Box Of Metal distortion pedal review

[crushingoverdrive]

Wow a pedal that makes an mt-2 sound amazing

[userboy6]

so annoying

[414deathmetalist]

he smacks his lips more then a ghetto black woman

[Zylandia]

You Should take some guitar lessons :S

[Cthulhuized]

the gate is fucking useless..sometimes

[kukoricamoly]

For this type of sound a fuzzface vill be better... :)

[RMOSCOLA]

these are the meanest comments i've ever read.. but some of the funniest i've ever read...

[theycallmetravzter]

You playing with your fingers like that takes mad skill but your fingertips are fuckin groossss. U need nailclippers and new distortion pedal cuz that box of shit sucks

[PureDevilAllenAngel]

why the fuck on earth do you want to turn the fucken treb all the way up then scoop the fucken mid?

[guitarklown]

You should demo a nail clipper..

[SilverBayJ]

Please I'll give you $300 bucks not to review, talk, play guitar ever again!~ Thats the worst gate on the planet, but then again anything that gates this guy off works for me. If you "keep running into problems with the gate" @ 3:27, you probably shouldn't be demo'ing the damn pedal!! Oh and lastly, please don't ever "scoop" the mids and then be totally surprised when all the mids are gone, duh....cut your nails!

[Xyrium]

Please delete your youtube account...

[Metaltyrik]

педаль говно, играет он как говно! и какого хрена играть на дисте пальцами !!!!

[hotamohit]

yeeesh.. digital processors sound better than this

[acdcfreak75]

the gods of metal are not pleased

[sammysstuff1]

who the heck would pay $300 for this pedal!??! they must be on crack..

[1robbie55382]

lets see ? lotsa knobs 2 buttons overpriced typical sound....hmmm. NO THANX

[caincolesr]

Thanks for this review, now I know to never buy this overpriced crappy sounding pedal.

[326AM]

like if you think this guy is a proper cunt

[bringerofplagues1213]

hahahahah 1:32 look at that fuckin thumb nail

[MrFenderbender97]

that is one of the ugliest guitars ive seen

[kaktussalat]

man we doesnt he use a pick???

[blackmetalbanana]

@kaktussalat cuz he doesnt want to duh

[Lan2Wave]

wrong guitarist for the demo and use a pick u ass clown. whats with all lip smacking???

[mikefont69]

This demo ...err...this guy playing......does NOT do Z vex any favors! Playing some stupid fuzzy ass chords....what a hack!

[aldouslau]

that sounds shit to me

[strahinje]

sucks

[Theansilgregoryshow]

ok i am not usually one to comment on videos but this is for guitar player and this is the worst sounding demo i have heard. The pedal is actually quite nice.

[War2011Machine]

sounds like the guitar is farting 1:51

[MrZerox123]

@War2011Machine lol thats waht i was thinking. 

[stone14me]

Junk



[kingdarko]

That gate is crap.

[HardLuckGambler]

rock!

[Vomitore]

It sounds like... Yeah, I don't think humans have a word yet for how bad this pedal sounds.

[JJF10101957]

Mid,smack,treble,smack,gate.I'­ll bet they could not give this thing away!

[Donaldkhaos]

Sounds more like fuzz

[butcherer100]

Try play some metalcore with those fingernails :P

[guitarramaniacx]

@butcherer100 you can.... i can do it... but i prefer a pick.. i only use my fingers to play the acoustic guitar

[MrUltraworld]

lousy reviewer

[KazKylheku]

300 bucks or this piece of shit? ROFL!!!!

[bonetrainmusic]

spitty

[hiiamderek21]

uhhhhh.. nice guitar! :D

[the77elcamino]

Dork

[ryandevison]

is this Paul from guitar world?

[cbertram11]

dude i want to hear somone sherd on this thing fuckXD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[jing479]

Before I buy an effect, I ask my self; Will it make me sound better than Scotty Moore?

[mysterioustree14]

you should demo a tuner

[anidemolimacnauj]

@mysterioustree14 and a pick

[TheJmartin66509]

uber anything is the most annoying shit ever is it that much harder to say super like I guess its supposed to be cool but you just sound like a douche if you want distortion out the ass buy a real fucking amp and an Isp noise gate case closed

I have an ibanez prestige through a mesa boogie dual rec roadster and when I turn it up you cant stand next to it with out hearing protection

[veeragandersucks]

this guy ever heard of a pick??????

[jamilshahrel]

what the..............

[opolo2112]

You suck!, the pedal sucks!, and your faggy shoes suck!!!

[CyclicDevourment]

sounds like crap

[djstriderite]

Wow. This is the worst sounding pedal I've heard in a long time. I won't even bother trying it out at guit ctr

[thecactustube]

My fart sounds better than this pedal and stinks half as as much!

[dalstar925]

my metalzone sounds better than this and that shouldn't be the case!

...i'm thinking this demo isn't very good :)

[JBL8863]

Noise and feedback is Metal...without it, it's nothing more than an overdrive pedal.

Some sound advice instead of using a PRS clone try using an actual metal guitar...Jackson, Dean it will sound way better.

Also learn some metal chunkin and some fast scales before a demo on a metal pedal.

[krispatel1]

that gate sucks. It takes away all sustain

[RutherbergX]

Nothing beats a good old tubey pushed to 11 !

[cast390]

You should learn how to play first before you review anything

[jessehenandez]

oh just shut up and play you fucking douche!

[userboy6]

LIPSMACKER!!!

[hevechvy]

damn! what a piece of shit pedal, lol

[ka0ism]

So it's got one tone and a gate?

[frostyman5]

The box of metal is currently $219 at guitar cebter

[windyarse41]

pretty underwhelming and not worth 300 bucks

[joeinpain]

so basically the noise gate option ruins everything

[fendermac]

Lipsmacking annoyance...

[JEDIMASTERZAK]

@fendermac it sounds like dripping diarrhea 

[radicalgarbage02]

@fendermac Yep. There's a cheap mic on the guy's shirt collar.

[dalstar925]

@fendermac no no no...TOTAL annoyance! :)

[MrZerox123]

@fendermac its only annoying when you do it to fast or with a distortion. Doing it with a a clean can be cool.

[SuperCannibalistic]

Crap.

Just crap.

(The guy, not the pedal)

[1984corbindallas]

yeah way to completly botch the vid

[SoViolentlySick]

Okay, a think i've learned about youtube is that u guys who run demos of Metal-kind pedals F*CKING HATE PALM MUTES, or something like that. Who cares the top distortion it can reach? Spend that time showing the mid range, the pedal's presence with full basses on... and the damn PEDAL'S PALM MUTES RESPONSE!!!

F*ck u guys ):

[stringsnsticks]

Sounds discusting

[lilblackangus]

you suck do a real demo not just tapping

[Xyrium]

Terrible.

[amkboxer]

you seem like a decent guy, but really shitty review.

[karnicericimo]

I hate zvex from the moment I tested the fuzz factory

[ojgibbins]

Really reminds me of the youtube vid: Learn to Shred like the Master

[bramabull111]

not at all helpful, are we supposed to imagine what it would sound like if he were using a pick? Somebody has overthought or underthought this review clearly.

[Ghisguth]

he really reminds me of michael cera

[DiggityHSauce]

Jesus fucking Christ, why don't they use somebody who actually knows how to play metal? He's not even using a goddamn pick!

Oh, and don't even try to tell me that you don't have to use a pick to play metal, fuckers. I challenge anyone in the world to play Meshuggah's Bleed, Dream Theater's As I Am, or even Enter fucking Sandman CORRECTLY without a pick. What a retard.

[baconbag]

@DiggityHSauce you dont have to use a pick to play metal. look at tosin abasi from animals as leaders, currently the best metal guitarist in my opinion. He doesn't use a pick in a ton of his parts. your stupid

[zcl812]

@DiggityHSauce

because those are the greatest metal songs ever written. i get your point though, theres hardly any decent videos of audio gear.

[thatcoolG]

dude that pedal sounds like crap the way its being plaid through

[sathanocracy]

i hate how the just pauses to smack his lips

[visualkeirockstar]

piece of shit

[fakeplasticmeat]

One of the worst 'reviews' I've ever seen.

[jochiasson]

zvex is overated

[tokyosan1]

gate sucks

[cornjuicy]

What a douche

[leonardocavaco]

Box of Fuzz

[Teutonic1250]

*cue lipsmaking every 10 seconds*

[4ntiIvIon]

box of overpriced garbage

[thunda121658]

300 bucks my arse!

[TheLedGuitarist]

i hate demos that dont do the pedal justice

[hepatitis123]

Shitty guitar, shitty amp, shitty guitar player demoing gear

[pasionaldo]

play with fingers is sucks for distorcion men.

[oliverjanssen]

i always hate the long talking and short hearing of the gear!

[100roberthenry]

one word...shit!...smack of lips...smack of lips..smack of lips......that sound makes me want to smack you............and use a pick u mug otherwise it will always sound soft as fuck....

[kdr26554]

It's not a box of metal... More like a BOX 'O FUZZ...

[funkster007]

Box Of Knobs

[badsausageface]

This is without a doubt one of the worst gear reviews I've ever seen. How about you try some metal riffs next time. Or perhaps play it into a non blooze combo.

[mullen2105]

@badsausageface or use a pick? hahah

[travis5352]

TERRIBLEE PEDALL!! i feel bad for this guy.. 300 bucks WTF!!!

[WillSnyderMusic]

Crap... this pedal sounds bad! not the kind of bad as in, wow bad.... more like, wow, I can't believe how bad it sounds. the gate at a mid setting cuts the note off, and it's not even a smooth cut off... it's a cool concept, but needs way more work. I guess if you want to have a sound you wont use, might come in handy.

[Charoncabs]

Are you sure to put this Zweck in on the boutique pedals market? Sorry but it sounds like a low cost pedal. No warmth at all.

[Stevo4411]

omg stop smacking your lipsss!!!!

[guitarshreder777]

his fingernails are really long

[bedofrazorsqwerty]

The BSIAB2 sounds WAAAAYYY better than this. Zvex took that design to make "THE BOX OF ROCK". I guess this just has a few more value changes and harsher diodes. IT SOUNDS LIKE BARF.

[guitarshreder777]

amp distorsions are way better

[runishit]

box of metal..???

sounds more like a box of fuzz dude

[MrBlink41SUM]

WTF its a box of METAL. dont play fingerstyle!

[MMZen]

you think he could have tried to make a 300 dollar pedal sound better

[MrChrisHysteria]

Putain c'est horrible les ongles long

[andy92811]

holy lip smack. now i know why my dad gets pissed when I do that.

[MalchikBlue]

Smack.

[Tommy15185]

i don't like buzzing.... :D

[iLik3c0o0ki3s]

sounds like a bad fuzz pedal to me

[Nittonutria]

it's a joke?

[audiobuttmaster]

It should be called 'box of diarrhea', cause thats what it sounds like.

[mikegnar2]

what a giant POS

[jesusvalles54]

this is a disgrace to guitar players everywhere

[CemetaryGatesML]

OMG if you sucks his lips one more time... god help us...

[xra3ger0]

@CemetaryGatesML lol shoot myself in the d1ck...

[CemetaryGatesML]

@xra3ger0 honesty the sound of his lips are going to get some one killed

[100roberthenry]

300 bucks ...wtf sounds shit....lol...

[Rickman769]

this is really lame. who would hire this guy?

[emanuelmiglio]

fingerpicking metal! yeah!

[morellotc620]

this gate is shit..

[dasadopeboy]

this is a really bad review......

[twistedH3L1X]

Was there a compressor on the recording? It sounds like it when you are demo'ing the gate and hit it hard. The volume seems to drop right after a heavy chord after the closed gate opens.

If there is a compressor, you need to state so, so that people don't get the wrong impression of this nice pedal.

[visiondanndotcom]

As some say - THE TONE IS YOU!! I have a friend who sounds awesome - no matter where and what he is plugged in ... So, people, stop playing ti gear-sluts-war ... I can only say - IF YOU CAN REALLY PLAY THE GUITAR - YOU CAN GET THIS SMALL BOX SCREAMING! That's it and that's all!

[jleach96]

@visiondanndotcom you have spoken the truth brother or sister becuse i dont know who you r:)

[justsupersteve]

@visiondanndotcom i am A 100000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­000000000000000000000000000000­0000000000000 trillion times agree with you! it can not be more right. if you can play the guitar, study, develope your sound, personality, technique and concern about playing celan, you will sonud good here and everywere! (of course, gear imports but it's not all)

[GhostOfAE]

Oh my gosh, take the microphone out of your mouth when you talk. All I hear is "smack click splhczr" every time you move your mouth. Sounds like you've got a compressor on your mic, please don't do that when you post reviews.

Also, I've heard great things about this pedal but it sounds pretty bad in this demo.. gonna go check out some other vids of it.

[PhuckHue2]

nice gate. its goes from apeshit to dead silence in milliseconds

[stantonshred]

moat of the time thats a bad thing with pedals like this

[Zaspor]

Ugh- I could have pulled a better demo out of my ass. Stop strumming open chords in the same progression for 3 minutes straight it sucks and doesn't help at all, a better mic would have helped too becuase only thing I heard a difference in was the gate.

[dbenc]

Funny.... Its call BOX OF METAL yet almost no metal riffing.

[Zaspor]

@dbenc tough to riff when u use flaminco style and don't play metal lol.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

It's cute that you learned the phrase "closed minded" from some friends in school, but as you get older, you will learn to see which music is more influential and more important than other music. Because you are only 16, I will refrain from embarrassing you here.

Music has de-evolved over the past two decades. In 2 years, no one will give a shit about bands like Between the Buried and Me and Dragonforce and Converge.

[supergordon]

bro, check out BTBAM one more time, it's cool stuff

[strybel]

Just string him up...Monster cables should be fine

[WithExtremePrejudice]

This guy doesn't know anything about metal. He's just some shitty disco player.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

Crappy demo of a truly shitty pedal. Glad to see Zachary Vex is just mailing it in now. 300 bucks for this piece of crap? No thanks. The 90 metal muff sounds better than this doorstop.

[TravuhsWree]

@WithExtremePrejudice

Don't judge this pedal based on this review. The guy is a fucking retard and an awful player. Watch a different review.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

You're a retard and have bad taste. Pedals are retarded. All you should need is a good guitar and a good amp and GOOD TECHNIQUE. Naturally, you don't understand that. Moron.

[TravuhsWree]

@WithExtremePrejudice Way to lash out at me for no reason, MORON. I was telling you this guitar player sucked and that this demo doesn't do the pedal justice.

AND, just because YOU don't like pedals doesn't mean you get to fucking tell me what I FUCKING SHOULD USE. Get a life DIPSHIT. If you hate pedals so much why are you trolling on a fucking demo video of one? YOU FUCKING MORON, FACEPALM YOURSELF NOW BECAUSE YOU MADE A HUGE MISTAKE AND NOW LOOK LIKE THE BIGGEST, STUPIDEST ASSHOLE ON YOUTUBE.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

Man, using all caps intermittently is pretty threatening, but I'm going to respond anyway.

It's easy to tell just by reading your stupid little comments, but after wasting 3 and a half minutes watching the video you've uploaded, it's plainly obvious that you clearly know little to nothing about guitar playing. LITTLE to NOTHING. Real guitarists play guitars -- they don't waste their money on little toys like this overpriced piece of crap.

Move along, little boy.

[TravuhsWree]

Oh, and do real guitarists also talk shit without even having a fucking video up? Also, if you actually read the fucking description, (or, if you can even read,) you would have known that it wasn't even a serious attempt at a video.

But this is a fucking waste of time, you really just love to waste your time fucking with people you don't even know. Real guitarists don't use pedals? Wow, bold statement buddy, yet you can't even back up with REAL EVIDENCE.

See ya, moron.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

If your crappy little video weren't supposed to be "a real attempt" at a video, why even bother putting it up at all? Sounds more like you've uploaded it hoping for someone to compliment you, but have the "not a serious attempt at a video" disclaimer in case someone (rightfully) calls you out on your sloppy, tasteless wanky bullshit.

This is the part of the comment WHERE I use CAPS LOCK TO GREAT EFFECT.

[TravuhsWree]

You have to realize that I don't honestly care what a bunch of people over the internet, that I will never meet in my entire life, think about my guitar playing. Especially someone as bitter and pissy as yourself. You might want to read the comments though, because a lot of people would care to disagree with you. Sloppy?

I've talked to a lot of people like you, people that talk shit but will NEVER put a video of their own playing up. As I see it, I've won, until you post a better video.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

How would anyone realize any such thing? You obviously do care based on your response and the "oh, this isn't really supposed to be good, but if you think it's good, then hey" approach to posting a video. Yes, sloppy. Very. And judging by some of the responses, and the video's rating, you have to realize that others agree with me.

Like I've already said -- you've proven that you clearly know little to nothing about guitar playing. LITTLE to NOTHING. Move along, little boy.

[TravuhsWree]

No, you are right, the ratings are bad. Of course if you judge something off of ratings that other people put, then you are a sheep. And read the comments buddy. I think one of them was bad. You can also take a look at my profile too if you want.

I honestly don't care if someone doesn't like my playing, I'll take it as a compliment if someone says its good but if someone says its bad, I'm not going to attack them.

It's funny, because the other people like you ALSO don't POST VIDEOS.

POST IT.

[TravuhsWree]

Also, don't even bother with the ratings. You can look at this as an excuse, but it's valid. A bitch named choptop made a bunch of accounts to give me bad ratings. If you look at most videos that have 400 views, NONE of them have close to 28 ratings... this video has 32,245 views and 86 ratings. Get it?

I mean honestly, I notice when the ratings go from 4.5 stars and 14 ratings in one week to 3 stars and 20 ratings... the comments simply don't correlate with the ratings, as you should see.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

Anybody can delete comments. You can't delete ratings.  Oops.

[TravuhsWree]

True, however, you blatantly avoided acknowledging this:

"A bitch named choptop made a bunch of accounts to give me bad ratings. If you look at most videos that have 400 views, NONE of them have close to 28 ratings... this video has 32,245 views and 86 ratings."

If you passed a basic math course, you would know that 28 is a little more than a third of 86 and 400 is a little more than a hundredth of 32,245. Oops.

Now you say: "Shit I'm a retard. I better change the subject quick."

So easy.

[TravuhsWree]

"oh, this isn't really supposed to be good, but if you think it's good, then hey"

And honestly, I don't see much wrong with that. I don't take the video as a serious attempt at showing off. If people like it, go ahead and fucking like it. I'm not going to stop someone from liking it just because in reality it was a pretty rough video done 4 months ago. I'm not expecting to be the best guitarist in the world. I've been playing for 2 1/2 years, get real.

[WithExtremePrejudice]

"I've been playing for 2 1/2 years, get real. "

Then don't talk shit. You clearly have NO idea what you're talking about, and other people agree. Game, set, match, amateur. Ta ta.

[TravuhsWree]

Please state where I talked shit.

You know, it's really funny, because I know exactly how people like you act because I've talked to so many. Whenever there is something that you can't handle, rather than admitting defeat, you ignore it and change the subject.

The fact is, you won't ever upload a video no matter how many times I tell you to. That's enough for me. Because though you can talk shit, you can't ever really back it up.

Amateur? You won't even post a video. Because you SUCK AT GUITAR.

[GhostOfAE]

@WithExtremePrejudice Real guitarists don't use pedals? Crap, that means Hendrix was a noob. :o

[MyroslavMakashov]

I think it's lip smacking. LOL

[flamingaxe791]

I love all the lip smacking.

[Pentatonikus]

is it a joke? :O

[IcechickenSr]

Thats cool that they are demoing this cool pedal, but common guys if your gonna demo us a fuckin metal pedal, then get someone that dosn't play country or finger style, The dude didn't do it justice at all.

[oo0felipe0oo]

bad pedal and very bad player. I cant believe this piece of crap worth the 300 bucks!

[raulgrell]

wow, this thing is disgusting... only the Zvex label would ever make anyone buy this..

[Hestjaevel111]

creepy :/

[unclelight13]

Thumbs down!