RiverRatt

I picked up a Metal Zone the other day. It was only $20, which is a no-brainer. I'll buy pedals all day for $20. Anyway, I recorded a sucky clip last night. Guitar --> EP Booster --> Metal Zone --> Vintage Modern --> Sennheiser E609 mic --> Mic Preamp/Digital Interface --> Garage Band. I didn't even know what I was going to play when I hit record, and this is what came out. A little too much bass, but not bad for a completely dry recording.

Boss Metal Zone Demo.mp3

See if you can guess which guitar. I'll give a 12AX7 tube to the first person who gets it right.



A: 1980's Kramer Focus 6000 (ESP)
B: 2006 Gibson Les Paul 1958 RI
C: Fender MIM Standard Stratocaster
D: Heartfield by Fender Talon II

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Originally Posted by MartyStrat54 That's what I like about you Alan...you got it bad. You're a tube-aholic.

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Jason77

I'll guess C

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A

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CaptainZero

Then I'll go D.

Maybe even double D's

sam marshall

B

carnada

**** wicked lester got the A

I go for A too.

I am pretty sure wycked lester already has enough pedals :P can I have the metal zone prease?

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A?

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I used to live and die by that pedal but can't stand using it now. Used it mostly on my Fender Strat and my Jackson. Everything sounds so compressed. Its a good entry pedal or for SS but sounds rank on my tube driven amps.

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RiverRatt

And you guessed correctly

Damn, I thought it would be harder than that. That's the new Super 55 Split Coil Fender pickups, and the bridge pickup at that. I've NEVER been excited about the tone of a Fender Strat bridge pickup before, but these, yeah, they work. I wish I'd gotten the set of 3 in the first place.

I bought the bridge pickup at Guitar Center Memphis a few weeks ago, and had to have the others. They work really well with whatever you're doing. Back off the gain and it sounds like a strat. Kick in the Metal Zone and it sounds like a brutal humbucker. About the only thing they won't do is that out-of-phase thin Strat sound unless you take the pickguard off and reverse the connector. I'm going to put a push-pull pot in to reverse the pickup wiring on the middle pickup. That'll make this the absolute most versatile guitar I own.

To everybody who picked the Kramer, good guess. That pink pickup is a DP151 PAF Pro, which naturally has that half-cocked wah sound like the Strat setup in the clip. It's all about the Brown Sound. I'm really happy with that guitar too, although I wish it didn't have the single-coils. Where else can you find an ESP for $300?

Jason, shoot me a PM with your mailing address and I'll get your prize on its way.

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RiverRatt

Actually most of the gain is coming from the amp and the EP Booster. I had the distortion knob on the Metal Zone almost all the way off. I like it for its mid-shaping controls and the low end you can dial in. I guess I'm using it more like a notch filter or parametric EQ than a distortion pedal.

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RiverRatt

LOL! It was for a 12AX7, not the pedal. I'll be glad to make you a deal on it though.

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Jason77

WOOHOO!!

It was easy for me because i used to run a MIM strat into a metal zone back when that was my only guitar and i wanted to do some Alice In Chains!

PM'ing you now...

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HOT TUBES 70

i pick " C "


RIVERRATT ... send me that pedal for some tonal upgrades !! Ha !!!!!
You will like it ...

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V-man

The only Boss I own and bought as a joke novelty like you for @ $25.

I no likey Boss crap... reminds me of the early 90s and Crate G series amps.

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until I work on it ....

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Marshallmaniac

I like this demo because it shows how just one piece of equipment can render other gear "faceless" After listening to the clip and looking at the guitars (even knowing the answer was the Strat) I still couldn't hear much resemblance toward it and it could have been recorded with any of those guitars!

I'm a 100% Strat player too by the way if that counts for anything.

Reminds me of a demo I have on Youtube. Some guy wrote "the tone is thin, you should use heavier strings" I wrote "I'm using 12's man!" and he replied "oh right, sorry!" I was using 9's. A quick tweak of a pedals eq would change the tone dramatically and I'd be "feeling" the heavier strings more than they would make a difference to "tone" Fatness possibly, but tone, not in my opinion.

V-man

and remove that beesnest assbaggery I spent $25 to amuse myself? I think not, sir!

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carnada

we should have more of these contests! I am starting to like this ideas.

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RiverRatt

Well, the point kinda was that it was a Strat bridge pickup with tons of gain and zero noise, but not necessarily a sound that I'll use. That probably wasn't the best choice of setups to demo the new pickups with, but it sounded interesting for a Strat and I thought I'd have a little fun with it. I said there was too much bass and it sucked. What did you expect?

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It was "C" .... I thought it sounded a bit thinner etc ...

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RiverRatt

So, what are these mods you speak of?

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HOT TUBES 70

Oh ...do tell !

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HOT TUBES 70

I'm not blowing my own horn here , but my mods for that pedal sound so good , you will end up keeping it on your board !!!



Pm me for details ....

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yladrd61

How much do you charge to make the metal zone actually sound good I am not happy with the sound from mine ?

Marshallmaniac

Ahhh...

RiverRatt

What's with all the doors slamming and Hot Tubes' innuendos? I feel like I got to the movie late.

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yladrd61

I just wan't my Metal Zone and TS 808 to sound better I just sent them to Hot Tubes so he can mod them, I will let you know how they sound when he sends them back

HOT TUBES 70

I hope my work stands up to your expectations !!
Thanks for sending them by the way .

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RiverRatt

I recorded this just messing around. I'm not playing much with the hand thing going on, just trying to stay limber until I get something done, but that was discussed already. This is just a little different sound with the same pedals, mic, amp and guitar. I added a couple of mini toggle switches to the Strat, so this clip is recorded using all 3 pickups with the middle one wired out of phase. I'm still using the unmodded Metal Zone. I hope the mods smooth out the distortion... it's a little buzzy. Anyway, the ending was the only think that sounded halfway decent so that's what you get. Listen quickly...

ending.mp3

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Strateuphoria

urgh, Metal zones suck