Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum
Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: Dane on November 21, 2007, 11:43:17 AM
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I like the sound of this thing. 1 stop for your metal needs http://media.zvex.com/FLASH/BOM/index.html
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holy hell i want one. man i don't even play metal but now i WANT to.
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bold move putting it up against those amps, unfortunately it only goes to highlight how fizzy it sounds. wasn't impressed at all - no balls!
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The vids all look great. A fun pedal for sure !
Another couple of new vids here - http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=317520
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http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=316194
Alan
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bold move putting it up against those amps, unfortunately it only goes to highlight how fizzy it sounds. wasn't impressed at all - no balls!
:twisted:
+1, sounds pretty cr@p to me :\
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The videos are hilarious. The guitar player is like a hired monkey. :D
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How did he manage to get all those amps to sound so shitee? And so exactly the same shitee?
The pedal does one thing - loads of bass, fat, fizzy mush. Who wants a tone like that?????
Can you tell I don't like it? :lol:
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i don't believe so many people hate it! it's pretty close to the sounds of that uberschall and knucklehead he a/b's it with. the clips i was disappointed with were the ones with the panning going on. if i turn off my righ speaker then it just sounds like awful mush thru the ac30 and twin.
EDIT: actually, the ac15 w/ strat clip is pretty damn nasty too. spoiled a great sound
EDIT: actually, listening to them again; i don't really like it at all. that's kinda odd.
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Haa i reckon its worth it just for the vocal DOMINATION.
lol
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i like it .. it is what it is . a metal pedal . kicks the cr@p out of the boss mt2 and ml2
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on the a/b videos as well, the mesa sounds infinitely better than the box of metal through either amp..
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it's pretty close to the sounds of that uberschall and knucklehead he a/b's it with.
Yeah, when you set both those amps to the "shitety sound" option. If you re-EQ'd the amps I reckon they could sound a whole lot better and blow the Box of Man-jizz out of the water......
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Just remember that in the amp shootouts, the box of metal is being used with the comparison amp clean channel. To me it sounds not too shabby in these samples, but you still need those amps to make the sound, so the pedal is just driving the amp like its own internal gain. For the left /right channel stuff it sounds like cr@p.
The presenter guy sounds funny as hell.
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The 'presenter guy' is Mr Zachary Vex himself :wink:
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I think it is a really good pedal for metal but not to the level of standing the comparison with those amps. I wonder why there isn't any comparison video with an Engl, Framus or VHT. :twisted:
For a pedal it's definitely a killer.
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Not a great pedal but still a very interesting presentation hahaha.
Btw I liked every amp distortion better htan this pedal. Marshall beats it 300%.
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As far as i see it, it would only be good for small amp situations. There would be no reason to have it AND have those amps, since you would just use the amp for the distortion. Also, if you wanted a really nice metal sound, its unlikely you'd have a vox as your amp. And if you wanted a metal pedal for a little amp, you wouldn't spend 300 dollars on it.
EDIT: The kj amp vid is pretty nice though.
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bold move putting it up against those amps, unfortunately it only goes to highlight how fizzy it sounds. wasn't impressed at all - no balls!
:twisted:
Exactly. No depth in sound, I wasn't keen on its sound either. It would be a good pedal if it was cheap, say less than £80. But these will be more like £180. I'd rather go for something like HT Dual.
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Knowing Zvex he likes to put his pedal head on against amp. Not only for this but also for the Box Of Rock. But i mean nothing beats the real deal ( Amp Dirt) But it does at colors to our tone arsenal. And Box of Rock is 1 of the best plexish pedal around. i am not a uber high gain person so the BOM is cool if i want a 1 stop metal tone 8)
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Hmmm, interesting.
Owning a Knucklehead and playing a Tre alot I would say the amp slays it.
But this is'nt really the point imo.
Zachary, imo, makes some pretty poor videos but amazing pedals.
He is known for making some pretty WILD pedals that are very tweakable and require time to dial in but first class too.
For instance, I hate his Nano head video but adore the actual head itself.
I would say the BOM is probably a great pedal in it's own right, just maybe not totally required if owning a high gain amp to start with (maybe better boost choices out there for that), but ya pays ya money and takes ya chances/make ya choice.
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I don't think the Box of Metal pedal is anything more than a souped-up Fuzz Factory :(
I own and very much enjoy using a Fuzz Probe (Fuzz Factory with a theramin plate thingy) and it sounds really secksay, but that's because it's a fuzz pedal and it does just that.
The BoM sounds like a Fuzz Factory on steroids... and the roids made its testicles shrivel...