That's tosh, I'm gonna post up my boss NS-2 test after i've taken it, and you can tell me whether it's muffled or now
Distortion pedal for metal songs
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That's tosh, I'm gonna post up my boss NS-2 test after i've taken it, and you can tell me whether it's muffled or now
farhanians
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MaCcA
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got mine from swee lee bras brasah! but it seems to be the last piece when i bought it...maybe they've replenished it....but yea...Swee Lee is the one with it at the moment!
ObscurePhionix
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great dude thanks for the info, gona drop by tommorow to test it out=)
Ized
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there's a reason why pedals end up sounding like pedals...
I've played the seventheaven thru a STOCK mesa dual rectifier and ironically the pedal on its clean channel sounded better than the dirty channel of the amp...more clarity, definition and tighter bottom end. Not to mention very natural sounding....Most mesas have this very loose bottom end which cannot make it for metal imo without a pedal of some sort...even james hetfield had to use 4 furnan parametric eqs to scoop the mids in those days....
dudelove
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actually, i like that loose bottom end and when i play metal, i actually enjoy the loose bottom end, thats my personal preference. i'm not a fan of that massive heavy chuggu. the craziest metal tones out of an amp i've ever heard was from an engl powerball. but the tone i've been dying to get is randy rhoads tone. which is really impossible. they said use a mxr dist + to boost. its bullcrap cos its no where near it.
to me metal tone is subjective. randy rhoad's tone is no where near ur modern nu metal or even the thrash metal megadeth or metallica. in fact i'm pretty proud that my metal tone is one of a kind. heh.
i've not tried the 7th but i'll be very happy if i get the chance too. but i still feel the amps drive is the way to go. the day i get a marshall 1959RR or even get to play it i'll just pass out.
Ized
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The 7th's bottom end isnt that tight also...its also kinda loose, in an organic way...i need my modded ts9dx to goose it when i need to play super tight metal stuff like pantera. Most metal bands do that to their high gain amps, and likewise the same thing applies for the 7th 
Do give it a shot...while i know that most of us dream of having a 4 channel high gain amplifier, seldom we get the chance to really crank one up at bedroom levels. The seventheaven is the solution to that....you may end up preferring it to the amp's own drive...It happened to someone who happens to own a kickass Marshall JVM halfstack btw.
Do give it a shot...while i know that most of us dream of having a 4 channel high gain amplifier, seldom we get the chance to really crank one up at bedroom levels. The seventheaven is the solution to that....you may end up preferring it to the amp's own drive...It happened to someone who happens to own a kickass Marshall JVM halfstack btw.
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subversion
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this is why pedal employment is subjective & objective:
subjective: your honey may be someone else's dung
objective: it's what the user wants to hear, the best distortion pedal out there may not produce the tone s/he likes
Cavett
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Pedals that I have used which I recommend when playing Metal:
Zoom Tri-Metal
Sansamp GT-2 (old version)
Boss Metalzone + any EQ pedal (The Metalzone when properly tweaked can get real ballsy.. "Aaah Seng Chai days")
Boss Turbo Distortion + TS-9 (I recall doing this during my "Boons" era)
Zoom Tri-Metal
Sansamp GT-2 (old version)
Boss Metalzone + any EQ pedal (The Metalzone when properly tweaked can get real ballsy.. "Aaah Seng Chai days")
Boss Turbo Distortion + TS-9 (I recall doing this during my "Boons" era)
EugeneSmasher
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I personally recommend the Beta Aivin HM-200. I use to use a Line 6 Uber Metal and it sounded like a buzzer in terms of power compared to the HM-200. I've been using it for a while and I like it very much because it has a lot of tonal variety and it is very powerful. It sounds good on small amplifiers but on big amplifiers, its dynamite. And its cheap too.
For half a second there I thought leecs suggested a H&K Triamp Mk III
EugeneSmasher
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And the Mesa Boogie V-twin... But it'll be very nice if Marshall were to make a pre-amp pedal of their AVT150. Personally, I prefer the Marshall tone when it comes to metal.
Amps, guitar, pickups, effects are all part of the tone equation. Just the pedal alone won't get u there as we all know.
The easiest way to get gd consistent metal tone wherever you are is a pod x3 live or a boss gt-10 through studio monitors if at home and through the p.a at a gig or the studio. No worries with amp compatibility as you're in total control. Its up to you to tweak and ive heard many great tones by either of these 2 systems. Of course its no way as great as totally analogue and having tube amps at your disposal. But if u want consistent its the only way. Unless you're willing to haul all your gear including amp wherever you're playing.
Ive also found that with active pickups its a lot easier to get that chugga chugga tone/oomph. Whether emg or duncans it dosen't matter. Of course theres all this talk about actives being less organic sterile clean blah blah. But hey we are talking metal here. Theres a reason why a large percentage of those in metal groups use them.
Another largely forgotten but useful effect u can try is the compressor. Used properly, it can give your chug more oomph and fatten the tone.
The easiest way to get gd consistent metal tone wherever you are is a pod x3 live or a boss gt-10 through studio monitors if at home and through the p.a at a gig or the studio. No worries with amp compatibility as you're in total control. Its up to you to tweak and ive heard many great tones by either of these 2 systems. Of course its no way as great as totally analogue and having tube amps at your disposal. But if u want consistent its the only way. Unless you're willing to haul all your gear including amp wherever you're playing.
Ive also found that with active pickups its a lot easier to get that chugga chugga tone/oomph. Whether emg or duncans it dosen't matter. Of course theres all this talk about actives being less organic sterile clean blah blah. But hey we are talking metal here. Theres a reason why a large percentage of those in metal groups use them.
Another largely forgotten but useful effect u can try is the compressor. Used properly, it can give your chug more oomph and fatten the tone.
Sorry. But if you're going to contribute at least tell the OP what rig you are running on and what you are A-Bing against. If not it's not going to fly.
But to answer the OP, I find the old version of the GT2 to be fairly consistent in getting the chug regardless of the rig. I'm sometimes use a Zvex Box of Metal. But I still prefer stacking overdrives.
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