Digitech Metal Master

[3Dmultimedia1]

He is actually down tuned, your 440 ears can't pick up on the sub tones, lol. You guys suck, stay in the 80's.

[bonuzround]

The guy tried to a demonstration, which took his time to do so. Why the lightminded comments?

[youshit666]

Mucha paja loco, como tiemblas loco! jajaja

[Aaarrrggghhification]

Learn to play guitar

[gUiTaRbOy421]

Tune up bro!

[raveparty0]

do you need 2 chords?

[MrDeamon1]

Meth much??

[mydarklife666]

bad sound

[qbert401]

u shouldve went through all the different effect types now i wont know the difference between the metal master and the death metal digitech stompboxes :(

[Perfixesus]

What's the deal with your hand spazing out like that? It's like the vid is in fast forward but the sound isn't! XD

[CTROCK]

hey when i plug my cable from my amp into the first input which is (out 2 mixer) to my amp why does it make alot of humming noise? but if i plug it in to the( out 1 amp) from my amp than it don't make no humming noise! the funny thing is i set all my setting the same but if i plug into the either input than they sound different why do it do that? all my setting is the same! thanks

[stringmanboyd]

nice review!

[FrozenSparky]

im so glad i have this pedal. im watching some reviews n stuff of guitars that are way more expensive than mine but they sound SHIT because of the crappy dists they use. i have a 100$ amp , Cort EVL-K4 and this pedal and my sound is heavy as hell!

[leorequiem]

You have parkinson??

[tiohans]

@leorequiem i thought the same

[damaradis]

maenmu yang jelas kenapa....

[damaradis]

maenmu yang jelas kenapa....

[deadheadsg]

I was just doing some research for a new dist pedal, i think i found the 1! Thanx for the video, this thing sounds just great. I like that raw Slipknot sound, i think this pedal will do well with my RGT prestige with SD Blackouts AHB-2 in it!! ;)) 

[K41xDEATHCORE]

Digitech metal master = Death to BOSS distortion

jks but its sounds better than BOSS pedals

[Divljina89]

Very thin sounding... You can't really expect thick distortion from the pedal.

[69mankilla]

@Divljina89 Dude I own one it has a thick distortion sound. The morph and low (obviously) give it a nice thick tone

[Divljina89]

@69mankilla It all falls to water when you go live. Nothing beats overdriven amp distortion. I kinda find that some pedals sound great boosted. DS-1 for example. Others are just horrible, MT-2 for instance. But I guess it's just a matter of personal preference.

[FrozenSparky]

@Divljina89 what is thin/thick distortion?

[Divljina89]

@FrozenSparky Well, think of a thin distortion like a distortion with no balls. Kinda crunchy with almost no harmonics and loose all over the place. And thick would be something like that really sounds tight and controllable with lots of harmonics. DS-1 stock for instance is a little thin. But very thick when you stick and overdrive to it.

[deathpill100]

holy shit that's a FENDER guitar you're using? shit this pedal must be very good then!

[metalhead76250]

@deathpill100 Yeah actually its a good plug and play pedal. I mean u plug it in any amp u can find and you get an ultra thick sound, really good palm muting and a good lead tone instantly (especially ona bass amp). The main drawback is that it sounds kinda boxy and it does not respect at all your guitar sound. With this pedal you will get nearly the same sound with many different guitars.

[TankDriverOriginal]

@deathpill100 8-D Very nice comment! 8-D

[dsvogel420]

cmon, you can do better than this.

[froggdoddles]

youre are supposed to play metal with a metal pedal

[guitarshreder91]

this is an oawsome pedle if you have it set up right

[jb1563700]

Some really weird mids going on.

[mrguano7]

135 people have dicks in their ears. Nothing beats a tube.

[FrozenSparky]

3:20 sounds like DT

[FrozenSparky]

:o sick. but guitars outtof tune :(

[Unduhpants55]

sounds like a bee hive with distortion.

[Iamnotfrank]

Why the hell is your hand so shakey?

[cbappa2]

@Iamnotfrank drugs

[ShittakeBukakke]

Probably should have tuned your guitar beforehand haha, but it's not a bad pedal. I wonder what it sounds like through a more.... Metally guitar?

[morristhemoron]

@ShittakeBukakke i have this pedal and i use an epiphone les paul, which uses Alnico V humbuckers..........orgasmic sound!!!! i highly suggest you get this pedal if you hadn't already.

[guitarshreder91]

@ShittakeBukakke dude this thing is sweet, sick sound for Metallica, Children Of Bodom, does a dan good job at any kind of thrash metal

[TheChildSoldier]

I am starting to love this pedel but my style of playing is very Deftones based. Can this pedal get that sort of tone?

[ansiaaa666]

I was looking for a distortion pedal for death metal, and I was considering buying the digitech death metal pedal, but after listening to some demos, I'm starting to think that the metal master sounds even better

[WhyMeWhyYou22]

@ansiaaa666 please honestly dude dont do it... do not get the death metal pedal... it is the worst pice of shit of all time i freaking lost £45 coz of it but i gto this pedal and its a beauty... do it... get this pedal :p

[MicroPoison]

im soooo getting this

[jakobkaae]

My god! i must have that pedal!

[WithFullDistortion]

That sounds very tight, punchy and crunch

but does it sounds Sterile for solo?



[pr0llyn0t]

Telecaster DMT

[XanderGomez81]

what were you playing are those riffs u just made up there are pretty sick!!

[dalchimsky]

One of the finest Metal Master review on YouTube. You patiently illustrated the whole palette achievable by turning Morph knob. Thanks

[TheJoniscool]

this is kwl im sure its awesome if thts wat ur lookin for but i want a heavy sound i waS tryin to deside wether to get this or the death metal one but imma get the death metal one

[slimmetalpickin]

The only reason I like the Boss MT-2 a little better is you can scoop a little more of the mid range out. This pedal does sound good though.

[slimmetalpickin]

The only reason I like the Boss MT-2 a little better is you can scoop a little more of the mid range out. This pedal does sound good though.

[jedimastergarcia87]

Dimebag rules, kabanosi. :D I want the new Dean Dimebag Razorback with the custom blue lightening graphic. (Even though its not as fancy as say the Razorback Explosion, still a sweet looking guitar though). I also have this pedal and its awesome and its my favorite. I also got the Death Metal pedal and I also got the RP90 pedal. I only got a slimsy 15 watt Hartke amp but its pretty good with the Metal Master pedal. Anyway, nice playing dude. When you do your leads, do you play on the 1st string

[PromedToExplode]

Its got a real raw metal sound to it, sounds alot like Slipknot in this demo. :) (Y)

[muso2007]

Metal Zone Rules

[AHMADF93]

Metal with a telecaster? I'm amazed!! Unless it's a Jim Root telecaster..

[morristhemoron]

i have this pedal and its fucking amazing. I like to have the morph knob dialed all the way back; the high at 75%; the low at 100%. I also like having the morph at 75%; the high at the first mark PAST the half-way point; the low at 100%. you can get that chimaira sound with the first one, and more of an early slipknot sound with the second one.

[bulbasaurkid]

i just modded my metal master,and i think it sounds so much better, smoother almost triple rect. sound. great vid

[FredFan8]

wow,clean sound!

[megatallicdeththrash]

im thinking of either getting this or the digitech death metal, which should i get?

[xXCALLZXx]

this can make the same sound as the death metal, it should tell you how in one of the manuals you get, and it can also make the same sound as the boss metal zone. definately get this one

[remmajekim666]

they are both very good. my friend has the metal master and i have the death metal pedal. if you want cleaner heavy distortion get the metal master and if you want crunchy heavy distortion get the death metal pedal

[fuzzyboy50]

DIGITECH SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[onderscheet]

you sucks

[borus55]

you suck

[MonkeyNinjaFromSpace]

How was this recorded? Two mics?

[masbeni]

i totally forgot... it was more than 2 years ago ^^

but this pedal has 2 output, maybe i recorded from those 2 outs

as i remember i didnt use mic, direct to soundcard (jamlab)

[Maxpound]

I feel like such an ass for getting rid of this pedal. I need to get it back as soon as I can.

[ood2112]

How did you record this? it's totally in stereo. With my head phones it sounds like it's playing inside my head. Rock on......

[Erock09291]

"metal master"... ha! i think not! this thing has no gain. it makes tube amps sound like you're pressing against the speaker! the digitech grunge is the way to go

[brd2380]

dude your full of shit, i have a b-52 stealth series tube amp, and this pedal sounds amazing, gives it a mix between atreyu and pantera feel. i love it, plus this guy doesn't have the gained turned up, and you need to put the bass all the way up and treble at about 75% trust me dude this pedal kicks major ass! rock on dude!!!

[Erock09291]

i'll take your word for it man. thanks for the input

[kabanosi]

the pedal is really great even with my cube 20x its sounds superb i got mine: low 100%, high 75% morph 100%, and if i switch to my distortion channel with the setting at 25% gain and on en the distortion modelling its souns like dimebags sounds :D (amp EQ: low 90%, mid 25%, high between 75% and 65%

[cutematz1989]

morph / vol?

[unreal987]

seems like the midds

[tuinstoel77]

love the palm muting

[soultenebrae]

@jeserty6 It depends on what you are playing. Digitech not suited for death metal. Heavy metal or deathcore maybe or a la pantera style but that's it. I tried this one and it's not the shittiest but close too.

[tony93666]

@soultenebrae - Digitech's not good for death metal?! Are you kidding? Jack Owen, formerly of Cannibal Corpse, now with Deicide, used this exact same pedal, the Digitech 2101 rack unit, and now the Digitech GSP1101. I'd say Jack knows about death metal.

[soultenebrae]

@tony93666 Yean that's what I'm exactly telling you. They lost alot of their brutal sound since he used this. More core oriented sound. Listen to early Deicide or Cannibal corpse and you'll see what I mean. The difference is huge. Death metal band are in general using Boss pedal(OLD HM-2 or even the MT-2 or the MXR products or black star valve). Digitech is pay more to get less.

[tony93666]

not brutal anymore? we'll have to agree to disagree on that.

[soultenebrae]

@tony93666 Each is opinion on that argument but I prefer they older stuff wich I think the sound was more brutal more raw and punishing. But this we cannot argue. Nice channel by the way.

[tony93666]

no argument, just discussion, that's all.

I don't really dig much of the Chris Barnes era of Cannibal... some of it's okay, but I much prefer George on vocals. I think 'The Bleeding' was the best Barnes album. They got a great guitar sound on that one too.

you should upload some videos - love to check out your guitar playing. I love old school death metal too(obviously. LOL)

[vandalgio]

your guitar sounds very out of tune

[masbeni]

yes i think so ^^

[oneXwingedXangelx]

other than the fact the tone isnt kinda crapy id say its a decent pedal i tryied one at GC i wasnt a fan i prefer the digitech deathmetal or a BOSS metalzone but hey we all have opinions ^^ keep rocken

[mutonator]

hell yeah sound great ill by one

[Shrieken213]

Battery life = 2 hours. Adaptor is really "hummy." I recommend noise gate with it

btw gitsata boss noise supressor is the god of all noise gates. Wouldn't say fuck that.

[cdavis1516]

im debating on this one or the mxr fullbore metal any advice??

[soultenebrae]

@cdavis1516 The mxr fullbore all the way. digitech are shitty. At least get mt-2 boss but even that I prefer the mxr fullbore.

[tofu138]

my volume drops when i activate my metal master even with the level knob turned 3/4 of the way. Does anyone kno y this happens?

[MartyHITD]

if your running it on a battery it means your batt is probs low. The pedal has a pass through so just running a clean tone through it doesnt even require power of any sort. Get a charger i reccomend

[MrOneofthepeople]

Is your guitar tuned properly?

[speedofacentipede]

i had one of these and hated it compared to the metal zone.

[markole91]

I have Squier Strat bulet series...and fender 15g amp...i m thinking about buying this pedal...will it fit my guitar...coz i cant afford better...im still newbie and im asking about your openion ...i realy like this distorsion...

sorry for my english....Thank you

[sigmar182]

@markole91 I have this pedal, and I my first amp was a Frontman 15G. I liked the sound when I didnt know better, but now Ive got a 150w marshall halfstack, and know what this pedal is all about. u shudnt go for such a higain pedal with a small speaker like that. (38w if im not mistaking)

[markole91]

which pedal do you recommend for max 100e , and this equipment...

Thank you

[sigmar182]

@markole91 If you want real heavy metal type distortion, then I would recommend a Digitech Hardwire Metal distortion, but It is pretty expensive... The HardWire is an improved digitech line of effects, and the metal distortion is awesome! Unlike this one, which is very deep, with a lot of bass, the Metal Distortion is very deep too, but you can climb up the neck, and it completely nails those high notes..

[gitsata]

fuck boss pedals

digitech rulessss mates

[Hildoz2]

GREAT VIDEO with a demo of your tuning of the pedal too! Love it, just as much as I fell in love with that pedal!

But please tell me. How good would that pedal sound on a 15 watt amp?

[EvanTheNinja]

i use it on my 15watt fender amp. it sounds great.

[ShittakeBukakke]

This thing beats the hell out of any BOSS distortion pedal.

[WachaDrop]

@ShittakeBukakke wow really? what pedal do you have? imo ML-2's sound much better than this.

[ShittakeBukakke]

@WachaDrop I have a Digitech Death Pedal, which I'll admit isn't the best. But it sounds far better than most Boss pedals, which in my opinion all sound pretty thin, trebly and weak.

[mccneb]

3:20 palm mutes sound pretty sick

[sigmar182]

@mccneb u shud hear it when youve got (low at 3 oclock, high at 1 oclock and morph all the way)

In my 150w halfstack, on a bc rich warlock, tuned in drop b, it shakes the shit out of my house

[schecterfanboy]

Its probably the horror of your tone that shakes your house.

[darkgamer240]

dude serously. I would have my amp (16 watts) at like 8 o clock and the pedal volume at 12 and it shakes my room. IT'S NUTZ!!!

[51504life]

Hey Wicked,

I would suggest the Marshall Guv'nor plus, that's what I use. If you need more high end, pair it with a stock ds-1. You would be amazed how taking these 2 pedals and using their different features work.. This combo gets a nice VH tone I think.

[WickedKnight07]

What kind of pad do you need to pull off songs like Van Halen?

[R37M]

I bought one just recently and I totally love it..it has both the slayer and pantera distortion sound...

[Benny555666]

How much do they cost?

[fullofblood]

rather harsh mids

[lynnox36]

totally...!!!!

^_^

Boss MT2 Metal Zone is much better than this one...

[H3xxl0RxXx]

The Moss Betal Zone as the Metal Core is just a mainstream Pedal for too much money, you can get good pedals like this here for half the bucks!

Metal Master has it's own nice sound to it, I like it through my Marshall - You really should try it sometime! It's great.

[guitardude239]

i dont no what ur smokin but at guitarcenter u buy this pedal for 89$ which is way more expensive then the mt-2

[lionslicer9999]

Lowest I've seen it sold for new was $59

I've seen it used for lower.

Guitar center rips people off.

[domonichimself]

...I just got one from GC for 40$

[ericponsv]

I have to agree it's an awesome pedal and used by petrucci and many others but not a good idea to post this on a Metal Master vid

[montanagangrobi]

if you want bigger and quality distortion,buy BOOS Metal Zone....

[OKaeporaGaeboraO]

MEtal COre to the max. Metal zone is okay.

[riftguitar]

This pedal is seriously bad, nice demo though! I have one of these myself, and it's just rotting away in a drawer.

[blkstation666]

Will you send it to me PLEASE??!! Ill send you 20 bucks!

[riftguitar]

I live in norway, that's a bit hard.

[guitarsguy666]

How much did this pedal cost?

[julianmetallica161]

more heavy???????

digitech metal master ?

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digitech death metal?

[Porranaofunciona]

ive got a EMG 81...

what distortion pedal should i buy??

[gogmagog123456789]

I think this pedal has bad distortion. Too much Brightness impossible to clean. Notes can´t be listened ok at high volume settings, it´s designed to make noise. I liked demonstration, so the video have my 5/5.

[kipecegovedo]

that is some fucking bad playing!

[persemprerosso94]

it's better the digitech death metal pedal

[mko101]

that sucks..

[domdom0702]

Boss Metal zone mt-2 sounds better...

[mko101]

yup, people say that mt-2 is shit. I've got and i'm glad that I chose it.

[braulio9511]

if you have humbuckers and use highs and lows corecctly its ok,but when you have bad pickups

[SatyriCOB9693]

i'm trading my DigiTech Death Metal in for a MetalZone. It absolutely blew me away combined with the compressor and noise reducer

[iFuckYOUcoZiCan]

metal muff

[skolanbrinner]

agree

[GundamMarkII2020]

ya metal zone sounds alot better but i like mutli effects pedals better

easyer to switch channals

like a metal zone and a chorus pedal (example)

your doing some chorus stuff with the pedal ok now its for the heavy distortion you have to frist

1. turn of the pedal

2. then go to the other pedal and turn that one on.

you can't really do it that fast when standing live lol

[winofred7]

yea i agree...i have it and it is the most used pedal on my board

[skolanbrinner]

agree its the best pedal ive ever buyed

[0SlipknotMaggot0]

buyed? *face palm*

[skolanbrinner]

my english teacher is retarded sry :(

[xdyerseve88x]

hell yea! i run mine through my effect loop and i get like metallica/ children of bodom type dist. it's really clear too. not like this pedal.

[Nelson123n]

would this pedal be good for thash/death type metal if not wat is and its gotta be cheap to please

[mazlan12]

yes it is try viewing my video i recorded my song with this pedal for both lead/rythm

[CreepingDeath9999]

this distortion sounds unstable, i perfer my metal zone

[gblaisg]

well, it doesn't sounds good, but i've heard worst

[Fanatical86]

Digitech could have invested a dollar and put in a mid contol knob with adeguate circuitry.

[dsvogel420]

Thats the biggest thing I hate about this pedal! Kinda let down when I purchased this! I was stoked bc it deff sounded better than my practice amp distortion but when I played through an decent sized amp it sounded too fake!

[fullofblood]

I bet you were running this through a ss amp cause it sounded too digital.Digitechs suck thru ss amps but are very very good thru tubes

[NegativeTelecaster]

dont b a pussy about it, turn all that shit up 2 10 and go ! :D

[morbidblessings7]

good distortion

[GLMadalin]

slipknot is nu-metal you douche bag

[lionslicer9999]

slipknot is a bunch of genres =P

[Hateeternal2009]

few bands seperate themselves from genres and i think slipknot is one of them....thier music is so diverse its hard to label them

[Dimefan91]

Call them whatever you want, they still suck ass.

[lionslicer9999]

lol

[Espada623]

slipknot is what they call sream-o metal

[d4nzig4life]

no...

[TheJohnBaptist]

how much was it??

[daftroger]

it is around $70-$90 depending on where you buy it.

[Metalhead13a]

i turn everything up except the level on my metalmaster and i can get a pretty good sound

[sigmar182]

Level 12 o´clock, low 3 o´clock, hi 1 o´clock and morph 5 o´clock. That works awesomely, if you play real hevy metal..

[ig0c0mmand0]

wow tune your guitar

[Bleedingyoursoul]

i fucking hate this pedal

when i bought the digitech deathmetal it was between the metal master and this one and i tried them both out and this one was shit in comparison

[broncos346]

na they get shorted out alot

[jsmith5052]

mine wont work unless it is connected w/ another pedal... is that what the problem is?

[broncos346]

no when i kick it to clean there is no volume

[jsmith5052]

i know that's the same problem w/ mine.... my power supply input on the top doesn't or or something.. it's fine w/ a battery though.... but then clean doesn't work like you said....

[A7XNJ]

make sure you have a power supply with the right polarity. if you dont no sound will come out. Happened with mind but i got a new one and it works fine w/ the power supply and battery now

[hardcorepiss]

just get the 2 fucking pedals

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[ViLLZzZz]

Cmod dude i try this pedal from tube amp and it`s sound like shit and it`s DIGITAL..And the sound is so gay.Buy the grung pedal or the death metal.But if you need the real buy boss mt-2 Metal ZONE

[nepats3912]

If you need the real buy the Boss ML-2 Metal Core.

[jrockpsycho]

metal core sucks get METAL ZONE