Very nice pedal.do u by any chance have a Metal Zone?or maybe u know of a friend that could borrow u one?I'm interested to hear it on that same guitar setup u have.👌🏻
There's a uniqueness to many pedals with the word "Metal" in the name! Many have bad rep just from people who fidn't understand them. My favorite underrated metal pedal is the MXR Fullbore Metal, and the Metal Core, obviously. But the Boss Hm2 and MT-2 sound great! But only through the FX Loop
It's funny. Everyone knows the most popular BOSS pedals for OD/Dist are the iconic orange box Ds-1 Distortion, the yellow Overdirives (any of them really) The "Swedish Chainsaw" HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal, and the number one selling most hated/loved pedal of all time the infamous METALZONE!!!!!!!.....And yet, many consider the MetalCore, Mega Distortion, Powerstack and Blues Driver their best distortion and overdrive pedals......And yet how many people have THOSE in their collection?.....And yet the same people say "Boss distortion pedals sucks, they are for kids."....really? You, as a Helix owner, just proved how relevant some Boss pedals can really be......One last thing. some guys are saying that the MetalCore with the drive at ZERO, stacked with a Tubescreamer or that type of OD pedal is AMAZING? Might need a Noise gate if you are stacking 2 pedals like that, but doesn't hurt to try...cool review. Thanks. Subscribed.....now I have to go get a MetalCore.
@@padraig88 Goregrind eh? Well, sure, if it work's it works. I find when it comes to dist/OD pedals things like cables,pickup's strings,settings,Amp, cab, player ect. Can make all the difference.
@@algrundau9441 You are correct and it is only used for live gigs. We tune in A standard and I usually string my guitar with D'addario 14-68 strings. Bareknuckle in my main guitar and Seymour Duncan Nazgul in my secondary.
Can you make a video of you comparing your helix dist with this?!?!?! I've really struggled with finding a good dist stomp so I tend to go with the amp's, but there might be times that I won't have an amp. I'm more of a fuzz guy myself but I'm also a very big BOSS fan, so this is right up my alley. After a friend said he was thinking of getting this pedal it got interested in it and now I'm constantly watching any reviews that I can find on it. So far I think this might be my next purchase! Also, great vid man!
i almost sold this thing because i needed 40 bucks to get through a tough time, glad I didn't
Been there myself. I sold most of my pedals except for my blues driver and This one.
Best pedal ever I think...been using it for a long time. Actually my secret weapon..
I've been considering adding it back to my pedal board.
Same!
I wish this pedal felt as good as it sounds. It's a weird one. I've really struggled making it work with my playing. Happy I tried it though.
Something I should've done in the video was use a preamp with it. Make it less "bassy". I love this pedal but damn it's low frequency heavy.
Very good demo. Thank you
Thank you!
maybe the best cheap metal pedal?
Man for $100 I'm not complaining
Very nice pedal.do u by any chance have a Metal Zone?or maybe u know of a friend that could borrow u one?I'm interested to hear it on that same guitar setup u have.👌🏻
Oh! I should do that!
There's a uniqueness to many pedals with the word "Metal" in the name! Many have bad rep just from people who fidn't understand them. My favorite underrated metal pedal is the MXR Fullbore Metal, and the Metal Core, obviously. But the Boss Hm2 and MT-2 sound great! But only through the FX Loop
I ALMOST bought the MXR before deciding on the MetalCore. Still definitely want to try it out one day.
It's funny. Everyone knows the most popular BOSS pedals for OD/Dist are the iconic orange box Ds-1 Distortion, the yellow Overdirives (any of them really) The "Swedish Chainsaw" HM-2 Heavy Metal Pedal, and the number one selling most hated/loved pedal of all time the infamous METALZONE!!!!!!!.....And yet, many consider the MetalCore, Mega Distortion, Powerstack and Blues Driver their best distortion and overdrive pedals......And yet how many people have THOSE in their collection?.....And yet the same people say "Boss distortion pedals sucks, they are for kids."....really? You, as a Helix owner, just proved how relevant some Boss pedals can really be......One last thing. some guys are saying that the MetalCore with the drive at ZERO, stacked with a Tubescreamer or that type of OD pedal is AMAZING? Might need a Noise gate if you are stacking 2 pedals like that, but doesn't hurt to try...cool review. Thanks. Subscribed.....now I have to go get a MetalCore.
I'm actually going to try that in the morning! I never thought about using it with the gain at 0.
I might try that.
I have one for my goregrind band and it saved me from having a horrible tone many times during gigs
@@padraig88 Goregrind eh? Well, sure, if it work's it works. I find when it comes to dist/OD pedals things like cables,pickup's strings,settings,Amp, cab, player ect. Can make all the difference.
@@algrundau9441 You are correct and it is only used for live gigs. We tune in A standard and I usually string my guitar with D'addario 14-68 strings. Bareknuckle in my main guitar and Seymour Duncan Nazgul in my secondary.
Where is the riff from @ 6:33?
......Unholy Confessions By Avenged Sevenfold or every 2002-2009 metalcore band ever. They all used the same riff.
@@ohms7896 Cool. Thought it sounded familiar 🤟
Can you make a video of you comparing your helix dist with this?!?!?!
I've really struggled with finding a good dist stomp so I tend to go with the amp's, but there might be times that I won't have an amp. I'm more of a fuzz guy myself but I'm also a very big BOSS fan, so this is right up my alley. After a friend said he was thinking of getting this pedal it got interested in it and now I'm constantly watching any reviews that I can find on it. So far I think this might be my next purchase!
Also, great vid man!
Thanks! The distortion that I use on the Helix I achieve is from the Line6 amps with a horizon drive in front of the chain.
Guitar ESP LTD ec-256 ?
No, it's an Epiphone Prophecy 2020(2021?) model with Fish man Pickups. They're the original that come with the guitar
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Yeh!
What tuning are you in?. Also fucking sick playing man. I agree with having a more brighter tone. Definitely looking to grab one of these
Hey man thanks! I play in drop C.
Originals Pickups ?
Yeah!
“Don’t buy a guitar pedal with the name metal on it.” Bro the most famous distortion pedal for metal is the HM2, the HEAVY METAL-2 lol
And arguably the worst one is the METAL Zone.........
@@ohms7896 ever run the Metalzone through the FX loop? It sounds great. Look up Ola Englund's video on it.
@@josefpdx That was interesting, I use the Metal Zone clone (called Killer Z) in the helix and it sounded pretty good!