BOSS MT-2w | THE DARK LORD RETURNS

BOSS MT-2w | THE DARK LORD RETURNS
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IT'S BACK! The hand made Boss MT-2w WAZA Metal Zone in all it's glory!
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I'm the lead guitarist in Dorje and Toska, where i write music, make songs and have a great time with my mates.
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[@Rudrakshstf23]

"I am not a metal guitar player" -Rabea Massaad ,2018

[@Angelo-Costa]

i think he is right, he is not the "tradional" type of metal player, traditional is the word.

[@gwcfeb03]

Rudraksh & Nishil's “per se...”

[@boggeshzahim3713]

*is literally in a progressive metal band*

[@Rudrakshstf23]

Aaron Ceravolo listen to their album Ode to The Author . Straight up prog metal except Ilumo maybe

[@jaytyler5741]

Then what the fuck are you?! Your playing seems metal to me. Say hi to Leo for me.

[@mykneeshurt8393]

OG Metal Zone, Peavy Bandit amp, Cheap guitar and a case of beer. I'm good until the beer runs out. metal rules!

[@elikirkwood4580]

well ive got two out of those 4, and im looking at an og metal zone now. gonna really piss off the neighbors with that setup

[@anthonylv64]

@@elikirkwood4580 That was my first amp, a Peavey Bandit 112, and my first guitar was a Yamaha Pacifica, and yes, I did have the Metal Zone as well. I'm getting the Waza version, very soon...

[@monstercadaver]

I still do this!

[@mykneeshurt8393]

@@monstercadaver me too! i have upgraded my guitar though. :)

[@ryanjbrown406]

Got a similar rig. Og metal zone into a Peavy Butcher. Just upgraded my guitar after 24 years. My band and I used to joke that the Metal Zone produced a sound that would eat cars!!

[@Rudrakshstf23]

THE MEME IS OFFICIALLY DEAD NOW. THIS SOUNDS KILLER .

[@LeviBulger]

I always hated the meme. There's a reason that it sells so much. There's just not many pedals that can get you an amazing tone for metal, assuming you use it correctly. I think people just like to hate on things and follow the shepherds who tell them things are bad. I admit I didn't like the pedal at first, but that was many many years ago when I was playing through a fender and diming the controls. Once someone showed me how to dial it in right and use the fx loop, my lowly HoT Rod Deluxe became a firebreather. And the closest I've ever gotten to a tone like Adam Jones in Lateralus, was an mt2 into a Marshall. It's spot on. Only the new vh4 pedal has as much punch and low mids. I fkin love Boss and love that the madmen actually did this just to say eff you and your memes!

[@ontheroad579]

The VH4 is great. Pretty expensive though.

[@LeviBulger]

@@ontheroad579 I know, I wish it were like 200 max. I had one for a little while but ended up selling it because it just took up too much space on my board and you had to use it in a loop to sound good. It's ok in front of the amp, but nowhere near as good as in the loop. Unfortunately, if you use it in the loop it has to be always on or used alone because you can't just bypass it and still use other pedals in the loop. It was a massive shortsight by Diezel. My band does a ton of covers of bands that use Diezels (tool, Metallica, etc) and honestly, the original mt2 (modded by analogman) into my JCM does it just as well or at least almost as well as the vh4 did. If this waza version is even a little bit better than my analogman, I will be extremely happy. Especially if the noise floor is lowered like I hear all the WAza pedals are with the "premium" components. I know that the SD1w is definitely quieter and does not suck tone as much as the original does, so I assume this one should be the same way.

[@justingarcia7722]

Felix Blacksher yeah man! That’s the trick. Same thing for me years ago. Into the fx loop of a hot rod deluxe (btw the fx loop on that amp is excellent for preamp pedals, prob my favorite) and it was crazy sounding

[@LeviBulger]

@@justingarcia7722 totally agree. The HRD is a very good platform for pedals and has a very good clean tone to boot. I would call it underrated, but I think most venues I've played end up having them in house more than any other amp. They're just so flexible.

[@rossridesmtb7497]

Problem with Rabea is he makes everything sound good....now I need a metal zone!

[@Dicktopus]

Nope, that is Ola.

[@gregg4164]

Thats why he his him and we are us.

[@Xianpaul0523]

Thats slash.

[@antones2112]

No, that's Patrick.

[@endezeichengrimm]

The custom mode in the Waza is much more usable than the stock metal zone.

[@PhilipValdesMusic]

I finally feel old now that they’re releasing a reissue of my first pedal

[@eckhardt76]

I hear you man lol.. I had one of these back in the 90's when I saw in high school.

[@christophermarchand320]

No shit man

[@Chasetenny]

It was my first pedal too!

[@mort3562]

ALL THE MIDS NO GAIN SLEIGHER wait

[@viperstriker101]

Must be haired in the mix

[@evane2808]

Peck

[@DasOmen02]

ALL THE GAAAAAAIIIIIIIN NO MIDS MORE GAAAIIIN because who needs to be haired

[@benjaminherbst811]

@@viperstriker101 mex*

[@ivanchernov3041]

Drum and bass acts with a scooped guitarist miming along Because you need to be haired

[@chrisjames5996]

The one pedal to rule them all! I'm gonna stack 3 into my orange at full gain...10/10 tone

[@gregg4164]

Call me. i want to be there for this.

[@earthhuman5448]

that nasum sound

[@erikpaterson1404]

Noooo

[@MiscerVids]

When he was tweaking the pedal, I thought he had a huge gash on the back of his hand

[@seibertdr]

It is the string from his bracelet. Had me fooled too.

[@coaldoubt2879]

I still think that.

[@lancepage1914]

I thought he had cut his back hand too. I have done that on my strings where I cut it off at the tuners at rehearsal. The blood was flowing.

[@thomcalhoun6949]

Yes!

[@claesvanoldenphatt9972]

Moar mettel

[@pntballfreek]

I swear, Bea could play a sauce pot with a paring knife and it would still sound ridiculous

[@person6225]

*would still sound like st. Anger

[@HUGEGUY405]

Alan Solano bro I’m dying

[@TheDogPa]

I play a custom made guitar into a real bassman...trust me it is mostly the fingers...and not mine LOL!

[@krispatel1]

Watching that led strip light shine through bea's hair is mesmerising

[@eminligata]

Wow

[@kolombijec]

It is not a led strip..it is the daylight going through the venetian shade

[@harrydunn7113]

I swear to god that mastodon riff is the new smoke on the water

[@freezingCode]

If that Mastodon riff was the first thing I learned on guitar, instead of Smoke on the Water, I would be proud.

[@garrettallman3832]

Haha yeah and half of the people play it wayyy too fast but Blood and Thunder was one of the first real metal riffs I learned.

[@gregg4164]

Hell yeah man I love that riff.

[@drphalanges1520]

@@spaguettinoddles9184 I swear to GOD you better shut it lol

[@Tech-xm8vg]

I have always loved the Metal Zone - it is the definition of chug!!! Pure awesomeness in a Boss box and I’ve had mine since 93 and it’s still going strong.

[@jacksmith4460]

Metal Zone in the hands of a good guitarist who is sick at dialing in tone (i.e. Rabea) and it sounds sick, proof again this pedal is underrated, nice vid Rabea

[@matdube3577]

I bought my first MT-2 in 1994 and I still have it. The most versatile metal pedal I ever played. I still use it from time to time even if it’s not on a daily basis and I’m sure I will never get rid of that DARK LORD 😉

[@duaneanderson6393]

a great demo and historical intro. displaying the various nuances of the HM2w deftly .your demos are always a treat, the explanations and backgrounds are greatly appreciated because of my fascination with devices over the decades , thanks good work sire.

[@JackStolz]

My fly rig for a while now has been a modded MT-2, a Super Chorus and a tuner. The FX loop return has been the key. pop it in any amp with a fx loop and I'm golden! I love that they gave this thing the Waza treatment.

[@Doomlord777]

Mine sounds better in front. I find there is less gain in the loop

[@kmjansen]

I bought a Metal Zone years ago and meant to explore it, but it sat on my shelf for years. I broke it out today, and holy smokes it’s a GREAT pedal! Not sure why all the jokes about it abound, but I guess a million+ people already know it’s great.

[@VariusSep]

Rabea it's always really kool just seeing you spontaneously play tunes. Metal Zone Waza is on my Christmas list. Peace!

[@doncorleone36]

Dude your face when you hear sounds that make you happy...!!! It's what makes you one of the more translucent reviewers out there and that is appreciated.

[@LeviBulger]

So glad they did this. I may have been one of the few people who actually thought the MT2 was really good. Most people probably didn't know how to use it. I know I didn't at first. But it has the most insane equalization, especially in the mids. It's really meant to be used as a preamp, either in the fx loop or in front of an already dirty amp with only as much gain as needed and nothing more. Usually this is like just a touch of gain with level volume up high. The mids EQ is where the magic really happens in the MT2. There are just not many pedals out there that can deliver such powerful lows and can get an exact mid-range frequency for metal. And it seems that this model's custom mode is much like the analogman modded mt2s, which nail a Diezel type of preamp tone (as close as you can get anyway outside of the vh4 pedal). Excellent stuff, Boss. Glad you guys keep on pushing the envelope and remaining among the best in the guitar business. I will definitely be buying one of these like tomorrow.

[@cmonsterz]

Good points, Felix. I found that the original MT2 could work quite well if you combined it with certain types of amps. For example, when I hooked it up to a JC-120, it sounded very good. Hooked up to a JCM800, too much high-end/noise. Hooked up to a Fender, not half bad...IF the high end was pulled back a little and the distortion/gain was kept 60% or lower. Hooked up to an H&K Attax, it sounded remarkably good. In general, I prefer amp gain over pedal gain...though the Boss SD-1 Waza beefs things up wonderfully.

[@abdulbasyirmohddahalan3374]

Felix the main problem is actually Mt2 is very nasal dist. If we tweak nicely then the nasal element is gone.mine.i put booster pedal after mt2 at setting.vol middle.tone middle and gain 0.or maybe tone is 0.and that the result is we get a blasting strat like tone.

[@abdulbasyirmohddahalan3374]

And dist.0

[@thenotsoguitarguy9429]

To be fair, the Metal Zone was never a bad pedal. It just wasn't very plug and play. You kind of had to base your tone around it. The best luck I ever had with one (and I've totally gotten useful guitar tones out of them) required setting the amp knobs at noon, fiddling around with the pedal until I got close to what I wanted, and then using the amp eq to dial out what I didn't like. I will also admit that my metal zone tones worked better in a mix than they did on their own. I still have one around here somewhere. I might have to dig it out again and fool around.

[@slightlyannoying3956]

I absolutely agree with your comment and i use mine daily for the past 10 years. Make everything neutral, tweak your MT-2 until you get the frequencies you want and then remove the unwanted ones through the amp. (in that sense i feel an EQ pedal would also work wonders, i have to try that out at some point)

[@danjack-son4871]

I used to own the original and honestly have been missing it and thought a couple weeks ago I would buy one once again... Then this came out just in time... Perfect!

[@michaeljohnson8058]

"I'm not really a metal guitar player.." at 12:00 he slays riffs & shreds my ears off. ❤️🐑 Bea! Rawk!

[@gwcfeb03]

That Bari... what tone ! Thanks Bea

[@Doomlord777]

Couldn't think of anyone better to demo this pedal. Sounds cool to me! 🤘

[@fpsknifer9906]

7:13 three seconds of the best guitar sound ever

[@jamespostlethwaite7799]

13:57 whatever all of that was. so good.

[@RedbackRecordz]

I’ve been using these since the 80s! Awesome then! Still awesome now! Some amps it would sound better through the effects loop, others would sound better straight into the front of the amp! Been doin it for years 🤘🤘

[@althejazzman]

I think I'm hearing the fantastic detail and richness of the Victory amp tone more than the MT-2W, as it sounds better in Rabea's hands than any of the other videos I've watched by Ola Englund, CSGuitars and others.

[@GalacticMarine2012]

Bea's playing melts my face every time!

[@tinktinkputra2316]

I've never watch 20+ minutes youtube video that didn't make me boring, until this. What a guitar player

[@KsiazeIgor]

I was sort of expecting that Mastodon riff coming in later! Cool, pretty catchy, innit? You made this pedal sounding incredibly good, thanks. And - this signature Chappers axe

[@Hzuuuu]

Ah, I see what happened here. BOSS had a new Metal Zone coming, so they came around and told the popular guitarists to make videos about the old Metal Zone. And here it is, a new Metal Zone in just one month after the hype, which the pedal itself have been worked on and prototypes given to them months ago as mentioned by Rabea himself. If it's true, I'd say that's a really great marketing strategy by BOSS. Not only did they proved that the pedal itself is great, they're showing that they're still one of the top and also one of the most affordable pedal manufacturers out there.

[@Travis-pf3gt]

Exactly. Always use your ears with gear who cares who's using it and never listen to any negativity about it.

[@TheOfficialCaseMade]

@Dadrock 80, I learned my lesson on that! Most people on the internet are knobs and talk shit for no reason. Case in point, I picked up a Behringer OD800 Tubescreamer knock-off, $20 new. Everyone said "sure a real TS is $80 more, it's $80 better"... Dude, I have compared this thing back to back to back to my TS808, TS9, TS5... It sounds so much better than the the others it's almost sad. The only TS I have that sounds better is the TS9DX and my Hardwire CM2.

[@Travis-pf3gt]

@@TheOfficialCaseMade , for sure I own a Behringer vintage delay and WOW what a steal. 👍

[@TheOfficialCaseMade]

Pillow Hugger, mine may be the only good Behringer pedal ever, but like I said, back to back, even blind, I pick the cheap TS clone every time. Better articulation and more clarity to my ears, without being shrill.

[@gregg4164]

BOSS has been a really great manufacturer for a long long time. I have been using and buying their stuff since the early eighties and they are still coming out with even more great stuff.

[@maestro0428]

I bought the og in 91. Sold it years later. Gonna pick up the waza. Thanks for your review and nice jams!

[@Confuzzious]

16:37 THAT WAS EXACTLY MY EXPRESSION! Man, that sounds ballsy.

[@fendushi]

I like Metal Zone, and I like Rabea. I clicked thumbs up before the video even played.

[@geoffreyclisson5987]

That playing with the baritone killed me once again !! Love it

[@DarekLachowski]

OH. MY. GOD. Great sound. Mostly because of Rabea himself, but the pedal sound was a surprise.

[@LiamHardyMusic]

Love how you got Nuno’s tone, a thrash metal sound and a progressive metal tone out of it, definitely some sounds to my taste in there, I appreciate how you demoed it with the rag as I have one in my PRS...intriguing indeed, awesome playing as always. I’d love to see you write a song with this pedal or do a play through of one of your songs with this as a preamp with your board into 2 amps to see how well it’d work in a professional/band context pretty please! Cheers man, see you next month in Manchester!

[@shinjial]

Whaaaaat Those riffs! Lord! Awesome! On the baritone

[@Peesashit284]

Am I the only one who's completely blown away by the tone definition, punchiness of the ragnarok on the barintone? Switching my 81s with these!

[@sonicgli]

The Metal Zone sounds great! - something I never thought I'd say.

[@ericvalverderosado2046]

when i first had the oportunity to play with one...i did my best dial but it still sucked...Ola Englund then made a video connecting it to the FX loop and i was totally blown away...and this new Metalzone...oh my gosh...I NEED IT NOW

[@jaytunedmusic6818]

You make it look so easy! I got a rush of this one. Lol easily my fav guitarist hands down!! Love the channel man keep it up. I think it’s time to upgrade from my ML-2

[@koshtaki]

what a spectacular rhythm guitarist. this will make me buy that pedal

[@azdh85224]

Pedal sounds fantastic - as does your killer guitar playing!!!

[@ciurga93]

Absolutely sick tones, i was not expecting this much. You should have tried putting it in the return of an amp like Ola did, he got some seriously good tones like that

[@orel1996]

You made it sound amazing. Really impressed

[@bingefeller]

I use to run a MT-2 with a GE-7 after it and that made for one versatile set up. You could get every sound imaginable with that.

[@abdulbasyirmohddahalan3374]

sus4b9 I just put with cheap eq.after it.its good .

[@BillyTalentguitar1]

This is amazing! Just wish we could’ve seen your settings from 18:20 on and the awesome one before that.

[@ardillapesadilla]

Sound awesome!! Very organic IMO

[@ptibhobbit7120]

You can tell by Rabea's face how much he digs the custom mode with his barytone when he turns it ON

[@jhonpasquez6145]

His paw block the tweaking completely. Lol love this video😜

[@ThatBaritoneGuitarGuy]

Seeing as how the effects loop was the only way I was ever able to make the original Metal Zone sound any good, I am curious as to how the new Metal Zone would sound in the effects loop.

[@Ryrkov]

Yeeeeeessssssss Rabea, finally 🙃🙃🙃 Amazing demo

[@RossHoekman]

lol @ 16:38! Another great vid Rabea, sounds killer! Wonder how this one would sound on a bass!

[@guitarz]

F’n A my brother... we are all thankful for your glorious tones... man killer just killer

[@guitarz]

BTW my BEA is my #1 axe next is that baritone

[@RDanteish]

Awesome 😎!!!!!

[@Spacemonster2024]

The settings that you settled on first with the n4 is very similar to the settings on my Metal Zone. (not modified) 🤘👍

[@sid35gb]

I brought a standard Mt-2 for nostalgic reasons when I was getting back into guitar and quickly ran into the swarm of wasps issues which was a bit of a downer then I saw Ola’s video and discovered that It’s an effects loop pedal. I’ve now stopped running into the front and the loop filters out the wasps and it much easier to dial in a chunky sound this way and I still have ALL THE GAIN. I do recommend still using a a noise gate or noise reduction to keep it tight.😎

[@Adam0Yahya]

Same with me. I lost mine many years ago after moving house. Back in the 90s until I kinda stop playing around 2000, I only use this thing and another boss wah padle for jamming.

[@brianrice9776]

Oh hell ya!!

[@jasoncrump1886]

Hellz jeah man rockin the metal zone.

[@laurimakinen4872]

Damnnn this sounds good! Orig. MZone in a loop sounds nice too!

[@DSilvergun]

Pretty good playing thanks.

[@sollyharr]

Always like your vids Bea keep up the great work.

[@drockny]

Rabea's face at 14:55 was so worth watching this entire video \m/

[@linadecaseleycarloss5838]

Picked up a second hand original version about 11 yrs ago for £40, just as a backup. Now it runs in front of my Marshall 6100 ( I know - most people say it needs to go I the FX loop but that just did not cut it for me) & it is absolutely indispensable. Had to do a lot of tweaking of the settings but hell, it does the damned job & does it so so well...!!!

[@michael7v6]

Ola seems to have the best hands and ears for this type of work.

[@RDanteish]

Hey Rabea 🤟🏻 that sounded amazing I’ll ask a comparison with the old one and with different amps would be great!!!! Thanks for all your videos!!! Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷!!!

[@AMBowers29]

Well done Boss!

[@mohawkbear8768]

I never thought I would buy a metal zone.....damn you bea!

[@adamwasthefirstman]

Definitely sounds better than the old one. Not that I had many complaints about it. I started playing guitar in 91 and it's not like there were great choices for high gain pedals at the time. The eq totally pushed it ahead of the pack. I would definitely like to see a shootout with the old one, but what you should really do is play it through a sterile solid state cheapo amp as that is definitely how most people back in the day had to employ it. Cheap tube amps weren't as easy to come by and it was the day of pristine clean to heavy distortion verse to chorus. In retrospect, playing it into a slightly overdriven tube amp would have obviously improved the sound significantly.

[@freddyzeledon921]

Great demo Rabea!

[@ladlad5463]

Hi Rabea, the riff you played at around the 14:24 is seriously awesome. I f*cking love that stuff you do. Please write a song like that, I love it so much. You probably already have. Love you man.

[@VaultDestroyer]

Lad Lad yeah I agree , I think I’ve heard that riff somewhere before but. I can’t place it .

[@ladlad5463]

Nathan Mcneil such awesome riffage!

[@jacobsaldana9661]

16:30 just precious

[@RidvanDuzey]

That Mastodon riff at 10:07 though, such a tight sound!

[@kyleboggs1966]

Dude makes me want to buy anything he demos.... Literally, all of it

[@christineblack4654]

best pedal ever!! with a eq it's even better.

[@thekramer1097]

Didn't expected to sound good. Nice surprise (Liked the standard mode better). That being said, Bea could make an electric potato sound good.

[@TheChrispablo]

unbelievably good sounding

[@samthebarber93]

I dig this a lot!! 😨

[@TheToecutter69]

This guy will make anything sound good

[@pensatorseven1898]

Outstanding demo.

[@Niven42]

Rabea: “Alright guys, let’s see if we can get a decent sound from this...” * Plugs into a toaster oven * Toaster oven: “Wooo whooo! Squeeeal! Chug chug chug chug...”

[@alexgl]

Damn its pretty good at noon! Didnt expect it

[@andrewtkach3838]

I still have my original mt2 and if you put an ibanez lo-fi nextdoor then things got really interesting . That was 15 years ago.lol . But honestly there is a tone for everyone. This new addition is pretty sweet.

[@zacharywilliams3631]

The purr of a half palm mute is my favorite sound

[@colintrend4913]

I remember reading in a guitar mag that even Prince had one on his pedalboard in the early 1990's 😮😃

[@stanadler5968]

Getting one for my 6-string electric cello, thanks for a killer demo!

[@abdulbasyirmohddahalan3374]

Sound good . thanks.

[@koolsuhu]

Yess so juicy tone.. great review!

[@lance134679]

Eric Clapton sang "It's in the way that you use it...". I think that applies to the Metal Zone pedal. Cool new version. Brian Wampler has a couple videos that show you how to mod the originals into either an overdrive or EQ/Boost.

[@bigspinshit]

16:38 this was exactly my face too!

[@dylanlbdb]

Makes me feel weird to say it but the metal zone sounds killer 😂

[@24ZEPACDC]

Hey man you should do a current Guitar Collection video, and Guitar Amp Collection Video. I’d love to see what you’ve kept, where you mostly use each of your instruments (which context). Cheers!

[@barbamatteo]

As jhs said... boss is the best, boss are pedals! I know there will be a boutique pedal that is better in a particular tone but boss are the only plug and play pedals, makes life much easer. The concept, the colors.

[@canterburyaudio5836]

Sickness

[@junosensis]

Original Metal Zone is a Killer. Only stupid kids can't make it sound huge.

[@kevinerickson84]

Exactly. 🤘

[@EvanKenobi]

A lot of great music was played during this demo.

[@deadricgaming2957]

sounds amazing now!