Electro-Harmonix Metal Muff with Top Boost Distortion Pedal

this is a must have pedal for any rock player, tight compressed distortion sound , you could play with the EQ to get the sound your looking for, it goes from an overdrive sound to a really heavy distortion, It's build to last forever, the sustain is fantastic and the top boost give you another range of possibility's. the only downside is the battery, get the power adapter , batteries wont last more than 2 or 3 days and you have to unscrew the back to replace it. Overall, I'm really happy with this pedal.

Great pedal

In a metal kind of way that is. How can this thing be made in USA, sound so killer and still only cost 90 bucks? This gem lets you dial in anything from mild overdrive to tear-your-head-off full on thrash metal distortion. In fact it's suicide to crank the distortion all the way up. Also, the tonal adjustability lets you dial in that perfect sound to compliment your amp. The build quality is excellent too. If a great distortion sound has eluded you, this is your pedal! I would've paid $200+ for this and that's no B.S.! Get one before E.H. takes my idea.

Dang that's metal. Were the first words I said when plugging this thing in to the line. With a wide range of sound and versatility with just one pedal and two buttons is awesome. The only issue was with some manufacturing detail. The input and out put jacks are screwed up and nearly broke my cables when trying to set it up for the first time. The buttons were way to stiff and made a horrid crunch the first time I used it and after talking to amazon it turns out that just seems to be how it is. Be sides that its metal, nothing more nothing less. Razor sharp high ends or some butt draggin muddy slop of sound either way your covered with this pedal.

This is one of the most overlooked metal pedals on the market. The tonal range is amazing. The quality of construction is better than pedals far more expensive. It's a real stomp box because you can actually stomp on it. Boss pedals might as well be made out of glass by comparison. The Top Boost is perfect for cutting through a mix with a solo or riff without having to crank the mids. It looks metal. It sounds metal. Buy it and be metal.

It's for metal, baby. Don't expect any classic rock or blues. This pedal, however, is "fizzy" as opposed to "crunchy" and if you use your neck pickup, turn the tone knob on your guitar so it cuts the treble, your in Stoner Rock solos heaven. The boost is useable, but your settings will be very limited on the boost for it to be anything more than effective. If you max your knobs out, it will be annoying. There's a good video of what you can expect from this pedal, and the video pretty much shows the (useable) settings that are useable. The video is on you tube, and is by "ProGuitarShopDemos" - do note he's using a 7 string at the beginning of the video. I'm not sure if Amazon will let me post a link to the demo, but here we go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZ03ekeVbso

First off I'm not a metal player. I grew up on late 80's/early 90's thrash and hardcore, but it was never something I had any interest in playing. That being said, I have a weekly jam that unfortunately includes a few metal tunes, and I wanted something to give me some "chug". I wasn't about to spend more than $100 for something I used for 20 minutes a week. I bought this because EHX makes killer pedals on the cheap, and are highly dependable, This pedal sounds like a crappy solid state Crate/Peavey amp. Like the amps all of us Kirk Hammet wannabes had when we started out. Fizzy, thin, and artificial sounding - no dynamics whatsoever. I could tell you to save your $$ & buy (fill in the blank pedal), but I'm not really up to date on what pedals would serve that purpose. I can only say that, unless you want to sound like a 15 year old @ Guitar Center butchering "Am I Evil" through a solid state POS, this thing sucks Hope this helped. Support Local Music

Wowiee! Remember the first time you did a burn out? Here is the short review: Need distortion? BUY IT. This this is so metal. Need distortion on distortion? BUY IT. This thing is so metal. Need to make a synth scream like your LFO is on fire? BUY IT. This thing is so M-E-T-A-L! If your looking for overdrive, or subtle, look somewhere else. Joyo Uzi works well for that kind of job used lightly... This thing? Oh my, look at what I can do, all boosted to the hilt with an electric mistress pushing from behind delivering a whole dump truck full of crunchy distorted synth bliss. Guitar? YUP, shred that too. Me personally? This hunk of metal just turned my Brute2S patch bay into the dream machine bed the Doom Eternal sound track was conceived on. Im on to you Mic Gordon.

El aparato llegó en excelentes condiciones. El rango para modular el sonido es extremadamente amplio y además muy sensible. Por está razón es un poco complicado regular al gusto el sonido aunque es solo cuestión de familiarizarse con el equipo. Sorpresa, tiene mucho feedback, obviamente. Talvez quieras combinarlo con un noise suppressor.

J avoue avoir eu quelques réticences sur cette pedal mais une fois branché waou la surprise fût de taille le son était là exactement ce que je cherchais les réglages sont precis je vous la recommande. Pour ceux qui cherche un son légèrement crunch passé votre route

Es una muy buena distorsión. Es poco ruidosa. El tono es su punto débil aunque al tener un ecualizador de tres bandas con más de 20 dB siempre se puede secar sonido agradable. No tiene cinco estrellas por culpa del botón "boost", función que nunca utilizo porque crea un efecto desagradable con agudos chillones.

You'll never need another Distortion Pedal with this baby! Very impressive depth of distortion, this pedal will handle everything from fuzz to growl with no problems at all. Turn on the Boost and the mid and treble frequencies are boosted up,making the distortion crisp and clear whilst still being recognised as Distortion. A sturdy metal Stomp Box, the switches are old-school posts rather than more modern broad pedals, so you will need to wear shoes to avoid hurting your feet but the old-school feel is immense! You can definitely feel the switches activate, and there is an audible click when activated to but it doesn't translate to the amp so your audience won't hear it. They'll certainly hear the effect though! I'll never want another Disotortion pedal, this handles everything I need it to, from 70's style rock to the most bassy Death Core Metal sound, but bear in mind that it's sound will obviously change from amp to amp depending on the amp settings. Keep the pedal settings as they are, though, and tune hte amp to get the sound you're looking for and you're done!

Den Metal Muff gibt es in mehreren Varianten. Mit Top Boost kann man auf Knopfdruck die höheren Frequenzen pushen, was besonders für Solo-Gitarristen geeignet sein dürfte, die schnell zwischen Rhythmus und Solo wechseln müssen. Die Wirkung ist vergleichbar mit derjenigen, wenn man fürs Solo ein Wah-Pedal voll auftritt (so macht das z.B. Kirk Hammet von Metallica), nur eben ohne den schmalspurigen Frequenzgang und ohne den unverkennbaren Klang eines Wah-Pedals. Das Gehäuse ist aus trittfestem Gussmetall, so dass es auch härtesten Bühneneinsatz viele Jahre lang überstehen dürfte. Neben den Potis für Volume und Distortion gibt es einen sehr effizienten dreibändigen EQ (Treble, Mid und Bass) sowie ein Poti, um die Stärke des Top Boost zu regeln. Neben dem Fußschalter, der die Verzerrung einschaltet, befindet sich ein zweiter fuer den Top Boost. Wenn der Verzerrer ausgeschaltet ist, macht der Boost-Schalter gar nichts. Man kann den Boost also nur zuschalten, wenn der Verzerrer angeschaltet ist. Aber der Verzerrer „merkt“ sich, ob der Boost an- oder ausgeschaltet war. Die Funktion von Verzerrer und Boost wird mit je einer roten LED angezeigt. Klanglich erhält man für sein Geld eine satte und brutzelnde Thrash-Metal-Zerre, die mich an die frühen 90er erinnert (besonders an „No Place for Disgrace“ von Flotsam & Jetsam). Gedämpft angespielte Saiten klingen aggressiv und hart. Einzelne Anschläge lassen sich gut heraushören, ohne in einem Brei aus Verzerrung unterzugehen. Preis und Leistung stehen also in einem günstigen Verhältnis zueinander. Den von anderen Rezensenten oft angebrachten Vergleich mit dem Sound auf „Master of Puppets“ von Metallica kann ich hingegen nicht nachvollziehen. Aus dem zuvor Gesagten ergibt sich, dass ich den Metal Muff im Grunde nur weiterempfehlen kann. Ein Nachteil könnte allerdings für solche Gitarristen, die ihre Pedale am liebsten über Batterien mit Strom versorgen, darin bestehen, dass man zum Batteriewechsel das Gehäuse mit einem Schraubenzieher komplett aufschrauben muss. Sie können eine erschöpfte Batterie also nicht mal eben schnell zwischen zwei Songs austauschen. Da ich den Metal Muff ohnehin nur über ein Netzteil mit Strom versorge, stört mich das aber kaum. Störend war vielmehr, dass die Batterieklemme ohne aufgesteckte Batterie im Inneren frei umher vagabundierte und deren Metallklemmen bei Kontakt mit der Platine sonderbare Kurzschlüsse auslösten. Seit ich jedoch die Batterieklemme ganz abgelötet habe, ist auch dieses Problem zu meiner Zufriedenheit gelöst. (Wer nicht löten mag, kann sie ja auch in Isolierband einwickeln.) Mehr gibt es nicht zu bedenken, wenn man mit dem Gedanken spielt, sich den Metal Muff anzuschaffen.