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Boss MT-2
The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone is a distortion pedal released by Boss Corporation, Boss in 1991. Designed for the death metal genre, the Metal Zone is characterized by its thick, tight tone and expanded EQ controls. The extreme sounds the pedal is capable of producing made it successful yet divisive upon its release. The MT-2 has sold over a million units, more than any Boss distortion or overdrive pedal except the Boss DS-1, DS-1, and has been in continuous production since its debut. History Following the discontinuation of the earlier Boss HM-2, which found a niche market in the surging death metal genre, Boss sought to appeal to those players with an improved pedal design with the Metal Zone. Boss settled on a complex design for a distortion pedal, with a dual-stage gain circuit, seven filters for both pre- and post-distortion, and a semi-parametric three-band EQ section. In a retrospective, ''Premier Guitar'' described the MT-2 as "literally the hottest piece of gear in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boss Corporation
Boss is a manufacturer of Effects unit, effects pedals for electric guitar and bass guitar. It is a division of the Roland Corporation, a Japanese manufacturer that specializes in musical equipment and accessories. For many years Boss has manufactured a wide range of products related to effects processing for guitars, including "compact" and "twin" effects pedals, multi-effect pedals, electronic tuners and Guitar pedalboard, pedal boards. In more recent times, Boss expanded their product range by including digital studios, rhythm machines, Sampler (musical instrument), samplers and other electronic music equipment. From the mid-2010's, Boss has also made digital signal processing (DSP)-based amplifier modeling, modeling amplifiers and speaker heads such as the Waza and the Boss Katana, Katana. These digital products also feature multi-effects units emulating classic Boss effects pedals. History The earliest Boss product was called ''B-100 The Boss'', released in 1974. This cam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
