Stompbox for heavy distortion

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    Zakk EXP
    Hey guys! I want to use stompboxes now instead of the multi-FX I use for 3 years now, I'm just tired of it. I'm playin' a Kustom solid-state head (wanted to buy a tube-amp but was very impressed of this "cheap" one) which I want to use for crunchsounds etc., but I need a pedal for a nice metal-sound, not too muddy, fat and tight, for Black and Death Metal shit. I was looking for some BOSS pedals, for example the MT2 and ML2, but don't really know them. So what would you advise? (my other stuff is a Seymour Duncan equipped Gibson Explorer and a Marshall 1960A) Thanks in advance! (PS: I don't want to see sentences like "get the EMGzorz" or a Mesa/Diezel/Engl, a V30 cab or something else, just a nice stompbox for my kind of music ;) )
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    Zakk EXP
    Zakk EXP wrote

    I played some different pedals in the shop and the winner was the Boss MT2, because of the wide range of sounds, I play in different bands and get everything from Van Halen like distortion til really sick Death Metal sounds.

    ProCo Rat and all the others didn't have the sound I was searching for.

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      LordCliffton
      LordCliffton wrote

      Since you're in Germany already why not get an Engl Fireball?
      Your current 1960A Marshall cab will do fine with it.

      Even a used Fireball would do the trick much better than any almost any SS amp out there... If you're dead-set on SS, ditch the Kustom & get yourself something slightly higher quality like the Randall RH200 or a Peavel XXL(recently discontinued in the last year or 2).

      Pups are your choice,, but a lot of death metal guys like the X2N,, Chuck from Death used to swear by 'em.
      That is all.

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        Zakk EXP
        Zakk EXP wrote

        Since you're in Germany already why not get an Engl Fireball?
        Your current 1960A Marshall cab will do fine with it.

        Even a used Fireball would do the trick much better than any almost any SS amp out there... If you're dead-set on SS, ditch the Kustom & get yourself something slightly higher quality like the Randall RH200 or a Peavel XXL(recently discontinued in the last year or 2).

        Pups are your choice,, but a lot of death metal guys like the X2N,, Chuck from Death used to swear by 'em.
        That is all.

        Yeah, sooner or later I will surely get some tube-shit, but I really like my actual sound of the Kustom, I think I can live with it a longer time.

        I don't work now (getting the A-level and go to a university), so it isn't so easy to buy a tube-amp, even used...

        I like my Seymour Duncan SH14 and Pearly Gates set, I can get a really fat sound out of them, they're the best choice for me, really versatile, because I'm playing in 3 bands: Black Metal, Bluesrock/Hardrock and a Hard Rock focussed coverband - so a new amp would need a versatile sound, too.

        Thanks for the tips! :)

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          WhiteWolf
          WhiteWolf wrote

          I agree with The Sloth.... I have a Metal Zone and a Metal Muff. The Muff sounds much less fizzy than the MT-2 in my opinion. It's more responsive to tweaking too i think.

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            Zakk EXP
            Zakk EXP wrote

            I once used a compressor, but now I have the sound I was looking, I can get some really chunky tones out of the Boss MT2, the only annoying thing is some hum, but while I play it doesn't disturb.

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              .:st.anger:.
              .:st.anger:. wrote

              i have a boss mt-2 and it's been a good pedal when I want more of an edgier dist sound

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                sirsloop
                sirsloop wrote

                digitech TL-2... go try it...

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                mmmmmmmm....... true bypass too...

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                  Curt Daddy
                  Curt Daddy wrote

                  Tonebone hot british, or at the very least an MXR Dime distortion, it sounds good too. but the Tonebone is top notch.

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                    antipole
                    antipole wrote

                    Is the Digitech TL-2 the response to the Boss ML-2?

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