Distortion for metal

[schenr]

MI Audio Tube Zone? Quite expensive though but I've heard it gets a good Mesa Boogie sound if that interests you at all.

normally bout 260 aud, but good ol' ebay gave it to me for 150. I have to say, it is a bloody good pedal, can pretty much do everything the crunchbox can.

@LazyNinja
i may just be retarded, but i can't really seem to get the tone i want just out of the tubezone by itself (i love the sound of it, but just not this particular sound i'm looking for at the moment)...but that just may be my lack of tweakability, who knows...maybe my impatience is getting the better of me.

i've heard some good things bout that tri-metal too, but i've never been a big zoom fan (probably cos ive used a multi effects unit by them that sounded terrible) so it's tarnished my opinion of them.

and my budget is 200 aud max, so the wampler (i love the pinnacle II) probably doesnt fit in there :(


but tomorrow i've promised myself a visit to a guitar shop to try a few other pedals out and look a bit more into this tube business.

[LazyNinja]

What sound are you trying to achieve??

[schenr]

Have a listen to c.o.t.e. And themata by karnivool. That sort of punchy distortion. When I've seen them live I saw one of them with a 5150 amp and I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that one of the guitarists uses a boss gt8 but I'm not sure if he uses that for the distortion on delay and other modulations.
I also love the pinnacle II sound, but again it's a bit pricey.

[Roobubba]

If you had a 5150, you'd be mental to use a distortion pedal with it! I slam the front end of mine with a tubescreamer, but all the gain comes from the amp, and it's glorious. SO MUCH BETTER than any pedal I've owned! :)

[bucketshred]

I slam the front end of my JCM800 with a Blackstar HT-DIST X (the high gain one). Just use it as a boost and it makes me sound MASSIV!

Paddy

[schenr]

but i dont have a 5150 unfortunately :(
If i had the cash back when i bought the HRDx then i probably would have gone for something like that...but i didnt.

[schenr]

Ok...so I've stumbled across a really good sound with my current setup (the setup i originally wanted to change) that is what I've been looking for (for those still interested).

I guess its a mix between EVH and a tight prog metal sorta sound.
I've decided (as someone suggested previously for me to do) to keep the mt2 for the time being, and i have that going into the tube zone, with quite a low distortion on the mt2 and have the eq with: mids and high at 2oclock, bass at 4oclock and frequency at 1oclock. Then use the tubezone as a gain boost and use the eq on that to get rid of any harsh bity-ness and make it smoother.

I've just installed cold sweats on my guitar, so maybe that has helped me with my tone i was after (awesome pickups just quietly).

And thanks everyone for all your input, if I ever do decide to sell the mt2 I'll definately have your suggestions in mind.

[dheim]

i've never heard of any band you mentioned, but the boss HM2 is a great distortion... that's how swedish death metal was born!

[cbz]

The Hardwire Metal pedal does seem to cover all metal bases from what I've heard.  Here's how it sounds... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGwc0MY3lM8

This is a pretty good pedal. I tried this out when buying my own, but in the end I bought a Blackstar HT-DIST X (great pedal). I think the Seymour Duncan Twin Tube Mayhem was slightly better, but I couldn't afford it.

[Transcend]

also look at the guyatone mmx and mm1 theyre awesome pedals the sound clips on the site are utter cr@p though.

[Madsakre]

Randall RH150G is both cheap and damn good for it.
If you're lucky then Find a Ampeg vh140c - This is legendary as $%&#!
If you're rich - A Dual/triple Rectumfrier
Line 6 Products are also very suitable for death metal tones.
If youre swedish - A HM-2 pedal