Best Pedals - Best Tones - Page 2

I Breathe Spears · July 22nd, 2008, 08:07 PM

I used to have a DOD FX-86 distortion pedal before I grabbed a Digitech RP-50. The FX-86 death metal distortion pedal is now a Digitech pedal, I don't know if they sound different but I loved my DOD pedal. It sounded mean as fuck, but then the RP50 replaced it. The RP50 was a pretty decent piece of equipment.

TheBeast666 · July 22nd, 2008, 10:44 PM

93!

I’ve an RP100, and you can get great Metal tones from it, if you create them yourself.
The problem is, that when you crank up the volume to usable levels (meaning exceedingly loud)
one is presented with a high pitched squeal, and other noises that are not supposed to be there.
I am working with the treble eq of the RP in an attempt to rectify these problems. Anyone else experienced this too? And what were you able to do about it?
Even though I play low where I am now, I fancy to play loud when the circumstances permit.

I am torn between getting the Death Metal pedal, or the Metal Zone. But the price for the Metal Zone is so, so much! It would really have to be great for me to spend that much.
So maybe the Death Metal pedal is good for what it is named for, and DOD is not just trying to capitalize on the genre..
Had a listen to Atropos, and if that is the Death Metal pedal the guitarist is playing, then it is definitely
made for what it’s named after! I liked what I heard.

At the risk of being ridiculed—what about the Grunge?
I’ve one of those too, and you can get a metal tone with it, but it lacks for the ultra brutal pleasantries.
I played it through an old Fender Super Six tube amp, of about 100 watts, and I must say, the sound was damn good. Not for Black or Death Metal; but it was indeed an heavy kind of Metal; and it was a tube amp.

93! 93! 93!

viewer_from_nihil · July 23rd, 2008, 12:32 AM

the recording is through a crate head and the cab had 2 eminence texas heats and 2 black powders.

go for the death metal

as for the grunge, trust me on this one, no

BOOGEY · August 4th, 2008, 11:47 AM

i use a ts-9 to boost the already distorted channel it adds a little more bite with the gain and treble set at zero.and sometimes i do the same with the mt-2 but i wouldnt use it as a distortion pedal.i want to also try a boss overdrive they sound pretty nice as a boost pedal but yeh you cant really beat a good amps disortion.i aslo like boss delays

TheBeast666 · August 8th, 2008, 09:06 AM

93!

Boogey,

I've just dug up my Boss Overdrive/Distortion os-2 from storage, and am going to try it out in combination with the gain channel on my amp.
There is not much bottom end on that particular pedal, and a lot of reviewers complain about it; but is there really supposed to be a big bottom end boost from an overdrive pedal?

So I can either crank the od on the pedal with the gain on the amp lower, or crank the gain on the amp, with the od lower!
Then if it does not do anything special, I will see how the OD sounds using various distortion pedals with it.

93! 93! 93!

EerieVon · August 27th, 2008, 11:18 PM

The death metal pedal is good for dm, as everyone has said but I find I need a noisegate with it especially if I am recording with it

TomAwesome · August 28th, 2008, 04:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MurderForProfit

I know I am probably going to get laughed at but... the line 6 uber metal pedal... so sweet. If you want raw distortion this is for you... plus the noise gate allows for it to sound really raw and punchy. Such an amazing distortion pedal.

It's actually a pretty good pedal. I used one in the FX loop of my GT-6 for high gain patches until I got my POD, and it gave me a huge and brutal sound that was still pretty clear and not too ice-picky or screechy.

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Originally Posted by Element_man

If I had to pick a pedal solely for distortion, I'd probably go with the Boss Metalzone that was released last year. Good dynamics, and great punch that can be made to fit in almsot any metal/heavy style. I dunno if I'd use it for anything besides practise or jamming, though.

Last year? Are they making them differently now, or are you talking about the Metal Core? I didn't like it that much personally.

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Originally Posted by TheBeast666

93!
Also, we have the Metal zone (the old standby)--!
And new stuff like the Death Metal Pedal.
If anyone has had experience with both of them, and plays Death Metal--which is best for achieving a sound that can indeed be defined as such? I've a feeling that oddly enough it would probably be the Metal Zone most people that actually play Death would choose.
How close does the Death Metal pedal come to a true Death Metal sound? Or is it just hype?

It's been a while since I had a working Death Metal pedal (I had one back when it was a DOD effect), but it's not half bad for the price. It was my main dirt box for a while. It gets the job done fairly decently, even if it is a little noisy. The MT-2 is growlier and less compressed sounding, though, as well as being a hell of a lot more versatile and moddable. A great way to use an MT-2 is to turn the gain down most of the way and use it to slam the front end of a high gain amp. Six Feet Under and Cannibal Corpse (listen to the album Kill) get some damn good results, though I think at least CC's MT-2s are Keeley modded. I got my MT-2 modded, and now it's got all the growl and low end that makes the pedal great without the hiss and "box of bees" effects everyone complains about.

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Originally Posted by TheBeast666

I am torn between getting the Death Metal pedal, or the Metal Zone. But the price for the Metal Zone is so, so much! It would really have to be great for me to spend that much.

Get a used one. You can get them dirt cheap a lot of the time.

Elminster · August 28th, 2008, 08:57 PM

For the longest time I was using one of those Digitech Grunge pedals. Surprisingly good metal tone IMO.

Element_man · September 2nd, 2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by TomAwesome

Last year? Are they making them differently now, or are you talking about the Metal Core? I didn't like it that much personally.

Sorry! I meant the Metal Core. I rather enjoy the tone of that pedal, I think it's a great pedal for beefing up a solid state amp, or getting a great crunch tone from a practise amp.

mick thompson · September 4th, 2008, 05:36 PM

the best metal pedal i have played through has got to be the EHX Electro Harmonics Metal Muff with top boost. Its piss cheap and doesnt have that "bee in a jar" sound that you get from boss and digitech metal pedals. its pure raw tone cuts through the mix so nice.

if your running a nice amp - ie: im running a peavey 6505+ i would tell you go get an original ibanez tube screamer for slightly boosting your leads. thats all - the more simple your setup the more raw power you can have - thats how i see it.