Boss MZ-2 Digital Metalizer...the best Boss pedal you've probably never heard about
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Today we are having a look at the rather unknown and awesome Boss Digital Metalizer - an analogue drive pedal with a built in digital doubling & chorus effect. These were made for only a few years - from around 1987-1991ish...and we think they are awesome....what are your thoughts??
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I wasn't even aware of this pedal. Sounds really cool, especially with the Ormsby. Pretty versatile for a 'metal' pedal. I think it deserves a rebirth as a WAZA...
I’m in...that would be awesome
Awesome vid guys!
I've been fortunate enough to find one of these in good condition and not exorbitantly priced. One of the coolest pedals ever made in my opinion.
Yeah absolutely
I still have that pedal. Have had it for years.
I was using this for making Gilmour sound... I failed.
and then I was using this pedal to make Jake E lee sound... I failed. Problem was my fingers... not the pedal.
Finally I don't have to spend my money. Great video !!!!
Thank you choi dh
Thanks guys, that was great. I bought one of these years ago and due to marriage and moving house etc totally forgot I had it and recently found it in a drawer ! Really enjoyed hearing the tones from the different guitars, I had considered selling it thinking the tones maybe out dated but will definitely hold onto it now. 👍
It’s a bit of a hidden gem...thank you!!
Had one of these back in the 90s, loaned it to a friend, never saw it (or them) again...sigh.
Lol I love this pedal! It was my “secret weapon “ back in the day (I’m 50 now) I just recently found it again... utterly glorious. The fact is I paid $50 bucks on kijiji for it makes it even better! If memory serves me right I think I paid $259.00 in the 80’s. Love it all over aGAIN...see what I did there?
Haha...I see what you did!! I bought this pedal for next to nothing a few years ago and it’s been sitting in a box since...well pretty much since then...gotta pull out more of my old pedals...they are always great fun. We were genuinely surprised at how good this pedal sounds...thanks Chris
@Chris Brown Happy Birthday
I owned this pedal in '89 - use to blast it through a Peavy Bandit with a Tokai Stratocaster playing Gumball-Metal while learning to play guitar. Stereo out was fun through 2 amps or direct to mixer.
Yeah, best way to use this pedal is in stereo mode with 2 amps. That huge wide sound Boss chorus's and delays are known for :)
I love this pedal - it nails a very specific sound from the early-mid 80s metal. You could hear it in early Mötley Crüe AND VoïVod!
The kind of sound or the pedal itself is in those records??
@@lovecraftmusic8717 the kind of sound!
@@MarsHottentot got it
Was great to see more of this pedal in action. Thanks guys and love the videos!
Thank you Ryan
Love this pedal, even without the effects. I can use this as my only gain pedal because it has such a good range of gain that can be controlled from my volume knob. I also like where it lives in character, it's an overdrive bordering on distortion to my ear, very very useful. FWIW Killer for a simple 2 amp stereo setup.
It was my first dist pedal back in 1989, and I used it for 4 years! Still miss it so much. If you use the stereo out, the doubling mode 1 makes more sense. The chorus 1 gives a EVH or Brian May-like slightly flanging sound whereas chorus 2 is straight chorus effect.
I am really loving this pedal and the sounds and effects from just a single Pedal this is epic going to get me one of these 👍 thanks guys
Thanks Robert
Great Show! This was another unfortunately named pedal that came out at the wrong time. It's got 5 set it/forget it modes - no twiddling. I don't remember if you mentioned this or not: I swear the flange is envelope triggered. I can manage to get a lot of usable sounds out of this just on it's own (in stereo). I got mine 2 years ago for $90. The selector switch on mine was intermittent. Inexpensive fix from a reputable repair shop in Chicago & it's good as new. I guess it's a common problem. Buy one of these before Josh Scott does a video.
Haha...yeah once Josh does a video the prices skyrocket!! Thanks Dan...it is a pedal that was definitely ahead of its days...I think both of us were amazed by this pedal...sounded much better than we expected!!
I used this pedal extensively to get a thicker sound out of my Marshall...
Our band was going for the old Anthrax 'Among The Living' era vibe, and the other guitarist and myself had these pedals to push for a more 'MesaBoogie' style hairyness.
It worked, too 🤘
This is pretty much exactly what I was doing back in the 90's too, except I was running into my old HH 2x12 100w combo. It took a while to figure out what it's capabilities were, but once you figured out what you wanted it to do and what it could do (if that makes sense?) You could get some big tones from not much financial outlay, because, let's face it, who could afford a Boogie amp, let alone a 2c or any Mark series back then especially as a working musician?
As a thrash fan, what did you do? Use it as a tube screamer? Use it for solos?
With flange mode, this is the perferct pedal for psychedelic stoner doom!
You're on to something there.
Ohhh...yes!!
The MZ-2 has a flanger mode? I know it has chorus modes…
I've had an MZ-2 since the 1990s, and love it! I use it to play kind of Sleaze Glam Rock (Metal). I used to put the Tone & Drive on Full, and the Mode on the last one (1 o'clock) for Heavier Sleaze, and Tone & Drive at 12 o'clock for more ballad type stuff. \m/
I have one. I love mine! The first double setting and the flange are INSTANT 80s. It’s like the I Don’t Know and Living After Midnight tones in a box!
Hearing that tired old bluesriff on a metal pedal, sighs, stops video and keeps searching.
🤷🏻♂️
The digital doubling would have be far ahead or it time back in the 80's.
Yeah I think so...although I think it’s pretty much the same as a chorus/flanger just without modulating the delay time...I think Guyatone may have had a similar thing available at the time...but yeah Boss were/are quite forward thinking
@@TSFAHTPS Also there was the Ibanez Session man (IIRC).
@@TSFAHTPS Yamaha also had a pedal along these lines, called the DM-100 Distortion with Modulation. Stereo outs and a similar knob setup, but the mode options are Distortion, Distortion & Doubling, Distortion & Chorus, Distortion & Flanger, Chorus, and Flanger. Never played one myself, but I think it can also be used as just a chorus or flanger too, perhaps? I've been eyeing the auction sites and stuff, hoping to find one one of these days.
@@brndnlndr thanks for that info…I shall be doing the same now…on the eBay search list it goes!!
Thanks for the video - this makes me want to bring out my MZ-2 again.
Do it!!!
I always loved this pedal. It saddens me that BOSS discontinued it, for whatever reasons, years ago...
Excellent video!!
Thank you very much!!
Played on one ,but couldn't afford it at the time. Still want one to this day.
Did you get one?
I've had this pedal forever before anyone really knew about it David Gilmour used one on some Parts of Pink-Floyd's A-Momentary-Lapse-Of-Reason & Division-Bell album's & tour's!
I didn’t know that Gilmour used it...that’s awesome
@@TSFAHTPS Yeah i didn't either the first few years of having it but it was funny because my uncle who was a huge Pink Floyd & David Gilmour Fan & who also played Guitar! & is the reason i do! used to borrow my MZ-2(BOSS Digital Metalizer) & he would always say while tweaking around with the Pedal he would always say it kinda sounded like some of the Tones off the Momentary-Lapse-Of-Reason! & Division-Bell! albums! & then a few years later we read & found out Gilmour did indeed use one off & on!
@@FoolishFlock he only used it on sorrow
@@sillysambo1000 oh i was just going off what i had always heard! But that's cool because that song is freaking! bad-ass!! & might probably be my fav off of the Momentary Lapse Of Reason Album!!!....
I remember buying this in the late 80s and having guitarist friends tell me I got the wrong Boss pedal. I disagreed. I still have it someplace, should dig it out and try with double amps, that sounded killer.
The distortion alone sounds great. Which other Boss distortion pedal would anyone of you say has the same distortion?
I’ve been meaning to compare it to the Boss HM-2 & HM-3...I think it was supposed to be a similar drive to one of those
@@TSFAHTPS Thanks. I love the way you make stuff sound in general.
Thank you very much!!
Sounds good when it’s heavy. I prefer it for rhythm than leads.
I guess it technically is pretty close to a flanger with the exception of the 'gradually changing period': Flanging is an audio effect produced by mixing two identical signals together, one signal delayed by a small and gradually changing period, usually smaller than 20 milliseconds.
Yeah I think the doubling effect is pretty much like a flanger/chorus but without modulating the delay time...so it just sits on a constant delay time
That crazy telecaster thing has the best finish color I've ever seen on it, kudos to picking that color, whatever it is
Sounds really good in stereo
It sure does
Nice! If you’re lazy to carry delay and reverb pedal, I guess this will do 😂 Just be friend your sound engineer to add few more reverb via console.
This is my signature pedal stop telling everyone!!!
David Gilmour in a Box
Had this pedal in the 90's. Great for Nirvana territorial pissings.
I was asking myself of buying this pedal or a Zoom Choir 5050 for the same purpose of double tracking, instead of a TC Mimiq doubler which has two stereo inputs... but i don't know what will happen if i split the signal with one amp with the Metalizer, and the other one without the effect... how can this achieve Hard panning?
The chorus 2 setting almost has the SPX90 "Synthphonic" sound to it, especially in mono.
Drop A? Wow Gabor, nice touch! That's my typical go to drop tuning. Sounded great w/ that pedal. You should join my band!!! Hehehe, Rock on Guys!
UsTheMusicTV hehe...thanks...sure would love to join your band!!
very odd dynamic of one guy playing while the other randomly fiddles with the settings. it seems like it would be aggravating but you guys rolled with it pretty well. its different. i like it.
Thank you…I guess?!?
@@TSFAHTPS its a compliment. i owned one of those things back in the day when i had a crap amp. sold it. thinking that was a mistake now. the amp seems to make a big difference.
used to have one in late '80s..sold it for an A5 korg.. mistake i should had kept both.
Some of the old Korg stuff is great...I’ve been wanting to get an A3 for ages...one day
@@TSFAHTPS Try the A2, a little less known while it’s the same as the A3 only expanded.
@The SuperFunAwesomeHappyTime Pedal Show! I’m sure you’ve heard it many times but that Ormsby HypeGTR is one of the craziest guitars I’ve ever seen
It sure is...especially that huge hook looking thing on the headstock is pretty wild!!
Never heard of?? I loved this pedal 20 years ago.
That flange setting = doom metal in space
First pedal I ever bought, probably around 88 or 89.
With the eq and pre amp you can get the rockman x100 sound
It’s literally 90s korn in a box combined with the 7 string
What is the song you start playing at 4:26? It reminds me of a particular song from 2004, but I'm curious if it's the same song.
Please put subtitles in Spanish, I am very interested in your channel and I want to know your pedal history and what they tell. Please
I’ll see if that can be done!
I wish you knew a bass player to also demo this pedal.
Oh almost forgot... I'm curious to hear it paired with a Boss Xtortion.
We might try in on Bass too...could be fun...in stereo!! I've been wanting to get an Xtortion for a while...if I can find one then sure
I bought one of these on eBay back in the day. Wish I’d never sold it
Chonka chonka chonky boy
Stereo would have been more interesting. It is a cool weirdo pedal.
It sure would have 15:06
Gabor, you're in luck. I'm not just an Arsehole, I'm an ordained Minister. Your Penance for the sin of turning the Drive knob down is this; listen to the new arrangement of "Anaesthesia: Pulling Teeth" on Metallica's recently released S&M2. Come back next video with a quick impression for us. Then, and only then, shall you be forgiven.
Haha...I’m sorry...I blame Alex!!
Great almost fuzz-like pedal
There is something wrong with the recording, the audible sound response of the tone and the Driver is almost non-existent .. This pedal is much more expressive and has timbral details and nuances that make it unique, however its characteristics are not perceived here and potential, it's a real shame .., what's wrong with your studio there?! ..
Regards
DOOOOOM Medal ina pedal with Chorus .. it doesnt get much more horny for that Genre tuned low. I had one of these in High School in the early 90s but swapped it and a MetalZone for a Hamburger everyday for lunch for a week as I had no idea how to get a good usable sound out of it either, especially the MT2... because i was 13, n stoopid! . The Burgers were way more satisfying btw.. in my 13yo mind ...
I wish i had the Metalizer, especially now, especially considering what they go for online! I still have another MT2 i bought years later and recently dusted it off and LOVE IT now I understand semi parametric mids n how to dial them in for the sexy sweetness CRUNCH !!!
How does this compare to a Proco Rat?
I have two of these, it's awesome excellent you two don't know how to use it
It was cool to hear it with gain down.
Who plays a fucking Jazz master to demo a metal pedal 😂
Aahhmmm….well…I do! It says metal on it but you are allowed to play other things too! Don’t tell anyone but I even have pedals that say Grunge and Punk on it that I don’t play Grunge and Punk with…imagine that!!
@@TSFAHTPS I can’t 😂
@@WizardBallz 🤷🏻♂️
And it's not a Jazzmaster, it's a tele with a body shape somewhat similar to a jazzmaster..
Playing metal with muddy pickups is not good. Your screwed before you even plug in. Roll your tone knob all the way up
Tone was all the way up
When a pair of hipsters review a pedal designed for hard rock and heavy metal
Relax “Yngwie J” …unlike your super original name, there is more to this pedal than what it says on the box
@@TSFAHTPS When a pair of hipsters can't play hard rock or metal to save their lives and refer to their lame playing as "more"
@@yngwiej4600 I really couldn’t care less if you or anyone thinks I’m the worst guitar player in the world! Music is about having fun…and I am having fun - maybe try having some fun every once in a while…and not take this stuff so seriously.
@@TSFAHTPS Thanks, I'll try to be more like you guys.
There's no need for that! I'm a straight down the middle thrash player and live for chunky metal riffage but, I am, above that, a proper metalhead and, if you were, you would treat other people in the way in which you wish to be treated yourself.
Metal isn't just music, it's a mindset, a way of life, so let's just be happy that some guys have put together a good quality video demonstrating the pedal.
OK, they're not Dimebag: The second coming (insert chosen guitar hero here) but, actually having used this pedal back in the 90's, there is more to this pedal than just sledgehammer metal riffing. It is capable of much more, but you need to own one long-term and learn it.
Not good
2 hipsters with vintage style guitars playing post rock with high gain metal pedal? Why?
It’s called ‘having fun’...you should try it
@@TSFAHTPS I wouldn't call it fun. it is pain and sorrow in my ears. Arghhhhhh! >.< XD
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