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Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:48 pm
by hbombgraphics
metal zone on order from the bay
good deal because it's missing the battery compartment screw
I have a box of boss parts, I am sure I have one
will try as a boost,
Not sure Why I have never owned one
I have had many of the "metal" pedals
DOD Death
Arion Metal Master
Ibanez Metal Charger
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:55 pm
by stripes
tim wrote:
The bossest Boss pedal.
I have a green label one of these... so warm and delicious subtle or cranked.
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 3:39 pm
by Helter
love the cs-1 and dm-3. Only two I have tried but boss is awesome in my book.
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 5:53 pm
by Gearmond
Fuzzy Picklez wrote:Gearmond wrote:i wanna get a mega distortion or one of their 90's distortions or w/e just so i can get on that before it becomes a thing
The mega distortions are just awful.
My buddy has one, and it has no balls whatsoever. It's all like, spikey treble, sub bass, and no mids at all.
Don't even waste your money. I really hope they never become a thing.
you say that as if thats not what i want
also Xtortions >:3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqbkFzQUQk[/youtube]
get dem vocal-y mid quack Zappa toanz
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:29 pm
by 01010111
Boss makes some pretty...boss loopers. I'm using the rc-30 right now and it is super useable. I love that you can toggle the effects on and off by double stomping the play switch. I recorded some mid neck arpeggios into a dmmtt with the modulation set fast and when I had the looper drop it two octaves it made it sound like chellos! And I looped some drums on it and it made them sound insane when I had it drop it two octaves. I don't know why it thinks drums should sound like that, but I'm glad it does.
Also HM2

I've never had a pedal that that seemed to just heave with so much bass. But does anyone else have trouble with it being too quiet?
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:30 pm
by spacelordmother
wfs1234 wrote:Also HM2

I've never had a pedal that that seemed to just heave with so much bass. But does anyone else have trouble with it being too quiet?
Nope - mine has plenty of volume...
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:56 pm
by goosekevin
DD20 is my first love in pedal form
even though i drastically overpaid for it (i was young and dumb) ($350 aud if you were wondering) i love it to bits
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 8:52 pm
by Andrew
greigoroth wrote:Andrew wrote:I've got two HM-2s (both types). I just run it as a boost for my Amp gain (zero gain), it just injects filth into the tone
Do you notice any difference between MIJ and MIT? What do you have the high and low set at when you're using it as a boost?
Curious!!!
I'll post a clip shortly

Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 10:23 pm
by madmax1012
tomlane95 wrote:DD20 is my first love in pedal form
even though i drastically overpaid for it (i was young and dumb) ($350 aud if you were wondering) i love it to bits
GOD DAMN.
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 2:14 am
by goroth
I love this thread!
- my HM-2 is loud as shit.
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:39 am
by goroth
Gearmond wrote:Fuzzy Picklez wrote:Gearmond wrote:i wanna get a mega distortion or one of their 90's distortions or w/e just so i can get on that before it becomes a thing
The mega distortions are just awful.
My buddy has one, and it has no balls whatsoever. It's all like, spikey treble, sub bass, and no mids at all.
Don't even waste your money. I really hope they never become a thing.
you say that as if thats not what i want
also Xtortions >:3
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puqbkFzQUQk[/youtube]
get dem vocal-y mid quack Zappa toanz
I've only got the Behringer copy of the Xtortion, and it is a seriously good pedal (edit: the original, the Behringer is plastic fantastic). You can get some great sounds out of it. Wrong pedal at the wrong time I think.
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:43 am
by ryan summit
somethin weirds me out about that xtortion
cant put my finger on it
gives me an uneasy feeling
TU-2 or pitch black?
im done with clip on tuners
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 10:26 am
by fungalattack
I picked up Tu-2 used and now it is a part of all my boards. It is quick, reliable and a tank. Im never looking back, no more out of tune nonsense (unless it is on purpose of course). I don't have any experience with the pitchblack. It is slightly more kvlt looking!
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 12:40 pm
by bobcunningham
I like Boss products. I'm currently only using their MT-2 though. Most people don't know how to use the Metal Zone and therefore don't like it. The secret to avoiding the fizzy bee's nest sound is to roll back on the gain knob.. keep it around 10 o'clock. My MT-2 settings are Level 12 o'clock, Treble 2 o'clock, Bass 4 o'clock, Middle 10 o'clock, Mid Freq 2 o'clock, Dist 10 o'clock. All chunk and no mess.
Other Boss pedals i've owned are:
OC-2 - this octave pedal tracks nicely
DS-1 - Nirvana sound
SD-2 - great dual overdrive, one stage is real bluesy, the other stage is fuzzy. I would buy this again.
CE-3 - very effective stereo chorus, but a little shrill sounding
DF-2 - a DS-1 with the added option of feedbacking
OS-2 - the overdrive stage of this pedal is shrill and useless, but to my ears the distortion stage is like a DS-1 with more balls
CS-3 - fine compressor
RV-3 - great combination of delay and reverb, but the sound dropout when the pedal is switched on/off is a deal breaker
RV-5 - offers the best modulated reverb i've heard so far
DD-5/DD-6/DD-7 - great delays, tons of features
BF-2 - pretty good flanger after i played with the trimpots inside
AC-2 - terrible thin acoustic guitar simulator
Re: Boss pedals appreciation thread
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 6:20 pm
by ryan summit
all that boss ^and not one PS
they really get a bad rap huh