Help!!! Which guitar is better for metal???

[Hifi182]

i just got my X30 and a VOX 15R amp , its great, find out it can play punk and metal both well , but still have to saving some cash to get a metal pedal haha

 

[EugeneSmasher]

Now to recommend you a good high-gain distortion pedal. If you have $85, you can pay Mike at Standard Value a visit and try out the Beta Aivin HM-200. Very bang-for-buck but I have one and it's so good I'll definitely use it live and in studio for a long time. Incredibly versatile, too.

Standard Value (www.standardvalue.com.sg)

 

[Hifi182]

Now to recommend you a good high-gain distortion pedal. If you have $85, you can pay Mike at Standard Value a visit and try out the Beta Aivin HM-200. Very bang-for-buck but I have one and it's so good I'll definitely use it live and in studio for a long time. Incredibly versatile, too.

Standard Value (www.standardvalue.com.sg)

dude, never heard that one be4, even its so cheap, but I curious if it can play metalcore well , I tried the Boss metalzone2 with my guitar at the shop, and it sounds damn crazy, very heavy , even the price is alittle expensive but i think its worth

 

[jskadiang]

^ If the Metal Zone to you is "damn crazy, very heavy", then you really are clueless.

 

[bigblackbear]

the stock metal zone has very little mids, and it produces a very "thin" sound. you wanna play metalcore, you're gonna need a fatter sound that can produce your "chugga chugga"

 

[EugeneSmasher]

dude, never heard that one be4, even its so cheap, but I curious if it can play metalcore well , I tried the Boss metalzone2 with my guitar at the shop, and it sounds damn crazy, very heavy , even the price is alittle expensive but i think its worth

It definitely can play metalcore. Personally I find it sounds a lot better than the MT-2 Metalzone (heard it in studio before, head to head with my HM-200) and my HM-200 was a whole lot more powerful. And we were playing A7x.

 

[EK666]

dude, never heard that one be4, even its so cheap, but I curious if it can play metalcore well , I tried the Boss metalzone2 with my guitar at the shop, and it sounds damn crazy, very heavy , even the price is alittle expensive but i think its worth

dude, dont get teh metalzone...you will regret it..get the beta aivin one..its really very good

 

[LadyInTears]

wait til you hear the modded mt2. whooo
brand new experience man, i know, i own one

 

[THOA]

If you think the MT2 is core enough for you then get it. Can find one floating around cheap at the buy/sell if you look hard enough.

IMO, however, all this metalcore, hardcore, softcore, apple core stuff means squat to what is important here, which is your tone. For the most part, difference between this type of metal and that type of metal is not about the tone. It's about song structure, style of playing and lyrical content.

The tone opens up the genre. Your fingers defines it.

 

[pianomankris]

LOL. There's no such guitar called a metal guitar.

There is the Jackson Roswell Rhoads. That's about as metal as you can get.

Well, aluminium, but close enough

lol

PS don't take that comment seriously




RE guitars - like others have said - most guitars will produce an adequate sound for metal, and most types of guitar have been used as 'metal' guitars throughout the years.

But, if you're looking for something really specific, why not research the bands you like, and the kind of guitars they use? This should tell you first hand what guitar you would be best buying (if you really must buy a guitar purely 'for playing metal'. PS you may regret this in a few years' time).

Remember that it also just isn't the guitar - amp/effects have a lot to do with it.

No point having a great guitar and expecting a metal sound if you're running it through a cheap tube amp with only one speaker. And not even a Celestion speaker at that lol

 

[theunknown]

IMO, however, all this metalcore, hardcore, softcore, apple core stuff means squat to what is important here, which is your tone. For the most part, difference between this type of metal and that type of metal is not about the tone. It's about song structure, style of playing and lyrical content.

The tone opens up the genre. Your fingers defines it.

haha yeh man. i play dangdut death metal with a tubescreamer pedal. :mrgreen:

and yeah i vouch that the beta aivin hm200 is much better than the stock metalzone. very very versatile.

 

[Hifi182]

It definitely can play metalcore. Personally I find it sounds a lot better than the MT-2 Metalzone (heard it in studio before, head to head with my HM-200) and my HM-200 was a whole lot more powerful. And we were playing A7x.

thanx dude, you are so kind, and I will try that pedal when I got cash to buy it,

 

[Hifi182]

and .. anyone know how to delete the old thread ?

 

[bigblackbear]

you can't. only moderators and james can

 

[Hifi182]

alrighht man

 

[dudelove]

after reading the last few posts in the thread. i realise boss has some great marketing ploys man. hats off to them. they name their pedals are popular genres and it really works.

there should be a boss emo and and boss post hardcore. sure sell one.

 

[subversion]

and .. anyone know how to delete the old thread ?

you cam PM me a link & i'll attend to the deletion request

 

[sj2six]

I stil prefers PRS..

 

[VAEVICTUS]

I wouldnt say those bands are metal but if u like some heavy tones get a jackson, an ibanez rg will work provided you know what pick ups to use and maybe those high end esps. Was using an rg350. Didnt sound very good, but when i changed the pick ups to seymmore duncan JBs, it never failed to scream. ANd sometimes its not the guitar mang, its the sound and hands know what i mean. I've seen ppl playing crap guitars and still make it sound good mang. Thrash and Destroy!

 

[zomrec]

My Heavy Metal sound peep

I stil prefers PRS..

In fact for a starter in heavy metal i wud recommend you buying with double ham bucking pickups guitar.You can get a lot from Peace center City Music sell good price guitar.To have good cool heavy rhythm riff try buying a set of standard 6 strings with 1st string in 0.11mm in dimension,this pull off a great heavy tone signal.I wud detune my guitar to 430hz D note on my six string which i usually strike my power chords which is 2 notes eg.D , second note is A , on the lower octave,this wud produce a big prominent distorted heavy sound.The gadgets,U will need any metal sounded gadgets which comes with a tone adjustment(play with the tone adjustment ),second gadget side by side to metal will be the EQ which the level must not be higher than the Metal level,set @ high must not be higher than the Mid,the Low adjust to the thickness must not be higher than the Highs.The distortions amount try to max not more than 50% of the master max level.By then U might get a fairly good heavy metal sounds. Try it...