 41, System Of A Down, the list is endless. Everything about this pedal is on par and very good. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Unfortunately about two weeks after I got this pedal it malfunctioned. I was using it with an ac adapter and I tried to mive it while it was on and something malfunctioned internally and the volume was completely cut off. My amp and guitar was fine but everytime I turned on this pedal the sound cut off and only on full volume (normal and master) could I slightly hear the Drive effect. I was very disappointed as I expected a lot more from Boss in terms of quality and durability. I sent it back and I should be getting another MT-2 today. this makes me think twice about using it without back up, however I will let it go as "one of those times" and give Boss the benefit of the doubt. I just hope and expect it not to fail me again. // 2

Impression: overall I'll give this pedal a thumbs up as it is really amazing if you play anything from rock to metal. I play rock and metal and it has defined my style and is a must for metalheads! I have been playing for about 2 years now. I use my Ibanez gsz 120 guitar and starfire mega 10 amp with this pedal. I wished I had asked them for a new ac adapter when I bought it, maybe I could have prevented my misfortune. Well it has gone for broke on me and I've ordered another so if it was lost or stolen I would get thsi again. I love the amount of distortion textures you can get out of this pedal. I hate nothing about! I compared this with other metal pedals around the same price and this pedal towers over them by miles. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on july 24, 2007

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: SamAsh

Ease of Use: It has a parametric 3 band EQ, level and distortion controls. It comes with a very easy to understand manual, which has some illustrated examples for various types of distortions, and you can find a lot of presets online. Overall it is an easy to use pedal. // 9

Sound: The sound is just great, you can get everything from an old-school Overdrive to a mind-blowing Death Metal distortion. I'm using it with my B.C. Rich Warlock with EMG 81/85 pickups, various amps (I have several amps, and I play with the one closer to me), a Boss DD-3, an Original Crybaby, A MXR 10 band EQ and a Boss Noise Gate, sounds great! It makes some noise when you move the DIST knob all the way up, but it's hardly annoying. You can get the sound of Iron Maiden, Metallica, Children Of Bodom, and even that legendary Dimebag tone. It's the most versatile pedal out there. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This thing is a piece of metal, weighs a whole pound. I would gig with it a million times, you could even kill someone in the crowd by throwing the pedal at HIM. I can depend on it, because it doesn't seem like falling apart, it is also great on batteries, so you won't need a backup during the gig. // 10

Impression: I mostly play metal, so this pedal obviously fills up my needs. I've been playing for 2 years, and have used a lot of distortions, and this is, by far, the best one. I would buy it again if someone stole it. I love its versatilty, reliability and crushing tone. After comparing it to MXR and DigiTech products I made the right choice. // 10

overall: 8.5

Reviewed by: Ultimate_Taffy, on july 04, 2006

Purchased from: E-bay

Ease of Use: At first I found this pedal hard to use to get the tone I had in my head out of my head and into real life. But as I used it more it became easier to use and does give a good quality distortion. There was no manual as It was free with my guitar. // 8

Sound: I'm using a carlsboro 25 watt amp and plugged into them I have either my bc rich ironbird or my Jackson performer flying V or a Fender strat. My prefered setting when playing heavy metal is just everything full but if I feel a little more technical I drop the mid lower then the high (high is usually about 7-8) and I keep the low full. The mid frequency is at 200 to give it as much bass as possible. I change the distortion acording to what I'm playing, same with the volume. // 8

Reliability & Durability: Its very dependable as its heavy duty and hasn't broke yet. It doesn't look like it will either. The only problem I have is with the dc plug I have with it but that was bought seperatley. Yes I'd use it at a gig as I have every bit of faith in it. // 9

Impression: It's got for my heavy metalling and rock etc. but for anything bluesy or anything that strays too far from heavy rock it doesnt suit. I've been playing for just over a year and it works well with all my gear except my strat as it is not a heavy metal guitar. I wish I had asked for a manual instead of having to learn as I went along. If it was stolen I would replace it but if I had the money id go for something a little more expensive. I also have a multi effects pedal and however much that gives me more distorion effects this being solely a distortion pedal means its much better suited. // 9

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: gravensuicide, on july 16, 2007

Purchased from: Music Makers

Ease of Use: This pedal is great. It can fit many, many genres even though it may be branded as "metal". It is pretty easy to get used to, it has four many knobs, and two little side ones. The two little ones are like wrapped around the two knobs in the center(that is the only way I could think of to say that). It has your standard volume, called "level" on the pedal. It's located on the far left. Then what makes it a distortion pedal, your distortion knob and it's on the far right. Then in the center are the tone knobs. On the left on them are your high (center) and low (outer), then to the right of those are the middle (center) and the mid frequency (outer). So yeah, this pedal is pretty straight forward. // 9

Sound: The sound, one word; 'amazing'. This pedal is so flexible. My band plays both metal and punk, and this is the only distortion pedal that I use. I also have it on one setting, but that setting is so flexible(with out being changed). You can really hear the metal sound when I'm playing a metal song, and when we change it up to a punk song, it sounds like a punk distortion. Of course my band has a bit to do with this, but you get the point. I recommend listening to the presets that it comes with, they will really make you be proud of putting out that (close to) $100. there's not much I can say, it will pretty much fit many people's style, as long as your under some sort of rock deal. Well, one draw back in my opinion is that if you put the distortion on max, there's so much that you can't even get a tone or defintion of the note your playing. it's just extreme fuzz. To some people that's cool, but to me, not my style. I have the distortion knob at about 1 o'clock. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is a metal pedal, and what kind of metal pedal would it be if it wasn't made out of metal. This thing can take some hits. When I'm playing Live, I have a very powerful stage presence, so when I'm working my pedals, I make it look like I'm angry, or what every you want to call it. Though I'm not like that in practice or in real life at anytime, the point is it can take a beating. At a show, if your using it alone, you might be out of luck. It really helps to have a supressor of some sort to clear things up. If you don't, no big deal, it sounds great with or with out in my opinion. // 10

Impression: I love this pedal. I have had it for about 3 years now. I only had one problem with it, and it wasn't even the pedals problem, it was my AC adaptor I used so I don't waste 9 volts when I don't need them. So this pedal has gone though so much and still sounds great and looks great(beside the "dirt/dust" that is infused Boss lettering ont he rubber pad). I like the fact that the knobs are stiff, they don't move unless I make them move, my chorus pedal's knobs are constantly moving when I have my pedals packed up. This pedal is a must by for any musician in the rock/metal/punk sort of genre, it will suit you well. // 10

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: cheeseisthebomb, on october 03, 2007

Purchased from: Musician Freind

Ease of Use: It's a Boss, so it's a easy pedal to use. There is a level knob, which controls the volume of the pedal, a couple of EQ knobs, and a distortion knob. There is a manual which I recomend flipping through, espeically if you don't know how to use the EQ. I do not now the firmware revision number. // 9

Sound: I use this with my Epiphone G-400. I simply use it to play metal, which is about the only thing it's good for. If you turn up the distortion knob a bunch it sounds messy. It does put out a varity of metal distortions. I can get anything from Metalica to Iron Maiden and from Black Sabbath to Pantera. The EQ is one of the best things about this pedal. // 9

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss. And when you buy a Boss you should know you are buying one of the most indestructable, powerful, and most well-built pedal on the planet. You could easily play a gig without even worrying about it. I may not have put this thing through as much abuse as I have all my other pedals, but all my other Boss pedals have been through several incedents. // 10

Impression: I play rock and blues and this pedal don't match at all. I rarley play metal, which is when I get out this pedal. If it where stolen or lost I wouldn't buy it again, because it cost a lot of money and because I don't use this pedal as much as my other ones. I guess that was to be expected since it's name is "Metal Zone". This is a very good pedal. If you play any kind of metal, this pedal is for you. If you don't play a lot of metal, look into Boss Overdrive pedals. I use a BD-2 Blues Driver as my main OD pedal and it sounds very bluesy. // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: kcap122, on january 14, 2008

Price paid: $ 79

Purchased from: eBay

Ease of Use: I am the second owner of my MT-2 Metal Zone, and the first owner did not pass along the manual to me with the pedal itself. There are 6 knobs total on the face of the pedal, which seems intimidating at first. In order to get the most out of the pedal, you have to have a good grasp of how equalizers can affect your sound, and how to set up equalizers in other parts of your rig as well. That being said, the pedal is very flexible, but it has a steep learning curve. You'll Pick up on a few settings that you really like, and stick with those, and probably not move the dials around after that. // 8

Sound: I'm using the pedal between a practice amp, my Fender 25R frontman, a Dunlop crybaby wah, and my mid-90s mexican strat. The best sound comes when you have modulation effects, like wah, closer in series to the guitar than the distortion pedal. The presence of a 3-band EQ allows for a myriad variation of sounds, and if you play with it long enough, you'll discover that the adjustable midrange band is an invaluable Tool in tuning the "mood: of the distortion. At zero gain, the pedal produces a smooth blues tone. At middle gain, it'll give you a crunchy 80s-metal type of distortion. At the 3/4 to full gain mark, it producs an overwhelming lead distortion that'll melt faces during a solo. If you play with the settings long enough, I guarantee that you'll find a tone that works for you. This is the most versatile distortion pedal I've ever used. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Like all Boss pedals, it's built like a rock. I think if I droppedit off a 10-foot ledge and plugged it back in, it wouldn't even scratch. The only thing that could use some improvement is the battery life. At 1/4-to-half gain level and 1/4 volume, the pedal will give me playtime for about 50 hours. That's a decent number, but the problem is that the red indicator light doesn't begin to dim (alerting you to replace the battery soon) until you're in that 50th hour of playing. The sound quality doesn't diminish significantly until the pedal is 99.99% ready to run out of power. // 9

Impression: I mainly play blues, jazz, and metal. I started playing about 6 years ago, and I picked this product when I felt that I'd outgrown the Boss DS-1 a couple of years ago. It replaced the bland distortion on my Line6 Spider, and I've never looked back. If you try this pedal in the store and don't understand why you would possibly need an EQ on a disortion pedal, go for a simpler pedal. The Metal Zone is a highly versatile pedal, but you have to understand how it works. I would replace the MT-2 if stolen because it does everything I could ever ask of a distortion pedal. I love the fact that I no longer need multiple distortion effects to play different genres of music, and that it produces a full band of sound without clipping the midrange like many distortion pedals do. I only wish that there were a way to lock the dials in place so that they couldn't get turned while the pedal is being transported in a case or inside of an amp. Otherwise, this is the simplest way to accomplish a difficult task: providing the most possible distortion tones, in the best possible quality of each of those tones, with the most useability onstage possible. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Megan_26, on may 30, 2008

Purchased from: Prom Music

Ease of Use: The MT-2 Metal Zone pedal is by far the pedal with the most gain, That was decently priced around- $150.00. Now I'm sure Boss' newer ML-Metalcore packs more of a punch at a higher price, but the MT-2 is plenty for me. This pedal is extremely easy to use, so easy that I didn't even read the manual- just noodled around with the knobs and I achieved a deep metal tone. Later on I looked at the manual and it shows you with a diagram how to use the pedal if you have no expearience. (perhaps all types of pedals come with one? but I've only used Boss and Dunlop). Also tells you step by step on how to get certain sounds: Heavy Metal, Overdrive, Birtish Rock, Hard Rock and Fuzz. // 10

Sound: I use my pedal thew my Randall Half Stack with RX120D Head and RX412 Cabinet, with my Dunlop CryBaby Wah plugged into my Jackson King V and it sounds amazing. This pedal can make any guitar sound professional. The pedal can be quite noisy at times- a lot of feed back on high gain if you don't own a noise supressor. The effects are strong, very bold, and always sound great on every style you adjust the pedal to. With this pedal you can achieve sounds from Artists like: Zakk Wylde, Kirk Hammett, Adam Dutkiewicz and Joel Stroetzel, Alexi Laiho, pretty much any Metal/Hard Rock artist- the pedal is quite versatile. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I can defintely depend on my MT-2 Metal Zone pedal, I've been using it for just over a year and it still looks like it just came out of the box! I've had no electrical troubles with this unit. If I were to play a gig I would use this pedal withouth a backup, it's perfect! // 10

Impression: I mostly play Metal, with some Alternative Punk Rock on the side. The pedal is a dream! one moment I'm metling faces (metal) then dying hair and piercing lips (punk). I've been playing for about 6 years now and will never stop! I own another Boss pedal and it is the Boss TU-2: Chromatic Tuner, another pedal I highly recommend, along with my Original Dunlop CryBaby Wah. If it were stolen/lost I would defintely buy another! of even Pick up a used one. Boss pedal's last for years without any problems that's why they're the only pedal I truely trust. I love everything about this pedal! mega gain, extremely versatile, fits well on a deck, and a complete steal for the low price. I only wish it came in a different colour! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 22, 2008

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This pedal was so easy to use, it comes with a manual and it explains all about the 3 band eq and also gives you some different settings you can use. Out of 10 I would give this pedal a 5 for some difficulty for a beginner at guitar. But for any beginners out there that don't buy this pedal just because I say it maybe hard for you to use, give it a week of playing it and you will figure it all out, guaranteed! I'm still a little bit of a beginner and I got it no problem right of the box. // 8

Sound: I'm using the MT 2 through a little 20 watt amp and it sounds mint and I'm using a ESP KH 202 Kirk Hammett Signature guitar, it's sounds amazing!!! I can easily get Metallica, Pantera and other bands like Slayer to AC/DC to Black Sabbath, this pedal sounds sweet with Iron Man. This pedal wont give you the very nasty feedback like the DigiTech Metal Master and you can actually understand what you are playing and have way more different settings instead of JUST heavy riffs and controlled feedback. // 9

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is really strong and very light too, comparing it to my DigiTech The Weapon Pedal it's like air almost. Oh and I would definately be able to count on this pedal at a gig or show, no question about it. The only down to this pedal it just doesnt't feel as strong as a DigiTech pedal, I've dropped my DigiTech a lot and there's not a scratch on it but I really have to be careful with this pedal and try not to drop it. // 7

Impression: I mostly play heavy metal and rock nothing more. Oh and if someone stole this I would definately buy another same thing as if I lost it(not likely) I would buy it the very next day. I really don't hate anything about it but love everything about it. I recently bought the DigiTech Metal Zone and I thought it was horrible so I returned it and bought this. For any guitar player Who likes kick ass heavy metal will enjoy the heavy metal setting most definately. // 9

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: BlackApparatus, on may 20, 2008

Purchased from: Local music store

Ease of Use: I first watched this pedal on Youtube. As I'm new to guitar effects and pedals, I thought you had to keep the foot on the pedal to keep the distortion going. It's as simple as a click and walk away. I'm really bad at EQs, so the presets the instruction manual includes are really helpful. // 10

Sound: I play this pedal through a cheap 15w Crate amp and an Ibañez GRG07LTD1. The guitar sounded ok to me when I played it without the pedal, but when I plugged the pedal in I was really astounded. With every knob pointing 12 o'clock the sound got way better than it was before. Then I put the heavy metal setup to the pedal, and I was honestly impressed. I play mostly hardcore, metalcore. But I can also play music like ACDC, Guns'n Roses, Iron Maiden, etc... The sound is great when you're playing Metallica too. The distortion this pedal provides is really versatile. However, sometimes it can get a little noisy. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Just by looking at it you can tell this pedal is really resistant and there's also the quality Boss pedals are known for. It becomes really useful when playing a song that needs changing from clean to distortion. I've already used it onstage without any backup, and it works really good. // 10

Impression: As I said before, I play mostly metalcore, with bands like Bullet for My valentine, Atreyu, In This Moment, As I Lay Dying, etc. but sometimes I feel like playing some old-school rock and it works perfectly just by leveling down the distortion knob. It's really functional, and before buying it I tried several distortion pedals whose brands I don't remember. But I liked this MT-2 way more than the rest. If you're a metalhead guitarist, this is a must have. The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone, or the Boss ML-2 Metal Core. Make your choice. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: DommyPK, on march 10, 2008

Price paid: $ 136.8

Purchased from: Musicians Alley

Ease of Use: This is a fantastic distortion pedal! Once you've had this for 2 hours you would already have got the hang of it. The 3-band EQ is great because you can get rid of those rubbish 'mids' and crank the bass and treble right up there to give you that real heavy metal sound. I think that the inclusion on the 'mid' and 'mid freq' makes this the ultimate pedal because of it's versatility. The manual gives you some great presets for it and the "heavy metal" and "fuzz" are my favourites. // 10

Sound: At the moment I'm using quite a medi-ocre system. I'm using a dodgy Squier SP-10 amp with the Bullet Squier, which I absolutely love. When I first bought the amp and guitar the Overdrive on the amp was extremely dodgy, yet the clean gave me a crystal clear sound depending on the setting on the guitar. When I got this distortion pedal the amp came alive, it sounds like a Marshall stack, no kidding here. The High and lows and even the mids came out beautifully. // 10

Reliability & Durability: For sure this is reliable. It's made of Solid Metal and it is extraordinarily well built at that! The knobs are solid, and with Pedals, what can go wrong?? I would gig with this any day, and I will. I don't think anyone would need a backup with this Pedal ever, it's a solid piece of work. // 10

Impression: I play anything from Classic Rock to heavy metal, such as Metallica, Deep Purple, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin and I play some Pink Floyd. This pedal suits them fine. I've been playing guitar for a good 6-7 years. Depending on your skills with this EQ you can get any kind of distortion you want. This is a fantastic pedal, I would recommend this to any serious guitar player. This pedal is absolute class. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: Tiamat, on july 16, 2007

Price paid: $ 95

Purchased from: Ebay

Ease of Use: This pedal made by Boss is a great sounding pedal that I have found very easy to use and to make some great sounds. The pedal has a 3 band EQ, with two dials available for adjusting the mids (one for boosting/cutting the frequency you set using the other knob, which is to set the frequency of the the middle range). There is also level and distortion dials. The knobs for the High and Low frequencies have a variable range from -15dB to +15dB, and the Middle frequency has a range of 200Hz to 5Khz. The manual for the MT-2 is fairly comprehensive, covering all the technical specifications and then providing easy diagrams on how to set it up and also has some great sample settings to get you going fast. One of the only downfalls is that the unit does not come with a battery and the power supply is optional, and needs to be purchased separateley. // 8

Sound: I am currently using this pedal with my Ibanez RG2550E, and Roland Cube 60 amp. I also have a Schecter Damien 6 that I like to use with this pedal as well. I have not found the pedal to be amazingly noisy, though turning the distortion all the way and not using humbuckers you would probably find it to be quite irritating. I have found that you can get a good strong sound out of it but there is a lot of tweaking to be done to make this, otherwise the sounds can be somewhat tinny. My favourite artists include Dark Tranquillity, Behemoth and The Retrosic, and I have been able to get decent replications of the sound apart from The Retrosic, and that is only because they are an Industrial/IDM band. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I can definitely depend on this tank without it breaking, and would definitely use it at a gig without a backup. It has an extremely tough outer shell made of metal, and the design is incredibly sturdy. I read in a magazine some of the tests that they have done to test the durability of some pedals, and this pedal won the competition, as it could withstand being dropped from a 3 story building, being driven over, being set alight and having beer poured all over it, so this pedal can take whatever you give it and still keep coming back for more. The only thing that I would take as backup would be spare batteries, only because I'm lazy and only change them when they really are dead, but the unit is fairly good with batteries, as long as you remember to unplug it after playing. // 10

Impression: Overall I have found this pedal to be great for my playing style (heavy metal, hard rock) and it would make a great pedal for anyone starting out or wanting to play some of their favorite bands in the harder spectrum of music. I have been playing for 4 years now and I own a Roland Cube 60, Ibanez RG2550E, Schecter Damien 6 and a unknown brand acoustic. I wish I had asked if it came with a battery before I bought it, so I didn't have to race down to the store and grab one to start playing. If it were stolen I would probably look at upgrading to a multi-effects processor, only so that I can have everything when I need it. When I was purchasing it, I looked for opinions here on Ultimate-Guitar, and the general response was to buy this pedal for my needs. // 9

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: GuitarFreak717, on june 02, 2006

Price paid: $ 89.99

Purchased from: Musican's Friend

Ease of Use: The MT-2 is a little difficult to get just right, you really have to play with it, but after that it sounds wonderful. It is really the only (good) metal effect out there, but I get great fuzzy, and even Overdrive sounds out of it, its very versitile. There is very little tone sucking, even less so than the Ibanez TS-9, etc. The manual comes with some helpful presets that sound pretty good so even if you just started playing you can get some good sound out of it. // 7

Sound: I use a '76 lespaul through a Fender projunior, sounds great. A huge plus to it is that it makes your little amp (15 watt projunior) sound like a roaring stack of tube amps. It really makes you sound big, it will not replace your Marshall stack, but then again nothing will. You can get thick metal tones or more screachy highs so any guitarist can find a use for it. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Very solid construction, I've droped the thing countless times, and though it looks like crap it still sounds like the day I bought it. I recemend getting a 9v adaptor, just because of the hassle of buying battries is not my thing, though you can get a good 6 hours out of a duracell. // 10

Impression: This is the only distortion pedal for me. I enjoy playing rock and blues out of it, you can really get some funky fuzz sounds out of it, and there is enough gain to satisify the vast majority of metal players. I combine it with a mxr eq, a crybaby 535Q, and a Crate GX1000 reverb, chours, and delay modulator, but for the more mellow distortion needs I use a Ibanez sonic distortion (very rare, but very good pedal). I first borrowed an MT-2 from a friend, and when I had to give it back I went out and bought on a week later, and I don't regret doing so. This pedal works good on tube amps and solid state, unlike most other pedals of this type (Line 6 Uber Metal). So if you want a really metalic distortion I emplore you consider the metal zone. // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: OldSkool, on december 28, 2004

Price paid: $ 109.81

Purchased from: Steve's Music, Ottawa

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is to easiness as BC Rich is to scrap. What I'm saying is you couldn't possibly make is more easier. You have four knobs. One for the love. Two double knobs for bass/treble and mid/mid frequency, and one for distortion. It's deceivingly simple but you wouldn't beleive the possibilities behind that. It even comes with a sheet that tells you how to set your pedal for a fuzz, rock, Overdrive, heavy metal etc. distortion. // 10

Sound: I use an Ibanez AX120 and various amps, the amp doesn't really matter. The sound is incredible. It's a great heavy metal pedal, but it can make awesome fuzz or overdrives. They always sound great and the battery lasts long, but I'd still recommend a 9 volt adaptor. You can get pretty much any distortions you want with it, it'll always be excellent. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I totally depend, it can take a serious beating with even affecting anything. I even jumped on the knobs once and they didn't break. (Do not try that at home!) // 10

Impression: It's great for any kind of distortion. But I still think it's a little too pricy. It's 139$ so I say your better off with a multi-effect like Boss' ME-50. I got it when I was still a beginner and I still use it at school or whatever because it's easier to transport than a multi-effect, but I still recommend a multi-effect. Bottom line it's a great pedal to receive as a gift, find or steal, but think twice before buying it. // 6

overall: 9

Reviewed by: X-plorer, on january 03, 2005

Purchased from: eBay

Ease of Use: Despite the grammatical fault in the above sub-title, this page will hopefully encourage some other guitarists to buy this pedal, because it is everything you could ever want. The controls are very simplistic, but provide excellent flexibilty of tone. I didn't even recieve the instructions and I figured it out quite easily. A little tough to master at the beginning, but with the booklet (if you buy it new) you should have great ease in controlling your tone. Overall, great "easy of use." // 8

Sound: I can pull out soft blues tones, vintage Hendrix sounds, and raging heavy metal. This suits my style perfectly, which is classic metal and the heavier side of rock (Metallica, Sabbath, AC/DC, Zeppelin, etc). But I can also play much softer things with no problem in clarity. I can pull out incredible sustain on solos and still have outrageous clarity, even with full distortion. There is also minimal noise outside of your playing on this baby. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It's a frickin' tank. The chassis of this monster is second only to the Dunlops, and anyone who has played on an MXR or Crybaby knows what I'm talking about. The only complaint are the buttons, which are made of somewhat soft plastic, but I suppose it's good that they absorb blows instead of being brittle, hard plastic and snapping in half. I use this with only one other pedal, my 35Q Crybaby, and it is durable enough to trust without backup. // 8

Impression: I love this pedal massively. It suits my style immensely, and is also very flexible. I have only been playing about a year, but this is by far one of the best products I have seen or played. I play a Peavey Raptor EXP Plus through a Crate GX120 with a 35Q Crybaby wah, and this pedal compliments them as much as possible. If it were stolen, I would burst into flames and explode, but I'd probably buy a new one also. I really hate nothing about this pedal, and I love the flexibility, sustain, and outrageous tone. I did not compare it to other products, because I had just started playing guitar. Thankfully I recieved an excellent product, and I have made many comparisons over the past year, and none have compared, except perhaps the Dinlop MXR Doubleshot Distortion, and the MXR Dime Distortion, but this one is comparitavely well priced, even as high as it's new price is. I wish it had missile launchers and a minibar, but we can't have everything. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 28, 2004

Purchased from: Music Center Canada

Ease of Use: My Metal Zone is the best distortion pedal I have ever gotten! It's super easy, very reliable, strong, and great on any guitar. My manual went threw everything I needed to know to use this thing, it even had sample settings like british rock, heavy metal, rock 1, rock 2, Overdrive, rock'n'roll, hard rock, and fuzz. This is my first distortion pedal that a friend told me about and I had no idea how to use a pedal but the manual soon changed that! I love it. // 10

Sound: I'm using a GT15 Crate amplifier with a JS30WR Warrior and the Metal Zone only makes my playing sound even better. It's not noisy, the effects are great, I can 95% of the time program it to my favorite guitarists and all effects are amazing! // 10

Reliability & Durability: I would definitly use it on a gig without a backup. Me and a few guys from school made a band and our first gig was in the drummer's basement in front of like 50 people and it was absolutly awesome. // 10

Impression: I usually play punk rock like Good Charlotte, Blink 182, Simple Plan, Sum-41 but most of all Green Day. Now I still play Blink and Green Day songs but not at gigs. I like them cuz they're I guess fun to do in your spare time. I now play heavy metal like Metallica. I've been playing for 6 1/2 years and I own a OD-20 Drive Zone and a crappy acoustic guitar. If it were stolen I would probably not buy another but thats cuz I'm broke. I love how awesome the distortion can get but don't like how on some settings have to be very loud in order to come out right. I wish it came with the adapter that is made for it but otherwise I think it's awesome and the battery will last forever if you unplug your guitar and amp out of its input and output after you're done using it. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 23, 2004

Purchased from: Hermes-Music

Ease of Use: The MT-2 Metal Zone pedal is pretty easy to use after you get familiar with it. Having the mids to work with does make it a bit more challenging, but, it's good cause it gives you better depth to shape. It comes with a manual with different settings to get sounds, these are good, or you could just come up with one of your own. I put it through a GE-7 Equalizer pedal for more of a boost if you want (trust me, it's worth it). // 10

Sound: I use a Jackson KVX King V into a Dunlop Cry-Baby Wah, then into the MT-2, then into a EQ-1 Equalizer pedal, and a CH-1 (Chorus) pedal, then into a Crate amp. Sounds really good, and I get all the sounds I want. I can get a Megadeth type sound or a fat Black Label Society sound also, or a nice classic rock sound. It can range from sounding like an lite Overdrive pedal to something with good crunch. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I have a spare MT-2 pedal, one that I bought off of a friend, but I would totally depend on it without a backup. I've had other pedals made of plastic and they break easier. Since Boss pedals are made like tanks, they're more reliable. // 10

Impression: I've been playing for more than 8 years, and I mainly play metal/hard rock, but I play rock, classic rock also, lots of guitar driven music. I play a Jackson V which sounds awesome through the MT-2. I would get another one if it was lost or stolen. I like that it ranges from a lot of different sounds, from light to hard distortion and everything in between. I would rather have it and not use it, rather than need it, and not have it. I've compaired it to other pedals and this is by far my favorite. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: The^Unforgiven, on november 29, 2004

Price paid: $ 63

Purchased from: Preowned via Internet

Ease of Use: Well, hate to start off like this, but the pedal could be a little more siple to use. If you have owned it for a while and know what you're doing, or only play one kickass tone (That you have found from it), then it's ok. But it kinda takes a while to learn how to use it. The manual is ok, there are a few settings given, and they sound pretty good. // 8

Sound: I play a Falcon Les Paul (Cheap, "rare" & DARN good) with the pedal only (no amp) through my computer, wich is hooked up to my stereo system. Or then I play it with an Ashton AG 200 and a Zoom Fire 30 amp. With the LP and the Computer, It sound f--in' unbelieveable! With my favourite setting, wich is a sharp, shredding and edgy sound, I could think that Mick & Jim from Slipknot play with exactly the same equipement. With the Ashton & the Zoom, it's fucking awesome too! It does give a bit feedback if the Level setting is high (With the amplifier), and through computer it buzzez if the guitar is near the stereo. I Maninly play bands like Children of Bodom, Dark Tranquillity, InFlames, Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Slipknot, And some various Trash Metal & 70's and 80's hardrock/heavy metal -And it never fails me! It's perfect! // 10

Reliability & Durability: I bought this one preowned, and I think it's a few years old now, but it's still in mint condition! Everything works perfect. I'd use it on a gig without a backup, yes. // 10

Impression: As I said before, I play Death Metal, black metal, heavy metal, trash, power metal, neo-classical metal, hardrock, glam rock, classical compeions and even some old-school punk, and it is good for everything! It's harder to find a Light-Grumpy blues tone, or a Led Zeppelin tone, but this baby does it all if u can operate it. If it got broken or lost, I'd propably try a DigiTech Death Metal Distrotion, but if I wouldn't like it, I'd get the MT-2 again. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: Contraband, on january 03, 2005

Price paid: $ 39.5

Purchased from: Long & McQuade

Ease of Use: As soon as I got the MT-2, I played around with the settings on my strat, and I got a different sound from each turn of the knob. Althought it was used and didn't come with a manual, I really didn't see the point of one. You don't need instructions, just turn a knob and see how it sounds. This Boss pedal is extremely easy to use, it just takes some time to get the right sound, but once you've got the hang of it it'll be a really handy pedal. // 10

Sound: I expected a lot more from this pedal, but distortion is distortion and the Metal Zone is something that delivers an extreme tone. I can't say that I got the most out of the Boss MT-2 only because after playing around with it for a while, I didn't find the right sound for some of the bands I like. Although, I can't say that any setting I got vaguely resembled a sound. If I got a setting, it was very similar to what I wanted, in fact it was different/better at some times. I got the sound of some heavy things like Children Of Bodom, Metallica, Pantera and Soundgarden. Each kind of distortion you can get with this little (but loud and insane) pedal is unique.

Many people have told me that it resembles the normal distortion I get with my Roland Cube 15 (Metal Stack option) with my standard strat, and I agree, which is why I can't give this pedal a perfect. I'd give this pedal a 4.5/5 because it's slightly resemblant to the distortion that my amp does and because I didn't get the perfect sound of each band. But it's all good enough, it sounds decent. A small pedal that can be up in your face making your guitar scream. The crunch on this pedal is what amazed me most. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I'd depend on it no matter what happens to it. Since I don't bash it around, I doubt anything will ever happen to this pedal. I know it'll serve me well no doubt about it. I'd definetly use it at a gig without a backup, there's nothing to worry about. // 10

Impression: I play mostly (heavy) metal like Slayer, Metallica, Pantera, classic rock like Van Halen and Black Sabbath, and a lot of Grunge like Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. With My Cube 15, my Mexican Sunburst Strat, my trusty MT-2 Metal Zone pedal and of course my Seymour Duncan Hot Rails pickup on the bridge, I can achieve such an awesome sound. With the money I payed for it I could have gotten a Digi Tech RP80 which I wanted to, but I knew it wasn't reliable and that it was just a toy. I wish I had tried it out before I went to buy it though. I wouldn't have overestimated it then. My favourite setting is the Mid Freq, it gives you such an amazing sound. If it were stolen/lost I'd have to hunt down the guy who did it, take it back and bash him/her as hard as I can on their head cause I know that the thing won't break. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 03, 2005

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Great Lakes Music

Ease of Use: This thing is friggin' awesome. Now, I like a lot of the heavy, distorted stuff like Nirvana, Creed, Pantera, Metallica, whatever. This thing is terrific for whatever you want to play, you can get pretty much any sound you want out of it if you just mess with the knobs. I bought this thing when I had only around 2 months experience with guitar (now I have 6 months experience), meaning I had absolutely no experience with pedals, but it was still very easy to use. // 10

Sound: I use an old Fender tube amp and a standard strat with it, and it rocks, man. There's actually a lot of buzzing that takes place when I use it, but thats just from the interference on my TV. It's great for any song you want, and you can get a very wide range of sounds with the equalizer thats built in (thats what sold it for me). // 10

Reliability & Durability: This thing I don't think will ever crap out, it's built like a bomb shelter and I have had no problems with it whatsoever (plus it came with a 5 year warranty if I did), and although I'm not playing gigs (yet). I would definetly trust this bad boy, but not without the 9v AC adapter, because unlike the pedal, batteries aren't reliable. // 10

Impression: I like to play basically Grunge, punk, or just hard rock (haven't had much experience, though), and I dont think there's a better pedal out there for the variety of sounds that can be produced. I could definetly see myself picking up another one of these once I get the cash, because often times I like to go super distorted during a song, but it would be a lot easier to just turn on another pedal than to bend down and turn up the distortion. // 10

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: trioxyde, on march 29, 2005

Ease of Use: Fairly straight forward stompbox. There are a few knobs, but after fiddling around with them for a bit they are pretty basic. Level, distortion, and an EQ for highs, mids, and lows. Pretty standard. The manual also comes with some presets that are pretty good. // 8

Sound: I'm running this pedal through a pretty cheap 6.5" Ibanez practice amp, and it makes the world of a difference. Previously, I was relying on the Overdrive button on the amp, which was utterly terrible. With this pedal, the distortion is nice and heavy and chunky when needed. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I got a power cord for my pedal and with that, the pedal is unstoppable. I'm sure you know about the Boss reputation for building unbreakable pedals. Without a power cord, I would definately worry about battery supply, since I've read that this thing sucks up juice like no other. Just drop a few extra bucks and get that power cord for no worries. // 10

Impression: This is my first pedal and it's been great so far. It's so customizable and I couldn't ask for much more. If you're thinking about picking one up, hop on eBay and see if you can find a used one for a decent price. With the the tanks that Boss makes, you can be pretty sure that even a used MT-2 will be just as solid as brand new! // 10

overall: 9

Reviewed by: lickety_split69, on march 17, 2005

Price paid: $ 181.7

Purchased from: Griffiths Guitar works, nl

Ease of Use: I found this pedal easy to use, (except for the parametric controls which could get tricky for beginners) and extremely flexible. I found it very easy to dial in good tones. The manual that came with it had alot of different sounds, ranging from '70s power rock to low end heavy metal, but I tweaked with it and created my own sound. // 8

Sound: In my setup I am using a Washburn X30 with a Randall RG100SC with dual celestion seventy eighty speakers. This setup along with my MT-2 distortion pedal is truly awesome for lead and heavy rhythm patterns. One bad thing about it though is that it gives off some noise when the distortion is set high. This pedal can generate sounds from Metallica to Black Sabbath and even some '50s & '60s rock and roll tones. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is built like a tank. I have accidentaly droppd it a few times and still no marks or scratches. I would definetly use it on a gig without a backup, but while using the adapter (or pedal board) not the battery, I would never trust a battery powered pedal on stage. // 10

Impression: I play alot of different genres of music but mostly I play metal or hard rock. This being rightly named Metal Zone perfectly fits my type of music, and this being a very flexible pedal it gives me the ability to use it for many different types of music. I have been playing for a few years now and was hoping for a distortion pedal at some point, and I wasn't dissappointed with the Quality of this pedal for the amount paid. If this pedal was stolen or lost I might try out an Ibanez smash box, or just go with the MT-2 again. One thing I love about this pedal was its parametric controls and its dual gain circuitry which allowed me to get a very accurate control over my tone. I compared this pedal to the DigiTech Death Metal and I thought that the MT-2 ate the DigiTech pedal. Another bad thing I found about this pedal was that it didn't have the features that pedals like Ibanez smashboxes had. // 8

Reviewed by: unregistered, on january 04, 2005

Price paid: $ 157.5

Purchased from: Ricorda Media

Ease of Use: It has a huge variation of sound. It can go from a light punk sound to a Death Metal face melting sound. The manual was quite helpful but I got the sound I wanted from the Boss website. There are some other models of distortion made by Boss but if you ask me, I'm happy with it. // 10

Sound: I use two guitars, a BC Rich Warlock Bronze series with tribal pattern and an Epiphone Flying-V Gothic with a Floyd-Rose tuning system. I get the best sound out of my Epiphone. It creates a lot of noise. Other pedals I have are Boss Chorus-Ensemble CE-5 (which I use with the distortion), DigiTech Whammy WH-1, and the famous Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95. I once came pretty close to Dimebag's settings, it's easy to get a Metallica sound although I'm useless when it comes to finding guitarist's sounds. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It's not that I can't depend on it, it's that I am depending on it no but seriously, it's reliable sound-wise and strength-wise and no I woudn't use a back-up on stage. // 10

Impression: I've been playing for a bit more than a year and this pedal satisfies me all the frieking time. I it was stolen I might have bought a MXR Dime-Distortion but I would have been sad. I bought it because I didn't have any pedals the distortion on my new amp was good but did't do the job plus so I could switch it on and off during songs. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: PetrucciRocks, on january 03, 2005

Purchased from: Daddie's Junky Music

Ease of Use: For a few years now I've been playing guitar, and every recording I've made since I started playing had my trusty Metal Zone in there, and you could really tell how much my sound changed over the years just by shaping my sound with the EQ on the Metal Zone. If you listened to me with my settings, then listened to someone else with their settings, I'd have a unique and personal sound, and so would the other player. It's so versitile, I've used it to play metal, fusion, rock and roll, modern rock, and even for a slight jazz Overdrive. However, you can't buy the pedal and expect to get you're sound right off the bat. It took me years. All it takes to get a good sound is patience and a good ear. And a really good amplifier to make a killer live sound. I've even plugged direct into a recording device, and made some of the heaviest sounds I've ever heard. I have a decent Marshall amplifier, and I prefer my MT-2 over my Marshall distortion. I never looked at the manual, I just followed my ear. This pedal is amazing and can produce any distortion sound imaginable. Except when scooped. // 10

Sound: I use 3 guitars currently, including an early 80's Ibanez Saber, Gibson SG, and a Ibanez GAX70. I also have 2 acoustics, but I obviously don't use the MT-2 with them. The pickups in my Saber are extremely hot, and the sound I get from my MT-2 with it is beyond amazing, considering the sound I have is so cheap (around $489.99). My style is like a combination of Rush, Phish, Dream Theater, and Lamb Of God. Weird combo eh? I also use a Marshall AVT100 Combo and I mainly use it for effects like flange and chorus (it has built in effects) For pedals I have a Bad Horsie Wah, DigiTech Whammy, Ibanez DE7 (I think) Delay, Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor, and a Dan Electro Daddy O Overdrive (for boost). Combined with the Dan Electro and NS-2 I get a crushing tone for rhythms, and a clean fluidlike sound with leads (gobs of sustain). I'd recommend pairing it with an eq pedal for even more tonal options, and a noise suppressor of some kind. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I've owned one since '01 and hasn't failed me yet. I don't have a backup because if it ever broke I can easily replace it with my amp distortion. // 10

Impression: I play mainly metal, and this pedal is perfect for it. I've been playing for 4 years, and it hasn't failed me yet. I love the way I can shape my own sound. It can't be compared. The only thing I wish it had was a built in noise suppressor. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: schecterman24, on november 22, 2004

Price paid: $ 90

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: This Metal Zone pedal is very easy to use. It has 6 knobs in all. In the box, they give the manual with about 8 settings from, heavy metal to british rock to fuzz to Overdrive, etc. I mainly use this pedal for metal music. I got my own sound, which is similar to Pantera. // 10

Sound: I use this pedal with my Schecter Omen 6 and my GX15 watt Crate. To hear the distortion of the pedal, you must switch to the clean channel on your amplifier. The manual says that you have to turn on the pedal before amp, which I don't do anyways. It wont malfunction. It's fun to make your own sound. My sound is heavy and distorted. It's like Metallica, Pantera, Black Sabbath and Megadeth. You can make it sound like Guns N'Roses, Velvet Revolver, Van Halen, Led Zeppelin, and many more. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is very reliable. It's small which can fit almost anywhere. If you're on a gig, bring batteries, but they can last for 12 hours. It says that you can buy a PSA adapter for it too, but use a Radio Shack adaptor that has 1. 5-12 volts on it. I turn to 9 volts which is the requirement for the pedal. I don't think you have to specifically use the PSA adaptor. // 10

Impression: If you think about buying any kind of distorion pedals, this is the one because this has every setting for any disotrion pedals. I also own my first pedal, the DS-1, which is good, but doesn't have that big bottom distortion. I play everything, but mainly heavy metal. I've been playing for 4 years and the only thing I want is a half stack. Go buy this pedal! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on october 04, 2004

Price paid: $ 128.1

Purchased from: Hooters in st.albans

Ease of Use: This pedal is very easy to use and can easily be adjusted to suit your prefrences. With this pedal you recieve a small manual telling you everything you have to know instead of a huge one that is full od a load of trash. This manual tels you how to set the pedal to metal, classic rock, punk, english rock etc. // 10

Sound: I am using an Ibanez RG7321 and I get a GR8 metal sound but a negative side of this pedal is that it is built for metal and metal only. I play along to ac/dc and I just cant get that GR8 sound for the likes of you shook me all night long it is also very high in treble but it is outstanding for metal. You do recieve a bit of feedback as you usally do with Boss pedals but this is only normal. I would say that this pedal is made for metal and maybe punk. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It seems to be very reliable I haven't had any problems with it yet and the battery seems to be very durable which is good but I wouyld recommend the use of an adaptor and no! it doesnt have to be a Boss adaptor even though it says it does on the box, Boss are just trying to get more money out of your pockets. // 10

Impression: I play rock and this is brilliant for it I play with a cheap Peavy amp being the Rage 158 and it produces a GR8 sound so you can only imagine how good it would sound if it was out through a Marshall stack for example. I have been playing for almost 4 years and I also own a Boss PW-10 they are very similar in distortion sounds but I think the MT-2 is better for riffing and the PW-10 better for soloing. If I lost it I would look around at all the other metal pedals because there are alot and I have heard that Digitechs new metal pedal is exceptional but I would probably just back to this pedal if it was lost. I love the fact that the sound is just pure metal GR8 for metallica etc. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on april 21, 2004

Price paid: $ 80

Purchased from: My band mate

Ease of Use: Ehh it wasn't too easy to get a sound of it took me awhile to really get the hang of everything on it but once I did it became a awesome pedal to own I've been able to go straight from a pop punk show to a full on metal show in just a few turns and it sounded rad as hell! It's easy to use basicly after you get the hang of it. // 8

Sound: The sound is pretty damn good I run it into my Crate GFX1200 head and it sounds just fine I have a problem with feed back but it is because I play at a really high volume. Sometimes I do have a problem getting my sound if back if I hit it around because its really hard to nail that same sound with it... I've been able to match alot of sounds from blink to slipknot with it. It's worth every bit of it in the end. // 8

Reliability & Durability: It's pretty reliable it doesn't suck up battreys like most pedals do I can go a good 2 months playing almost everyday and it still lives! I've never had a problem with it at any show or practice I've used. The thing is built like a tank like most Boss you can throw that thing threw a wall and it would still be in one piece it's just that freakin bad ass. // 10

Impression: You can go from Overdrive sorta blues sound to a punk sound to a metal sound and it sounds awesome I play in a emo band right now and the pedal is matching up with a Marshall sound which is hard at times. I've been playing on it for the past year and its great. I wouldn't probley get this pedal again because I'm on the look out for a better amp with its own great overdive tone but if I were sticking with my rig right now I would for sure buy it again if I lost it or got it stolen. It's a great pedal!

Check out my band www.mistakenlytalented.com. (Sadly I didn't use the pedal to record our EP but oh well). // 8

overall: 9

Reviewed by: metallicker, on april 08, 2004

Price paid: $ 82.35

Purchased from: Bought Used

Ease of Use: Can look pretty confusing at first, especially without a manaul, as mine didn't come with one, and it's kinda a bit hard to remember what everything does until you've got into it, and by then it's fine and you can twiddle and get the sound you want. // 8

Sound: I got an Ibanez edr 470ex and a lil Marshall practice amp, and twinned with the emgs my Ibanez has this can kick out some good sounds, great varibale distortion, good high, low and mid freq setting which can give you pretty much everything you want, from Billy Talent to thrash like older Metallica and Slayer etc, brilliant range, don't think it could be beaten really! // 8

Reliability & Durability: It's a lump of solid metal moulded into a pedal I think, solid, tought, and can take a good stamping, sound. // 10

Impression: Like I said earlier, this pedal can match alot of types of distortion, so would suit alot of people not particularly tied to one type of effect, but it obviously can't do wah and flanger etc! I really really like this pedal, it is BRILLIANT, would definitely buy again, would recommend a second hand, as is a bit cheaper as they retail at like £75. I haven't really played many other pedals, but I do hate zooms, and this is just better anyways, you won't dislike I single thing, I don't. But one tip, buy a rechargeable battery or an adapter and remember to take out the input jack when not using it, or batteries just get eaten (which is the only bad thing really). // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 07, 2004

Purchased from: Popfront music

Ease of Use: Take a look at the MT-2 and it looks impossible but once you play around with it for about 10 mins you can create any sound from 70's rock to Pantera to Slipknot. // 10

Sound: AWSOME, the low and high end controls make it easy for you to get the exact sound your after. It's got just the right amount of det to create a clear but heavy ound and doesn't feed back as much as the MD-2. I use a ESP 2000 M-50 with ENG-81 and 85 pickups through a Marshall MG stack and with the MT the sound is unbeatable. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Quite simply it's built like a f@#king tank. I take it everywhere and it get's the crap knocked out of it and it's never let me down. The only problem is that it eats through batteries like a Fat lady in a cake factory so i recommend using an adaptor. // 10

Impression: I've been playing metal ever since a started playing guitar 6 years ago and I've been searching for the best distortion I can get my hands on and this pedal is it. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on november 12, 2003

Purchased from: www.musiciansfriend.com

Ease of Use: Incredibly easy to use. If I recall correctly, it came with a battery. The only real trouble was discovering where to put the battery in because due to its design you begin to think that you have to unscrew it using a screwdriver. In reality, there's quite simply a knob you need to twist until the pedal part comes off. I originally gave it a 4 because of that, then realised it was due to my own stupidity. 5 all the way. // 10

Sound: I'm playing this pedal with epi humbuckers out of a little weeny Peavey Rage 158 amp. The effects are strong and offer a wide variety of different distortions to achieve. I noticed on one occasion where the effects weren't coming out at all, then while playing they suddenly blasted in only to quickly fade out again...the problem? Low battery! 5 here. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Very dependable, however it seems to eat up battery juice like popcorn. I suggest using a 9v power adapter with it. Other than that, it's never broken on me or anything. // 8

Impression: For any die hard, head-bangin rocker, this pedal is a must. Even if you turn down the distortion, you can reach great tones by twisting the EQ nobs. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on may 14, 2004

Price paid: $ 89.99

Purchased from: Musicians Friend

Ease of Use: It's easy to get a good sound. You just put the distortion up to the level that you want it to and you adjust the equalization to get the tone you want. It's easy but it also comes with a manual and presets for different syles of music. // 10

Sound: I play with a Squier Strat through a Peavey Rage 158 and when I stomp my pedal I get an awsome Metal sound. You can get all the way from The Beatles distortion to Slipknot's Distortion. Very Good Pedal. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Had it for a week and I love it. Never had a problem yet, but I heard that the pedals can take a beating. I wouldn't know because I take very good care of my equipment. // 10

Impression: If you play rock or metal get this pedal. It's an awesome pedal and its worth the money. You wont regret buying this. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 08, 2004

Price paid: $ 59.25

Purchased from: friend

Ease of Use: I got this pedal not to long ago and I think it's great. Awsome sound, anybody looking for a rock, heavy rock or metal sound this is one sick pedal for it! The manual is awsome, especially if your new to this pedal. But after playing around with it and letting the manual guide you, it's really sick pedal! // 10

Sound: I think the way this pedal is setup is great, distortion effects are awsome and you can get a whole bunch of different sounds, from soft rock to hardcore Death Metal. The only bad part is if somethings too high on your amp or pedal, u get a squeak type of sound, but otherwise really good distortion sounds. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I've never had a show yet, but if I did I would not need a backup. This pedal like everyone says about Boss Pedals, it's a tank literally. I would depend on this in a show definetely and not worry about it breaking. // 10

Impression: I play hard rock, metallish stuff and this is a good pedal for it! If this pedal were to get stolen I'd for sure buy a new one and then kill whoever stole my other one. I recommend this pedal to people who've never had a pedal and it's their first one. This is a good pedal to see all the types of distortion sounds. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Hetfield1212, on september 16, 2004

Price paid: $ 157.5

Purchased from: F-musiikki (Finland)

Ease of Use: There's 8 presets on the manual that get you to a good start in figuring out how to use the pedal. Once you play around with the EQ knobs, it becomes quite easy to dial in any tone that you desire. Although this took me some time, I cannot imagine how the pedal could be made any easier to use. Thus I give it a 5. // 10

Sound: I have had the MT-2 for a little over a year now. Back when I bought it, I used to play it with an Ibanez GRX40, and a little 15w Crate amp, and even from such beginner-quality equiptment I was able to get a very heavy and satisfying sound. Nowadays I play an ESP with EMG-HZ pickups through a Hughes & Kettner 30W amp, but I rarely use the MT-2 anymore since I have purchased the Boss GT-6 which has the MT-2 built-in. However, when I tried my MT-2 pedal with this setup, the tone was just killer.

The MT-2, although named Metal Zone, is not merely a headbanger's pedal, but offers a very wide variety of tones for anything between black metal and classic rock, even blues. Once you have played through the MT-2, you will probably puke when hearing the sound of your amp's distortion again. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Solid as a rock, it is. I can assure that this piece of eqiptment will not let you down, and will probably last a lifetime if it is treated with moderate respect. You can tell by looking from a mile away, that this baby could suffer a nuclear explosion without even affecting its tone. // 10

Impression: I know the point was to be critical, right? But there really is nothing to criticize. This is the Ultimate Distortion Pedal. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Captain Crunch, on september 15, 2004

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: It took me about 4 minutes to get the sound I wanted from this pedal. The manual gave me 8 basic setups for the pedal (heavy metal, rock, fuzz, OD, etc.) but I didn't like how any of them sounded, so I simply learned what every knob meant and what will happen if I adjust it to a certain position and boom! I had my own sound. Its that easy! // 10

Sound: I have the MT-2 hooked up to a 15W Crate and I play a Jackson Dinky. The sound I get is right on the money and perfect for the style of music I play. With Gain set at about a 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock position it gives you good chunky distortion, sounds awesome palm-muted too. I would say, on my setting it sounds like Dimebag's distortion. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The thing is built like a tank. Drop it off of a 100-story building - it will still give you the sound you want (if I were you I wouldnt do that though). Even though I'm not good enough to play gigs, I would use it without a back-up, except I would take a spare battery. Actually that's all the thing needs - a battery or a power cord. // 10

Impression: I mostly play heavy metal (Pantera, Metallica, Megadeth, Children Of Bodom, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, etc.), classic rock (AC/DC, Guns And Roses, Led Zeppelin, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jimi Hendrix, etc.) and some blues. I have been playing about 10 months, and I got pretty good for 10 months. I compared it to Boss DS-1 and Mega Distortion, but liked this one better because the other ones didnt have the sound I wanted and for the most part sounded too "wussy" (sorry couldnt find a better word), they werent distortion pedals that would kick you in the balls and when you play them.

The MT-2 gave me more of a weighty sound that I wanted because my amp distortion was to hard to operate (I had to stop playing, press the "solo" button, continue playing) and I just didn't like it. I would never let anyone steal this, and keep a close eye on it all the time. I like everything about this pedal: good chunky distortion, battery life is decent, its built like a tank and it doesnt take much brains to find the setting you like. There are no downsides for this pedal, everything is perfect (for me). // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: slash_andrew, on august 09, 2004

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Other

Ease of Use: A very easy pedal to use, hard as hell, it could resist a hammer hit and would keep functioning like nothing, the manual its good, although the settings that come there are kinda poor. And it's very very very easy to use, if you cant use it with the manual, can do it with the info on the web site,and if you cant use it with these web site & manual, you need your head to be checked. In the web site(www.bossus.com), there are more variety of settings just get into the multimedia demos, and go to Essential Effects Lab. // 10

Sound: I'm using it with a Ibanez GRX20, and a babilon Les Paul type, just like the one Justin Hawkins use. And a Ibanez AMP. You can get effects from Blues to Trash Metal, they always sound great, with the properly adjusts and settings I could get a Slash-like sound, blues lead, also I can get Metallica-like sound, and I can get others like The Darkness, Nirvana. There are some settings that make the distortion sound very bad, that if you can call it distortion, but as I've already said, with the properly adjustments, you should be able to use it and get the 100% of it. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Its very reliable, the only bad thing is that you'll have to use a long, long lasting 9V battery, and, if youre gonna use a normal battery unplug it after you use it, because it literally drains the battery, I used 2 eveready®, and lasted like 2 or 3 hours both(really), now I am using a Energizer®E-2®(The silver ones), and it has lasted like 3 weeks.

I would use it for a gig, but just with a new battery, it doesn't matter that the one it has, has been there for 2 or 3 days, I'm currently looking for the Boss 9V PSA DC adapter, so I will never have to worry about batteries. // 10

Impression: I most of all play blues and rock, this is a very good pedal, but to perfect it on blues I will have to buy a compression sustainer, which gives a very good sound to it or buy a blues pedal, but its hell cheaper the compression sustainer, I've been playing it for like 5 monhts, its very good. I only wish I had asked if they had the DC adapter when I bought the pedal, I would have definetly had bought it too. If it were stolen/lost I would get the same or a Blues Drive.

I love that its very easy to use, and has a great sound, I hate that it dries batteries too fast adn also that I dont have the DC adapter, my favourite feature its the color, totally black with orange letters. I compared it to others like the Normal Distortion, Turbo Distortion, Overdrive, and the Distortion Overdrive, but the only good thing on those was the price (they were cheaper) but I didn't like the sound of those. I choose it because the great sound it has. I wish it had the DC adapter included, I spend too much on batteries. // 10

overall: 10

Reviewed by: Martyrion, on july 02, 2004

Ease of Use: Using it is no problem at all! The EQ is very good and you quickly learn what adjustments you need for the proper sound. If you "loose" a good setting then it is no problem picking it up again, just let your guitar ring and adjust, because these tones usually stay around for some time. There is no way you can make the sound bad with the EQ, I actually tried and even though it was very different it was still good sound to fit another style of music. // 10

Sound: The good thing with this pedal is that you won't need a blues driver and a turbo distortion as well. Simply set the "Dist" level lower and you will find a nice sound for blues or even less distortion. Set it to maximum and the sound will be extremely rough and perfect for powerful metal of any kind, especially trash metal. I've noticed that some amps have trouble with this and will start "buzzing" a bit too much, so you should use something like 50 w or more, weaker amps can also work, but I would recommend something stronger, to be sure it won't do anything crazy. If the distortion is set to maximum "buzzing" will come from any amp, but the bigger the amp the less problematic "buzzing". And it makes some pretty nasty feedback sounds so you should have it turned of when you turn on your amp. // 10

Reliability & Durability: You can totally trust this pedal, but don't go on stage with it without an adaptor! This thing eats batteries! But it won't fail you as long as it has got a power source! // 10

Impression: I play metal mostly, every kind of metal I can. And rock, and this pedal is the only distortion pedal I need, for everything from Satyricon to AC/DC. I've had this for about 6 months, and if this were lost I would get a new one at once. I really need this pedal! So for everyone who needs distorion, this is the pedal! And the price is brilliant! // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 27, 2006

Price paid: $ 50

Ease of Use: This pedal has a great sound. At first it was hard to figure out with the different settings. I purchased it from my guitar teacher and it didn't come with a manual so everything I know came from messing with the thing. If you take your time with learning it you can produce a wide variety of sounds with the many settings. // 8

Sound: I play a Schecter C1 Blackjack through a Crate XT120R and with this pedal it sounds great. The amp itself has good sound but when paired with this pedal you can get sounds as good as you can expect out of a solid state. I have not noticed much noise from the pedal on any particular setting. It sounds it's best at all times. I have a friend with a Peavey bass amp (don't know what model) and when you play through the amp with this pedal It sounds better than some guitar amps I have heard. With this pedal you cam achieve sounds to rival Metallica, Pantera, In Flames, As I Lay Dying, and many more heavey metal artists, But not only is this pedal good for metal it can sound like Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, and Guns N' Roses. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This pedal is one of the toughest pieces of equipment I have ever seen. That is why I use Boss almost exclusively because they make tough products. The pedal I have fell out of the back of a truck travelling down a highway going 65 mph and came out of it with only minor scratches and played just as good as it did before. I would definitely count on this pedal without a backup. The only thing that might need to back this up is a couple 9-volts because it drains batteries fast! // 10

Impression: My main style of music is metal like As I Lay Dying and In Flames and this pedal is perfect for those styles. This pedal is also great for rock. I play some punk and use this pedal for that too. Like I said, this pedal is great with my current set up. I kind of wish it had a manual or power supply but thats what I get for buying second hand. If it ever got lost (yeah right) or stolen I would definitly buy another one but probly a new one this time. I love everything about this pedal I have not found one flaw with it yet and have had it for 8 months or so. I also own a Boss DS-1 Distortion and it is ok and I would use it if I had to but the MT-2 is definitly ahead of the DS-1 in sound quality and heaviness. // 9

overall: 5

Reviewed by: renz_sui, on june 09, 2005

Ease of Use: // 0

Sound: Although I haven't used it in a decent amp, it's a very promising pedal for me because of the wide variety of sound it could make. Trust me, my Zoom 707II's drive module was deemed useless with this pedal. I use this together with my Zoom 707II, a cheap locally made 30 watts amp and an RJ 7 string floyd rose guitar. The sound was awesome especially when I use my Zoom as a Whammy. Although I haven't tried plugging this to a flanger for some low down flange of death, I'm pretty sure this will do good. I tried this one with a wah wah and it did sound different unlike the built in distortions of Zoom. // 10

Reliability & Durability: // 0

Impression: I play a wide variety of music, from hip hop, pop, reggae, rock, alternative, metal, progressive, visual, glam, classical, blues etc. and I think this pedal will suite most of the songs I play. If this was stolen or lost, I'll think about it not because I didn't like it but I'm still starting to use the pedal. I've been playing for 4 years now and I can say that this pedal will surely add more spice to my guitar playing satisfaction. // 10

overall: 8

Reviewed by: Jamband3333, on february 22, 2006

Price paid: $ 89

Purchased from: Guitar Gallery

Ease of Use: It's very easy to use. It comes with a booklet that gives you all the settings you'll need from heavy metal to fuzz and rock n' roll. It is made for all types of rock musicians not just heavy ones. Warren Haynes of The Allman Brother's Band has one so that tells you something. // 9

Sound: With my MT-2 I'm using a Gibson Explorer with a Roland amp. The British rock setting is the only setting that tends to get on my nerves because it has soooo much distortion and seems to sound rather like an unreachable signal on a TV. Other than that the other ones sound great. The British rock one sounds like British rock I just don't like it. Especially sounds like the actual artists that use them like the Allman Brothers Band. // 9

Reliability & Durability: You can definately depend on this pedal to run right. Although at a gig I would probably still use some type of backup because you never know with technology man it always has a flaw. // 8

Impression: I play all types of rock. Punk, hardcore, metal, '80s metal, and jam. This is a good match for all. I've been playing for 3 years now and I own a Gibson Explorer, Roland amp, Boss MT-2 pedal, and a Jackson Soloist. I probably would have liked to have the money now that I used on this pedal to be an addition to the money I'm saving up for now for a multi-effect processor. But this was a good first pedal for me and has lasted throughout the last 1 1/2 years. If it were stolen I would put an APV on it and try to get it back but if it doesn't turn up I wouldn't be too heart broken. I love it's versatile tones and my favorite is probably the fuzz or rock n' roll. // 6

overall: 10

Reviewed by: norwegianleper, on february 20, 2006

Purchased from: Music Manor

Ease of Use: This pedal can be a little bit of a pain at first, I forgot my manual in the shopping bag which was thrown away. I played with the settings for like five minutes tops and got some killer sounsd out of it (without the manual). This pedal is an overall killer easy to use pedal. I got many sounds out it in just five minutes. Easy to use! // 10

Sound: I live at two houses(divorced parents) so I dont like to carry a 100-watt monster back and forth, so I have a Behringer 15-watt and an Ibanez RG1570 hooked up to this. Sounds soo grand even out of the littlest of amps. I get sounds like Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Metallica, and Unearh etc or even rock like ac/dc, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith and more. So versitle it will make your head spin. Just because the name is Metal Zone doesn't mean at all by any means that this is only an metal sort of thing. You can even use it to modify "clean" tones with its EQ set up. But if you especially love Cannibal Corpse this is the best pedal you will ever use, I read on their website that they use this same pedal. The only bad thing is when it is pn a high distortion setting you hear al little static and you get feedback easy, but nothing a Boss noise reducer can fix. Trust me the DigiTech metal pedals do way more static and feedback. I have borrowed different types of metal-pedals in my decision making process. But the results of those test lead to me buying this. // 10

Reliability & Durability: This bad boy carries the profound Boss name. You can through this into the center of the earth, bouncing of every rock and edge, landing in the pits of hell, sinking into satans lake of fire, and this pedal will be in perfect condition. Not even god could break this bad boy. And I have used this in a gig, just use a noise reducer or between songs or long rests keep those strings muted or die. // 10

Impression: I play high distorted thrash like Cannibal Corpse or medium distorted music like Slayer pretty much, best match ever especially for Cannibal Corpse types. I own a Vox VT100 combo, this, Boss noise reducer, Boss EQ (the big one I forget the name of), Ibanez RG1570, and an Ibanez 7-string that I bought at the shop which I don't know which specific model it is. If this pedal was stolen or lost I would so buy this again! I love the versitility of this thing but mostly the thrashy chainsaw tone that screams I am gonna rip you apart. Nothing is to be hated about this bad boy except for the name. Favorite features is of course the versitlility of multiple sound styles. I have compared this (sort of) in my last section. Buy, experiment, be satisfied, trust. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 10, 2006

Price paid: $ 63

Purchased from: EBay

Ease of Use: It is freakin hard to get the tone out of it, that you want to have. I nearly thought about selling it again but then I set down for an hour and tried, tried, tried. Now I finaly found the right setting(s) like the shittyfuzzless - pure metal distortion or the bassfullgain morder metal sound. // 3

Sound: I use the german Hughes & Kettner Matrix 1x12 Combo. The Metal Zone can be very fuzzy and noisy, but with the right setting you can get nearly every wanted sound. I found out, that the mid part with its freq controller is a real thousand sounds creater from death, trash, speed, doom, black and nu-metal. You can get every kind of metal sound out of it but you need patience. The sound is a killer! // 10

Reliability & Durability: I think you gotta have very much bad luck to destroy or disable this pedal in any kind, because it is solid like a tank. // 10

Impression: I play bimetal (mix of (hard/prog rock and metal) and I play for five years now and I can only say if you want to buy a MT-2 go to some Internet Sites and search for user presents, I tested nearly all of them and not even one was good enough for me (I need a direct but hard, a plenty distored but non fuzz/noise sound) but the presence helped me to create my own sound. I found out, that the level knob shouldn't be ober 2'o clock and that nobody has the same setting like me. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: EmoSlayer666, on february 02, 2006

Price paid: $ 92

Purchased from: Ingram's Music

Ease of Use: The MT-2 is a very outstanding pedal. Though it will intimidate novice guitarists. The control nobs will a little tough for the novice to get what sound they want. For me it was quite easy because I already knew how to work it. But don't be dicouraged, the MT-2 comes with a list of settings already draw out for you. You can choose from heavy metal, hard rock, 3 different rock stinge and an Overdrive. And you cant start with those and tweak iot out to find your desired sound. Just take time to read the manual and it will become a lot easier to use. // 10

Sound: I use this pedal with my Schecter Damien 6 plugged into a Randall RH200G2. And the sound is phenomenal. This pedal has so much cruch and when tuned right it will make you sound like Kerry King. I mostly play Slayer, Satyricon, Dimmu Borgir and this pedal is perfect for me. It gives me the sound I need to play balck or Death Metal. But I can also tune it down so I can play Metallica or maybe even some Green Day. The distortion is god like and the pedal does not make your amp humm. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I haven't own my MT-2 very long, but I already know it can take a pretty hard stomp and survive. I'm not playing too many gigs but I do go practice with a bunch of my buddies and I'll tell you, you dont need a back up. // 9

Impression: Like I said I play a lot of black and Death Metal and I know this pedal will let me achieve the darknest I need to do that. And if you want it for something else this pedal is not just for metal, you can use it for rock and hard rock. This pedal work really good with my set up and if I ever break it or accidentaly smash it with my guitar I will go down and buy another one. This is probably the best 90.00 bucks I ever spent in music today. Buy it. It's so worth your time and money. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: sonixon, on march 06, 2006

Price paid: $ 55.3

Purchased from: Second hand

Ease of Use: I love this pedal; it is my go-to-guy for distortion. I'm in love with the sound. I'd been needing one for ages, because I have a ME that uses patches, that can only be used one at a time, so I need a distortion to go with it. No manual with it because it was used, but depite the fact that it has 6 controls, it's still easy as pie to get a select sound from it. // 10

Sound: I'm using it with a Peavey Rage 158 and a Squier Strat and I can still get an awesome sound. One drawback is that it's pretty noisy, but it's a heavy distortion pedal, and that's pretty inevitable. My ME has a built in noise gate anyway. I often use the really heavy disto to enchance pinch harmonics while I'm playing Coheed and Cambria songs, some assorted metal songs, and other stuff I make up. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Absolutely would I depend on it. // 10

Impression: This is a very good match for my musical style. It covers a very wide spectrum of different distortions. Don't let the name fool you; the Metal Zone is useful for styles other than just hard rock and metal. I use it in the chain with a Yamaha Magicstomp, an Ibanez Delay, a Dano Compressor and a tuner. I love just cranking the distortion way up and playing my favourite songs with amazing tone. I haven't played without this pedal since I got it. I would absolutely replace this if it were stolen. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: Mulletseb, on march 06, 2006

Price paid: $ 79

Purchased from: Archambault

Ease of Use: This pedal is very easy to use. Not a lot of knobs but still enough to get a great deal of sounds. One level, one high and low, two mid and of course the distortion. You can get sound from Metallica, Children of bodom and other metallish thing to the '80s rock sound. I think there is another version of this pedal with an upgrade but it's more pricy. The manual is pretty simple and it gives you exemples of settings. // 9

Sound: I got a Jackson JS30DK and a Marshall 15w MGDFX to play with this. I bought the pedal because the Overdrive of that amp is not that great. It definately did the trick for the distortion problem. There is a little buzz but I suspect the guitar is the source of it. The effects are strong and sound really great. You can get the sound from pretty much anyone who plays with distortion but you really got to play with the knobs. It's even funnier though to find your own tone since there is a lot of possibility with those knobs. // 9

Reliability & Durability: I can definately depend on it. It seems like it's bullet proof! The thing is pretty heavy but you could drop it a thousand times and it would still be perfect. I'm not too sure though about using it on a gig. I didn't try this thing live but know people who did and they said that it added a lot of buzz to the whole sound. Even though it's a good pedal, it's not even 100$ so it's not perfect. One more thing, buy the AC adaptor with it. You can just put a battery in this but it doesn't last long. // 8

Impression: I play mainly metal and this is the thing for it. It's a great addition to any gear. I have been playing for a year or so and I really like it. Before buying it I also wanted to try the Line 6 Uber Metal since I heard lot of good things about this but it wasn't available in a store nearby. If it was stolen or lost I would probably buy it again (or maybe the uber if I can get a hold of it). // 9

overall: 8

Reviewed by: klowntown101, on june 15, 2006

Purchased from: Long & McQuade

Ease of Use: The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal is fairly easy to use once the owner figures out how to properly use the equalization. Too get a good sound you can follow the suggested settings in the manual (which I'll get into later) and play with them, or just do your own thing to get your tone. The manual provided is detailed in the equalization, comes with how to replace battery information, warranty information, the Boss website and suggested settings. It is a fairly good manual and it is advisable to read it. // 7

Sound: The sound is actually the best I've heard from any Boss Stompbox. It's a very diverse pedal and you can use it for everything from light amounts of distortion too full in your face metal amounts. The pedal was used on the following amps - Marshall MG50DFX, Roland Cube 60, Vox AD50VT, Peavey Bandit, Peavey Transtube 112, Fender Frontman 212r, and a Fender tube amp (unknown model) - it sounded fine out of all the amps. Guitars used - Ibanez RGs (various), MIA/MIM Fender Stratocasters, Gibson Les Pauls, SGs, Vs, Xplorers, and many Jackson RR guitars - tone came out fine with all passive pickups (no actives used). It's a bit noisy but a noisy gate or noise suppressor deals with that - and it isn't too noisy so it's not a necessity to have a NG/NS. The distortion is never weak sounding to myself, I'm not trying to mimic my favourite artists. It's got a nice sound, but may not be everyone's cup of tea. // 8

Reliability & Durability: The MT-2 is built like a tank, I've gigged it without a backup (just have extra batteries or an adapter). It's reliable, has a good battery life. // 9

Impression: I play Metal (Megadeth, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Dragonforce, Children Of Bodom, Dream Theater, Opeth), Rythm and Blues, Jazz, Blues, Hard Rock, Classic Rock - no punk or anything along those lines. I've been playing for two and a half years now - I own a MIM Fender Stratocaster, a MIJ Ibanez RG, a Marshall MG50DFX, a Peavey 05 212 combo, and a Vox X847 wah pedal. I wish I'd spent more time sampling more pedals (I'd used all Boss distortion, and all DigiTech) - just wish I'd checked more brands out. If it were lost or stolen I'd probably buy a new one - doesn't hurt to own it - but my Peavey 05 212 is a gain Machine and doesn't need a pedal. I'd suggest it over the Boss DS-1, any DigiTech pedal, and the Boss DS-2 - it as a more solid tone to my ears. I wish it had a built in noise gate (but everything should really). I love the equalizer on it (Level [volume], high [treble] low [bass] middle, and middle frequency) - I don't have any dislikes about the actual pedal. Overall it's a good all around pedal that couldn't hurt anyone's rig. Make sure you do test before you buy with the exact amp you use - the tone will vary between amps. // 8

overall: 9.5

Reviewed by: UG Team, on august 01, 2003

Price paid: $ 131.04

Ease of Use: When you first see tyhis little fellow it looks very difficult. But only after reading the very clear manual and an 15 min. practice it's very easy to use it. // 10

Sound: You can get every sound out of this pedal, even for non-metal guitarists it is a very good pedal. Sounds going from Heavy Metal to that scratchy British sound.

I combine it with a Marshall AVT 100, which is standard also a heavy amp, but with the MT-2 you can create the (almost) exact sound of Rammstein, Slipknot and even Korn. (I do not play a 7-string, but with heavy strings (heavy bottom) you can let it sound just right). // 10

Reliability & Durability: // 8

Impression: I play every style of music but now I mostly play heavy-metal.

I play a Ibanez GRX-70, but I'm going to buy another guitar because this guitar (which is a very good starter-guitar) is a little to noizy.

But like I said, it's a very good pedal and I think it's one of the best pedals in the world! // 10

overall: 7.3

Reviewed by: escalation_666, on may 31, 2006

Purchased from: GuitarGuitar, Glasgow

Ease of Use: Well, as there's a built in EQ its slightly more difficult to get your desired tone, so I'm going to blame this fact as to why I can't get a good tone out of it. But over-all I'd say it is pretty easy to use. The manual is useful and explains the EQ and gives you some standard settings for the pedal, heavy metal, hard rock, overdrive, etc. // 7

Sound: I play a Fender Strat, a Crate 10w, Behringer X V-AMP and a MT-2 Metal Zone (plus a coupla other discount pedal bought to experiment with). It's not noisy on the whole. Unless I have my volume cranked all the way up, it doesn't give me any unwanted noise. The distortion I supose does what it says; giving off a metal sounding distortion. However I personally feel it doesn't sound very good at all. I thought it sounded good until I have my amp up past 5, from there the quality of the tone reduces greatly. Also, something that I haven't read in a review before, that needs to be said, this thing sucks for lead guitar. It should be used for power chords only. The only way I have managed to get a decent lead sound is with the treble(high) almost right down, some mid, a lot of bass and the mid freq about between 10 and 11 oclock. And even at that you can hardly hear it because the bass over-powers everything else. So, the point in that paragraph is basically do not solo with this pedal. // 5

Reliability & Durability: Simple answer; yes. It's a Boss. However, I'm not sure if I would gig with this, as it sound shit turned up. Now I haven't tried it with a big amp, but I'd imagine it'd have much the same effect. // 10

Impression: I play various types of music, however I only use this pedal for some styles. To be honest the distortion on My X V-AMP slaps the metal zone with a wet fish, But I s'pose this distortion pedal almost meets the sounds of Children Of Bodom, Judas Priest, Metallica/Megadeth around the sort've And Justice For All/Master Of Puppets and Peace Sells But Who's Buying?/Rust In Peace albums. But I would say you can get most heavy metal bands sounds out this amp. Personally I've managed to get roughly everything from Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Ozzy and Black Label Society to Mudvayne, Children Of Bodom, Slayer and Cradle Of Filth out of this pedal. And on my last note, two more points. With this pedal, buy a Boss GE-7 EQ pedal, and two Boss 9v adapters for them. The EQ pedal boosts the metal zones sound so much, the pedals almost laughable playing without it after you've played with the EQ. And the adapter speaks for itself. Just do not try use batteries with this pedal, You'll be changing them more than you play it lol. And if you do unplug the leads from the pedal when not in use. // 7

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: AJGgtrst, on may 25, 2006

Price paid: $ 102.7

Purchased from: Steve's

Ease of Use: Bought it brand freakin new, about 6 years ago and still using it now. Has default patches on the manual, managed to like the metal one but w/ a few minutes playing around with it I found my own, easy as hell to configure. // 10

Sound: Use it on both my Westone Spectrum (single single double) set up, and my Jackson RR3 Rhoads. Have it hooked up after my Dunlop GCB, then after the MT-2 have it hooked up to my GE-7 which I use only to go get more punch for solos (I'll get more into that later) then into my CE-3 chorus, then BF-2 flanger, then into my DD-3 Delay. Settings I have on my amp is the usual "v" sweep, about 6-bass, 2-3.5-mid, 6-7-high; sounds better loud than it does on my practice amp at home. At the rehearsal space, I crank the Marshall to about a 2-3 volume setting w/ the presence all the way up. Sounds great, no buzz, any buzz I get I generally blame on my Westone (whenever I have the toggle switched up to the neck and get that single coil buzz). But other than that it sounds great. After I added the GE-7 to it, it just sounds magnificent, when I play on my own (no other guitar to back me up) I'd leave MT-2 and GE-7 in mid scoop setting to get that ultimate metal sound and crunch. // 8

Reliability & Durability: I depend on it, well it's a Boss, my favourite stomp pedal, have had it for a good amount of years now and I jump on it, stomp and just go nuts on it and it still ticks. But the rubber where the nut seals the battery area inside has just worn out, but still works like a beast. How's that for reliability? // 9

Impression: Play metal, been playing for about 10 years or so, have had the pedal for about 5-6 before that I had the hyper metal pedal. This still kicks ass. If I lost it I'd definitely buy another one for sure. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on february 02, 2006

Price paid: $ 91.2

Ease of Use: This pedal is very nice. Although it is kinda hard to get the sound you want at start, since it is very versatile. It took me a while but the manual help me a lot and it gives you a couple sample settings which comes in handy. You can also check the net for more sample settings. // 9

Sound: I use this effect using my Ibanez RG2550E Prestige through Peavey Bandit 112. This effect is very loud, before I bought the Peavey, it was put through my Roland Cube 30 and this create a very loud sound already and sometimes I like to mix it with my Overdrive to give it a boost and it becomes very loud. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It is very reliable, thats what you get for buying a Boss. I've gigged it several times and it until now its fine. No need for a back up. // 10

Impression: I have been playing for almost 6 years and through out those time, I give this one the best ever distortion effect I have ever find. I have used different effects but their not very good compare to this effect, especially this effect is very versatile, can create any sound you want. Before I use to bring three distortion effects to gigs since each creates different sound, now I just need to bring only one. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: Frostithe, on january 30, 2006

Price paid: $ 118.95

Purchased from: Some random guitar shop

Ease of Use: This is very easy to switch on and off and has a good range of controls. It takes a while to find a nice setting, but once you get there, it owns! // 9

Sound: I use my crappy little 10w Watson with my Fender Strat and it sounds incredible! A real tube amp sound, just incredible. I could play it all day and never get bored. I have yet to try it with my 30w Fender amp but I'm sure it will be amazing. If you are considering getting a new amp for a more metal/rock sound, get this first! That's exactly what I did and I may have saved myself £300. The only slight thing I have to say here is that you shouldn't turn the treble up too high because it sounds harsh (maybe you like it like that). // 10

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss, nothing else needs to be said. It comes with a 5 year warranty so I'm sure they expect it to last. Made of metal (goes with the name) so it's very durable. I would use this again and again without considering a backup. // 10

Impression: I play metal and rock stuff and it fits my requirements perfectly. Metal sounds amazing with full bass, scooped mids and treble just over halfway. I've been playing just over 4 years and this is the best my Fender Strat has ever sounded apart from one gig we did with a big Marshall stack (that sounded good). If it was stolen, I'd cause the person who stole it a lot of pain with a cheesegrater whilst on the way to buy another. The two things I love most about this pedal are its cool style and inceredible sound. It's also alot smaller than I thought it would be which is good for transportation to band practices. // 10

overall: 8.8

Reviewed by: god_that_failed, on october 03, 2005

Price paid: $ 55

Purchased from: eBay

Ease of Use: This pedal is pretty self-explanatory, but is still hard to get that "heavy metal" sound. If you want that chug-chug rhythm, you better get an EQ pedal (I use the MXR M-108). However, a good start (for heavy metal rhythm) is: low-maxed high-just shy of maxed mid-cut all the way mid freq. around 11:00. The manual presets are actually pretty good for rock, punk, and even as a good solo boost (Overdrive). However, you will spend a long time looking for a good sound. This is where the pedal suffers. // 6

Sound: Alright, anybody using this pedal is more than likely a metalhead. If you are looking at any other distortion pedal for metal, you are looking in the wrong direction. This pedal gives soooooo much saturation to your sound and has such a wide variety of possibilities (personally, I like '70s rock more than metal and find this pedal more than up to the challenge). The sound is very crisp, while a little nasal, but does provide lots of meat to chords and tons of saturation to your solos. All good here except for the way-too nasal sounding palm mutes. // 9

Reliability & Durability: It's a Boss, do you think it'll break? Next question. // 10

Impression: I play everything, and while it may take a while to get a good sound, this pedal can do everything. I love this pedal and find it essential in my sound. Will definately buy another Boss pedal I'm so impressed. I only wish it were much meatier (like the MXR Dime Distortion) when palm muted, but it still does the deed just fine. After searching forever for the perfect pedal, this is it. Go to your local guitar shop and try it for yourself. You'll see what the hype is. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on november 28, 2005

Price paid: $ 100

Ease of Use: At first it was hard to change the tone of the pedal the way I wanted, as it has a 4-bend equalizer (which is more complex than meny other distortion pedals). But after a while I learned how the different knobs affected the tone. It has a manual with 4 good presets and once I got the hang of the pedal, I learned how I could alter them to the exact tone I wanted. // 8

Sound: I'm using this pedal with an Epiphone Les Paul Standard and playing through various solid state amps. I have generally found that it sounds good at low sound levels, but better the louder I play. It ranges a lot of distortion sounds from a warm rock sound over punk and classical heavy metal to Death Metal. I can easily get the sounds of Metallica, Green Day, The Offspring, Disturbed, 3 Doors Down, etc. The only minus is that it sometimes cannot reach the very soft levels of distortion, but as it is called Metal Zone is doesn't invite to playing with that sound. // 10

Reliability & Durability: The MT-2 is very dependable. The box is made of metal and has a very solid and durable feel. I could jump on it for a whole gig without any harm on it. I do not own a power adapter for this pedal and play it on a 9v battery. The battery lasts several months even though I use it 2 hours a day on average. I would gladly use this at gigs without backup (and I do). // 10

Impression: I play different genres of metal and this pedal is perfect for them all. I can get exactly the tone I want. I have been playing the guitar for about 10 years now and this is the most diverse distortion pedal I have ever played with. If the pedal was stolen I would gladly purchase is again. I has all the features I would ever need in a distortion pedal. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on july 20, 2005

Price paid: $ 90

Ease of Use: Getting a good sound out of the MT-2 is really easy to do after you mess around with the settings a little bit and get used to them. It only took me 2 days to find a personnal sound for me and then I found another one a couple of days after that. I gave it a 4 instead of a 5 because you do have to mess around with it a bit to find what you like. After getting used to it though there is no difficulty getting a variety of sounds. // 8

Sound: The sound you can get out of this thing is absolutely awesome. You can go from semi-bluesy sound, to soft grainy like distortion, to full on thrash metal. You can get bad sounds out of it but you actually would need to try and do that. I use an Ibanez GAX70 w/a 15 watt spring reverb amp. The sounds I can get out of that are really good so I know a bigger amp or better guitar would be sick! // 10

Reliability & Durability: I would definately use this in a gig w/o having a backup and I wouldn't worry for a single second. Even if you use a battery instead of the adapter you wouldn't have to worry. For a distortion pedal the battery would easily last several hours. I used the battery that came with my pedal and it lasted for 9-11 hours and I don't even know how new the battery was so for a gig it would be just fine. Being made out of metal I would not worry about stomping it to hard and breaking it. You could jump on the pedal with all your weight for years and I am sure it wouldn't break. Even the knobs are durable. I accidently step on them when I was stepping back and they still work like brand new. // 10

Impression: I play rock music like Staind, Godsmack, Creed (RIP), Nickleback, and many other bands and It works just fine for me. I'm not saying that I try to match them with distortion. I just tweak it till I get a good sound for whatever song it is. I have been playing guitar for a little over 4 years and when I got this pedal I tested the DigiTech Grunge, the Line 6 Uber Metal, 2 other Boss dist. Pedals and I think another one and none of them could touch the MT-2. I would definately buy this pedal if it were stolen and not think twice. I don't think I will ever need another distortion pedal for as long as I live. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on july 19, 2005

Price paid: $ 78.21

Purchased from: Tom Lee Music Company

Ease of Use: Boss pedals are infamous for their ease of use. I mean, anyone with a 3rd grade education could get any sound they want out of this thing. It's really simple. There are 6 knobs. One volume, one treble, one bass, one middle frequency selector, one middle frequency volume, and last of all the distortion volume. Now that could sound daunting (yes, six diffrnt controls), but with a bit of patience you can get any type of distortion from a bluesy crunch noise to a Lamb Of God killer distortion. The manual isn't very helpful, but that's alright because this thing is really easy to figure out. // 10

Sound: I use a crappy Yamaha guitar and a peavy guitar amp. With the Boss MT-2 plugged in, my piece-of-trash Yamaha sounds like a decent Jackson or Ibanez guitar. Seriously, it makes almost anything sound good, if you experiment with the controls a bit. It produces feedback if you turn the distortion on high (which is what I usually do), but thats expected, 'cause this is a metal distortion pedal! Otherwise, it doesnt give feedback. This pedal is great for playing stuff like Vital Remains, Lamb Of God, etc. Mostly metal bands. It can simulate blues drivers, or a crunchy distortion, but its not as good as if you actually went to buy a blues driver or crunch distortion pedal. // 8

Reliability & Durability: You can always depend on Boss pedals. That's what I learned. I've gigged with it for over a year now, and it never let me down. Even when the batteries were a bit low, this thing can still produce a blasphemous distortion! I would definitely use this pedal without backup (wait, I've been doing that for a year already) because when it comes to Boss, there's no need for a backup pedal. // 10

Impression: I play Metal. Mostly thrash metal with heavy influences from Lamb Of God and Slayer. Before I bought this, I tried out a few other metal pedals (like DigiTech), but I wasn't as pleased with the other ones. This pedal is built for metal. Its been a year, and I'm still using the same pedal I bought. Though there are a few scratches on it, it still produces that sweet killer metal sound that no other pedal can compare to. If I lost the pedal, I'd go back down to the music store to get me a new one. There's no compromise. Boss MT-2 is probably the best metal distortion pedal you can get in the markets as of this day. Trust me, you won't be let down by this pedal. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 22, 2005

Price paid: $ 98

Purchased from: Local Guitar Store

Ease of Use: Distortion, it is the most basic guitar effect in the world of modern rock. Boss' MT-2 features gain/dist, output level, low, hi, mid and mid-freq controls. I would recommend this ped as anybody's dist pedal, especially to metal rock players. the controls are really flexible I tell you and you dont need a manual to operate it. Anyway, they should put a warning label saying: "There is an extremely high distortion available, judicious use of the dist control must be observed." // 10

Sound: Very intimidating in terms of size but Boss' MT-2 reminds me of MIB's "Noisy Cricket," You know, the tiny thing which blasts everything in front of it when fired? Getting to the bottom line. I'm using it with a Fender 1600 DSP and I have noticed MT-2's unique ability to combine bassy dists and hi sustains at the same time by just cutting the mid freq section. Just by playing with the controls you could get a variety of extremely distorted sounds and trashy metal Grunge. Trust me, the moment you plug it into your amp, you wont believe its solid state, except if your amp is already a tube amp. // 10

Reliability & Durability: Usually, I bring a DC adaptor when doing gigs and stuff so bag-downs due to batteries are no problem. Talking about durability, those people behind Boss really mean "durable!" Kick the ped around, drop it, stomp it (who doesnt?), throw it and you'll just get a few dings and dents, not on the sound but on the casing. But seriously, damaging the jacks would affect your performance with occasional breaks in sound or whatever. But that's common sense and nobody would intentionally kick it around unless youre already half-insane. // 8

Impression: We usually play metal and sometimes we go smooth clean with bluesy vintage riffs and the MT-2 really fits all the sounds. I've played this ped for about a month and well, its still a two-thumbs-up! I've compared it with other Boss dists when I was testing each for the buy and, well, it ranks above among others. That's pretty subjective but I would really be confident to say that this ped is the one of the best. Pretty cheap for the sound it makes and that you could just save some of your daily allowance to school for this ped, in fact thats what I did. // 10

overall: 9.3

Reviewed by: kornatemymum, on december 26, 2005

Purchased from: Local Guitar Retailer

Ease of Use: This pedal is very easy to use. I really like the ease of the mid range controlls. Further more the manual is quite helpfull for use of a guide line if you haven't used any comparable distortion boxes. // 10

Sound: I'm using this pedal with a variety of guitars through a crate GFX series amp. All I can say is that the sound never fails to impress me. It's so simple to get a great distortion sound for any song you are trying to replicate. I am a big Dry Kill Logic fan and this does wonders replicating their sound, especially on songs like Rot and The Strength I Call My Own. The only time I ever get noise out of my pedal is when I have lots of reverb or chorus dialed in on my amp. Without reverb or chorus dialed in it is cleaner than Mr. Clean. // 10

Reliability & Durability: It seems dam reliable to me. I've put it through some tough stuff, but it is still as it came out of the box. I would in fact use it on stage without a backup on hand. // 8

Impression: I play a lot of heavy music. I play anything from Anal Cunt to Slayer with this pedal and it never stops performing to my expectations. My favorite feature is the mid range dials. It always impresses my how easily I can change my sound using the mid range controlls only. Its a great pedal to find your own unique sound, however it is a shame that it doesn't have chorus. If this pedal had chorus controlls on it I would be in heaven (or hell however you want to look at it). // 9

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 27, 2005

Price paid: $ 100

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: Not very easy. Has 6 knobs, level, high, low, middle, mid freq, and the distortion level. Although a nice piece of machinery, the knobs are an eyesore. Awesome piece of work. Manual is okay, and gives a couple of settings. // 7

Sound: I'm using an Ibanez RG Series(200 dollar, kinda cheap, but pretty good), and I'm using a small sucky Esteban G-10 Amp that you get with that package. They work pretty well, but when this pedal comes into the fight, it sounds really awsome. Even though I can't work well with the knobs, not matter what noobie setting I'm in, it sounds extremely nice. Mostly a hard-rock with Metallica and Black Sabbath. // 9

Reliability & Durability: Like the other pedals out there by Boss, it's built strong. I would totally trust and rely on it. I've never had a gig, but I'm sure it wouldn't let me down for the first 3 years. // 9

Impression: I play mostly from Flaw to Metallica and it sounds really good with all withing that range. I've been playing for over a year now, and all I mostly own is an electric and acoustic guitar. There really isn't any question, just the price. Yowza, and if anyone jacked it from me, the price and sound would have me blowing up a city to get it back. Mostly I love the sound and reliability, but I didn't like the 6 knobs thing, kinda hard for me to work with, but I couldn't compare to any other pedal but the Mega Distortion, which is a very good product, I would've chosen the Mega mostly due to the knobs. So, as it all ends, I seem to find myself giving this product 8 torn off knobs out of 10. // 8

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 22, 2005

Price paid: $ 133.51

Purchased from: Music Stop

Ease of Use: Well, for beginners it might be a dificult task. But on their website it shows a few good setups, to get a metal sound out of it. The manual, I read it, after I figured it out by myself. There's also a few setups there too. It'd only took a little while of fooling around, tweaking this and that, to get your own sound. // 10

Sound: I'm currently using a Peavey 15Watt amplifier which isn't bad, it's actually good. Also a Peavey Raptor EXP Plus. I'm saving for a better axe at the moment. I cranked it up a lot, you can never lose the tone. Like some bad distortion pedals, once you crank something it's all cluttered. I can get a Maiden sound, Slayer, Metallica, BLS, almost anything. Well there's nothing yet that I coculdnt get. The distortion is killer, if you dont have this pedal, then your missing out. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I already dropped it a couple dozen times, nothing happened to it yet. This would be my first choice to use for a gig, even without a backup. I'd have to get batteries or an adaptor. But I've tested the efficiency of this pedal, to a DigiTech HotHead. Well, lets just say mine lasted for 11 hours. The other lasted 7 or so. Big difference when you think about it. Oh I used Panasonic batteries too, so you know which kind to go buy eh. // 10

Impression: Well my style is metal, and etc. Well, would I buy it if I didn't want to play metal? The name says it all. I've been playing ever since christmas, and I've got natural talent. Gonna start soloing by the end of summer. I would definitely buy it again, if stolen. It's the only pedal that suits me. Even the DigiTech Death Metal can't compare to the sounds I get out of this. I love that it's black, and easy to use. There's nothing about this pedal that I hate, but everyone has their own opinions. I dont wish that this pedal needs anything else. It has 6 controls, level, high, low, mid, mid freq, and distortion. The only things you'd ever need. Besides buying another pedal like wah, or tremelo. // 10

overall: 9.8

Reviewed by: tjm16, on january 16, 2006

Purchased from: Second Hand

Ease of Use: // 10

Sound: At the moment, because I don't have a lot of gear, I am just using my Fender Squire Strat straight into the MT-2, and into a Samick 30W amp. When my amp is at an appropriate level (not too loud because its a weak amp), the level of distortion is excellent. When I used it through a Marshall 12x4 stack that I borrowed, it sounded awesome. It has a great range of sounds, from a low level fuzz type distortion (low settibgs), right through to a slicing high treble distortion (high settings). My favourite artists are The Offspring and Metallica. The Metallica sound I can get very easily with this pedal. The Offspring sound is a bit harder, and would probably be easier with other effects as well. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I can definitely rely on my favourite pedal. It is my favourite pedal out of all the pedals I have ever played with. I would definitely use it on a gig without a backup. However, if there was no DC, I might take a few batteries, such a powerful pedal is likely to chew batteries (I don't know, I always use the DC). // 9

Impression: I play heavy rock/metal music. The pedal I have chosen is perfect, exactly what I wanted it to be. I also own a Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal, which I used before I bought this. Once I started playing with the MT-2, my DS-1 has hardly been touched. And when I do use it, it doesn't sound the same as it used to, compared to the MT-2. If it was stolen, I would chase down the bitch who took it. If I lost it, I would throw a tantrum, then go and buy it, without a doubt. // 10

Reviewed by: unregistered, on december 28, 2005

Price paid: $ 102.48

Purchased from: Rockingrooster.co.uk/

Ease of Use: Being new to effects pedals, I was recommended Boss by a friend of mine. Immediately I was slightly impressed and slightly worried by the amount of settings on the MT-2 Boss effects pedal. Although a useful Boss website and instruction leaflet got me straight up and running, and creating some amazing sounds I never though possible. I would need to play around with this pedal abit more to get the exact sound I want but great fun to play with. // 9

Sound: Currently I'm using a small 15Watt Marshall Amp (MG15DFX), which gives a good sound. And I haven't had a problem with it so far with this effects pedal. The guitar is a Ibanez SA series guitar that seems to suit this pedal well. I find this effects pedal creates most of my favorite bands sounds through one pedal. All in all I carn't fault it one bit. // 10

Reliability & Durability: I can totally depend on this pedal to work and create a sound I want when I want it. Although I wouldn't go to a gig without some sort of backup, I think I would consider it with this MT-2 Boss effects pedal. Especially because of its strong construction. // 10

Impression: Playing rock, metal music this pedal performs well. I havn't been playing long but this pedal enables me to match my playing to my favorite bands music and keeps me wanting to play more. If this pedal was stolen or lost I would go out and buy a new one straight away. I haven't found anything I have hated about this pedal but I'm still looking for a fault with it, which I havn't found. I did not really compare to any other products, for me Boss are the only manufacturer I would use from now on. If all there products are built and perform like this pedal then I can't go far wrong. // 10

overall: 5.8

Reviewed by: demonshred, on february 15, 2007

Price paid: $ 151.2

Purchased from: Ad Lib Music

Ease of Use: The pedal is very to get the sound out and user friendly and very easy to use.The Sound Is easily achievable, and with room to expirement for sure, The manual comes in handy but it's only a template for sound settings. You can easily make your own sound with experimentation. // 5

Sound: I used a Jackson King V on it A Steve Vai signature Jem and a cheap strat with a Marshall MG100DFX and A 100watt Crate amp and it sounded great.I decided to set my own tone and it suits generally all metal sounds. It is noise free with the good pickups on the guitar but basic strat pickups buzz. The sound is always good providing you use a Boss 9v adaptor but with the battery you have'nt much optimal perfomance. It is good for all your favourite bands from settings to heavy metal to blues, jazz, rock whatever I listen to Maiden, Trivium, Metallica and Megadeth mainly and it's perfectly suited to that sound, and with dropped tunings a death metal sound which is good too. The distortion is excellent just unbeatable compared to other manufacturers distortion pedals. // 5

Reliability & Durability: Its generally reliable but if you leave in the wet it obviously wont work, but inside it's very reliable never had problems with mine had it for months now and still sounds good. I would say you could go on a gig without backup, I am confident about that I used it to play practice sessions in a cold hall and it ran perfectly. // 5

Impression: I play mainly metal and shred and the sound matches very well. I have been playing over a year I also use a Marshall MG100DFX, Korg Tuners, Dunlop Picks 46mm to 1mm depends on the grip type, An Aria STG.3 Stratocaster and a Jackson Dinky Pro. I would in a flash repurchase one if mine was stolen. I just love the tone there's nothing I dislike about it my favourite is the middle tone knob and middle frequency knob great benefit. I compared it to the Boss DS-1 and MD-1 and DigiTech Grunge pedal and there was no comparison between all. I choose the MT-2 because I tried it before purchase and sayed wow! I had been playing off a 10 watt Practice amp and was'nt use to playing good distortion. I wish the MT-2 had a countor knob like the MG's settings. // 8

overall: 7.5

Reviewed by: blink_nirvana, on december 21, 2004

Price paid: $ 110.5921

Purchased from: St. Johns Music

Ease of Use: This is an excellent pedal however I found that no matter what the settings were to get a sound I wanted it was very difficult, and the pitch was a bit too high. However a manual was given, and it shows many great settings. // 8

Sound: I'm am currently using my Boss MT-2 pedal with an ok Sunrise electric (spinoff of a strat) with a 25 watt Fender Bullet Reverb amp. And it is serving me just fine! However soon I am planning to upgrade to maybe a 100 Watt Marshall Stack, and then to either the Tom Delonge Custom Strat, or a standard Gibson Les Pauls. Then I will be able to see what this thing is really made of! On some setttings this pedal gives basically no feedback, however of course there are some settings that there is some feedback but it is not very much at all! I've tried very hard to get settings of my favourie artists and I have come close (Blink 182, Sum 41, Nirvana, some heavier stuff like Metallica). // 6

Reliability & Durability: This pedal has excellent durability, it is a metal/steel frame and can take some punishment. However make sure you replace the battery before any gig, or having an adapter is an even better idea! If you have an adapter there should be no problem with it running out of fuel! // 10

Impression: I play mainly rock, punk-rock, and alternative. This is a good pedal to start off with however I think soon I'll find a better pedal that can suit my needs. I have been playing for only one year however I am dedicated and a very fast learner and I am already tearing up basically every tab I Pick up (i. e. Nirvana, Blink 182, Sum 41, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Metallica, Jimi Hendricks, RHCP) and the list goes on. If this pedal was stolen or lost I would not buy the same pedal. Despite it being an excellent peda, I am ready for a more advanced pedal, and am thinking of one of those pedals that have multi-effects on them. I wish this pedal didn't have such a high pitch. This pedal is a great pedal and I would suggest it to any guitarist just jamming in his basement. However anybody in a descent band or that is a more advanced guitarist should not buy this pedal without comparing it to other pedals on the market. I am currently using this pedal with my band, and I am not very pleased with it! // 6

Reviewed by: unregistered, on june 14, 2006

Purchased from: Guitar Center

Ease of Use: // 10

Sound: I use a Gibson SG and Washburn Dime 332 through a Peavey 05 2x12 combo, and I don't need it. However, I have much experience with pedals, and I can tell anyone interested in this pedal to keep moving. The only sensible use of this is as a boost, with the EQ neutral, volume all the way up and gain all the way down. However, you can get a much better boost pedal for much cheaper. Any other use for it is much to digital and fuzzy. No clarity and definition, much accredited to the lack of mids, as well as a generally poor pedal. // 1

Reliability & Durability: It's a metal chassis, and durable. You can depend on it, as long as it's not in your signal chain. // 10

Impression: Good god, anyone who uses this live should be prosecuted for stinging the eardrums of the listeners (or lack thereof) with thousands of bees. Fuzzy and buzzy are the two tone styles of this pedal. If anybody is looking to reproduce Metallica's tone or Pantera's tone or whatever, forget it. Even with any other pedal, getting the artist's sound will be very, very difficult. They throw thousands of dollars into their rigs. You CAN get decent distortion pedals. However, the MT-2, with its tone at the price it's listed for, is a waste. // 1

overall: 5

Reviewed by: ravenrage07, on july 17, 2007

Purchased from: present from friend

Ease of Use: It is not hard to use actually. It is pretty simple and plenty of knob configurations to play around with. I didn't get a manual for it because it was used. This thing even with that said sucks. It's really hard to get a good sound out of it. it's not hard to operate, just really hard to get a good "real" guitar sound out of it. I got mostly hiss and buzz. It also eats batteries like crazy. // 4

Sound: I used it with different amps. They werent good amps but that doesn't matter because I have used it with other people's amps which were better. Marshall MG-15CD, Fender Frontman 15G, Crate GX-15 (only one it did okay with, not great), and a crappy First Act amp. Anyway it's very noisy, plenty of hiss and buzz. If you don't have a suppressor this pedal is useless. Even with one the sound sucks really bad. It has basically no tone, the only person Who could ever want this is Dimebag. it's totally super gained and has absolutely no tonality or real guitar sound it it. It just sounds like a high pitched thin buzzing. The effects are very weak and thin. Thank god I didn't pay for this piece of crap. // 4

Reliability & Durability: It is okay I guess, but only if you have an adaptor. I don't know if it will break or not. I haven't used it enough because of the terrible sound and tone from it. I imagine just becauses it's a Boss pedal that it's really tough, just crappy sound. It isnt worth the time or money. // 6

Impression: I play real metal. Metallica, Megadeth, In Flames, Mercenary, Vai, Gilbert, Mr. Big, Alcatrazz, ect. I have been playing for over 5 years and have been using many pedals over the years. I use a BC Rich bronze warlock with Duncan SH-6 and SH-2. I would never buy it if I lost it. That may be a good thing if I lost it. // 6

Comments

[kt_guitarist]

a good pedal but it realy sharp in combination with a marshall amp. i like the tones although i am thinking on buying another more bluesy-er pedal. its a real cold one

[Warhead666]

I have one and just got it today, absolutely amazing, takes time to get used to the EQ.

[the spiker]

Shred some seroius sh!t with this. My breath was taken away with the heavy riffs I can pull off now. You just need to spend some time to get ot know your new pedal. Turn every knob eveyr which way and you'll soon realize how frigggin baddass this thing is. Don't buy the DS-7 Distortoin Factory because this is way better.

[aza_rock_god]

i just bought one today (my early bday pressie) and MAN it has blown me away! the things you can make out of this, wow! i love it, but it does get frustrating if you cant find your right sound.. overall i love it!

[LiveinBerkum]

bought it today... f***** greatest sound i ever heard!! i found my true love

[diablos]

have had one for ages, really ive never found a good use for it, the sounds on my mode four are much better...

we do use it a bit as a preamp (with the dist way down) for recording purpose to cut out some of the boomy lower end stuff but my mates got one aswell so im now looking to sell it.

i live in ireland and im loking for 60 euro if anyones interested =P

[hippieking24]

i like this pedal a lot, still not as great as my screamin' blues pedal, but a great pedal

[bc_rich_m7]

i dont care wat people have to say abou tthis pedal its gr8!! the names jst gives it away METAL!!!, you can get some amazing sounds of it!

[boboguitar]

I got this pedal a couple days ago. it rules!!! it can make so many different sounds

[xwrench1x]

awesome pedal i have a 120 watt dual 12'' speaker, sounds great

[silencedogood]

This video demonstrates the pedal...
http://www.gearwire.com/boss-mt2.html

[OttovanZanten]

i tested it, don't see Y people find it so hard to get a right sound, I just turned all te knobs and found the PERFECT sound in 5 minutes...

[Danis1]

If some champion manages to find a very close System of a Down or Aveneged Sevenfold tone can you please please post it! Also write what your treble and bass settings. Its a great pedal but as many others have said it is really hard to find a good tone with it, 9/10

[punksucks666]

im looking for a hatebreed, chimaira or evanesense sound, i dont have this, im using a randall 200 wat g2 half stack, should i buy this pedal, i hate to say it but im a bit of a newbie at this

[nickwarhead]

If you already have a high gain tube amp, you have no need for this pedal. Buy a decent overdrive and work with the sounds that the amp has, not this buzzy fake sounding pedal...

[Nickleback1192]

I Bought this pedal yesterday and it's awsome for metal A7X Korn Papa Roach HInder

[thisfallen]

holy hell thats a lot of reviews for a shitty pedal, get smart and buy digitech.

[guitarist_with_]

I find the MT-2 to be... too smooth. Ive been tweaking this thing for a long long time and it just hasnt got any balls. Im often just using straight marshall distortion (lets face it, nothing beats pure marshall dist.) or my Line 6 DM-4.

[guitarist_with_]

good pedal but i find it doesnt have balls. Its too smooth.

[Donkey Fly]

Marshall is usually Overdrive....and it can be noisy sometimes.....this pedal is extremely quiet compared to some of the amps i've played on.....including a marshall MG series amongst Line 6 gear. That's a good thing by the way....for all you who don't know.....im talking about the unwanted noise.

Checked.

[NathanWolff]

I don't like the pedal. Its a good pedal if you're just beginning in my opinion.

[NOtrab]

went to band practice today without it and almost cryed...love this pedal...think i might get a blues driver next though

[kdog215]

great pedal.. it was my first pedal.. can get alot of good tones out of it... metal,thrash,punk,hardcor
e,classic rock... lots of stuff

[Cpt. FLue]

You guys really shouldn't read the manual and set it after that. Find your own distortion. I've tryed my friends' and its really not that hard. You just need a good sense for such things.

[Cpt. FLue]

And other that that... it DOES got balls. This thing can just be the most insane pedal you can find if you know how to tweak it right. i've been playing on many pedals and amps and this one beats em all

[Dr.Tomahawk]

Popular little pedal then this? (:O Lol ^^ 66 Reviews)

[mi2tom]

Got this for years it's good but it's not that great, It can't beat my uber metal, one thing about the metal zone is that it sounded kinda nasally

[metalshreder]

I like the tone of the Metal Zone but only to a certain extent

[The -A- Man]

Cpt. FLue wrote:

And other that that... it DOES got balls. This thing can just be the most insane pedal you can find if you know how to tweak it right. i've been playing on many pedals and amps and this one beats em all

I agree. i think the secret to getting the best of the pedal is to tweak the mid and mid freqeuncy to shape the tone. It took a while to find the perfect setting for me but i finnally got it . and it is insane.

Highs: 12 o clock Lows: All The way up
Mid: 9 o clock Mid freq: All the way down
Distortion: All the way up

That seeting is great for heavy metal in my opinion

[Nocomment]

71 Reviews?!?!

[MEGADETH1122]

its the best pedal ever

[C_majzer]

$100! ...for this one! get the DF-7 it's MUCH better, same price too!

Nocomment :
71 Reviews?!?!

& yeah, 73 reveiws! DAMN!

[C_majzer]

sorry, my comment above didnt go through all the way^^, what I said was: "pay $100 on the DF-7"!!

[Wolfs_Hour]

im a professional guitarist and this helped out alot when starting out..but if you have a good amp ahem...5150..you dont need this pedal at all..best pedal though..second to none

[onlyrock]

Hi.

I bought this pedal this very day, and I have to say it sounds terific! I love that you can get so many different tones out of it!
I can play pretty much like some of Metallica's albums, and the same time discovered I, that if get a fuzzy kind of setup, and you cut the on your guitar, you get something more like Jimi Hendrix. Of course not exactly, but more than I expected. I think that is pretty amazing!
And I would like to know if anyone could give a setup which could sound a little like AC/DC? I love that band, and wonder if anyone could help me get this sound just a little. That would really help me! :
Thanks!

Onlyrock

[onlyrock]

Hi.

I bought this pedal this very day, and I have to say it sounds terific! I love that you can get so many different tones out of it!
I can play pretty much like some of Metallica's albums, and the same time discovered I, that if get a fuzzy kind of setup, and you cut the tone on your guitar, you get something more like Jimi Hendrix. Of course not exactly, but more than I expected. I think that is pretty amazing!
And I would like to know if anyone could give a setup which could sound a little like AC/DC? I love that band, and wonder if anyone could help me get this sound just a little. That would really help me!
Thanks!

Onlyrock

Ps. and I would also like to know if anyone could show/tell me how to make their right setup for:

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Jimi Hendrix.

Thanks a lot!

[Diana Manson]

hi everyone...just let me say that this pedal is so funck`n great.. the sounds is really really good, and you dont need to spend a lot of money.. this pedal gives you a professional sound and tone.. rock it..!!

[life 4 a life]

this pedal is great for gigs, practice, and anything else. i love mine. tip fo users-dont be afraid to crank up the mid and high equaliser for good tone. oh, and ive jumped on this thing so many times. durability is great.

[Danis1]

Danis1 wrote:
..... Its a great pedal but as many others have said it is really hard to find a good tone with it, 9/10

heheheheheh, oh godd how times change LOL!!!
yeah not that great a pedal, im not sure what i was thinking, i used to be such a n00b, even not that long ago. Dudes dont get this little cake of shit, its no more than that. The digitech Distortion Factory has this, and more models in its options, besides it has the same controls as this one. This Mt2 is okay for its equalisation options, which dont feature in many other pedals, but like i said....the distortion factory features it aswell!

[greasemonkey]

i've played the digitech version and it really is just a very cheap imitation of it.

[phenom1991]

the ones that say this is perfect must be newbies...its kinda noisy without soundgate! it gets really noisy at high volumes but its a decent pedal

[H1ghGa1n]

I've had this pedal for a while and its good for rhythm stuff, but I hate the way it makes solos sound. I'm definitely getting it modded, buying a new pedal, or maybe getting a nice tube amp. When I was a total n00b this pedal was everything I ever wanted. Now that I have more of an ear for tone I think I think i need something new.

[ToolRickHead]

Best pedal to get that Tool sound as well.

[x0rsist]

Soemone get me a tone for "december flower" by in flames please!

[jdF250]

very nasty, in a bad way

[motleycrue69]

could it sound like bon jovi?

[motleycrue69]

or motley crue btw

[mad4metal]

How do you people get sounds like Zeppelin and Hendrix out of this pedal? A hard as I try I can not get much other than a thrash metal sound or a hard rock sound.

[footychimp]

Guys, im looking at the Boss ds-2 turbo distortion or the Boss Mt-2 (this one) on my prs se billy martin. I like nu-metal, rock, alternative rock, punk, grunge and bit of metal and thrash like greenday, evanescence, linkink park, trivium, my chemical romance... Which one do you guys recommend? thanks

[Donkey Fly]

Please Note!

I don't like Green Day anymore and my gear has got alot better

[.:Darkness:.]

@ footychimp, judging on what you listed i would say that the MT-2 suits your needs more.

The DS-2 suits more classic rock such as AC-DC where as the MT-2 overdrives alot liek bands such as metallica dn megadeth.

[footychimp]

@ darkness, hey thanks for the reply, ive added the md-2 mega distortion to the list as i found out about it, heard its for nu-metal and punk rock etc... You think it would suit thrash and metal?

If so, which one mt-2 or md-2

[hellview_666]

I recently bought this pedal...never played something so good in my life - after using an MD-2, Digitech Grunge and many others, this is the pedal that sutis me!!

[RR3]

yess im a metal player plating all types death/black/folk/power, etc

this pedal performs ladies and gentleman, the thud you get from this when palm muting is f*kn gravy and i reccomend this pedal to everyone! i also use a DS-1 along with the MT-2 when soloing as the MT-2 alone is too agressive and needs more warmth.

i give the MT-2 a 10/10

[the spiker]

Instead of the DS-1, why not use the GE7 to get that warmth?

[.:Darkness:.]

footychimp:

I dont know much about the MD-2 but i play alot of thrash (a LOT of thrash) and my MT-2 suits this very well.

my setting:

Level: 120
High: 50
Low: 20
Mid: 70 (Cut completely)
Mid Freq.: 120
Dist.: 50

Hope that helps

[.:Darkness:.]

^^Well that didn't turn out well at all.. i think you can still work it out ....

[Saffron_Inferno]

im about to buy this pedal...i hope its good

[ralleymonkey]

hey can someone please help me out with a metallica- enter sandman, master of puppets, am i evil, slayer-dead skin mask, Lamb Of God, or childen of bodom setting. If anyone wants i have an pretty good Pantera-cowboys from hell, domination, cemetary gates and clash with reality setting. If anyone can help me id greatly appreciate it Thanx

[GoFoT9]

i got this pedal.. and the first time i showed the drummer in my band he said "thats not distortion... thats bringing down the house!!... literaly!!"

[hardcoredarrell]

Best sound for me with it

Level---90
Low-----Max
High----10:30 to 110
Middle---100 ish
Mid F----90
Dist-----1:30

best I can get but get a EH Metal muff its better I have both

[iTzMaTT]

I'm looking at one of these...These reviews are helpful!

[ralleymonkey]

iTzMaTT- Dude buy this pedal you wont and cant go wrong, it seemed for me a little intimidating and had to screw with it for bout 30 min but i cant get enought of that sound the perfect sound iv always wanted. Rock ON!!

[ralleymonkey]

iTzMaTT Dude get this pedal, you wont and cant go wrong. For me it was a little intimidating geting use to it but after bout 30 min screwing with it I eventually got the perfect sound for all arround good metal Metallica , Pantera everything!!!! Rock On

[sakos]

It's amazing! I'm just figuring a pretty sound but I can't guess it. Can somebody help me, how can I get the new-school heavy metal sound of:
- Metallica - Invisible Kid (intro) ,or
- metallica - Some kind of monster (break part), or maybe
- Rammstein - Amerika ("this is not a love song..." part)
In this parts of these songs the sound of the guitar is perfect. So I want to get this sound. It's similar to Slipknot's sound. So please help me to figure this cool sound! thanx

[ralleymonkey]

sakos- I have a good setting for u its more like a heavy metal almost pantera but with a metallica twist on it
Level-10
High-full
Low-4:30
Mid Freq-8
Middle-3
Dist-Full
I hope that helps Rock On

[sakos]

Thanx ralleymonkey! It's close, but I'm not so satisfied with the tone... Did you listen to this songs? If not, try on YouTube,and...

[ralleymonkey]

Yes I have herd those songs but the sound will differ with different types of amps and guitars. Il work on a good one tonite and see if i can help u find a good setting... Cheers

[sakos]

Ok, no problem! thanx

[wadthefish]

to sound like muse would the ds-1 or the metal zone sound better

[AlphaShred]

Can somebody help me, how can I get the metal sound of:

- Metallica - Master of Puppets (Riffs)

[sakos]

hi alpha! Try this:
Level 10
high 8
low 8
middle 3
mid freq 6
dist full

[rockhard90s]

This sounds like heavy metal dude!!!!!

[ralleymonkey]

Hey i need a CKY Setting it doesnt matter wat song can someone help me please thanks

[Zeroxsk8er1]

mad4metal wrote:

How do you people get sounds like Zeppelin and Hendrix out of this pedal? A hard as I try I can not get much other than a thrash metal sound or a hard rock sound.

its called Metal Zone for a reason.

[squierkid71]

i've heard many samples for this pedal on youtube and whatnot. but i wanna know if this pedal will sound good through weaker amps. say like a 30-watter solid state?

[Run.to.the.hill]

quite frankly, i would say no, no matter how good your icing is a shitty piece of cake is a shitty piece of cake, it will probably help a little if you run cleans through the amp, but not for the money, better to save towards a nicer amp

[squierkid71]

@ run.to.the.hill
thanx for the advice
what amp do u recommend if i wanted to buy a 30-watt solid state? (i'm kind of on a budget) and would it be worth it to buy a small tube amp i.e a crate palomino v8/v16?

PS. I play mostly metal like metallica and pantera. thought i'd just let u know.

[gorecore=me]

someone get me a Chilodren of bodom sound out of this.please
also All that remains..
both great band but im struggling to imitate their sounds

[janamere69]

Brilliant! Sounds like a angrered stack! Perfect for metal!

[DOMR28]

for all you who said that this pedal lacks balls, you're not setting it right. This pedal is not the best for beginners, if it is your first and you set it right away then your just lucky is all. I find that running it through chorus and 7 band EQ makes it even more badass, though the raw sound is nothing to scoff at either. Just caused I'm pissed at Line 6, tonecore pedals sound great but are unreliable pieces of shit.

[DOMR28]

squierkid71 wrote:

@ run.to.the.hill
thanx for the advice
what amp do u recommend if i wanted to buy a 30-watt solid state? (i'm kind of on a budget) and would it be worth it to buy a small tube amp i.e a crate palomino v8/v16?

PS. I play mostly metal like metallica and pantera. thought i'd just let u know.

In 13 yrs I have not found a single Crate that does this job efficiently by itself. If your intent on buying a crate, you'd better have a good effects processor or pedal setup. I seem to remember that Marshall had a pretty good sound when I was searching the small amp arena.

[Kyle_Daoust]

can anyone get me a setting for ...and justice for all by metallica?

[bucketbots]

helo everyone , i think mt-2 is the best metal pedal...

[742627000017]

Since when Mr.Big is REAL METAL ???
Cannibal corpse plays with MT2

[thedayididntdie]

can anyone get me a pantera setting?

[guitarfreak222]

This pedal is awesome!!!!! but theres an even heavvier pedal with is the metal core but i stick with dis pedal becoz the metal core is a bit too heavy 4 me

[holierthanthou1]

Kyle_Daoust wrote:

can anyone get me a setting for ...and justice for all by metallica?

Turn down the mid and turn up the highs and lows and then just play with it from there. It's an awesome pedal. I play it through and ESP ex-260 and it sounds just like Metallica at their best.

Ive just recently started having problems where my guitar sounds perfect for a few riffs but then the sound quickly dies away and turns into an ugly indescribable crunch. Pretty sure its the pedal cause the guitar's new and the amp is way to expensive to do that. I'm definately going to replace this pedal with the same one.

[the_addict]

holierthanthou1 wrote:

Kyle_Daoust wrote:

can anyone get me a setting for ...and justice for all by metallica?


Turn down the mid and turn up the highs and lows and then just play with it from there. It's an awesome pedal. I play it through and ESP ex-260 and it sounds just like Metallica at their best.

Ive just recently started having problems where my guitar sounds perfect for a few riffs but then the sound quickly dies away and turns into an ugly indescribable crunch. Pretty sure its the pedal cause the guitar's new and the amp is way to expensive to do that. I'm definately going to replace this pedal with the same one.

you could have the electronics replaced in your current metal zone with american pots and stuff. I've heard that it sounds alot better when you do that. I own one of these and the pedal is awesome!

[bucketbots]

sounds like in hell

[The^Unforgiven]

Man, I just don't get why some people find this pedal crappy. It WILL sound like shit if you play it with a shitty amp. But what's this shit about it giving bad feedback on high volumes? That only happens if you put the level high. I manage just well with the level relatively low, and it still sound amazing on high volumes when I dial up the master volume on my amp... bottom line: anyone who can use this baby as it's supposed to be used can't be dissapointed.

[KnifelineAttack]

The sound you get out of this pedal very much depends on your gear. It sounds much different on my 25-watt Fender than it does on my 100-watt Marshall. This clean settings you're using also play a huge role in the sound that comes out. It's very hard to find a really good, full-sounding tone at first. It takes some time, but once you really tap into this thing, I doubt you'll be disappointed! That is, unless you don't have the AC adaptor. That's also essential.

[ralleymonkey]

Hey can someone please help me out with a blind guardian or iced earth setting, anything close will be better than wat i have...thanks alot

[Mind Kill]

This with any Roland Cube is win.

[ralleymonkey]

Hey would anyone happen to have a setting for Rammstein-Du Hast any help atall would be greatly appreciated thanks

[ralleymonkey]

if it helps the gear i use is a Dean Dime Shadow ML, darius 2002 vintage half stack and ofcourse the MT-2. also i could use a Metallica-Master of puppets setting

[TheSoother]

can somebody post the defaults?

mine did not come with a manual.

[TheSoother]

^^^ i mean presets

[deanplayer18]

man this pedal is sick my friend justin has it and it is sick in his ibanez running threw a little fender combo amp its loud even with the headphones on we still heard every note being played threw it and this thing screams harmonics i also use it in my gfs digitech df-7 distortion factory pedal cuz this pedal is programed into it and it the only setting i play on the harmonics scream out of this thing i love it so im gonna try and pick one of these up to have around i know the guitarest from six feet under uses this with his overdrivin mesas which gives him his hard as nails sound

[unholy_love]

This definitely is good. I use it alot... considering I have a Line 6 Spider III. =/

[gupadoo]

could i get a Cannibal corpse sound out of this ?

[SCREAMxAIMxFIRE]

FUCKING AWESOME! i just got it today, i went into andertons, tried out this pedal, i didnt need to try any more cos i loved it SO MUCH

got my sound out of it, its perfect.

it was my first pedal, but compared to what ive heard from my m8s pedals, this one is far superior.

i use an indie sky 10 amp and shine SIL-80 guitar.

[Dithindious]

With only about 5 reviews under an 8 for sound and 3 of those being under 7 out of nearly 100 reviews it really goes to show how strong this pedal actually is!
Anyone that says that the sound out of a line 6 spider is better than anything should instantly be discredited and anyone who says this pedal is too hissy or lacks mids has obviously got something far wrong with there setup!
EMGs plus this can give you a great metal sound! The only thing better is a high end valve amp but if you have one of them what are you using distortion pedals for...

[viper_mike]

i found that getting a good distortion sound on a clean channel was a bit challenging, but when i use it as a booster it sounds awesome. great metal sound if you use it with a crunch channel. even better when using a tube amp and the pedal as a booster

[Mr_Rawr_Rawr II]

all u have to do is dial back the dist. knob.

Zeroxsk8er1 wrote:

mad4metal wrote:

How do you people get sounds like Zeppelin and Hendrix out of this pedal? A hard as I try I can not get much other than a thrash metal sound or a hard rock sound.



its called Metal Zone for a reason.

[296801]

This a kick ass pedal. Kinda tricky to get really killer sounds using the EQ. But overall damn good for my syle of music. I play thrash metal. And for much, much heavier stuff i'd use a Metal Core.

[RGshred88]

if u want a noisy and digital sound get this pedal.....if not save for a better amp or a tube distortion pedal.

[JakeFarnsworthy]

its nice

[DoomsdayRyder69]

it's actually quite easy to get a blues sound out of it. more like a blues-rock, but no matter. get a better amp, first thing. i used to have a Crate GTD120. i had my pedal set to essentially a hard rock/metal setting, but i used to overdrive channel on the amp to mellow out the sound, giving me somewhat of an eighties dirty rock sound, similar to Aerosmith or GnR. once you've had this pedal for about six months, you get a real handle over what setting will give you what sound. it also goes very well with a Dunlop CFH Wah Pedal

[Viking_Swede666]

The BBE Green Screamer eats this thing alive...

[zakkwyldefan79]

I play alot of thrash metal and this pedal is perfect for it.

[raviction]

I dont find this pedal nosiy and obviously when u bring the guitar or the pedal close to the amp, you are certain to get that hiss. The EQ is an added advantage which comes with this pedal. You can get a wide range of sounds from this pedal. Dont go by the name "Metal Zone". It can do more than that. You can get warm tones, crunch tones and you can even get a DS-1 kinda sound from this [Trust me]. So folks who are gonna get a DS-1 in near future, drop that plan and go for this, because DS-1 has a more treblish kinda sound which you migh tnot like it.

[alles7]

i love this pedal.. i rock it with a 1958 explorer and theres nothing like it!

[Sicko 21X7]

too much feedback, bad ass tones and all. just too much feedback

[trivium036]

AHHH TOO MANY REVIEWS, EXTREMELY POINTLESS. 3 REVIEWS IS ENOUGH.

I felt caps was necessary because after all those reviews this comment would feel too miniscule without them.

[pantallica95]

footychimp wrote:

I like nu-metal, rock, alternative rock, punk, grunge and bit of metal and thrash like greenday, evanescence, linkink park, trivium, my chemical romance...

green day is NOT metal. neither is evanescence, linkin park, or MCR (shudder).

[pantallica95]

Sicko 21X7 wrote:

too much feedback, bad ass tones and all. just too much feedback

i cant get mine to feed back at all. have to boost the gain w/my amp dist

[randomhero93]

pantallica95 wrote:

footychimp wrote:

I like nu-metal, rock, alternative rock, punk, grunge and bit of metal and thrash like greenday, evanescence, linkink park, trivium, my chemical romance...


green day is NOT metal. neither is evanescence, linkin park, or MCR (shudder).

He just listed 7 different styles and i do believe greenday falls under the punk/alternative rock.

[Curmic189]

It is good for metal, but too harsh for rock or blues (unless you are going hard rock or grunge maybe). Great for pinch harmonics and mad riffing.
Sounds bad at low gain level.

I have a MG30DFX Marshall 30W amp. When I use this pedal with it, it sounds harsh and flat. Even when I change the EQ every which way. But when I use my amp's overdrive instead (even set to lower gain and volume) the sound is fuller and feels more 3-dimensional than the pedal. Maybe round/projecting is better description thand 3D.
So the pedal has flat and bad tone compared to good old amp overdrive.

[thecheat3224]

This pedal is great for any type of metal, grunge, punk, alternative, etc. This was my first pedal, and I'm not gonna let go of it any time soon.

[mappy]

This pedal is awesome!!!! the sound with my les paul run through my Marshall comes out amazing!!!!

[Ironpriest]

im gonna buy this tommorow.
any good for judas priest, iron maiden, motley crue, ACDC etc?

[slayer666z]

This petal kicks ass

[powerchord_97]

This pedal rocks..! I saw one just yesterday and when i came back today, it's gone..! I can't believe any pedal can be sold that fast... I sure wish I was the one who bought it...

[livewire76]

Ive got one and its pretty damn good! But goddamn!! How many reviews do you need for one PEDAL?? :p

[RighteousMagik]

(This is for the people who commented about the sound not coming out the way they want.) If your looking to buy this pedal it is built for harder rock and many styles of metal. I will repeat that if you want an over driven sound go for an overdrive pedal, because obviously overdrive and distortion aren't the same thing.

[cmacTR4Q]

Why does everybody think that this pedal sounds digital? You obviously don't know how 2 EQ it right. It sounds just fine.

[cmacTR4Q]

what would you consider to be a better choice? mt-2 or electro-harmonix metal muff?

[Vitooch]

onlyrock wrote:

I bought this pedal this very day, and I have to say it sounds terific! I love that you can get so many different tones out of it!
I can play pretty much like some of Metallica's albums, and the same time discovered I, that if get a fuzzy kind of setup, and you cut the tone on your guitar, you get something more like Jimi Hendrix. Of course not exactly, but more than I expected. I think that is pretty amazing!
And I would like to know if anyone could give a setup which could sound a little like AC/DC? I love that band, and wonder if anyone could help me get this sound just a little. That would really help me!
Thanks!

Onlyrock

Ps. and I would also like to know if anyone could show/tell me how to make their right setup for:

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Jimi Hendrix.

Thanks a lot!

for metallicas tone (hetfields) turn down the mid real low and the rest wutever sounds best

[hotrats57]

I picked up one of these about 3 years ago, and i've never looked back. best distortion pedal going.

[Armagedden66]

i was gonna buy one of these, but the dude at the shop told me i should get the ibanez smash box SM7, seeing all the reviews, i think i shouldve bought it anyway

[soultan]

great ! thanks for the set up

[soultan]

hey , is there anyone know blues setting for mt 2 ?

[BigDwii]

I'm thinking of getting a distortion pedal because i like to play heavy metal.
Does this pedal give a really good bass? I keep on hearing people saying that it is too dry and thin. I personal like a heavy low sound such as Kilswitch Engage and Disturbed. will this pedal do this or should i look at the ML-2 Metal Core?

[yngwie.jnr]

BigDwii wrote:

I'm thinking of getting a distortion pedal because i like to play heavy metal.
Does this pedal give a really good bass? I keep on hearing people saying that it is too dry and thin. I personal like a heavy low sound such as Kilswitch Engage and Disturbed. will this pedal do this or should i look at the ML-2 Metal Core?

i kinda made a mistake buying this pedal it is too smooth if you want just brutal ****ing metal sound dont get this pedal..my opinion anywaii dude..

[$k!llz]

it is metter that the metalcore?

[Atheistgreek]

I have a line 6 spider and i ll get soon a jackson dkmg (EMGs 81-85). What dou you think is the best pedal to play anything metal( thrash, groove and heavy the most)?? Metal core(it sounded heavier to me in some soundcheck videos in youtube), Metal zone or something else??? Thanks

[yngwie.jnr]

i now run this pedal through a hm-2 aswell... best ****ing sound EVER!

i dont regret this pedal anymore

[ralleymonkey]

Hey i saw that some people were looking for a Children OF Bodom setting... i have a really good one that works for me with pretty much every song and has so much crunch and just great overall so solo's or anyone who is looking for that extra bite

-----Pedal----
lever-roughly half
High-full
Low-between 2 and 3
Middle-none
Mid Freq-roughly 11
dist-all the way up

----Amp---
Lows-10
Middle-12
High-3
Reverb--u can add a lil if desired

Thats exactly the setting that are on my pedal and on my amp i use a Crate GT 212 i hope that halps atall Thanks guys

[ralleymonkey]

Heyyy Atheistgreek man trust me the BOSS MT-2 is much better than the metal core. I bought the metal core raight after i purchassed my MT-2 with intensions that the Metal core sounded better bue to the vids i seen on youtube... i was sorely mistaken the MT-2 is by much better in every way possible. you dont have much controle with the metal core its very straight forward but with the MT-2 u have more controle over ur highs and lows and mids...but overall the MT-2 is the way to go when it comes to any kind of metal or blusey stuff. I think u will be bery pleased with this pedal .. Thanks again

[Atheistgreek]

thanks ralleymonkey

[Jorge93]

how much is this in canada.. in general??

[tom1thomas1]

ralleymonkey wrote:

Hey i saw that some people were looking for a Children OF Bodom setting... i have a really good one that works for me with pretty much every song and has so much crunch and just great overall so solo's or anyone who is looking for that extra bite

-----Pedal----
lever-roughly half
High-full
Low-between 2 and 3
Middle-none
Mid Freq-roughly 11
dist-all the way up

----Amp---
Lows-10
Middle-12
High-3
Reverb--u can add a lil if desired

Thats exactly the setting that are on my pedal and on my amp i use a Crate GT 212 i hope that halps atall Thanks guys

knobs past 10

[mrnbkn]

soultan wrote:

hey , is there anyone know blues setting for mt 2 ?

the MT-2 its a really nasty dist pedal to play blues.

[ralleymonkey]

hahahaha couldnt agree more man....best advide..get another pedal lol....but if no crank down the dist and flatten out the mids shouls give u somehting a lil smoother..the best way is just to take like 20+ min and just mess with it to find somehting u like but ya deff find urself a diff pedal if u have no intentions on playing metal, but its good to know u can shred faces with the turn of a knob best of luck to ya

[flying V boy]

....i need a distortion pedal but i cant decide between the boss ml-2,boss mt-2 or the mxr dd10 dime distortion pedal. i have a schecter v 1 hellraiser, roland cube 80 x and a boss ns2 noise supressor(makes feed back a thing of the past)

ps i play death metal and thrash metal (think machine head-necrophagist)
thank you

[asfastasdark]

@flying V boy: Think about getting a Digitech Hardwire TL-2.