boss distortion pedal

Hey everyone-

A friend of mine has a Boss Metal Zone Distortion pedal that he will sell me for 25 bucks. He has hardly used it, but I was wondering if this is something I should buy from him. I'm just learning to play guitar, and want to play mostly classic rock, nothing too heavy metal or anything. Just wondering if this would be good to get for that kind of playing. Thanks a lot.

Originally Posted by: pennyanmurphHey everyone-

A friend of mine has a Boss Metal Zone Distortion pedal that he will sell me for 25 bucks. He has hardly used it, but I was wondering if this is something I should buy from him. I'm just learning to play guitar, and want to play mostly classic rock, nothing too heavy metal or anything. Just wondering if this would be good to get for that kind of playing. Thanks a lot.

I wouldn't get it. It's for mostly well... metal. If you want classic rock or something not too heavy get a boss ds-1, superdrive, or Bluesdriver BD-2.

tho for 25? why not, I find the Metal Zone pretty versatile, and I'm sure with the distorion rolled down you could get quite a decent drive out of it...certainly better than you have any right to expect at 25$.

That sounds like a good idea. It's worth a shot I guess, and probably good to have if I ever decide to play some metal. Thanks.

Originally Posted by: pennyanmurphHey everyone-

A friend of mine has a Boss Metal Zone Distortion pedal that he will sell me for 25 bucks. He has hardly used it, but I was wondering if this is something I should buy from him. I'm just learning to play guitar, and want to play mostly classic rock, nothing too heavy metal or anything. Just wondering if this would be good to get for that kind of playing. Thanks a lot.

hmmzz..
it does have a "Dist" function and you can lower your gain with it pretty much. if you want to know my settings for metal and classicrock:

metal: - Level to half (5)
- Low to half ( 5 )
- High to a kwarter ( 2.5 )
- Mid Freq to just over a half ( 5.5 )
- Dist to max ( 10 )

and for a rock-sound I use the same settings but decrease my Dist to 2.5 or 3. just find out what you think is enough gain.

good luck

and don't forget to use good reverb!

Originally Posted by: zoran the darkhmmzz..
it does have a "Dist" function and you can lower your gain with it pretty much. if you want to know my settings for metal and classicrock:

metal: - Level to half (5)
- Low to half ( 5 )
- High to a kwarter ( 2.5 )
- Mid Freq to just over a half ( 5.5 )
- Dist to max ( 10 )

and for a rock-sound I use the same settings but decrease my Dist to 2.5 or 3. just find out what you think is enough gain.

good luck

and don't forget to use good reverb!

damn, forgot to tell the Middle-knob: it's set to half

Originally Posted by: pennyanmurphHey everyone-

A friend of mine has a Boss Metal Zone Distortion pedal that he will sell me for 25 bucks. He has hardly used it, but I was wondering if this is something I should buy from him. I'm just learning to play guitar, and want to play mostly classic rock, nothing too heavy metal or anything. Just wondering if this would be good to get for that kind of playing. Thanks a lot.

get it....you can roll back on the distortion and dial in the tone you want.

the pedal costs around $100 new. you'd be a fool to not get it.