BOSS MT-2

ndrly · #1 12-04-2007, 04:52 PM

Has anyone had any experience with the BOSS MT-2 pedal? I'm curious.

I made a post a while back on how I prefer pedals with an EQ, as opposed to a simple tone control. You know, if there's a knob that controls the amount of bass, you can just crank that up to 11 to get a good amount of low end. At least, I think so. Next time I'm in a music shop, I'm going to try out a distortion pedal with an EQ on bass, to see if my hypothesis is true.

gmarcus · #2 12-04-2007, 05:13 PM

I tried it with a round wound strung P-bass into the MT-2 and then into a Nemesis RS210 combo. If you are into metal it will be great. It definitely gives you a hard edged distortion. It is way more harsh than a Sansamp BDDI. It sounds like a thrashy lead guitar sound with those kind of squeally edge-of-feedback shreaks if you use a pick and don't keep the strings damped. It sounds really demonic with a Phase 90 after it.

The Eq lets you crank up the bass if you want to (you can get more bass then when it is off). The treble knob lets you dial in a very shrill cutting sound if you want and the semi parametric midrange makes a big difference in the character of the distortion. You really need to play with it for a while to see if you like it.

I like it better in a blendable effects loop so I can keep ~70% dry bass signal and 30% distortion. I use the Radial Big shot mix for the blending which is a very nice pedal. The MT-2 feels a little cheap in comparison, but I wouldn't worry about it.

ndrly · #3 12-04-2007, 06:03 PM

Yeah. I want something along the lines of really harsh distortion. The kind you would hear on H. or various Muse tunes.

gmarcus · #4 12-05-2007, 12:26 AM

Definitely try this one then. It is really Harsh when the distortion is turned up high. If you turn the distortion down you can almost get an over drive sound out of it, but not a good one.

Auzzie-Phoenix · #5 12-05-2007, 03:21 AM

This pedal does a lot of different sounds given whatever setting you're using at the time. Primarily I use mine with my Jackson Warrior XT guitar, but I have fooled around a bit using my yamaha rbx374.

Since I prefer playing clean, I haven't done enough fooling around with it to really give it a true workout with bass. Though in the manual boss does give some presets for things like overdrive. On a bass though, I'd probably recommend their "british rock" setting to get more of an overdrive sound.

bigchiefbc · #6 12-05-2007, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ndrly

Yeah. I want something along the lines of really harsh distortion. The kind you would hear on H. or various Muse tunes.

Since you specifically mention H., I will always recommend the ProCo Turbo Rat for harsh distortion. I have tried the MT-2 as well, ehhhh. Bigger fan of the Turbo Rat

OhThePeacock · #7 12-05-2007, 08:30 AM

One of my friends has the Mt-2 and I didn't particularly like it on bass but everyones different. Maybe I just didn't spend enough time with it to get the EQ right.

P.S. Justin Meldal Johnson uses one but I don't know which songs he does.

ndrly · #8 12-05-2007, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

Since you specifically mention H., I will always recommend the ProCo Turbo Rat for harsh distortion. I have tried the MT-2 as well, ehhhh. Bigger fan of the Turbo Rat

Right, but will the Turbo Rat retain low end like, say, a Tone Bender would?

Chronicle · #9 12-05-2007, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by ndrly

Right, but will the Turbo Rat retain low end like, say, a Tone Bender would?

Definately not. The Rat is known for low end loss. I've heard the RAT Keeley mod loses some low end but not as much.

I actually have the MT-2 for my guitar- i'll make some bass soundclips in a second. The MT-2 is very noisy though.

edit:

here you go.
http://media.putfile.com/mt2bass

OhThePeacock · #10 12-05-2007, 09:29 PM

Wow when I tried it through mine I just got some somewhat minor hiss but that's unbearable!

Chronicle · #11 12-05-2007, 09:47 PM

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Originally Posted by OhThePeacock

Wow when I tried it through mine I just got some somewhat minor hiss but that's unbearable!

haha, it's just bass-mt2-soundcard there so you got 100% of the hiss.

bigchiefbc · #12 12-05-2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ndrly

Right, but will the Turbo Rat retain low end like, say, a Tone Bender would?

No, the Turbo Rat does indeed lose some low end, but I blend mine anyway. Interesting you mention the ToneBender, I find that to be strictly a fuzz pedal rather than a distortion. And JC used a Turbo Rat on H., which is why I mentioned it. He didn't get the ToneBender until 10K days.

Chronicle · #13 12-05-2007, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by bigchiefbc

No, the Turbo Rat does indeed lose some low end, but I blend mine anyway. Interesting you mention the ToneBender, I find that to be strictly a fuzz pedal rather than a distortion. And JC used a Turbo Rat on H., which is why I mentioned it. He didn't get the ToneBender until 10K days.

Yep. I'm going to put the TT stamp on this information.

Auzzie-Phoenix · #14 12-05-2007, 11:20 PM

Chronicle, that hiss is pretty bad. I've not experienced any hiss when I use mine. Perhaps it's a result of EFI radiation from being too close to the computer (while they are shielded, they still toss out a ton of efi). Or possibly one of your cables isn't shielded well enough for that purpose.

Edit: I've managed to reproduce the hiss, however I don't get it until I crank up the distortion level and volume (volume to a degree that it's loud enough to wake up a roommate... takes a lot).

Chronicle · #15 12-06-2007, 08:02 AM

I did record the clip with the MT2 on my lap right near the computer ;P And the LEvel and distortion wasnt really adjusted.