DIGITECH DEATH METAL / MASTER - WORST DISTORTION PEDAL

[@likeanuuk6612]

ola killed the metal zone meme so now hes trying to start a new meme lol

[@necrothescistt8164]

I guess the sweds are really good at killing memes!

[@AR-mq5oz]

pedal review *clap* *clap*

[@ThomasNichts]

playing a metal zone through a randall satan its not the same to plat it in a cheaper amp, if the pedal needs a really good amp to sound "good", its not even worth it, and to because ola says it must be true

[@dariohc6898]

People never knew how to use the metal zone lol

[@cryo9shadow91]

Renato Briones I use the metal zone one on an old Marshall stack, it sounds great to me. Dunno why people say it’s bad

[@davidallen3360]

To this day my entire rig consist of a Marshall code, a digitech death metal, and a $50 squier strat In drop G

[@bipbipletucha]

This comment gave hurt me.

[@vincentrandles8105]

And it sounds great, right? I'm down! Have you the Marshall Code 100WH? That's my go too, it weighs about a quarter of my JCM800 2203, & can still mimic the crunching (Chug) like it's older bigger brother! (The JCM800 & the JVM are both still in the truck, just in case. But run through a Marshall 4X12 1960B - it's Boss!!

[@joeisnothome]

Oh no

[@davidallen3360]

Vincent Randles We should be so lucky, it’s a Code 25

[@lavatube1888]

Marshall codes are like the cancer of new Marshall stuffs

[@dominicdubois9767]

This brings me back to 2000, I was 14, with my Peavey Bandit and the Metal Master wondering why I didnt sound like James Hetfield yet.

[@Selzor]

Dominic Dubois by reading that my ears started bleeding

[@dominicdubois9767]

@@Selzor it should

[@AGTR98]

I have a bandit 65 xd i love it

[@thatguyoverthere2755]

I have my Death Metal pedal and actually use it from time to time. I have it in my dirty channel on my Switchblade Pro channel pedal, because A is my clean channel with my Siren compressor. I have it set for a more grungy tone for when my band does more alternative sounding songs. Tip from a live performer, run the digitech through a Magnar amp sim pedal by Siren and then follow into a good noise gate, I use Sentry, and it'll actually delivered a pretty decent crunchy tones.

[@Patrick-857]

Peavy Rage, Zoom Trimetal and a Squire Strat. To me it sounded heavy AF.

[@damien2729]

I remember having Metal Zone, Death Metal, and Metal Master back in High School. Metal Master was the perfect pedal for playing Metallica and Ozzy. It's all I cared about at the time, was learning every Ozzy and Metallica song, Metal Master is the perfect distortion pedal for me.

[@brpadington]

The Metal Master was a great pedal if you treat it like a preamp. It's all digital so you have to keep the signal clean.

[@sargentd6780]

Crimson Ghost- I have seen you somewhere just don’t remember where

[@vaibhavmugulavalli3366]

U got to use all these preamp pedals in the fx loop or else they sound like shit

[@skullkrusher4418]

No bees were killed in the making of this pedal.

[@Zimzephyr]

12 year old me thought a 10amp practice amplifier and a digitech death metal was as good as tone could get :P

[@johnwirk]

"My" first amp, actually my dads, was a fender roc pro 1000, little crunch hybrid, with a 15" sunbeta cab.....was very flat on distortion until you crunk it waaaaaaay up!!!!!!!! AND THEN IT HAD A NICE CHUG TO IT!!!!$$$ it sucked though.

[@metalinyourhead3604]

Zim Zephyr dude... that was me 😂

[@gabrielferreira7550]

Honestly, so did a lot of the death metal bands from the era

[@danieln2967]

DOD Death Metal into a Kustom 10W amp was my setup in 2009. It sounded like pissed off Pantera.

[@seraph8293]

i have a $50 guitar from kmart and the amp that came with it that i stupidly bought when i was 9

[@AndiKravljaca]

The Death Metal was my first pedal. I absolutely loved that honking brutal noise it made. No gain control. All the gain as strandard. Amazing :D But mine didn't have the second output, that would have been a game changer in 1997.

[@cesador]

Probably close to ten years ago I saw this local band open a show with 3 inches of blood. They were all teenagers and actually a really good thrash act. Big thing was they sounded huge. I couldn’t see their gear stage was small so they set up off stage. I asked them later about their setup. Literally guitar into Marshall mg head 1960 cab with a metal master and noise gate running in the loop then sm-57 mic. I was completely blown.

[@matttaylor1449]

The cab was doing all the heavy lifting in that rig. A good cab and speaker will define the tone more then anything else in the signal chain.

[@Patrick-857]

@matttaylor1449 Yep, distortion isn't that important as long as there's a lot of it and you boost mids going in, which is already done internally with a typical metal pedal, so you don't even need a boost. My Hardwire TL2 sounds pretty sick tbh. I like how smooth it sounds and how the palm mute really jump out. Never had a sim or a tube amp respond like that. Metal pedals are underrated.

[@nOT_sURE08]

For the MetalMaster, run a line from "to amp" into your FX return, and run a line from "to mixer" into your input. Blend them accordingly. You'll get the sound you want.

[@fuckenps3]

:O

[@mab8485]

Where would the loop ‘send’ be running to? Trying to picture the signal chain and it doesn’t make sense. If the send isn’t used, the preamp is null and void?

[@SmokinFoolz]

@@mab8485 Some amps dont have a send/return along with the input. If you DO, then great! The preamp is (well should be) null and void when you plug into the return. All the amp is doing to your tone is POWERING it at that point and sometimes sounds awesome.

[@mab8485]

@@SmokinFoolz im just trying to understand the signal chain. Is he saying both pedal outputs are running into the amplifier? One into the input and one into the return? Thats what doesnt make sense to me.

[@ac-jy3ku]

I put amp line into guitar amp and mixer line into bass amp. works great

[@whiteshadow8152]

Me: Mum, can we listen to Megadeth? Mum: No, we have Megadeth at home! Megadeth at home: 1:35

[@kingcooking6]

whats the song called

[@keenan9084]

@@kingcooking6 Symphony of Destruction

[@davidgarza1977]

@@keenan9084 it sounds like a mix between symphony and altered state by sepultura

[@AGTR98]

@@kingcooking6 darude sandstorm

[@cn9898]

WhiTe ShaDow e

[@Twisty-gd1of]

I don’t think you need any distorsion pedal when your amp has the word satan in it

[@sirtrygve75]

just needs a little bit more satan

[@caprimann87]

just turn up the satanism knob

[@JeanMarceaux]

@@caprimann87 turn up the Satanism knob too much and the amp would just straight up shank your child as a sacrifice.

[@oisac3223]

@@JeanMarceaux no, it would stab you 23 times and burn down churches

[@johnwarren5492]

Hahaha!!

[@brpadington]

The DOD Death Metal was designed to be used infront of a dirty Marshall to get an early Napalm Death tone. I actually tried running it that way and was pleasantly surprised.

[@doomenthusiast]

Hey, fellow Misfits fan, hello.

[@brpadington]

@@doomenthusiast Greetings bro

[@mikeygabbard9268]

Is that a BOWL of coffee?

[@davidtomkins4242]

Mikey Gabbard Ola the Bowlerer

[@Khazandar]

Just a cup.

[@dylanhentschke1299]

Nah man

[@raulperez2308]

bowla englund

[@MilkoOfficialChannel]

UFO

[@Carlos-fh8wk]

I don’t even play guitar, I just listen to Ola’s words of wisdom.

[@JC-11111]

Keep watching ling enough. You'll have a guitar or 2 eventually 🤣😁

[@xsnys13]

Bruh

[@pinkyellowblue007]

Are you playing now?

[@ieatnails]

brother u play yet?

[@JEKAFISHER]

I remember getting my Death Metal pedal when I was 18, thinking that this is the best thing ever! Looking back at the fact that I only had a Peavy Rage 15 solid state amp, I'm guessing I was a little deaf.

[@thorngord]

I have a rage 15 too, my firts amp, love it

[@regretamin3689]

Old peavey transtubes sound better than you remember i promise. I own a blazer 158 and it sounds better than alot of solid state combos (not boss or blackstar)

[@jakesacher9485]

Jack Fisher Hahaha! I had the same setup as a teenager. We thought it was so badass, lol!

[@DahliasKittyCatFam]

Had a Bandit 112 that I ran a cheap BC Rich into. So much buzz and hiss. Was great for the street punk band

[@JEKAFISHER]

Now I have a Marshall valestate 50 combo. My distortion pedal collection has become quite fat as well! Boss MT-2, Boss HM2 1984 MIJ (thanks Ola), Digitech TL-2, Digitech SC-2, DOD grunge fx69b, MXR m116 fullbore metal and an MXR doubleshot distortion. Sold my Death Metal about 6 months ago and now I want it back lol

[@HouseOfBrickOne]

the Death Metal pedal was my first pedal and it is still my favorite pedal and nobody can dissuade me from messing around with it. I got it for $20 at a Guitar Center with no charger. Best $20 I ever spent

[@nekrohatred9547]

Here I am, 3yrs later to tell you the worst $20 I ever spent was on a new copy of minecraft for ps4 like 10yrs ago. Kek.

[@the-np4mr]

@@nekrohatred9547 man I liked minecraft on 360 (paid the same amount)

[@wizardsouthJP]

this statement may have never been said before in the history of the world - the Metal Zone sounds much better

[@spiderfan1974]

The whole point of death metal was to not sound like the over produced hair metal and "Comercial" metal. It's not supposed to sound good death was the punk of metal.

[@norlanderduwallis9074]

@@spiderfan1974 uh oh, spaghettios

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Metal Zone, Metal Core and Joyo JF-17 Extreme Metal are the best pedals I think!!

[@christianfriisjensen2055]

This is what scientific progress looks like.

[@metalizermetalizer512]

Uberschall JP your right man

[@danielmitchell7468]

I got the Metal Master. Love it! You can tune the Metal Master to Death Metal setting and it does everything the Death Metal does. The Metal Master is also a heavier and higher priced pedal. So if you just want to play death metal, save money by getting the Death Metal pedal but if you want a spectrum of metal tones, definitely go for the Metal Master.

[@vasishtakanthi4231]

All distortion pedals sound awesome when it is sent through the fx loop... That's a life changer u gave me Ola.. o. O

[@liys540]

hi gain distortion pedal

[@JustAdude291]

For real though, didn't know it sounds much better being used as a preamp

[@graxjpg]

If the preamp in your amp has lots of clean headroom, it doesn’t need to see the power amp. It can be fun but never stop experimenting!

[@4.9turbo13]

Will it also sound better on a boss katana in the fx loop? Just bought one and got a pedal coming this week

[@SteelyGlow]

My home tube amp Yerasov GTA-15J has no effects loop, just "guitar" input (break up at volume 8 and higher) and "line" input (clean sound only). But despite this all pedals I own, including Metal Zone clone, sound great when connected to any input. The only pedal I don't like is Seymour Duncan Power Grid Distortion, which sounds too muddy with hot humbuckers.

[@bertalanolah6565]

The bullshit they could sell to people back in the day when no online social platforms were available for the folks to compare stuff... The fact that all guitar magazines published only positive reviews of everything...

[@edvalcik8559]

So so true!

[@lgv3051]

Damn. Did kids just buy these things without trying them out first? It all makes sense now. I was wondering how they were able to sell them. Like buying shoes online. You got to try 'em first.

[@DARKEST_VANTA]

I LIVED at the local guitar shop in the 90's. We actually got out of the house to try all the new equipment...😒🤘

[@RAM_industrial_death_metal]

FINALLY! I have both pedals, and death metal is a bit weak for my taste, but metal master is one of my favorites of all time. It's just a great great pedal.

[@norlanderduwallis9074]

Lol death metal is weak for this guy, watch out people

[@kenconify]

Lol try using it as a lead tone with some reverb on it as opposed to a dry rhythm you might just find a use for it

[@michaelclark2393]

I've owned both of them they're meant for different platforms for distortion. They both sound great and they're not bad. It's depending on what type of music you want to do with these pedals

[@vadimtaranov3041]

That doom shirt

[@SpaceTiger9]

So sick

[@carlosandreschaylenieto2666]

Rip and Tear

[@baradalamasa]

The right knob (morph) is the types of the distortion modes (copying few metal pedals). And i've been using digitech grunge. The cabsim is amazing. Try on hot head & grunge. They are awesome cheapies. And for overdrive, i am still using my old digitech bad monkey, a nice tubescreamer copy. Phil X been using it too back in the days.

[@hailhydrazine4938]

not trve unless you plug the pedals into the front of a Tweed

[@zeemon9623]

Ain't even got Trve bypass.

[@tommyconancoates7097]

@@zeemon9623 yeah that's trve

[@francescochissale]

I've wanted to put an EQ in my pedalboard set as a "radio filter", and call it "Trve Bypass"

[@bedofroachesofficial4958]

Yuul Aiyng simon Smith:*heavy breathing *

[@UngKristen]

U know why tweed smells like piss It's cause its made with piss

[@TheA2James]

When I started playing guitar, this was actually my 1st pedal - I had an ESP LTD EC-50, the Digitech death metal pedal, and a Rogue 100W 2x12" amp. God, my neighbors hated me 🤘

[@svartsjokolade]

Oh man, the death metal pedal brings back memories. I used to play through one of those in my first band and we jammed a lot of Obituary.

[@MrGanja408]

Love my metal master. First distortion pedal I ever bought.

[@johnathonestes1503]

MrGanja408 likewise. Still love it

[@powerslave6944]

Me too bought it around 2005 if I’m not mistaken.

[@NeZversSounds]

Hmm.. 90s hi gain pedals probably was designed as preamps and wasn't really tested for inputing into other preamps.

[@zizzleplix]

I hope Ola makes this into a little series. Mainly just cause I'm curious on what tone he can get out these various metal themed distortion pedals. If he does make this into a little series I hope he does the following metal themed distortion pedals: -Boss Metal Core ML-2 -Digitech Hardwire TL-2 Metal Distortion -MXR Fullbore Metal -Electro Harmonix Metal Muff (the full sized one not the smaller versions that came later) Keep it up with the good videos Ola.

[@TheOtherJohnBrowne]

HOLY DIVER! YOU'VE BEEN DOWN TO LONG IN THE HONEY BEE HIVE!

[@kampfkustomer2343]

YOU'RE US-ING TOO MUCH DRIVE!!!

[@chechenwojak5671]

Ola is a Pewdiepie of the guitar world. He kills the memes...

[@lunarwave1975]

Definitely

[@SlyHikari03]

Both are Swedish

[@RÅNÇIÐ]

Man, I remember I had the Death Metal 10 years ago when I started playing guitar. Had it in front of a 15W Harley Benton combo amp with no gate and it was hella noisy. But it made me feel like a rockstar. Good times

[@Aker5639]

DOD Death Metal was my first pedal ever in the 90’s and this video accurately represents the feedback I remember most when you aren’t playing

[@supercrossfire20]

Love my death metal pedal. Great video ola

[@gilfunk305]

The metal master brings me back to high school were I dialed it in to play along to Fear Factory songs ...

[@Lucius338]

WOW. After owning and loving a couple of Digitech's Hardwire series pedals, I'm surprised to see how poorly these vanilla counterparts fare against them! The Valve Distortion is definitely my favorite distortion pedal produced by them, although it's more like a traditional tubescreamer OD. The Metal Distortion Hardwire pedal DOES have a gain knob, BUT it is extremely limiting because, even with the gain set to 0, the signal is COATED with the distortion signal. Great vid, thanks for the awesome content as always!

[@carlosmoonchild1758]

Anyone who cleans a metalzone deserves my respect. You've done the impossible

[@Heka41]

tattoo my left arm?? no way!! - ola englund

[@KawiMusician]

maybe its his left arm thats tattooed and he came out of the womb metal AF and had tats alreay..so much so he had to get a normal skin tone tat over his left arm so he looked somewhat presentable so he could get the job at KZbin as a youtuber..true story...Wiki that shit homie...lmao

[@reav3rtm]

"- Ok, let's try some death..." Plays some black metal style tremolo picking :)

[@deadboy276]

Dismember*

[@RainbowLayer92]

Psycroptic

[@kostka8152]

reav3rtm Swedish Death Metal*

[@lucassolis7748]

It actually sounded like a immolation riff

[@Gothraven]

Tremolo picking also applies in death metal

[@Metalbass1979]

Please do the Digitech Grunge pedal. I feel it was completely named wrong and actually sounds quite good with the drive turned down and run into a tube amp. Also, I beg you to do a public service video to urge the members of Morgana Lefay to reunite. I believe they live somewhere in the same country as you but have gone silent for many years.

[@mitchmartin831]

I snagged a Grunge for $20 a while back. Bought it as a joke but I find myself using it a lot. Perfect for black metal.

[@Metalbass1979]

@@mitchmartin831 yeah! I avoided that pedal like the plague during the 90s, but found a good deal on the newer version by DigiTech one day and gave it a try. It was completely named wrong, for sure. There is something in the mid-range that produces a crunch that I've not heard and any other pedal or amplifier. Black metal, eh? Immortal is one of my favorite bands.

[@andrewhintz3113]

The DOD bass grunge was the shit!! That was my first pedal back in 94. By all accounts the original was vastly superior to the later digitech version if you can find one!

[@Metalbass1979]

@Kekullain Uladh Using it with a single coil Tele also gives great results. I've also run it through the side chain effects loop on my bass rig and blended in a wicked bass tone.

[@Metalbass1979]

@@andrewhintz3113 I messed with one of those back in '94 for about 5 minutes but didn't know what I was doing. I was only 15 years old at the time. Now.....excuse me while I try to track one down. You have me curious to try it out again.

[@donkimble]

Man I’m listening on good headphones. Is it just KZbin’s compression that makes all the high gain pedals sound really similar? That said, \m/

[@horriblepizza4647]

They seem to just remove all the attack. Every time you chug, some settings just cut it out.

[@konstantinosernestoeconomo3265]

Tim Domingo I think it's because of the slight inconsistency of the tubes , not sure tho

[@timothymckane6362]

Yeah, it feels like it the sound got compressed.

[@TonyHookedonVanlife]

That's KZbin's terrible compression shit - it completely jacked the sound of my band's last single.

[@yippie37eso76]

@@TonyHookedonVanlife Dynamic Compression =/= Bit Rate Compression

[@AdamTrain]

Fishing, Gaming & Guitars What you're hearing is compression but it's dynamic compression (like when you put 'a compressor' on your tracks), not bitrate compression (when you listen back to a low-quality digital file). Two very different phenomena, the only thing they have in common is the name! The reason it sounds quieter on the chugs is because there's so much low end energy. it's called 'pumping'. It's because Ola either recorded too hot or didn't set his post-processing correctly!

[@friskthewaffle7672]

you should demo the Metal Muff, I just found my old metal muff pedal from when I was 14! I'm 28 now.

[@vincentrandles8105]

Metal Muff - sounds like a groupie!! Giggty giggty-Goo.....

[@kordta]

Think death metal sounded better?

[@ravenelbalthilde5474]

I used to own a Digitech Death Metal pedal and I really liked it. Unfortunately, It didn't last very long. In hind sight, I did a few of things with it that one should never do to a distortion pedal. First I took the pedal with me to a friends house (who didn't have air conditioning) And played with it indoors, however, it was raining very very heavily outside and the humidity was just ridiculous. We had to keep the doors open during a hurricane just to stay cool (it was really hot that day). Second, because I didn't have a lot of money, I used a A/C adapter to power the pedal. But sadly, this was before I knew to only use A/C adapters that output the correct amperage. I think The A/C adapter wasn't the correct amperage and that might have fried the circuits. One day the pedal died and stopped working all together. Not even the bypass worked. The pedal muted all sound when plugged in. To this day I'm not sure exactly how or why it died. But all I know is, It did die. But it sounded cool while it lasted.

[@matttaylor1449]

Not sure how it sounds in the room compared to on here but i have to disagree with you Ola, i think the Digitech Deathmetal sounds better than the Metal Master.

[@bluecollarbuddha948]

I thought the same thing.

[@edwardvandomian3472]

i agree

[@helios5868]

Deathmetal seemed to have more of the buzzing going on, but the Metal Master felt very muted to me. I'd agree, but I think I hear the other side of it too.

[@quinnellful]

agree

[@mikethegreat4296]

Agree. I have a metal master that's been through some shit sitting around from back when it was the only pedal I had plugged into a little 15 watt practice amp. It's just 300 different flavors of an unusable overly scooped tone. I plug it in every now and again when I'm not suffering from a headache, but need to be.

[@jackrose6996]

Rocked a metal master for over a decade before something inside it finally died. It was definitely versatile.

[@Xero6969]

Get another one.

[@Robman275]

As a Death metal owner I can honestly recommend it. It can give you a full-bodied sound, has, as Ola showed, very sensitive knobs that give a very wide range, surprisingly good string definition and clarity, is surprisingly organic and will respond to the character of your guitar and amp. The downside is it has little dynamics, which is to be expected with all that gain. You can turn down your volume knob, but it'll still sound basically the same. Thing is though it's got some quirks. Firstly, I think Death Metal was the wrong name. If you lower the bass a lot and max out the treble you can get a black metal kind-vibe, whereas if you up the lows and find the right spot with the mids you can get a Groove metal-ish sound. Second, that Level knob really should have been called a Contour or Shape knob, because as you turn it up it can drastically change your sound. From my experience it only really served as a true level knob up until 9 o'clock, which is where equity level seems to be (i.e the where the pedal's volume matches clean volume), after that it seemed to be a tone shifter. It's hard to explain but I can genuinely recommend it, not for death metal though. Also it's so cheap but well built you can't lose.

[@Robman275]

I just watched your video, damn that sounded awful, in a good BM way! lol. I often liked to level 10 O'clock, Bass 3 O'clock, Mids around 2 o'clock and Highs the same, in front of the clean amp (amp gain at 5, eq similar to the pedal) with an analog delay (max delay length, min repeats) after it. The delay would noticeably boost the sound and make it wider. It's also very nice in the effects loop, like Ola uses it here, with my noise gate and overdrive. It's a strange beast that I need to revisit more.

[@Robman275]

Yeah I've always been unusual when it comes to my EQ. I love metal but hate scooped mids. My favourite band is Slayer (who've always used mid rich settings) and even when I got my first Marshall combo and didn't really know what I doing, I was boosting my mids. These days when with my band at the rehearsal studio, I'm using a JCM 900 with Gain on 6, Bass 4, Mids 8, Treble 7 and Presence 7, with an MXR 10 band EQ in front of it (like Kerry King). Only other effects I use are currently Phase and Reverb, so yeah my Death Metal doesn't see daylight much these days either lol, but thanks to Ola I may be tempted to experiment in fx loop more.

[@jondavis3582]

i found a new love for my metal zone now im lookin for a death metal pedal

[@manny75586]

I remember being super excited to try the Death Metal pedal when it came out...total trash. The local guitar shop I was at had a discount bin with an unbranded Pepto Bismol pink pedal that was probably homemade. Cost me $5. It was an absolute beast. Made Entombed sound like Ed Sheeran.

[@vincentrandles8105]

NOOO!!! Say it ain't so!!!

[@addisonnimrod]

I had both of these pedals. I couldn't play live with them at all, guitar guitar tone/sound would disappear every cymbal hit.

[@BruceBanner420s]

Lol

[@TheA2James]

"I'm ghetto like the Digitech Death Metal pedal" - Necro

[@detroitfettyghost8492]

Yesssssss! You know your shit❤️🎯🏆

[@ThisCreepingLife]

Haha fucking necro. What song it is?

[@deathmetal0914]

@@ThisCreepingLife Watch your back.

[@Siccmade666]

That's the reason I came here LOL

[@UltimateTMF3]

Do a video on the boss metal core ml-2

[@adamtwelve]

UltimateTMF3 I second this. Andertons did a metal pedal shootout of like a ton of pedals and they picked the metal core ml-2 as the best

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

Yeah that Metal Core is fucking sick!! So is the Metal Zone and the Joyo JF-17 Extreme Metal!

[@TheMightySharktopus]

Myself also wants to see the Boss ML-2 tested by Ola. I love mine...

[@chandlerartiss9739]

I can personally say i currently use one through my fx return on my hartke for shows and it sounds great.

[@JustAdude291]

I used to have a brand new one, wish I kept it but I needed heroin at the time... I got ripped off and sold it for like 30 bucks I think. Also had a brand new crybaby from hell that I got ripped off selling for for 50 bucks and I owed my friend 20 so I only got 30 out of it. I was getting extremely sick from coming down, I "had" to hock it. It was so fucked up, I still hate myself for "having to" do that. Fuck man, one reason I now love sovriety

[@wiseguy9202]

I absolutely love my Digitech Death Metal pedal. For at least the past 15-20 years I've been using for both recording and live. Now I'm digging my Distortion Factory DF-7 which has a wealth of sounds. I like the fact the DM pedal has no gain knob. Makes you use your volume more. Which more people should learn how to do.

[@moomoomooshit]

I just want one of those SPL meters for my wall. You've linked everything else in the header!

[@luisserrano5690]

8:23 That riffs sounds very Machine Head-esque. I like it.

[@davidepannone6021]

This is some new level shit... Ola didn't play his usual clean sound arpeggiated riff when he used the clean/di sound lol

[@PetarJovanovic993]

That' s funny, because I just started playing that riff!

[@Rimsiakas]

Ola, try Biyang Metal End. It's an amazing cheap pedal that sounds fantastic and the world deserves to be exposed to a quality demo of it. I'm sure you will love it.

[@DJ7tringGuitar]

Let's see if Ola can use an EQD Rainbow Machine for metal

[@JamesContos85]

I had that old metal master pedal back in the day. I went through many distortion pedals before I landed on this one and didn't turn back. The only reason I don't use it now is because I lost it. There's so many possibilities as far as shaping a fairly unique, and awesome metal tone with that thing. The boss metal zone is a decent replacement, but that's only cuz it was basically a copy of the metal master. That morph knob really opens up the path to emulate all kinds of famous guitar tones.

[@nouveaumanifesto]

The metal master is personally one of my favorite pedals, I use it on bass though. Which actually sounds quite good.

[@TheAtrocityvendor]

I have the Death Metal floating somewhere around the house. I've gotta look for it since I haven't played in many years and I just started playing again.

[@TheAtrocityvendor]

I'm in the same boat!

[@ZoniaTV]

I still have the original DOD version of the Death Metal pedal (and the Grunge pedal) as well as the DigiTech version. The DOD is a little better than the later DigiTech, but not by much. The DOD is a thicker, warmer tone than the DigiTech.

[@instrumentalist28]

Zonia Harris the dod grunge actually sounded decent for rhythm....,could never get a decent soloing tone from either death metal or grunge when demoing at the music store

[@ZoniaTV]

@@instrumentalist28 Yeah, I used the DOD Grunge for many years as my go-to rhythm pedal. It wasn't bad. DigiTech's version of it wasn't very good, though.

[@jasonholden1376]

I found my old DOD Death Metal in a box the other day. I should give it a whirl for old times sake

[@deanplayer69metalplayer89]

I remember when DOD made those 15 watt DOD GRIND IT and GRUNGE amps in the 90's I had both they were cool loud amps with big metal sound to bad they don't make them anymore!!

[@эксХэйт]

Grunge is better than DM. I sold both pedals, but i,d like to buy digitech grunge again.

[@TommysPickle]

Yes!! You finally did a video for the digitech death metal! I have the biggest smile right now man. First pedal I ever bought way back when I was 14! Hearing that hunk of junk chunk now, cant help but grin ear to ear! Surprised you're not playing one of those beautiful poplar guitars of yours! Saw the preorder announced yesterday, just might have to snag me one

[@postmortem8767]

Hi Ola, I persoanlly love the digitech death metal, great for the money when you can actually dial a good tone. Ola keep up the great work!

[@MegaWumba]

Metal the tone driver is digitechs best dirt pedal

[@postmortem8767]

I'll check it out! thanks for the recomendation btw Update: listened to some demos and its ok for me persoanlly but I much prefer the death metal as its a ful on no holding back distortion pedal, but you know each to their own ;)

[@TheToxicSmoke]

when i was young i head a peavy valveking 112 combo and a digitech hot head, a cry baby wah and analog delay by artec, cheap but unique and absolutley beautiful guitar i still have today... man what times that was. Loved that stuff back then

[@gggfx4144]

"well it's my video, I do what I want" - great comeback

[@Chad_Fuckhammer]

Euronymous of Mayhem used a Metal Master for the recording of De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas played through a Marshall Plexi Super Lead and a Les Paul Standard gold top I believe. Freezing Moon, Pagan Fears, Buried By Time And Dust, Life Eternal, Funeral Fog...

[@Metalfreak-vv2yc]

Yea, I don't think they were originally designed to go into the effects loop....more like the front end of a Gorilla amp or some other little crappy practice amp. We have come a long way since then. I bet if you plugged it all into some 80's equipment, it would sound different....not necessarily better, but different. Good video and good use of your effects loop! 🤘💀🤘

[@raspberry144mb3]

For those who say that the Death Metal is a digital pedal, you're wrong; the Metal Master is their digital high gain pedal, while the Death Metal is analog and one of the three pedals represented on the Metal Master's morph knob.

[@Litoff90]

"You know?? It's my video, I do whatever I want.". XD Epic!!

[@jhaivee10]

3:42 Holy Diver riff 🤙🏻

[@simonsmallhorne]

Metal Master all day long! That Morph knob is killer when you find the sweet spot.

[@stanfie1d]

nah, it sucks in any possible settings

[@simonsmallhorne]

Incorrect. I don’t use distortion pedals, I’ll use an overdrive through a high gain amp. But I do own a few distortion pedals and have sold and given away plenty, but I’ve held onto the Metal Master.

[@TheEpicLinkFreeman]

@@stanfie1d just like the metal zone, MOST of the positions suck. But you have to find the few that don't

[@stinkykittylaur]

Yes. Its also for lazy people like me. I used to bring my MM pedal to almost every small gig when I'm lazy to bring my pedalboard.

[@fuzzybits410]

Crunch crunch

[@Rhork77]

"It's my video, I do whatever I want!" Great quote, if I wasnt already subscribed that line would have made me right there!

[@lapinus]

3:20 "that's and justice for all" Lmao

[@hoytdotblohm]

I hated my metal master when I first got it, it was the only distortion I could afford and I just wanted my smashbox 7 back, but once you you with it out becomes a very enjoyable pedal to play through. Thank you for your content.

[@VXTfour]

DOD Death Metal pedal. I bought it when I was a teenager because it had blood splatters on it, also the controls that are labelled Guts, Pain, R.I.P, Scream. I hate it so much -_- Nearly as much as the BC Rich warlock I bought with it...... Oh those were the days.

[@joebrooks3638]

Sounds like me lol $200 warlock $30 pedal thru a cheap Crate or Peavey😈

[@screamingscarecrow4251]

Same here. $200 Warlock and a little Jordan amp With a rocktek distortion pedal. Then later a little Peavy combo preamp. Thought I was the shit, but sounded like shit.

[@riffgroove]

@@screamingscarecrow4251 If you're a beginner, you can't beat a PEAVY combo amp.

[@VXTfour]

$200?!? damn you guys had it good. I spend loads more than that for a Platinum Series. Maybe it was UK vs US pricing. Played through a Marshall Mosfet100 and a 4x10. Couldn't turn it past 0.5 or it was too loud and it sounded like ass. Kinda what made me give up playing guitar for 5 years or so. Good job BCRICH!

[@RR1976]

That death metal pedal sounds way better on lower tunings. Back when I used it, it kinda needed to be paired up with the right solid state amp, similar with the situations I encountered when using the metal zone 2 pedal.

[@petertoth9308]

Hey Ola! If you can, try out the Joyo vintage overdrive. It's like a maxon od 808 or Ibanez Tube screamer but it's for the price of 4 pack of cigarettes, haha.

[@fredriksvard2603]

Tóth Péter got one, returned it after trying it for 10 mins. Now i have a ehx crayon.

[@removedot]

The Behringer is like 20 bucks and good

[@petertoth9308]

I know that thing is cheap as hell, so I dont expect a miracle :D Just wanna hear Ola testing it.

[@narayanacooper8571]

Oh, another plus/bonus to the DF-7... the Metal Master emulated pedal in it has more adjustability than the stock standalone Metal Master pedal. 😘 Pretty much as do all 7 Classic emulated pedals. A vast array of knobs. It has 2-tier knobs/dials: 1st is both Level (top/centre knob) & Low EQ (bottom/outer knob). 2nd pair are Mid Freq (top/inner) & Mid level (bottom/outer). 3rd pair are Gain (top/inner) & High EQ (bottom/outer). The remaining Dial is the Pedal Model selector switch. Itsa brilliant pedal as it is sooo versatile. 👍 That MORPH Dial you just turned is the Mid Freq like my DF-7's top/inner centre knob. But the DF-7 has MORE! Seriously, try to find one. Please review it. Thanks man.

[@SKLADmotyk]

I use a DF-7 with a metal master sound. Mid / mid freq is a killer! 💀😎

[@TimLevi]

Metal Master is still my favorite distortion.🤘

[@TheOliCastell]

I've been using the metal master pedal over the last 4 years, and it has this raw sound that I need for black metal

[@JohnErik666]

Hey Ola, do a vid on the Ibanez Tube King!

[@bacchusendo9032]

I remember I had the digitech death metal pedal back in the day and I didn't like it, felt it was too harsh. But seeing this video and how someone who knows what they're doing making it works...Basically its the musician that makes the sound work, not the guitar, the amp, or the pedal.

[@НикитаКасимов-м6х]

"Let's try it with some death metal" Plays black metal

[@RichLunaMusic]

Жора Подмосковский I mean, that’s technically where it came from.

[@Fossiil-Records]

Holy shit who cares.

[@doctorskull8197]

They all sound the same.

[@calebafile4306]

Bruh that tremolo speed picking riffage is found in death metal too

[@Win7ermu7e]

@@calebafile4306 I thought it was screamo

[@elephantt2077]

3:00 This is what Dave Mustaine heard from David Ellefson's flat back in 1983

[@rottenofficialmusic]

Ola: Alright, let try out some deat- * 𝘽𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏 𝙄𝙉𝙏𝙊 𝙏𝙍𝙀𝙈𝙊𝙇𝙊 𝙋𝙄𝘾𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂 * 4:00

[@WordsofHeresy]

The Death Metal pedal adds a bit of a black metal vibe to the melody you did. The Metal Master could be used for cool outros/bridges or thrash

[@Mid_421]

He should just do a series where he tries out “bad” gear and see if he can make them sound good.

[@lgv3051]

Those are the only videos i want to see.

[@zandig666]

I liked my metal master with a marshall and cab it was Priest in a can problem is it was missing a gain knob i love the deep and mid clipping sounds sweet !!🤟🤟

[@Tedris4]

With that strong eq, I gotta wonder what the Death Metal sounds like on bass... High gain pedals on bass shootout?

[@MrValBar2]

I think I will be able to test it out in a few days. I'll respond again if I get to it and don't forget about this comment, pfff

[@MATRIX1999ism]

@@MrValBar2 are you ready bruh?

[@TheGodhatesusall]

It sounds amazing on Bass, with a little tweaking of the EQ, it's actually my go-to pedal for distorted bass.

[@SagothBaal]

My first pedal was a Death Metal and my second pedal was a Artec Blues Overdrive. I learned to tame the Death Metal by running it into the overdrive it works wonders!

[@MrBiggysmalls87]

5:38 me when I’m listening to Cannibal Corpse.

[@SpectrumAudiophile]

I used a Digitech Hardwire TL2 Metal Distortion for a while there and it did not sound bad at all. It was there for me through my thrash phase

[@rolfrolf9176]

The Metal Master is actually quite nice for bass if you add a clean blend, a hpf at around 300-330hz and a quite dark cab.

[@needsLITHIUM]

I used to actually do just that with a Death Metal, lol.

[@jamesspohn992]

I been using the metal master pedal since 2003 and I've always had the "morph" at 1 o'clock. I think that's the best sound

[@xxka0tikkxx]

2:04 for a second i thought you were about to play some "scotty doesnt know" from Eurotrip lmao

[@kevinberstler]

David Brunell I thought the same thing haha

[@thetreblerebel]

I used the Danelectro Fabtone. It was my metal cruncher box in the late 90s. Good for harmonics and crunchy high end gain

[@screamingscarecrow4251]

I still have mine. A great pedal.

[@teemunator]

It sounds that Metal Master has could say more dynamics / resolution on its distortion. Death Metal sounds more rough drive.

[@danieldurfee4901]

I have the Death Metal, got it years ago back in high school. Owner's manual said it is just the Metal Master with gain knob permanently set to "11".