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09-30-2009, 12:14 PM
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I have one laying around but I'm afraid of blowing my bass amp with it.
Anyone tried it out? Is this safe to do?
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09-30-2009, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TerrorRhythm  I have one laying around but I'm afraid of blowing my bass amp with it.
Anyone tried it out? Is this safe to do? | It's no different from any other pedal. Just adjust the level knob if it seems too loud. But it won't be, I used to have one from my guitar days and tried it with my bass. Doesn't sound too good imo, but it won't cause any harm.
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09-30-2009, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by TerrorRhythm I have one laying around but I'm afraid of blowing my bass amp with it.
Anyone tried it out? Is this safe to do? |
Yes it is safe, just watch your gain levels. Start out at low volumes if you wish to experiment.
But as an FYI, it sounds horrible. |
09-30-2009, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by TheWoodShed But as an FYI, it sounds horrible. |
The Keeley doesn't.
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09-30-2009, 12:50 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Athens | | | well it can sound cool for metal stuff but it cuts almost all the low end. I think if it is modded to retain the bass, it is nice.
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09-30-2009, 12:52 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: San Diego, California | | | i like the HM-2 better and it needs no modding to retain bass |
09-30-2009, 01:10 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Raleigh, NC | | | It's not voiced particularly well for straight bass distortion. It's not that it doesn't have bass content, you can totally overdo the bass content via the pedal's EQ. However, it's a little thin sounding for bass still.
But you can totally use it to provide a pretty convincing Korn sounding guitar imitation. Note I said "guitar" and not bass. Boost the lows, boost the high mids, gain about 3/4 up, and palm mute chug away. |
09-30-2009, 01:14 PM
| | | | I used to have one of those on my pedalboard. I ran it parallel with a clean signal, and I got some pretty good tones out of it that way. By itself it sucks way too much low end, and it sounds awful. |
09-30-2009, 02:07 PM
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09-30-2009, 02:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Frederick, Maryland | | | I know a couple bassists that use the Metal Zone pedal. However, i am not sure which version they use... i want to say one of them uses a Japanese version, but i could be wrong.
The 2 bassist i know that use them play in doom bands. I messed with the MT-2 at a local shop and i honestly didn't forsee it being used in anything that i do.
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09-30-2009, 04:32 PM
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09-30-2009, 04:48 PM
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Originally Posted by TerrorRhythm I have one laying around but I'm afraid of blowing my bass amp with it.
Anyone tried it out? Is this safe to do? | It works but its not optimal. I used a HM-2 back in the day when I was in a Grindcore band and it worked all right for playing fast and ferocious, but you loose definition. Guitar pedals tend to have a little too much in the mids for bass, but the mid-sweep on the Metal Zone might make it easier. I think bassfuzz.com did a review of this.
You'll end up with a Napalm Death or Rotten Sound kind of tone. |
09-30-2009, 09:42 PM
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Hatred obscures all distinctions. | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: South of LA | | | I have one on my board "slightly" mod'ed and it definitely complements the fuzz I'm trying to achieve. Originally added it to emulate the Gallup / Hook tone, but after experimenting with it for awhile the EQ is quite versatile.
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10-01-2009, 04:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Jazz Ad It is great to emulate metal guitars. You can play all power chords and sound like LEmmy, too. | +1
That what I used it for.
If it's your goal to fill in for a second guitar in a trashmetal powertrio then the MetalZone is awesome.
If you are looking for real bass distortion that respects your role as bass player and your place in the sound spectrum: lots of better alternatives.
I also got a low gain metallic gritty overdrive out of it once with some nice harmonics.
Depends very much on wich gear you have. It's not that an expensive pedal (IMO) so pick one up (used maybe) and experiment with it. |
10-01-2009, 06:20 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: Singapore | | | tried it but i check out HM-2 on bassfuzz and it sounded way better. i guess the MT-2 need to work with a bit of blend |
10-01-2009, 11:45 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Long Island | | | I already have it for my guitar. I play in a 3 piece hardcore band we were thinking of adding distortion to the bass on some songs to make up for no rhythm guitar. I'm playing a 3 way eq stingray 4 out of an acoustic stack with a 6 way EQ on the head, but with any serious bass boost coming from my active preamp i have to set the gain way low on the head as is.
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10-01-2009, 12:07 PM
| | | | i have one and tried to use it in my prog/hardcore/metal band. It sounded great on it's own and I was pumped to try to use it, but it just gets completely lost in the mix. Turning the bass all the way up just makes it ridiculously boomy. I'd love to try and mod this puppy, I think blend is probably the way to go though. Just cant justify $40 on a blend pedal just to use this.
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10-01-2009, 12:31 PM
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10-01-2009, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by TheWoodShed But as an FYI, it sounds horrible. | +1,000,000
I had one many, many years ago, before I knew better.
It was a tone-sucking piece of junk.
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