BOSS METALZONE - WORST DISTORTION PEDAL EVER?

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Trying out the Metalzone for the first time since I tried one back in the 90s. See the reaction!
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@OlaEnglund 5 лет назад

Trying out the Metalzone Boss pedal today... pedals are fun, soooo SUBSCRIBE!

@ProjectCreativityGuy96 5 лет назад

Ola Englund Burpla Englund. \m/ Anyways, how you doing, Ola? I'm hoping this will make it to one of your Q&A videos whenever you can, dude. Name a list of all your favourite guitar tunings!! :D

@blakecurtis7809 5 лет назад

Pedals can be habit forming...

@Kneith 5 лет назад

@Kamiya Tetsuya That pedal has the exact same problem!

@spitefulwar 5 лет назад

You restored this pedal's reputation. You monster!

5 лет назад

Now you need to make a song with this!

@velislavkrastilov3698 4 года назад

3:02 The first person to drop his pick and find it

@buzzpsy 4 года назад

Lol

@danhinchliffe7622 4 года назад

I FINALLY FOUND MY PICK AFTER 7 YEARS AND 2 HOUSE MOVES!

@buzzpsy 4 года назад

@@danhinchliffe7622 haha me too

@DrunkenGamer666 4 года назад

yea... I call BS.... totally CGI...

@awakeyveltal6756 4 года назад

Searched for this comment :D

@atmos3688 4 года назад

I think when "Satan" is written on the amp you don't need a distortion pedal

@JosephCee 3 года назад

of course you dont, but most of us dont have satan written on our amps so hello boss metal zone, or in my case, hello ehx metal muff.

@nahuel407 3 года назад

underrated

@joeyjo-joshabadu9636 3 года назад

Even Satan's amp has a "clean boost" in front though.

@Can-of-Shrimp 3 года назад

Realms Of Darkness yeah but this on is a Randall amp

@kobihawke4912 3 года назад

Hahahha

@MrAndrewKeyboards 2 года назад

Maybe you guys won't believe this, but I use this pedal as distortion for my BASS. Never liked bass distortions on market, so when I tested a MZ... Instant crush.

@jfo3000 2 года назад

Makes sense, it's a very tight distortion. I'm gonna try it on bass now. Tnx.

@what-lj4cf 2 года назад

i'll try it too

@jmac3112 2 года назад

Same

@ShyamlalPV 2 года назад

I've also used it with my bass back in the day. 😃

@lordpermafrost784 2 года назад

it sounds cool but it being a guitar pedal it takes away the bass frequencies. I do not recommend it.

@tmtmtmtmtmtmtmtmtm 2 года назад

This was the sound of late 90s metalcore and grindcore. Pairs well with Ibanez guitars and piccolo snares cranked up as tightly as possible.

@gabet7193 Год назад

yesss, he plugged in the front and started playing and I instantly thought of early metalcore / deathcore / grindcore, that really raw and sharp sound

@TheKitchenerLeslie Год назад

It's like the trademark sound of Infectious Grooves on Groove Family Cyco.

@kacper531 Год назад

acid bath too

@diontes1480 Год назад

Add a tube screamer in front and crank the bass, level it out and you have Messhugah level of gain

@Braineaters8 Год назад

@@kacper531 And Crowbar. The Metal Zone is a sludge metal beast as well!

@dk2853 4 года назад

Worst pedal ever: Less than 2 minutes in and I want one.

@homeboy9002 4 года назад

That depends a lot of the amp.

@mrblueboy 4 года назад

@@homeboy9002 yup. I remember it sounded pretty good in my AC30, although the global tone was a bit messy and mellow, because AC30 has a very mellow tone, that's quite useful for something, but if you want to have a nice metal tone it isn't probably your best choice. However I played lots of concerts using an AC30 with an Iron Maiden Trubute band. And no one noticed the difference, and fellow guitarists always asked me "how can you get this amazing tone with a brit pop amplifier?" :D My answer was making them listen Brian May's Resurrection and some Rory Gallagher stuff LOL

@6chaosphere6 4 года назад

had this pedal way back in the day, sold it, aaaand now i want it back!!! 🤘🏻😂

@jasonclark9963 4 года назад

Nah go with mxr fullbore it’s better then this

@t3nshie 4 года назад

Same bro

@Snaffdude 5 лет назад

And this children is what happens when you use pedals CORRECTLY!

@RadityoPramAdi 5 лет назад

this!! Couldn't agree more! Seasoned player have the skills and know how to make good tones (EQ ing, signal chain and stuff).

@ChristianIce 5 лет назад

If you are a kid in the 90s you use the metal zone *because* you can't afford a valve amplifier with effects loop.

@gisibah 5 лет назад

Can you really blame people for doing it that way though?

@MaaZeus 5 лет назад

@@ChristianIce And that is why this pedal has the reputation it does and it gets parroted through the internet. People do not bother to figure if they did something wrong after moving on to better gear. Unless you use it as a boost DO NOT connect it into the front of the amplifier, that makes it sound like a can of bees and that is the sound people hate. Into a power amp through FX Return this pedal is really good for the money.

@ChristianIce 5 лет назад

+MaaZeus Into a power amp through FX Return of the Satan... I would use the Satan alone and that's that :) Could be a nice toy for some industrial tone, though, but if we are here pretending that box competes with today's options, well... :D

@piercehubbard4086 2 года назад

I loved this pedal back when I started playing in 99 all they way through college into ‘08. Idk why people hate it. It was affordable and sounded good. You can’t plug it into a shitty 20 watt solid state beginner’s amp and expect to sound like Dave Mustaine.

@godzillasimpson8357 Год назад

It definitely sounds better for high gain Pantera style metal vs the very popular mxr distortion. God why do people like that shitty pedal

@piercehubbard4086 Год назад

@@godzillasimpson8357 - I had a GF who was actually a shredder, she loved the MXR Metal Muff! It was not for me though, it’s not great for old school thrash metal, it’s more of a modern day death metal, downtuned, chug-a-lug sounding pedal, that or for people who like to play like Zakk Wylde and are constantly using pinch harmonics, bending, and whammy bar stuff. It seems to really sustain the pinch harmonics, but people over use them nowadays.

@piercehubbard4086 Год назад

@@godzillasimpson8357 - You know I don’t think I’ve ever actually played the regular MXR Distortion, just the MXR Metal Muff, which wasn’t bad just not for me.

@ghost_type_gaming670 Год назад

I think it sounds pretty good on my practice amp tbh.

@piercehubbard4086 Год назад

@@ghost_type_gaming670 - sounded good on mine also. It was a good pedal for a younger player who didn’t have tons of gear like half-stacks and nice tube amps/heads.

@grazydine2 Год назад

Ahh..the Metalzone a classic. Every guitar player must have one. Usually several..and eq sweep and controls are amazing. Boss gave us exactly what we wanted.

@elgatoestaloco Год назад

Have but dont use xD

@hjeb1986 10 месяцев назад

Metalzone and metalcore my two fav ones

@julianurtz1115 5 лет назад

I just watched a Viking shred for 11 minutes. It’s 3 am.

@Muglinnor 5 лет назад

Nice pic dude

@Mcsteveberry 5 лет назад

same same

@norayrizahanian1653 5 лет назад

Julian Urtz when will you learn... when will you learn... that your actions have consequences

@marcin-gorka 5 лет назад

I watched the same viking and it's 2:12 AM. Cheers.

@RogerERodriguez1k 5 лет назад

I watched ԅ(≖‿≖ԅ) other kinds of things for 11 minutes and it's 3am

@SynZ777 5 лет назад

Roland stock goes up 40%

@BigBrandoGAMES 5 лет назад

Jake D that is if You have an effects loop

@jeremyh6686 5 лет назад

@@BigBrandoGAMESwhat piece of shit amp do you have that doesn't have an effects loop ?

@kirksnyder6848 5 лет назад

Theres several older amps that dont have effects loops

@kirksnyder6848 5 лет назад

I dont remember which ones, as I sold them immediately

@BigBrandoGAMES 5 лет назад

jeremy h practice amps like a Marshall dfx dumb dumb

@evelbasturd5692 Год назад

I’m convinced that Boss doesn’t make bad pedals. They make pedals that a lot of us don’t understand how to use them. The MZ sounds really good as a pre-amp for sure!! I used it in the 90’s and remembered liking it. Tried again a few years back. Different story. I’ll try it in the effects loop now. \m/

@frankcooke1692 Год назад

The hubris of some people to think that a Japanese guitar brand would make a sub-par product rather than admit to themselves it's their own fault.

@hoilst265 9 месяцев назад

My theory is that a lot of young 'uns buy 'em, crank every knob to the right - because METAL - and it sounds like arse, so that how they got the rep.

@fatboydashredder9877 9 месяцев назад

@hoilst265 that's literally why 😭 the eq spans hella frequencies and cranking it does that cuz it's meant to be dialed in

@godzilla964 7 месяцев назад

A lot of the misuse can be blamed on false advertising.

@cIappo896 7 месяцев назад

HM2 "Buzzsaw" made the fucking awesome tone of Left hand path.

@ianrotten4453 Год назад

I used to Metal Zone for over 20 years. And no, it wasn't the crap pedal everyone always gave it grief over. It was and still is a beast of a pedal.

@virtuex10 5 лет назад

I imagine, some dude sitting at his desk, checking through things on his computer. He goes to take a sip of coffee, that he then drops to the ground in confusion. "My god." He says. "It can't be..." He gets up and runs to his boss's office. His boss then looks at him concerned. "What is it?" The dude catching his breath finally speaks out. "Sir... We just got 1,000 orders for Metalzone pedals.." And with a tear in his the boss stands up and says, "I knew it would one day rise to its true glory."

@littlebritain64 5 лет назад

😄👍

@Dookiemcfluffin 5 лет назад

LMFAO!!!!

@gzeuskraiste 5 лет назад

The Boss boss' office?

@dhill05 5 лет назад

Perfect comment.

@birkettN 5 лет назад

Multiple imaginations

@jfadec 5 лет назад

I'm impressed how you found the pick after it fell. I dont know how to do it.

@theblackwolfqc8722 5 лет назад

Hahah

@uksz666 5 лет назад

xD xD

@gary9706 5 лет назад

true story

@kyleb4106 5 лет назад

That's how I knew this video is fake. The pic would never have been found in real life

@StevesDIYProjects7 5 лет назад

there has to be a BLACKHOLE some where that is stuffed full of guitar picks and 10mm wrenches and sockets. lol

@mholden020 Год назад

I picked up a used Metal Zone pedal years ago and only found out recently that there's a ton of people who don't like this thing and have never understood why. I've always used a very clean sound from the amp (like in the video) and the pedal produces a great sound!

@Strepite 3 года назад

Lol when I used Metalzone I had absolutely no idea what an effects loop was... Keep in mind we had dial-up Internet back then :D

@Melkor0410 3 года назад

Real simple. Most of ur effects shld be in the fx loop so the preamp or anyth else of the amp doesnt colour the tone of the effects. You only use effects infront of the amp if you want the effects tone to be altered OR if you want to colour the distortion of the amp eg. Tubescreamers

@Strepite 3 года назад

@@Melkor0410 Tell that to 14y/o myself :D

@metalgarri4194 3 года назад

Ahahah me too! And I did not even have internet yet when I owned one...I guess that's why it has such a bad reputation, cause nobody knew how to use the fucking thing back in the days :D

@keithyj11 3 года назад

Truth ! Effects loop ? Back in the day I was happy with the DS-1 added to the combo and I called it a day

@santinodellacroce2079 3 года назад

ah dial-up how i dont miss you but i miss those times. your comment made me laugh btw lol

@TheBryandestefano 4 года назад

I wish my amp had "death and depression" knobs. :(

@johnbraucher1499 4 года назад

Create one!

@timmbosliice 4 года назад

You seem like you already have depression

@oscarodonohoe194 4 года назад

Little pepper ikr same

@Legotrademark 4 года назад

he said presence

@titen7792 3 года назад

The Hound I do so I don’t need the knobs

@MayorMcCheese2000 Год назад

I've had on for years, a little tricky to get used to all the things you can control but once you figure it out you can create absolutely soaking wet distorted sounds. I've tried plenty of others and never felt compelled to buy another distortion, this one has such range.

@JayM-wg7dd Год назад

All three things? 😊

@madmartigan1634 2 года назад

As a kid I always needed more gain that what amps or pedals were giving me, the MetalZone was such a BIG deal to me because I was finally able to explore the ridiculous end of distorted tone, and contour it quite a bit. I loved it so much. Fuck the haters!!

@Mr.D34 3 года назад

Boss Metal Zone was my main drive many years. When i jammed with other metal players they always got impressed with how great it sounded. Honestly i've never met any guitar players around me that hated that pedal or never heard anyone call it "the worst" then i start watching guitar players on youtube and everyone calls it "the worst shit" i think most people do it just to get views

@spunkytheozinho 2 года назад

its a charvel on ur pick?

@SicMundus7 2 года назад

Same. I always got compliments on my sound from guys in other bands we played with. Must have had it all dialed in just right lol. I didn't even buy the pedal. Some old cat gave it to me.

@JPEG.ben7 2 года назад

True

@DaleKamp 2 года назад

I remember wanting to get one in a Guitar Center in 2005, and the staff saying it was horrible and that I should get the orange one instead. So I think it might predate RU-vid.

@1997LT1Camaro 2 года назад

@@DaleKamp it does. I remember getting it in like 1998 ish

@archie3k433 3 года назад

I bet a lot of of the hype about this pedal sucking is rooted in kids buying this pedal and plugging it into a $30 First Act amp and then declaring it sucks.

@bigdoinks196 3 года назад

That or a fender practice amp but you're not wrong

@brandonkeller478 3 года назад

Back when the line 6 spider had the ideal metal tone

@8Junio76 3 года назад

Forums are full of ‘those’ people.

@pedronchoxgrc19 3 года назад

@@brandonkeller478 LINE 6 is shit haaha wtf , it doesnt event support pedals because its sucks

@lordgargamel4124 3 года назад

Brandon Keller i actually have one of those. Its a fun amp. Good for at home. Not performances.

@SNEAKYSNAKE777X 2 года назад

As usual I come to Ola's channel for pedal reviews and the man never disappoints. Especially on underrated gems like this Boss Metal Zone. Good vid man!

@miguelangelnava4639 Год назад

Very nice! The Electro Harmonix Metal Muff really surprises a lot too. Once at a band practice I plugged one (Metal Muff) into the Effect Loop (too) of a Fender Head, and it really sounded very powerful. In the room there was another very purist musician and before playing, he only saw the Metal Muff with disagreement, I told him that I was going to use only the Fender, but really all the distortion I got with the Metal Muff. At the end of the practice I asked him: how is the sound today? and he told me: "oh yes! so brutal bro! very nice!" and that's when I told him what signal chain I had used that day. He was very surprised and said nothing more about it!

@illyrian3039 5 месяцев назад

I agree bro, the Metal Muff is such an underrated distortion pedal. I have the mini one myself and it will always be my go-to when I need my metal tone. Absolutely rips faces off in my opinion

@carlstawicki1915 4 года назад

You need to run it through a 90's Peavey or Crate amp in a garage or bedroom to hear it's full potential.

@NathanChisholm041 4 года назад

@@drscruffy6471 Same TD-70 It had one pre-amp tube lol

@carlstawicki1915 4 года назад

I had a Peavey Rage and Bandit. 😅

@pockyeatingpanda 4 года назад

Stop calling me out like this lol

@deckert618 4 года назад

That was me in 1990. Epiphone Flying V-->Metalzone-->Crate solid state 50w 1x12 blasting the neighbors from my bedroom. Good times...lol

@markrogers7304 4 года назад

@KahvinSuodatin i always like those as a practice amp back in the 90's.

@magicmandan9294 4 года назад

Ola: *turns on metal zone* Mids: aight imma head out

@dickJohnsonpeter 4 года назад

Good, mid range makes it sound like it's coming out of a tin can.

@honeybadgeroutdoors6345 4 года назад

Too much mids makes it sound tinny

@leumasperron 4 года назад

Mids help you stand out in a mix

@honeybadgeroutdoors6345 4 года назад

@@leumasperron yes but too much makes you sound like shit....fine line I usually keep mine somewhere between 3 and 6

@supagonsungkapan737 4 года назад

Imma head out 🤣🤣🤣

@venomad77 Год назад

I've been using this pedal for over 20 years and it's the only pedal I use. The Black Album sound was what I was going for back then and this replicated it.

@stephenjohnson899 Год назад

After listening to this video I had to go out and get this pedal..I've always plugged in in the front of my amp,and I've only just started using the effects loop..I scratched my head thinking why the hell haven't I been using this all along..Ola I watch your stuff daily and I have to say I've learned so much as a struggling guitarist learning to play..You have helped so many guitar players out here and really dont even know it..This pedal with my katana mk2 100 with the peavey 5150 cab sounds like a different world plugged in . Keep up the lessons for us losers out here brother 😂

@eddiev8148 3 года назад

The real problem is that there’s too many haters in the rock community,... they hate , hate, hate on everything from, bands, equipment, and clothing etc.

@dave13dc 3 года назад

Well that’s the metal scene for you. The wrong t shirt can get you booted from a band.

@duhon2381 3 года назад

That’s everywhere in every thing humans do! It’s actually a mental disorder!

@allanhetfield1922 3 года назад

Because that's what most people do.

@HEATHENYT 3 года назад

Holy shit yes. Made me step away from guitars all together for years. I have just recently started finding my love for it again. I'm glad the community, or at least some people in it are seeing this, and actively trying to not be that way.

@LiLComeInClutch 3 года назад

Facts. I went to a metal show with my little cousin and he caught was wearing a five finger death punch shirt and we had a closed casket funeral for him the next week

@overused_meme_7039 5 лет назад

2:55 I thought I was about to hear Mario die. Actually wtf

@cian622 5 лет назад

wahhhhh

@moistness482 5 лет назад

Lol im glad im not the only one to notice

@wladyalx2 5 лет назад

Me too. And I also thought "wtf?"

@person6667 5 лет назад

Same here!

@ComaAlpha 5 лет назад

I thought the same

@USMC0332 2 года назад

I bought a used, barely used one at GC a few weeks ago for $50. I have been loving it! My set up is just an Orange Crush 35rt, but thru the clean channel I can't leave it alone. The mid adjustment inside dial was a critical setting for me. It sounds great with standard tuned 6 string, and 7s in A and G# standard tuning. I didn't know these were supposed to be bad 😂

@americanpig-dog7051 Год назад

I played this thing through a Korean made Fender Squier and to this day it is one of the best sounds I've ever had. I had no idea people hated this pedal. I had a Boss Ds-1 too and just never used it again once I got this pedal.

@stevenpak7117 3 года назад

To those saying that the Metalzone sucks, it's not the pedal, it's you :)

@edgemaxxer1573 3 года назад

skill is more than gear

@vismayreddy138 3 года назад

Uffff press f

@bmoneybby 2 года назад

Exactly

@Ignore14 2 года назад

@@aroundth3fur literally everyone says that

@LunaticTheCat 2 года назад

Unless you don't have an effects loop, then it will suck no matter how good you are lol

@TDevolder 5 лет назад

Well done, Ola. You just single handedly doubled the suggested second hand market price of this pedal...

@bestboy897 5 лет назад

Haha

@Tritium21 5 лет назад

Considering its $100 new (though you can find it as low as $85 around Christmas), and the second hand price (in my area, craig's list) is around about $30... even doubled the second hand price is still a bargain.

@Machinedead 5 лет назад

bought it for 50 euro's which is like 60 $, now thanks to Ola, they are finally worth at least double ! YEAHHHHHHHHHH

@TDevolder 5 лет назад

P.s.: it's a reply to an Ola video. So don't forget to read the sarcasm and dry humour between the lines 😇

@codpug 5 лет назад

i paid 25 for mine off ebay

@a.jherbert5436 Год назад

The Metal Zone pedal is great. Been out of the music scene for 10 years now, but my last guitarist absolutely swore by it. And it sounded great then, like it does now.

@shafatalam698 Год назад

same boat, i used to use this pedal before youtube even existed and so i’m surprised to see people don’t like it. maybe i just sounded terrible back then and just never knew 😂

@Timetofly8888 Год назад

Ive had 3 of these since 1993 , i used to love playing it through a Keyboard Amp at School when i bought my first one because when muting the whole world felt like it was folding in on itself. It was clearly ahead of its time and most people had no idea how to use the semi-parametric mids to dial up a good tone.

@jayburton6553 Год назад

YES!! For me, the semi-parametric mid was all about cutting out those horrendous high-mid tones completely. I had the inside knob all the way down, the outside knob all the way up! Perfect for dropped-D, palm-muting chunk!!

@Timetofly8888 Год назад

@@jayburton6553 I subsequently went on to become an Audio Engineer so have managed to get it so work on just about any genre since my days of just having the high n low at 1oclock and the middle and mid frequency at 11oclock .. or as a young idiot thinking it sounded cool for the "..an justice for all" palm muted scooped thump sound, the low wound up to 3 or 4oclock ! I really do now think looking back think it truly was ahead of its time when you consider modern high gain metal tones of today. Maybe some 30yrs too early!

@vicferrari89 Год назад

I rediscovered this pedal recently. I use it for singing leads in edgy blues with attitude style (Gary Moore, Walter Trout styles) & rock/hard rock. And yes, some screaming heavy metal rock lead tones for hard rock tunes of mine. I am using it in front of the amp with the help of a TC Electronics Spark and Boss EQ and it sounds awesome. I am going to give this a try thru the effects loop as you have done. Sounded killer.

@SlyMan420 5 лет назад

"Let's try it in front of the amp..." *Invasion of bees commences*

@superturboawesome1 5 лет назад

A 14 year old kid calls from the basement, *mom, can my friends come over?*

@yohanesdevin3618 4 года назад

I like to use it in front of my laney gh100L. And recently use it in front of jcm900. Never had that bees sound, but maybe cause i'm down tuning to drop B which may lays on different freq. But i like it to return, the distortion just very well saturated, fits my need.

@user-wn9ch5yp6g 4 года назад

@@yohanesdevin3618 dude, it is world around payed defamation of this pedal, like many other devices and themes, that make some fat rich idiots to loose their excess profits. Understand? Yes, it is world wide conspiracy. But this thing is not so complex, if you are just few guys with big bank accounts. Not really too hard to make hidden financial cartel (collusion) to make real conspiratorial organization around all the world. It is easy and it is used all the time by humanity. Build secret hidden organisation to get dirty profits. Simple like egg.

@ironlemon666 4 года назад

@@user-wn9ch5yp6g Whatever you're smoking man, take half of it.

@sahamal_savu 4 года назад

@@ironlemon666 In Russia drugs take you

@AaronAcosta1 4 года назад

and here i go digging through my closet for my metal zone i bought when i was 15

@karemare6426 4 года назад

I was around 15 when I bought my MZ, and didn't understand why everyone laughed at them, now almost 20 years has passed, I still have mine, and still don't understand what's the big fuss :)

@luminositymusicbrianpricka6357 4 года назад

Aaron Acosta it Chugs! I’m a buy one next time.

@dantrag2890 4 года назад

I never tried it through the FX loop.

@littlesoundboxes121 4 года назад

Godamn that’s so true. 😂

@reav3rtm 4 года назад

@@dantrag2890 Nobody did. And those who did, kept it secret through centuries.

@StormKingPNW 2 года назад

I have this pedal, and have hated using it in front of every amp I've played it through... years later, I learn it's me and not the pedal. Thanks for the help here, sounds badass!

@rupert916 Год назад

Lamb chopper I think said manufacture don’t recommend using in the effect loop cause it could ruin the amp? I’m not sure

@minigungaming5915 Год назад

I don't think it's you, I think it's the fact that it's such a counter intuitive way to use a distortion pedal

@michaelhiltz7846 9 месяцев назад

The metal zone sounds really good when run through a bass amp. The extra low end really helps

@0ri0n99 5 месяцев назад

I use bass amp! gotta try metalzone

@Mechanic618 5 лет назад

I just watched a viking shred on an axe for 11 minutes. I don't know how I got here but I like it.

@sloanguitar4862 5 лет назад

shred? no. Shredding is soloing lmfao, this was riffing.

@danw5157 5 лет назад

ROTFL!!!!! skol!!!!!

@KhreamedKhorne 5 лет назад

@@sloanguitar4862 Non-guitarists obviously wouldn't commonly know this. Don't be a dick.

@Tobi-hu9mf 5 лет назад

With Satan, no less

@KhreamedKhorne 5 лет назад

@PsycheGaming Yep and I know he was being a douche about it, just like you. Whatever makes you feel good about yourself I suppose.

@ThomannsGuitarsBasses 5 лет назад

Sounds pretty good to me too! //Andy

@psychochicken9535 5 лет назад

Probably got a bad rep because some don't know what they're doing and Ola does.

@titmusspaultpaul5 5 лет назад

Agreed

@deanplayer69metalplayer89 5 лет назад

Yeah I've got one I use on my 700watt guitar rig when I crank that shit up and jam it sounds like a fucking PANTERA concert in my house! That and I use a JOYO JF-17 also both really good pedals the reason people don't like them is cause most people are used to shitty blues and low distortion pedals!

@DavidNwokoye 5 лет назад

It's a boss pedal. Every boss pedal is awesome. They've never made a bad pedal and will never do so. I dunno what all the hate is about.

@rstoeckler 5 лет назад

Should be labeled advertisement...

@joetuktyyuktuk8635 Год назад

Boss Metalzone was my first pedal, went well with my first guitar and first amp. I remember when the local guitar store let me take home a Hugh's and Kettner tube amp for the weekend... what a difference!

@fabiog801 5 лет назад

In late 90's i was like 14 and have a nirvana cover band. I played a $50 fake strat, transistor amp and metal zone. Man that sounded like shit.

@brisbrg5179 5 лет назад

A 14 year old nirvana cover band in late 90's That already sounds like a disaster lol

@coreyfellows9420 5 лет назад

I too was in a NIRVANA tribute band in late 90s called marrow gold

@fabiog801 5 лет назад

Cool! Our band was "ain't over". Was bad.

@joseislanio8910 5 лет назад

Fabio Grimaldi actually, very spot on to the live Nirvana guitar tone

@dyronalexis2705 5 лет назад

Kurt use boss overdrive/distortion at the time

@68able2 4 года назад

dudes plugging this into their squire practice amp and wondering why it sounds bad

@Smung 4 года назад

Honestly, its what you would expect people would do though. I didn't know the FX loop was a thing when I started either

@adjo82 4 года назад

With their Argos bought Encore strat😂

@schnozz87 4 года назад

@@adjo82 I feel attacked by this comment... 😅

@JustTooManyPuppies 3 года назад

Idk m8, kinda poor

@jcalzada74 3 года назад

I plug mi squier into v3 carvin acoustic cabinet and mt2 on the effects loops not poor man tone to me

@Cavemaaaan Год назад

Thank you so much Ola for demoing this pedal properly and showing how to use it properly! I bought my Metal Zone brand new in San Antonio, Texas back in 1994 on a vacation trip there from Michigan where I live. I've always loved this pedal and I let people talk me out of liking it for a long time. It was a great way to get the Pantera and Metallica thrill at home on practice amps but I didn't understand how to use the preamp-out/power-amp-in on my Peavey Stereo-Chorus 400 amp so I used our bassist's Sunn Coliseum head into a 1960A cab and I could never hear myself in recorded band tapes because I was too dumb to know how to use it properly by going into the power-amp in and using the pedal as a true full preamp. I'll hafta dig it back out and enjoy it again as I use pedals as my preamps into my Crate Powerblock head as just a power amp. Again, Thanks Ola!!!

@raymartin9146 Год назад

I used to use one of these in front of a vintage Vox AC30 and it sounded awesome. I now use it in front of a relatively cheap Blackstar for home recording and it still sounds really good.

@blackbeltjones2903 4 года назад

Is it just me or does this dude look exactly like a Russian Orthodox depiction of Jesus.

@ramon2008 4 года назад

Lmfaooo

@wickeddubz 4 года назад

Iconic! Yeah

@UltimateMTB 3 года назад

I was thinking this exact same thing... glad I'm not alone on that haha

@relativ6192 3 года назад

oh my

@jingmanalaysay1049 3 года назад

and hes turning knobs of a S___

@ursamynorcarollyon3067 5 лет назад

Boss pedals have three great qualities . They are affordable , road worthy and they actually sound bad ass if you know what you are doing with them .

@pearljaime2 5 лет назад

Pff... road worthy. They're INDESTRUCTIBLE. Probably made of depleted plutonium.

@ursamynorcarollyon3067 5 лет назад

@@pearljaime2 Yes I agree , they are indestructible . There are certain pieces of musical equipment that could probably be thrown from a moving van and survive and these pedals are among those .

@atlharp1 5 лет назад

Most gear is solid. It really comes down to the musicians and how creative they are in getting those sounds.

@HexxHenderson 5 лет назад

Ursamynor Carol Lyon krause i’ve been a professional player for 45 years now I have never ever seen a broken Boss pedal!

@ursamynorcarollyon3067 5 лет назад

@@atlharp1 I agree 110% ❤️

@krisiotua223 Год назад

purchased my first MT-2 back in 1992 for my grindcore band. At the time there was simply nothing like it for a young death metaller on a budget. I use to pair it up with a Boss EQ for a bit of shaping and run it all through the front end of an ALRON 100w with a single 15". Sounded great back in the day.

@GabrielBarreragodisgood 2 года назад

I’ve been playing metal zone pedals since 1994, I still have it on my pedal board. Kudos to you Olaf for reviewing this and I’m glad you like it.

@metfan4l 5 лет назад

Can I be your neighbor?

@andrewisace 5 лет назад

Lol, anytime Ola has a neighbor move, he should let his subscribers know so one of them can move in. Then again, nothing will change as far as people knocking on the door every time he starts playing. Only instead it'll be a sub asking to come in and watch.

@xNimrod97x 5 лет назад

Dude. I’ve spent so much time on your channel

@MADMAN-bg3zj 5 лет назад

metfan41 metfan41 I used to have one in my college days and having breakfast everyday while him playing random riffs is the best thing to fuel my day.

@michalbernat1088 5 лет назад

I seen this comment, when there was 666 likes.

@MrBiggysmalls87 5 лет назад

Please won’t you be..my neighbor.

@xbillyxprod.8016 4 года назад

BOSS right now: oh yeah, I can smell the money

@pepsizilla1734 4 года назад

Lol it sucks. I remember when they used to be like 24 dollars and now they're like 140

@xbillyxprod.8016 4 года назад

@@pepsizilla1734 A hard true

@greyape3905 4 года назад

they don’t make them anymore lmao

@vladsnape6408 4 года назад

They have brought out a Waza version of the Metalzone. It's really good.

@ricksterdrummer2170 3 года назад

@@greyape3905 Well I’ve found 7 different places you can buy them so they’re not gone.

@Mixedpuppy Год назад

That was my second distortion pedal I bought as a kid and loved it back in the early 90s. Sounded cool to me back then.

@jackdoggulas6217 Год назад

I know this is an older video but let me say, I have had an older roland forever because it was all I had, small solid state practice amp that’s JUST loud enough for small gigs. Plugging this pedal into an ext in or an FX loop, or, even with some serious EQ adjustments into the input itself can produce a really tight crunchy sound.

@termosifoca9529 4 года назад

Back: death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal Front: black metal

@chiefmangas2367 4 года назад

What back and front is there on the pedal im curious?

@smiley19092 4 года назад

@@chiefmangas2367 hes talking about the pedal being plugged in to the front (clean input) and back (effects input) of the amp

@kenny6920 4 года назад

Black metal is the dupstep of rock genres

@kenny6920 4 года назад

@Odell Mateo No, it is eternally the worst subgenre of guitar based music regardless of sexual preference.

@thevisi0naryy 4 года назад

@@kenny6920 It's just meant to be more atmospheric than riff based. Black metal is definitely mixed like shit though, but that is a part of the sound for whatever reason.

@squidward9747 3 года назад

5:55 he was gonna play aerials but didn’t want to get striked

@carlosvonbismarck1217 3 года назад

Amon amarth?

@creeper25gaming 3 года назад

@@carlosvonbismarck1217 I feel like I'm biting into a bait, but you do realise that the amon amarth aerials is a cover of system of a down, right?

@ryansternod6526 3 года назад

Noticed that one too!!! Lol

@FelixRosas10 3 года назад

Haha thought the same thing 😂

@carlosvonbismarck1217 3 года назад

@@creeper25gaming didn't know that. im not a big fan of soad. haven't heard much of their music

@sdingeswho 2 года назад

Cool! Learned something, in addition to laughing my ass off, per usual! I had decided Metal Zone wasn’t for me, a long time ago, because I thought it sounded like shit, just as you demonstrated … but you also found the hack, which is that it needs to be in an effects loop! Chug On, Ola! 😎🤘🏻🎸🎶

@jayburton6553 Год назад

This was my ONLY pedal back in '94, and my band was straight dropped-D CHUNK!! It has a semi-parametric EQ for the mid, which means you can eliminate those horrendous hi-mids out completely, and turn up the bass and treble for a devastatingly severe metal sound! No other pedal glorified that beautiful palm-muting groove than this one! Why would anyone hate on it???!?!?

@user-jz3vc9kd2j 5 лет назад

People saying that pedal is shit are the people playing it through a peavey bandit 1×10 with a Squire strat.

@alex0589 5 лет назад

112

@dalehumphrey8765 5 лет назад

1 2 .. Nothing wrong with Bandits or Squiers. If you can't get a good sound out of those, you need to rethink your playing.😋

@CaliberFiftyVideos 5 лет назад

Exactly.

@thebubblegutbandit8201 5 лет назад

Fucking metal heads were playing out of this 15 plus years ago. This pedal is legend

@BLCKCSTLS 5 лет назад

this.

@musicman_hd607 4 года назад

Boss after this video: S T O N K S

@dildonicplague 4 года назад

Rofl

@LFC-Star 4 года назад

BOSS after seeing this video.. "now that's how we intended it to sound. We should've informed purchasers and on our video's put the MT-2 through your effects loop stage of the amp for best results".

@alxdrksoul 4 года назад

@@LFC-Star Like if there were hundreds of ways to use a distortion pedal on an amp.

@ryanspencerlauderdale687 4 года назад

They’re laughing all the way to the bank with this one.

@bushidoflowmma Месяц назад

Returning just to say this was the first Ola video I ever saw. Been hooked since!!!

@Commander_Grub Год назад

6:18 I love this riff! I actually like the way it sounds in front, the riff sounds great with it!

@winston11381 5 лет назад

Metal Zone prices on Reverb just went through the roof.

@vasilislolos 5 лет назад

This

@dirtcobain7777 5 лет назад

I bought one for 35 dollars

@cameronmclellan7961 5 лет назад

My dad gave me his for free cause he knows that I wouldn't get one cheap

@KeithMerrow 5 лет назад

All I had for the first 12 years of playing guitar was a MetalZone and keyboard amp my friend stole from a church because I was too poor for anything else. If you spend enough time with that pedal, you figure out how to make it sound good. It gets way too much undeserved hate, probably from people who have never really used it. Its a meme pedal, but I have a spot in my heart for it.

@blackoxygen3ify 5 лет назад

Post a video. I'll send you my metalzone if you need it lol

@braun2041 5 лет назад

You know he's a good friend if he steals from a church

@groverjuicy 5 лет назад

Church theft? Praise Satan!

@youKnowWho3311 5 лет назад

yeah, I gigged for several years with this pedal into a Fender twin. srv, to metallica, one box. I will say though, I would chop hands if anyone even approached my pedal board because the knobs are hyper sensitive.

@SpeedisH94 5 лет назад

yeah the knobs on metal zone is not just a eq knobs on the pedal, those are likely to be blending in with the amp. I left marks where the knobs should be pointing, but still I need tiny adjustments. When you try to use different guitars with metal zone then good luck. haha

@NerO-gf3bc 2 года назад

Another way to use it, is connect to reverb and chorus that will turns it as a DS-1, works great for base and solo. I've been using with my G1Xon like: Metal Zone > Noise Supressor > G1Xon (reverb, chorus and amp simulator) > Audio Interface. Work better than G1Xon distortion.

@jyejye1077 5 месяцев назад

I still get blown away when you turn the Distortion up at the start, buying one ASAP!

@iaksakkak1006 5 лет назад

00’s Metal Heads: “metal zone sucks” Classic 90’s Death Metal: ......😢..

@mikehart6193 4 года назад

i literally get all of my Metallica Tones on that plus an Equalizer

@7James77 4 года назад

Cannibal Corpse blasted the MZ through Crate Amps and had a destructive tone.

@Metal-Possum 4 года назад

90's death metal that was good used a Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal pedal from the 80's. You actually expected death metal bands to afford anything new? Yeah right!

@7James77 4 года назад

@@Metal-Possum I played in death metal bands and had new equipment. Also, cannibal corpse and other bands used the metalzone. Black Metal and Melodeath bands overseas used the HM2.

@Metal-Possum 4 года назад

@@7James77 Swedish death metal in general used the HM-2, the melodeath bands were a little bit later than the original Stockholm scene. Not sure about black metal bands, I've heard of all kinds of equipment being used in those early years, but maybe the Finnish death metal scene used the HM-2 too.

@spencerberklite5118 4 года назад

This guy is Viking Jerry Cantrell

@coldmaster1034 4 года назад

Couldn't agree more! Well Jerry's grandfather was from Norway, so yeah.

@randalsmith7433 4 года назад

Jerry Cantrell looks like the dude that got blood eagled in Vikings

@randalsmith7433 4 года назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JvJbJgwnNcg.html

@hinjurock70 4 года назад

No, Jerry Cantrell is Viking Jerry Cantrell.

@Rivorn94 4 года назад

@@hinjurock70 Wow Jerry Cantrell is a recursive function too !

@jamescarter7134 2 года назад

Good video Ola. I have owned a Boss Metalzone pedal for 20 years and absolutely love it. Never understood the hate it gets as I for one can get a great metal tone out of mine 🤟

@dansharrio Год назад

I used one of these to record an entire hard rock album in 2011 through a Banditt 112. I had no idea what I was doing then, but listening back over 10 years later, it's like REALLY great. I actually just mastered all the tracks to be released on all streaming sh!t on April 28th

@dansharrio Год назад

I actually just remembered it somehow caught fire on stage and that's how it died.

@gurnoorkalotra8401 Год назад

I wanna hear

@Lucifurion Год назад

From what I recall that’s pretty much what Entombed used to record Clandestine, Metalzone’s and mic'd up Bandits.

@gutbucket6184 Год назад

WHERE IS THE ALBUM, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING!?

@FrankieHiltz 5 лет назад

It's because people only hear this pedal through a 13 year olds walmart practice amp trying to play metallica.

@basementrocker2764 5 лет назад

Hahaha! Thats me, 18 years ago 😂

@orelaroki 5 лет назад

that was me a few years ago

@daraboy1973 5 лет назад

Absolutely correct I was that kid ! Teamed a lot of years later with some good gear. Plus an ear and some experience under the belt . I would not be without it

@erieschl 5 лет назад

Preach

@retroroy1983 5 лет назад

If I'm correct though Metallica doesn't use that much distortion in their music. Specialty not that much crunch to it.

@SoChilledOutGuy 5 лет назад

30 years later and a random Swede discovers what we’ve been doing wrong the whole time.

@ChrissDR 5 лет назад

random BURPING Swede! In crazy world we live :D

@Mark-zi6nt 5 лет назад

I like this comment :/

@adrianamorphous 5 лет назад

He didn't discover it lol it's been a long kept secret that has recently made it to RU-vid this year.

@Andromahlius 5 лет назад

"That's the wrong hole, baby".

@rollipollirock 5 лет назад

Jake Swider not just a Swede, the chosen one... ..... the chosen Swede.

@tannercucinotta5072 Год назад

Imagining the sick ass roundhouse kick he hits before kicking that distortion on all the way up there.

@jevonshaw4786 4 года назад

For a fair review it should probably be played on a squire with a crate.

@neoneherefrom5836 4 года назад

And if you knew what you were doing, it would still sound awesome.

@toemasmeems 3 года назад

Pretty sure squires don’t have an FX Loop and crates that do would sound just fine

@ryanxj9000 3 года назад

Lmao. That was my exact setup for my first guitar!

@QueenFrisky 3 года назад

Yep. That's why I'm getting rid of my squire. Squires are not made for Metal. Get rid!

@rokinrandy 3 года назад

I actually do that when im too lazy to to hook up..grab the squire off the stand and it makes it sound like humbuckers .Not too bad actually

@jethrojohansen1 5 лет назад

Use the metal zone with the boss equalizer. Prepare to have your mind blown!!

@RythmTR 5 лет назад

jethrojohansen1 or mxr eq

@SparkySINN 5 лет назад

With the Kerry King signature 10 band EQ it's sick asf!!!!! 🤘😈

@fistmcstrongpunch2776 5 лет назад

Been doing that for 15 years lol

@joshhowe6054 5 лет назад

Before or after?

@reylopez3229 5 лет назад

Boss equalizer very underrated!!

@luciferiansociety9533 2 года назад

METAL ZONE is 1 of the BEST during the 90‘s cant ask for more at that time.

@Rezin47 2 года назад

This was my 1st pedal, always loved it

@joseislanio8910 5 лет назад

The correct way to use a metal zone is using two of them combined, with all the knobs all the way up

@gabrielp9646 5 лет назад

What??

@mylessterrett 5 лет назад

José Islanio I like where your head is at.

@Shmicah1235 5 лет назад

The world ceases to be in that event

@joseislanio8910 5 лет назад

Shmicah I really must get a second one, and a 500w transistor amplifier

@chrishay744 5 лет назад

no mids

@Nofarewell 3 года назад

"Why does it have such a bad rep?" Because people who cannot dial in a pedal complain the most.

@nellawell4976 3 года назад

Exactly, take some time and you can find exactly what your looking for. I'm on my second one currently because of a BIG mistake I made a while back! (Sold-it).

@George-nm8ec 3 года назад

Let’s also not forget that they most likely run it through the clean channel of line 6 spider amp 😂.

@Nofarewell 3 года назад

@@nellawell4976 that's definitely my story bro 🤘❤️

@Nofarewell 3 года назад

@@George-nm8ec well there's an expression from where I come from, we say "szarból nem lehet várat építeni" - loosely translated as "can't build a castle out of shit" ;-) If line6 is anyone's thing, the let it be, but some knowledge doesn't do harm.

@George-nm8ec 3 года назад

Nofarewell I have an expression too! Line 6 sucks balls. 🇺🇸

@chairmankaga2821 Год назад

I owned one of these when they first came out. Sounded great in the store, terrible on my rig(Crate BV120, 4x12 slant cab with Celestions). I let all of my friends try it with a wide variety of amps. Marshalls, Roland Jazz Chorus, Orange, Traynor, GK, Fender Bassman, Ampeg and others and it really matters what type of amp you use with it. Hybrid(tube pre-amp, SS power amp) amps seem to like it best. Glad you found a use for it.

@ilDuce332 2 года назад

This video introduced me to Ola Englund. Awesome channel! And holy hell that metal zone + Randall satan sounds amazing

@MateNako 5 лет назад

As always and as with all the gear it's all about how you set it. The more "skill" you have and experiance and knowledge of the tone you want to set, it doesn't really matter what gear you use. Ola presents it perfectly in all his videos/reviews.

@johnyang799 5 лет назад

Still matter but less and less.

@SkinnyBlackout 5 лет назад

Bullshit. The only reason people say effects sound bad is because most metalheads are utterly retarded and don't know that the effects are meant to be plugged into the FX loop. When I was a kid and was learning how to play this little pedal was sounding just badass and it still sounds like that because back then I bothered to fucking read the instruction to my amp.

@johnyang799 5 лет назад

@@SkinnyBlackout Ok

@beardeddragon7973 5 лет назад

_cyanogen_ _synthesis_ not every effect needs to go through the FX loop, although I will admit most guitarists are really stupid and don’t research shit and have no idea how to set a good tone that works in a mix

@johnyang799 5 лет назад

@@beardeddragon7973 I don't think most people who play/played guitar can play well.

@PleyboInc 5 лет назад

Jesus playng an Randall Satan ? WTF

@Antonjlavey 5 лет назад

Satan is the head of Entertainment

@Sandman.68. 5 лет назад

@@Antonjlavey yer no kiddin 😉

@getulioprates 5 лет назад

Jesus told us to love our enemies.

@deasename5839 5 лет назад

Don't forget to tell your mom SATAN

@animuvitv453 5 лет назад

@@getulioprates yeah i got that right now

@slacaraiokhfsev Год назад

5:54 i swore he would play aerials

@Jman9112 Год назад

The MXR 5150 overdrive sounded great straight into my effects loop as well! Great vid.

@bestboy897 5 лет назад

That sounds pretty good actually

@99bajakid Год назад

you hit the nail on the head as to why it received such a bad rep. I started playing guitar in the 90s and this was the first pedal I picked up. The concept of an effects loop was completely foreign to me so I plugged it into the input of my amp.

@LG2TK 2 года назад

Its the first pedal I ever bought and I still have it since 2005. Still sounds great

@Vlkodlak89 Год назад

YOU are the king of entertainment for me!!! Send you a lot of luck from Czech Republic!!!

@joeykimble62 5 лет назад

Who else heard "Aerials" at 5:53?

@herpderpinson6117 5 лет назад

joey kimble That exact same thought went through my head as I watched lol

@steinnbjorn7627 5 лет назад

It's also a bit reminds a beginning of Sounds of A Playground Fading by In Flames

@trimcrew 5 лет назад

Definitely! That song is awesome to play. I can’t help but play it every time I pick up a guitar lol

@omarramos7708 5 лет назад

Steinn Bjorn I love that song

@ebrh1502 5 лет назад

I did @1:10

@hinjurock70 4 года назад

Any guitarist who thinks the Metal Zone sucks obviously just doesn't know how to set the EQ and other controls on their distortion pedals correctly. I've used it since 1994 to approximate that Metallica/Pantera-type clean crunch (which is heavy distortion that still has clarity and note definition as opposed to fuzzy muddy distortion), and it does a great job of that, especially for such an affordable pedal. Hey, the company isn't called "Boss" for no reason ;)

@alexandershaer1079 4 года назад

Where do you have the knobs?

@hinjurock70 4 года назад

@@alexandershaer1079 I usually set the bass between 6 and 8, the mids around 3 or 4, the treble at 4 or 5 (I don't like too much treble or mids, but I also don't like the totally scooped sound), the gain at 4 or 5 (for a clean crunch) and the level at 10.

@danaiudi1275 4 года назад

Remembering buying this pedal back in the early 90's and like you said probably didn't know how to use it lol. Realized I was a better Bass player anyways not long after and traded it in with my guitar towards my bass which is still hanging on my wall for easy access.

@patrickdavis6954 4 года назад

I’m just learning to play. Bought it from a second hand store cheap and I like it so far. Thanks for the control setting you use 🤙🏼.

@hinjurock70 4 года назад

@@patrickdavis6954 No problem, brotha. Play around with the EQ and gain until you get the tone you like - it's a pretty versatile pedal.

@Crunchifyable2 Год назад

I also think it sounds fine into a clean channel provided that the clean channel is similar to a solid state amp as in not overly bright not overly scooped just kind of basic clean. Like for instance if you take the metal zone and pair it with a black Star Ht5 clean channel that works pretty well.

@Venomroos Год назад

Everyone had one of these when I started playing in the 90's, I still like it.

@becketthor6478 4 года назад

The problem is that you didn’t use a butterscotch tele

@jto541 4 года назад

And he didn't use a fender practice amp either

@peacewalkr 4 года назад

Toan

@MNZMeridian 4 года назад

Butterscotch tele actually sounds good with the metal zone

@bp.4928 4 года назад

boss katana ok

@becketthor6478 4 года назад

B P. boss kaTOANa

@jgp6574 5 лет назад

the metal zone makes a killer bass distortion too

@tooth9047 5 лет назад

unfortunately my bandmates don't believe that at the same time it'd be cool for bass if there was a blend knob

@Evildandalo 5 лет назад

DENTI I imagine someone has come up with a way to mod that into the pedal, you could probably find a schematic online for it

@Randall_Kildare 5 лет назад

The pedal did find it's way into more bassists hands, after all the guitar players were over it.

@coletricklejr.7083 4 года назад

Is this for real??? Never thought this would even slightly work. 🤔

@Shlafenflarst 4 года назад

It does work, but like you'd expect with a guitar distortion pedal, you lose all the low frequencies. But with a second effect loop with no disto on it, it sounds great !

@TheRealxVincent 6 месяцев назад

I had one as a teenager in the late 2000s, so I was genuinely surprised to see everyone hating on it online, because I loved it!

@goner.9989 Год назад

The pedal is meant to sound like a dimed JCM800 circuit so I would say that using it as a preamp is the correct way to go about using it. I’d suggest even plugging it straight into the cab.

@thirstyboots8310 5 лет назад

Haha, I recorded three albums with it plugged into the front. 😂 Ah well, live and learn twenty years later.

@GJLCreativeStudios 4 года назад

it sounds fine. He sabotaged this "experiment" by turning the volume down before he started testing it. 6:00

@genesiskeglar6372 4 года назад

I just found this out as well. It doesn't sound bad in the front, but it does have more of that shattered glass sound. Plugged in the back it sounds a bit more classic with my guitar.