I have been considering getting a new pedal and was thinking of getting Digitech's Death Metal pedal. Here:
http://www.digitech.com/products/DeathMetal.htm
I was wonder if anyone here owns it, or has used it and call tell me if it's worth the buy. And if not, if they can recommend a similar product. Keeping in mind I only have about $150 Canadian to work with.
Thank you.
Never tried it, some friends swear by them. In any case, don't get the insanely overhyped Boss MT2. Really a tone-destroying pedal.
Be careful I hate my Screamin Blues pedal because it doesn't keep my guitar's tone. So every guitar played through it sounds the same it doesn't matter what kind of pickups, the guitar tones only stays true on the Bad Monkey pedal. Also the signal doesn't pass through these type of Digitech pedals when turned off, which sucks when ran in a chain of other pedals. Try it out for self you may like it. I play blues and you play metal two different tones and tone needs :lol: .
Good Luck!
"Failure is the key to success" Lee Wen; Champ vs Champ
What do you mean the signal doesn't pass through the pedals? Like, no sound comes from the amp?
Thats right, the pedal always has to be on to get sound through the amp.
"Failure is the key to success" Lee Wen; Champ vs Champ
I have used a very similar pedal...Digitechs grunge pedal. I dont htink it's around anymore.
this pedal really gives you the insane distortion you hear on CDs.
ofcourse not the same quality one ghears (thats because of all the mastering etc. on CDs).
with the controls knobs you dial in the ampunt of dist. you want and use the ouput as a volume.
it isnt a bad pedal. when pedals get up above 100$ they usually are pretty good.
definately go to a store and try one out.
lay with the settings. sometimes backing off on the distortion actually sounds better,as the character of your guitar shows thru.
otherwise, you sound like a pedal; everyones pedal.
true bypass means that when the pedal is off your guitar signal; goes thru the pedal unaffected.
alot of pedals add hiss to the sound; sometimes they drain a bit of soul from the guitar.
Well if the Digitech Grunge is better I might as well not get a distortion pedal, because I already own that pedal.
I does get heavy enough for metal and the signal goes through when it's not on. It's what I use to go from clean to dirty in my recordings. It does get hissy but humbucking pickups normally takes the hiss out.
Question: When testing a pedal to see if you're guitar's tone gets through, how do you tell? I only own one electric guitar.
true bypass allows the guitar to sound like your guitat whether the pedal is on or off.
any pedal will allow the guitar to be heard whether it is on or off, as you experience.
the difference is in non true bypass the guitar's sound is altered just a bit.
most cannot tell the difference; myself included.
I dont think you'd be able to tell unless the pedal is really crappy.
a true bypass circuit built into all boutique have a jump wire going around a circuit.
to learn if a pedal is so you'd have to ask the cleark (and I doubt most would know) or ask the company.
pedals made by Analogman, Keeley , for example, are true bypass. but you pay a fw hundred dollars for those.
Ive got an old DOD distortion pedal. I believe I offered i to you a while ago. I dont use it. I dont want it.
you could have it if you want to play around with your sound.
the quest for tone can be a long journey. it is possible to achieve. I think I got mine, but I went thru a bunch of pedals. trial and error and some $.
Your running a solid state amp with digital pedals. I really suggest a analog pedal. Or perhaps an amp with better distortion. The Death Metal pedal is junk IMO. I know a guy who owns both the Grunge and Death Metal and it does nothing but muddy up his sound and add a tremendous amount of feedback.
GN's resident learning sponge, show me a little and I will soak it up.
What's an analog pedal?
anything analog is pre digital.
an example of analog: tape recorder.
analog pedals are rare. you could fnd them at guitar shows.
I had a analog delay pedal. it was cool. pretty much everything a digital delay could do...except one thing. when I turned the delat time knob really fast the sound would speed up and the pitch would go higher and higher.
Ive heard that effect used on older albums.
What about Boss' DS-1, is that any good? Or is basically like the Grunge pedal?
I know a guy who owns both the Grunge and Death Metal and it does nothing but muddy up his sound and add a tremendous amount of feedback.
Weird, I get feedback when I use my amp's distortion but not my pedals. Well, unless I play anything other than a power chord, then it gets real messy.
Grunge, Distortion etc pedals in my opinion tend to muddy everything up.
yes they do supply that grinding gritty distortion, but when you want it to be clear and distortted it all sounds mussy.
that's my big gripe with those.
how do the bands do it on the CD?
Im not a big fan of metal, bit those sounds are awesome.
I cleaned up my mussyness by getting rid of those pedals and getting back to where I shpould have gone. and I got there.
I can play metal but I dont have that sonic distortion. that cool sonic clear distortion.
there must be a good pedal made that can do that.
Well I don't know if grunge is supposed to be clean.
I did check into what metal bands use and the most common thing is a triple rectifier, which is WAY too expensive.
I do know that Kurt Cobain used the DS-1 though. And I prefer pedals. More control, easy layout. My amp has some built in stuff but I hate it. I have nothing against the sound but running to my amp to turn them on is a pain. Plus I can't switch them on mid song.
I did check into what metal bands use and the most common thing is a triple rectifier, which is WAY too expensive.
I have the DigiTech RP200A (second time today I mentioned that :lol: ) and one of the effects is the Rectifier. It kicks a$$!!!!! I don't know if the cheaper models have it though. The RP200A goes for $150 new. GREAT pedal!!!
My latest riff I came up with is in Drop D and using the Rectify setting. It sounds AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
Mike
