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11-20-2008, 04:50 PM
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Is THIS the pedal lots of you guys/gals are raving about for bass distortion? http://fortcollins.craigslist.org/msg/927139220.html
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11-20-2008, 05:06 PM
| | | | thats the one..
as far as any boss distortion pedal goes, this is the only one id consider worthwhile.
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11-21-2008, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by fretlessman71  Is THIS the pedal lots of you guys/gals are raving about for bass distortion? | YES  Quote:
Originally Posted by tomvelsor as far as any boss distortion pedal goes, this is the only one id consider worthwhile. | +1
Concur
I'm actually thinking of putting my MetalZone back to use.
Just for a mild distortion, a little bit of grind.
I used to use it for a really fat distortion, and I always liked it.
Although for really hard distortion I would also consider a ProCo Rat. |
11-21-2008, 09:10 AM
|  | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | | I have one and I really don't think it lives up to the hype.
It's very non-organic sounding and heavily scooped.
The only use I've found for it is to cascade my Bass Drive into it to increase the boominess and get a low gain type fuzz.
YMMV.
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11-21-2008, 11:15 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Belgium | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Unrepresented
It's very non-organic sounding and heavily scooped.
| That's what I like about it.
I think it's just a matter of taste and what you want in a sound.
I also like the Ibanez Phat Hed in overdrive mode because it is non-organic sounding. (Also in distortion mode, but I don' like it in that mode.)
For this reason I don't like the SansAmp Bass driver. And although I haven't tried the VT, I think I wouldn't like it considering the reviews. (But I should give it a try when I have the chance.)
Just a matter of different tastes. 
Good thing we have so much to choose from, to shape an immense variety of tones.
Between now and my previous post in this thread I put my MetalZone back in action. I found a setting which I can use now. Just a little bit of grit.
In the old days I used this for full on distortion, that's what I don't want anymore.
You are right about it being a little hype.
Before joining TalkBass I didn't know so many bassists also liked to use the MetalZone. |
11-21-2008, 11:35 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: Chicago | | | Can any of you Metal Zone users suggest any settings?
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11-21-2008, 06:03 PM
| | Master of Reality | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: San Diego, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by BillyB_from_LZ Can any of your Metal Zone users suggest any settings? | Preface: I had my old Metal Zone that was sitting around for years unused modded by Humphrey Audio. It's not stock.
That said, I set volume at unity, bass to 3 o'clock, mid selector to the lowest Hz and adjust mids and highs to the room.
Gain is almost nothing. It become heavily unmusical after 3 o'clock.
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11-21-2008, 06:10 PM
| | | | I put the bass on 3 o'clock
same with treble
and the mids i put on like 10 or 11 o'clock
but yes
go with the metalzone
its awesome
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11-21-2008, 06:14 PM
|  | Drunk on power... and beer | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Co. Kerry, Ireland. | | | Its a suprisingly good pedal for bass, but there are better choices out there, well different, thats why I still have mine.
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11-21-2008, 06:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Ennui | | | In the guitar world, it gets a bad rap from a lot of the younger people. It was the same way for me in high school - I never owned one, but it was widely considered to be a mark of inferiority to own one; as if you weren't good enough, or deserving enough to own a tube amp. And it had to be a Marshall. Now, I much prefer the Mesa/Boogie Triple Rectifier to the JCM-2000 DSL100, and I happen to like the sound of the Boss Metal Zone. It was really trebly, but if you ran it with a Boss OC-3, it sounded amazing. That having been said, I have never used it on bass.
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11-22-2008, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by BillyB_from_LZ Can any of your Metal Zone users suggest any settings? | Fingerstyle:
Level: Unity
High: Noon
Low: 4:00
Mid Freq: 12:00
Middle: 10:00
Distortion: 10:00
With a pick:
Lower High to 11:00
Lower Distortion to 9:00
Keep in mind this pedal doesn't do subtle.  |
11-23-2008, 01:37 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | I landed it! Won't get to try it out until next week, but $40 is a deal nonetheless.
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11-23-2008, 05:01 AM
|  | I took the one less traveled by | | Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Reims, Champagne, France | | | There's a hype around the Metal-Zone on bass ? This is a bit surprising.
It's a very good pedal but does little more than making your bass sound like a heavily distorted guitar.
Perfect to play power chords and fill in as a rhythm guitar a la Lemmy, for anything else it lacks subtelty. |
11-23-2008, 01:05 PM
| | | | The new Hardwire Metal Distortion is really nice. Great technology, and not as mid scooped as the Boss. Tons of distortion in there also. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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