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MGR/Metallica Superfan « Digitech Z-Series Metal Master »
Published on 05/03/03 at 15:00Bought it on musicians friend for $89.99 (US)
This thing is extremely powerful. It can deliver a huge amount of distortion, even on clean amp settings. The morph knob is great, you can get a large range of metal/punk tones. It is ideal for death metal, good for Metallica-style metal, and fair for Greenday-style punk (if you feel like wasting your time on that). If you are in to palm muting, than this is the pedal for you. It isn't too versatile because it has no gain knob, but it is called a "Metal Master" for good reason. Most of the components of the pedal are made of metal and it appears to be extremely durable.
First of all, this thing eats batteries like a fat kid eats cake. So I recommend buying the adapter. It can also be fairly noisy at higher volumes, especially if the morph knob is in a certain position. Power chords sound great on this thing, but sometimes you have to mute it slightly to keep the sound from mushing together when you are playing individual strings. You have to turn the volume knob on your guitar down a lot to keep from hearing your fingers sliding on the strings etc. This means that when you turn the effects off you can't hear yourself playing until you turn the volume on the guitar back up. It also has incredible sustain capabilities when the volume on the guitar is turned up. This can be extremely annoying, but can sometimes be used to your advantage.
This final problem completely cancels out anything good that can come from this pedal, IT DOESN'T WORK!
The pedal is made up of almost all metal, but by the my second day of owning it, it had ceased to function. I didn't drop it or anything, it just started randomly shutting off and then flickering back on and then shutting off again. I am currently in the process of returning it or exchanging it.
This would have been an awesome pedal if it had worked for more than a day. If you need a heavy metal distortion pedal, than go ahead and take a chance on this one. Make sure you register it because there is a good chance that you will need to return it. Since there is warranty on it, you really aren't risking much. If you are one of the lucky few that get a working pedal, you will be very happy with it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com
This thing is extremely powerful. It can deliver a huge amount of distortion, even on clean amp settings. The morph knob is great, you can get a large range of metal/punk tones. It is ideal for death metal, good for Metallica-style metal, and fair for Greenday-style punk (if you feel like wasting your time on that). If you are in to palm muting, than this is the pedal for you. It isn't too versatile because it has no gain knob, but it is called a "Metal Master" for good reason. Most of the components of the pedal are made of metal and it appears to be extremely durable.
First of all, this thing eats batteries like a fat kid eats cake. So I recommend buying the adapter. It can also be fairly noisy at higher volumes, especially if the morph knob is in a certain position. Power chords sound great on this thing, but sometimes you have to mute it slightly to keep the sound from mushing together when you are playing individual strings. You have to turn the volume knob on your guitar down a lot to keep from hearing your fingers sliding on the strings etc. This means that when you turn the effects off you can't hear yourself playing until you turn the volume on the guitar back up. It also has incredible sustain capabilities when the volume on the guitar is turned up. This can be extremely annoying, but can sometimes be used to your advantage.
This final problem completely cancels out anything good that can come from this pedal, IT DOESN'T WORK!
The pedal is made up of almost all metal, but by the my second day of owning it, it had ceased to function. I didn't drop it or anything, it just started randomly shutting off and then flickering back on and then shutting off again. I am currently in the process of returning it or exchanging it.
This would have been an awesome pedal if it had worked for more than a day. If you need a heavy metal distortion pedal, than go ahead and take a chance on this one. Make sure you register it because there is a good chance that you will need to return it. Since there is warranty on it, you really aren't risking much. If you are one of the lucky few that get a working pedal, you will be very happy with it.
This review was originally published on http://www.musicgearreview.com