Metal Distortion Pedals - Best Vs Worst - Metal Zone Revv G3

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[@qerzuk]

The people that say the mt-2 sucks are probably looking for a school book tone.... No tone sucks in the right context. Black metal and noise music proved that.

[@radeksima2608]

Wise words. Proud owner of MT-2 greetings :)

[@the_motherfucker]

tones can suck even in the rightest of contexts

[@heyjarrod]

I don’t know, the Revv sounded pretty shitty to me. Would definitely have to pair it with another pedal to get gnarly apparently. 🔥🤘🏻🎸

[@BoyAditya]

Internet troll: "Metalzone is the worst pedal ever!" ... *BOSS laugh in 1 million units

[@too--late]

It's like porn : it's the worst thing (Oh my god !) ... and the top seller ... lol

[@davidgood9802]

I have bought all these ‘niche’ pedals that have their place (eg Julia chorus), but when you want a great straight guitar effect Boss is always the best for 90 percent of what you might want to do. They generally won’t give you a Venetian, underwater, helium, love-fest sounds but nails everything else.

[@nicolashunter4131]

metal zone wins,flawless victory

[@annundur8303]

Aparecés en todas partes, jaja. Recuerdo que hace un tiempo andabas buscando un fuzz bien podrido (yo estaba en la misma) y te recomendé ir a Espacio Nac... ¿Encontraste algo? Al final yo me compré un TC Electronic Rusty Fuzz usado... Y estoy conforme. Saludos. \m/

[@Israel_Garcia_Mendoza]

@@annundur8303 hace tiempo conseguí un metal zone y ahora un hm3 voy por el hm2 Aunque este por debajo de las piedras jajaja

[@annundur8303]

@@Israel_Garcia_Mendoza El HM3 suele pasar desapercibido frente a la "mística" del HM2, pero es excelente. De todos modos, con esos pedales ya tenés distorsión de sobra, jaja.

[@Sr_Gato__]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@codysroom6303]

I couldn't believe that pedal one was the Metal Zone and pedal to was the Rev cuz pedal worn sounded vintage and pedal to sounded modern so I thought for sure it was the opposite I was completely wrong

[@SteelSkin667]

There's something instantly recognizable with the MT-2, I could identify it immediately. These compliment each other particularly well - in isolation the REVV sounded a bit too scooped, and the MT-2 a bit too harsh, but once blended they sounded really full. Very nice.

[@G3E007]

obviously for raw black metal the best is the worst and the worst is the besr

[@richardaaron4454]

That is true

[@G3E007]

@@richardaaron4454 and trve ;)

[@richardaaron4454]

@@G3E007 Trve Kvlt

[@Nick-Nasty]

I love the metal zone, i keep coming back to it no matter what else i try.

[@Vastatio]

Fun Fact: Dissection used a JCM900 with a Metal Zone as a boost when recording Storm of the Lights Bane.

[@thrasheavyrhythm9779]

I love that awesome tone your created using BOTH pedals, it reminds me of late 1980s SODOM like 'Agent Orange'.

[@mateoclaure6237]

Pedal 2 is just so raw it gave me salmonella

[@nickpenacl_]

that's why I like it

[@VertigoGTI]

It’s been 15 years since I played a Metal Zone pedal and I instantly knew it after a few chugs. It has that infamous tone that sounds like a wah pedal was partially left on. Still wish I had mine, but it served me many gigs until the hinge broke.

[@Novedrake]

Before it gets to the reveal I’d say I like pedal one for like death metal but I like pedal two more on thrash or black metal.

[@too--late]

Pedal 2 is also the sound of the good Old School Death Metal. A great band like Deicide has sound 2 (well, Deicide had it when the band was still making good music with the Hoffman brothers).

[@WilDBeestMF]

Use the Metal Zone in the FX loop as a preamp, and that thing will turn its haters around. It blew me away compared to being simply in the chain.

[@WilDBeestMF]

@D D it also makes a lovely sound when you throw it out the window

[@1980VINZ]

@@WilDBeestMF oh shit you killed me……… 🤣

[@Ottophil]

Sounds great into a fender twin, they don’t have fx loop

[@petros_ts8214]

Like it or hate it the mt-2 is so distinguishable and sounds so unique and raw. The Revv on the other hand gave a pretty basic metal tone. Maybe it would sound better in another setup. I still prefer the boss though.

[@MrOvipare]

Both can sound great in a mix, depending on the style you are going for and the music you enjoy. For me it was very obvious which was which, mainly due to the fact that the Boss sounds quite scooped whereas the Revv had some great mids.

[@danadabrowski9041]

I got the Metalzone pedal as a 15th birthday present back in 96 . I loved it .

[@shanewalton8888]

Most underrated: Boss Metal Core

[@SUBtRONiX213]

BOSS just added that pedal to the katana mk2. Been using it ever since! Wish I never sold my metal core pedal...

[@scottyscott1898]

Seems like when they’re blended they compliment each other very well. Helping each other out in what each one is lacking, the other comes through making a full rounded sound. Sounds good.

[@duncancooper6772]

I have a metal zone and the Rev G3 is on my wish list. Although I really like the MZ as a really versatile pedal for rock and metal, I do prefer the Rev based on this comparison, it has a fuller sound.

[@MrHolliday]

I’ve used a Boss Metal Zone for years and love it! It’s all a matter of taste, I have my Metal Zone dialed in to my liking and it sounds killer thru my Schecter Hellraiser Avenger with EMG 89’s

[@kevinerickson84]

Yeah, I don't think people take enough time to dial it in to their liking. I keep wasting money on more expensive pedals and keep falling back to the mt2

[@francescocondina4779]

personally i love the boss mt-2, it is my main distortion pedal!!!

[@dannygomez55]

I’m in a band and it makes me laugh when they compliment my guitarist tone. They say I t’s heavy and pearcing. And he hits them with the “I use metal zone pedal” there faces change immediately 😂

[@krzysztofzakrzewski7777]

Pedal 2 definitely rule. Fain video, thank You 🤘🥃

[@KOSTAS84]

I own both. I love the Revv I think it's the best dist pedal I've ever used myself ,that said though I've always made my mt2 work. I managed to make it work even back when I was 15 years old and used it to rehearsals with my first band and that's the actuall trick-secret of the mt2. Once you put it in a band situation then you realize you need to find the way to tune it properly and you actually get the good tones it has in it.

[@christopherh2563]

Same here, I was 15 when I got mine (back in 2000). I played it through my little Peave Rage 15 W combo, and it sounded seriously good when I discovered that if Iplayed the amp on the gain channel with barely any distortion dialed in, it really ""warmed"" the tone of the pedal, and it sounded like a nice Marshall basically :) Nice mids and no buzzy fizzy high end.

[@ianfield-richards228]

it's not the greatest pedal in the world, it's a tribute.

[@Akhin]

I love how you only revealed it at the end. For me Revv sounds best though, no questions. Much more centered and defined.

[@nicolashunter4131]

revv sounds bland and weak,that´s not metal at all boy

[@namename4804]

Cancer Söze notning about that pedal is weak lol

[@Akhin]

@@nicolashunter4131 Disagree entirely with you comment but whatever

[@acakaantman11]

Pedal 1 sounds horrible, just a mash up of noise and screeching, bleeding into each other. The revv has that heavy well rounded and defined tone. Ped1= school boy band. Ped2= professional.

[@bullyball_timore9297]

I played the metal zone for many years. It's a great sound for my music. I prefer the electro harmonix metal muff with top boost. In my opinion it sounds exactly like the metal zone only difference is the 2nd footswitch for the top boost or middle frequency. So you have 2 tones to choose from at all times without adjustment.

[@elvyfoster7455]

Back in the day, Korg made a pedalboard with 4 slots for allowing interchanging of desired effects modules. The modulation and time based effects were on par with most then. But the overdrive and distortion options make even an electrified potato sound like an original Klon into a Dumble Steel String singer into the best handmade cabinet with the best examples of vintage Celestion Vintage 30s.

[@wrenchhammer5106]

Whoa...i am obsessed with that first riff!! Killer

[@PseudoThief]

Most noticeable for me was the 3rd demo where you could'nt hear the single notes being played under the low E chugging on Pedal 2. Big giveaway as to what that pedal was!

[@coffeewithbrendan]

2nd pedal has a lot more “crunch” to it sounds nice imo

[@experimentt165]

And that was metal zone MT-2

[@guitaristshawn]

I run my Metal Zone into my FX loop of my Fender Red Knob Twin, blended with a tube screamer in front of the amp.

[@eyeh8u1]

3:28 into the video and I'm gonna say Pedal 1 is the REVV and Pedal 2 is the Metal Zone.

[@richardaaron4454]

I knew from the first time I heard pedal 1 but only because I have a Revv G3 and I know its tone. Good guess though if you don’t own either one.

[@antoniomar2508]

Never owned either one but the mz is so obvious that you could hear it already from the very first clip that the first one is the revv Gotta say though in this comparison I actually prefeared the mz over the revv though usually I would probably say otherwise in this the dialed tone was to my ear better on the mz

[@richardaaron4454]

@@antoniomar2508 I found the way they were dialed in to both have advantages and disadvantages but honestly I could use either one.

[@antoniomar2508]

@@richardaaron4454 Yeah I mean they both have their own sound so of course for different types of music and to different people the other one would suit better thats why I said in my opinion and only on this comparison since in any other context the answer could be different

[@richardaaron4454]

@@antoniomar2508 I’m agreeing with you. I liked the extremely high gain on the metal zone in this video. Either tone is very useable. I sometimes spit my guitar signal to my 5150 EL34 Head which high much higher gain than the Revv 3 and run the second signal to a Peavey KB/A 100 with the Revv 3 as a distortion pedal and they sound awesome together.

[@lexingtRick]

2- The metal just sounds great, it is like a microphone effect type of metal petal. The RevV gives a standard metal that can be further cutomized. So in this setup, it sounded like the Metal Zone was mic 2 times and still the sound is great, so mixing the 2 with the 1 REVV was sounding great. Cool video

[@artisanconcrete1212]

God damn I love you Mr. Smith! Just when Im thinking of tonal ideas, guess who's probably already done it and even made a video!!! Lmao, thanks again man I definitely gotta contribute to your patron page now!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks buddy!

[@ZephaniahDavis]

My two favorite pedals ever.

[@timbuk1126]

I think the Metal Zone sounds best with the mids up a bit.

[@too--late]

I would rather say by lowering the treble a little bit

[@AlexRamosDrTaz]

@@too--late Sounds great if you do a bit of both. Check out this guitarist's video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hHqulZ-VZa6Sp68

[@joeychavez8318]

My absolute favorite pedal, the Metal Muff! First got the nano version and really liked it, then I got the full size version with the full 3 band eq and loved it!

[@sebastianproano6585]

tha pedal sucks bro...

[@koonjar]

I had a metal zone when I was a kid I really did like it

[@Xyrium]

That G3 is sweeet! Thanks for bringing this to us!

[@strings53notlob50]

The blend was stunning. The REVV won by itself. Heavier rounder dragging concrete sound.

[@stephanematis]

Together is indeed exxxcelent.

[@ribracing8638]

Revv G3 is the best pedal for distorsion ever!

[@roscoe6937]

I think everyone has had a metalzone at one point 😂😂😂

[@pronstorestiffi]

Almost, i did consider it when i bought my first distortion pedal. But actually ended up with a DOD Death Metal pedal instead.

[@richardaaron4454]

Seems like the first pedal every metal guitar player gets, I remember playing it at the guitar shop and it sounded amazing and I got it home and it sounded totally different because of the amp and guitar perhaps, hard to say since I was 15 what the difference really was, I had the same experience playing through an orange cab and it sound totally different at home, maybe it was the acoustics in the room in the guitar shop. One of my friends always used a metal zone and swore by it, never used any other pedal.

[@roscoe6937]

@@richardaaron4454 I agree my first guitar was an Ibanez I got a little peavey amp and a metal zone. I played nothing but black metal through it. I even did vocals through it LOL

[@briansanchez9899]

I dont 😥

[@ЂорђеИвковић-ю6о]

i'm trve black metal guitarist, don't have money for an amp or pedal so i plug guitar in to an *iRig*

[@dreamsofcosmicoceans8105]

Just ordered a Wazacraft MT-2. How do you get a "good" tone out of Metal Zones? Simple, I'm not looking to get a "good" tone, because old school black metal doesn't need "good tone."

[@nihiabstracto]

Very goo comparison, thank you Simon.

[@BeyondVexing]

I don’t think you can go wrong with either. Both built like tanks. Rev looks killer and has tons of headroom on eq. Boss, it’s been around a while and has quite easily left a forever footprint in metal.

[@isMike999]

sweet comparison.....KILLER video....

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks buddy

[@D-A-1776]

Both great, I will always love my metal zone

[@metallixro]

I see metalzone I hit like! :P

[@AFXSnares]

Bergtatt was recorded on an mt2.

[@G3E007]

vikernes used the cheapest pedal he could found

[@richardaaron4454]

Love that album!

[@richardaaron4454]

@@G3E007 Best thing about Burzum were the vocals for me. Early Ulver, Borknagar and Arcturus were the next level to me musically though. Just my opinion.

[@G3E007]

@@richardaaron4454 and the trance, the riffs are sistematic repetitive and hipnotic, very atmospheric. of course the production of early burzum was shit because he was a teen without money haha

[@richardaaron4454]

@@G3E007 Yeah, I know he said something about going to sleep while listening to it iirc? I do love the early albums, I haven’t listened to much since he went to jail because I think it was keyboards only, I believe he did release a new album this year though but I haven’t heard it.

[@henrybelfiore8488]

I have the metal zone waza and the rev G3. They’re just two bottles of spice in the spice cabinet one is a Carolina reaper and the other is a scorpion pepper. Enjoy them both.🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘💥💥💥🔥🔥🔥

[@kainsteel2340]

For why reason dont out de mid freq on 5k? This help so much in metal Zone

[@silaswintersguitar]

Metal zone is an amazing pedal tbh. I think both of these pedals are amazing and it all just doeends how you use them. I think metal zone sounds the absolute BEST for super low tunings like drop G and lower. Really adds bite.

[@koonjar]

Damn Metal Zone for the win 🫢👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TheIsahn]

Revv has more definition when you play individual notes

[@codysroom6303]

I could have sworn before the reveal that pedal one was the metolazone because it sounded more vintage and that pedal 2 was the revv G3 because it sounded more modern I couldn't believe when you revealed it was the exact opposite crazy

[@AnthonyReed-qh3vn]

Which of these 2 pedals would get you close to a Lamb of god tone ? \m/😊

[@spedanger1329]

The revv g3 is more of a overdrive pedal then a distortion pedal I got mine and it sounds like Doodoo it sounds very muffled I guess it depends what amp you have I have no idea I have a boss katana Mark 2 100 W

[@wkzw9108]

empresse effect or diezel vh4 are the best. did you try the boss mt2 w?

[@scottninjasmoker6819]

Metal zone I pick up for 60 usdollar at bookman's used shop I love it but I really like to collect minni pedals cuz I'm just starting out after years of forsaking my love for guitar because of depression I'm on a good regiment I'm finally playing again and the guitar I bought back in the 90s is worth a heck of alot more 5 times as more 200 for a brand new fender jag stang sonic blue original thank you God bless every guitar player with inspiration and abilities

[@mitsu7909]

I like Metalzone.did you put them on distorted chanel or clean ????

[@florkinskoi]

You put the metal zone through a clean channel

[@grantlazenby8192]

Great video Simon, 2 really good sounding distortion pedals. May I say...some really sick killer riffs man! \m/

[@jamesclerk3628]

#1 sounds much better to me. In addition #2 reminds me sound of 80s trash metal.

[@lewismacdonald7218]

It's not the Boss Metal Zone that everybody hates on, it is the Heavy Metal (HM-2) that is the "worst pedal". Thanks for the comparison, helps when toying with the idea of the Revv pedal. I did wonder why you had the treble down on it? The Metal Zone already sounds more trebly than the Revv and that enhanced it.

[@84slow]

Nice to see another Quilter user!

[@performancetesting1]

Pedal 1 sounded clearer to me. Pedal 2 sounded muffled. Haven't yet checked the end to see if my suspicion is correct in that Metal Zone was Pedal 2. At this point, I suspect so. We'll see...

[@pupu6oi74]

great idea for a video!

[@bradlord4440]

Maybe the newbies dont have a cooking clue what metal should sound like?that's why Boss made the Metal Zone!🤘🏻🙌🏻

[@guillaumehardenne9400]

The pedal #2 sounds good for thrash metal

[@justinkroboth360]

People nowadays may think the MT-2 is bad, but goddamn if it didn't define an entire generation, who went on, in turn, to define another generation. It's on the Rushmore of pedals as far as I'm concerned for its importance alone.

[@fabiob.7070]

Hi Simon of course you can have good tones with the metal zone but personnaly i have great difficulties cancelling its nasal / non natural personnality on last three thinner/ higher strings. Any advice?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

All you can do is keep tweaking it. Or try an eq pedal after it to soften those frequencies

[@fabiob.7070]

@@SimonSmithGuitar thanks will try!

[@ilikepotatoes1345]

I like both, a lot.

[@BatEatsMoth]

Why do you have the bass and treble on your amp set to zero?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

To reduce the bass and treble 🤣

[@BatEatsMoth]

@@SimonSmithGuitar Yes, but why?

[@hastyhillfarmand4x480]

Pedal 2 is my favorite

[@tim_guitarplayer]

Metal Zone actually works and sounds pretty decent as a preamp pedal either connected into a power amp/effects loop of an amp or in some similar fashion, like straight into IR box with the amp/cab simulation (the way that I use it).

[@richardaaron4454]

I know which is which only because I have a Revv G3 and I know the sound. I usually just use the distortion on my 5150 III EL34 Head though. The Revv G3 is a lot more clear/cleaner and the Metal Zone has more of a solid state sounding high gain and sounds a bit more grating and has more highs. At least to my ears, I actually like really high gain though, so the Metal Zone is fine imo. You can get more dynamics out of the G3, that's the upside of lower gain. I have friends who prefer solid state amps and metal zones and I have friends who prefer tube amps, it's all just what you want your tone to be.

[@Ryan-kc5pl]

I swear I cannot get a decent tone out of the g4 on my 6l6 5150 iii. Unless, the g3 is just that much better

[@richardaaron4454]

@@Ryan-kc5pl Are you using it on the blue crunch channel as an overdrive or as a distortion pedal on your green clean channel? I actually use it on a Peavey KB/A amp (totally clean solid state amp) as a distortion pedal with a splitter going to my 5150 III Before the pedal so I have 2 amps with 2 different distortions going at once. I don’t actually use it on my 5150 III, sorry if my comment was confusing or I miswrote it.

[@Ryan-kc5pl]

@@richardaaron4454 ahh, gotcha. I've literally tried it every which way. I think im just not a distortion pedal guy. Literally bought the g4 for farting around with during lockdown, lol

[@richardaaron4454]

@@Ryan-kc5pl Yeah an overdrive on the blue channel or a distortion pedal on the green channel works but I never tried the Revv on my 5150, I only used it on a solid state Peavey as a distortion pedal. They sound cool together with a splitter but the 5150’s distortion can’t be topped, it’s amazing. An overdrive like a tube screamer (I use the Maxon OD-820 Pro or an Earthquaker Westwood overdrive) for the blue channel and it sounds really good but the overdrives don’t do anything at all on the red channel for me. I think I have my gain set at 2:00 - 2:30 position on the red channel and it sound so good for Metal. It also depends what guitar I’m using since all of them have different pickups but I’ve been using the ESP LTD Black Metal M which has a passive Seymour Duncan Blackened Black Winter pickup in it and setting the gain at about 2:30.

[@richardaaron4454]

@@Ryan-kc5pl those Revv pedals aren’t very high gain imo. It sounds good in a mix though with my pedal on a solid state clean channel and my 5150’s distortion with my splitter before the pedal.

[@tansiz5133]

MT-2 is The most underrated pedal ever, for me , just one MT-2 always kick all ass 🤘

[@wavesofartsandiego825]

I saw a compare on Metal Zone and Behringer Ultra Metal. Exactly the same.

[@VitSkyrocker]

Cool riffs! \m/

[@zhivkoangelov75]

Metal Zone rules! \m/ :)

[@traviswhite771]

What pedal was which?

[@SketchEtcher]

I love my Schecter Hellraiser. It’s an older model and has active pickups, but the fretboard is so smoooth it just feels like the best guitar ever. I’ve been having a difficult time deciding what my next guitar will be in fact, because the Helraiser is so good. I need something with passive pickups, and I don’t want another identical guitar-but it’s really hard to find anything under $500 that will have anywhere near the same quality. I would like an Ibanez, but is it really different enough? Got any ideas?

[@9hk38f]

I cant afford it, but amptweaker has some KILLER pedals!

[@relativeparadox9567]

Nice riffs.

[@1980VINZ]

Total different sounds to me. Metal Zone sounds very clear like digital device and the Revv sounds more rough full and powerful like analog, but without high ends of course Combine both and we get best of both worlds……. Very interesting. Thanks for the video

[@Wotansvolk1972]

Great video, made me not feel too bad about my purchase.. im 50 now but I swear having this pedal back in the day, the boss metal zone that is.. i can say in my opinion the metal zone sounded better in a few of the clips.. but not all.. but thats good :)

[@alchemysticgoldmind4164]

For the price use your ears...but whatabout the Mesa Full throttle

[@kevintaylor1343]

The Behringer UM300 is a pretty decent pedal for the price , 20 quid brand new . You should do a demo on that . A lot of people have to get cheap guitar amp and pedals off ebay and that's a good starter imo .

[@joshludge]

I go for the revv

[@michael_caz_nyc]

I like the Revv ( and it's not even close )

[@UpcomingJedi]

yEAH, the boss seems to skew the sound curve towards the treble end vs the revv G3-

[@tendingtropic7778]

haha love it how the answer always is you need both

[@matthewstrainz8754]

try the boss pedal in the FX loop it sounds better

[@unconmensurablebrutality8211]

Simon Smith try the Grindstein, in my opinios is "the metal pedal"

[@unrulytoast1189]

Hands down pedal 2

[@notalkguitarampplug-insrev784]

G3 is far better. But for metal dudes who wants those scoped eq with harsh highs I guess the zone is more mix ready

[@MichaelDespairs]

At first I wasn't sure and then after hearing pedal 2 I immediately knew.

[@Antica_Hall]

Have you tried the KSR Ceres pedal ?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

No. Any good?

[@Antica_Hall]

@@SimonSmithGuitar on the more expensive side but if you like that Revv G3 you’ll love the Ceres. www.KSRamps.com

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Cheers

[@SeedOilFitnessOfficial]

METALZONE!!! NOOO MIDS!!! ALL THE GAIN!!!

[@ltxr9973]

The metal zone made itself quite obvious. But I like the pedal, it sounds as a boost for a driven JCM800. Never played the revv but it seems to sound much more "amp-like", which is great but it's of course the last thing I would want from a metal zone. The HM2 and Metal Zone are (both in their own way) great at adding some raw 90's buzzsaw to the sweet sound of any amp that sounds too "noble" on its own. A tube amp wont sound like that on its own, but without the tube amp something's missing too.