Author Topic: Box of Metal (Read 4227 times)

Dane · « **on:** November 21, 2007, 11:43:17 AM »

I like the sound of this thing. 1 stop for your metal needs http://media.zvex.com/FLASH/BOM/index.html

indysmith · « **Reply #1 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:06:20 PM »

holy hell i want one. man i don't even play metal but now i WANT to.

HTH AMPS · « **Reply #2 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:06:52 PM »

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:

hamfist · « **Reply #3 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:09:34 PM »

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

_tom_ · « **Reply #4 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:14:10 PM »

Quote from: HEAVIER THAN HELL

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 :\

Mr Ed · « **Reply #5 on:** November 21, 2007, 12:34:50 PM »

The videos are hilarious. The guitar player is like a hired monkey. :D

Twinfan · « **Reply #6 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:20:37 PM »

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:

indysmith · « **Reply #7 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:52:21 PM »

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.

waves · « **Reply #8 on:** November 21, 2007, 01:59:03 PM »

Haa i reckon its worth it just for the vocal DOMINATION.

lol

CUBE · « **Reply #9 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:01:24 PM »

i like it .. it is what it is . a metal pedal . kicks the cr@p out of the boss mt2 and ml2

waves · « **Reply #10 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:07:42 PM »

on the a/b videos as well, the mesa sounds infinitely better than the box of metal through either amp..

Twinfan · « **Reply #11 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:11:11 PM »

Quote from: indysmith

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......

Kesus T · « **Reply #12 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:44:11 PM »

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.

Twinfan · « **Reply #13 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:50:05 PM »

The 'presenter guy' is Mr Zachary Vex himself

Pale Rider · « **Reply #14 on:** November 21, 2007, 02:52:19 PM »

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.