good distortion pedal

[telephonemoose]

i have that BOSS metal zone pedal. i really dig the amount of crunch for riffs and lower stuff, but whenever i solo, especially when there;s a lot of picking, there's a shit load of excess noise. and no, its not because i let other strings ring out. what pedals do you all use?

[stabwound]

I use the metal zone too when I'm playing guitar.

[INCINERATE]

i have that BOSS metal zone pedal. i really dig the amount of crunch for riffs and lower stuff, but whenever i solo, especially when there;s a lot of picking, there's a shit load of excess noise. and no, its not because i let other strings ring out. what pedals do you all use?

Have you tried it with a different amp or with a different guitar (different pickups). The amp or the pickups could be part of your problem.

Or just get an amp with a good distortion channel.

[suffo20]

I use the Uber Metal pedal by line 6. I know that their stuff maybe not be that great to some people but I love this pedal. I use the Pulverize distortion setting and it totally crushes. But then again I believe that every pedal is going to sound different with different amp setups. The solos cut through pretty well.

[telephonemoose]

umm i have a prs custom 22 (pricy, i know). i know this isnt the standard metal guitar, but imo its low end is a shit load thicker than any of the metal guitars ive used. im planning to get a bigger amp soon, being that i have a Kustom 2x12. it has celestion speakers, not sure what exact model. its a friggin solid combo amp for 300$. but yah, my price range for a half stack is around 700, any suggestions? and today i also turned the actual distortion setting on my pedal down and it helped a lot.

[ruonitb]

well, if you use too much distortion, it gets noisy of course.

every tried a noise supressor? boss ns or isp decimator.


as for 700 - try to get a used one! why does it have to be a half stack? :)

[telephonemoose]

well, if you use too much distortion, it gets noisy of course.

every tried a noise supressor? boss ns or isp decimator.


as for 700 - try to get a used one! why does it have to be a half stack? :)


yah ive been thinking about using a supressor... but what would be my alternative to a half stack?

[RICE510]

Metal zone is good for quicky thick rhythm tone, but it really wasn't made with leads in mind.

[BZM]

People playing PRS Custom 22's through Metalzone pedals? Jesus Christ...

Honestly, with stuff like V-Amps around for $100, there's no excuse to be using something like a metalzone, period.

[ruonitb]

yah ive been thinking about using a supressor... but what would be my alternative to a half stack?


well, a good combo. half stacks arent automatically better than combos.
a good combo ist still better than some shitty halfstack.
as for 700...you need a good head and a good cab; will be hard to get something really good in this price range (but well yeah, you can search for used stuff - thats another story).

[telephonemoose]

true true. i really like my combo as it is, but i figured gigs would require a half stack

[Defleshuary]

I use the Uber Metal pedal by line 6. I know that their stuff maybe not be that great to some people but I love this pedal. I use the Pulverize distortion setting and it totally crushes. But then again I believe that every pedal is going to sound different with different amp setups. The solos cut through pretty well.

I used this before switching over to just rack effects. I used to use the Boss Metalzone and I prefer the Line 6 over it. The Boss pedal was too damn noisy.

[Defleshuary]

People playing PRS Custom 22's through Metalzone pedals? Jesus Christ...

Honestly, with stuff like V-Amps around for $100, there's no excuse to be using something like a metalzone, period.

Unless that person happens to like pedals and the tone from them. I don't get it either, but a lot of people swear by these Boss pedals.

[BZM]

Well, if you're going to go this route... the Ubermetal is DEFINITELY the superior of the two.

[Calculus]

Im using a gibson flying v with EMG's, put through a Boss NS-2 Noise Surpressor, into an MXR Dime Distortion with the Gain at just less than half, into my amp with more gain put through it and fiddled with my EQ, i have a Pig Destroyer-ish tone :) Awesome

[telephonemoose]

People playing PRS Custom 22's through Metalzone pedals? Jesus Christ...

Honestly, with stuff like V-Amps around for $100, there's no excuse to be using something like a metalzone, period.

ya, well i used to play clean, jazz guitar with like a spanish classical twist, so when i got the pedal i was a n00b. i'll look into this v-amp, as well as the ubermetal

[indented_head]

If you only want metal distortion, and nothing else (pretty much) then the Uber-metal is great, it handles leads well too, but the V-amp/POD/similar will be a lot more versatile. I don't know about the pricing in your area, but over here the Uber-metal is around the same price as a V-amp anyway.

On the half stack thing, have you checked whether your combo can run a quad? I haven't used many Kustom amps, but a lot of other brands will have an extra speaker out that you could run a quad with (assuming that you're happy with the current sound) so you wouldn't need to buy a head immediately to get the bigger sound.