Sly I'm not sure what you mean as far as Zoom goes. I have a 505II that I use as a backup and it took me a couple months but I get great tone out of it for Metal/Hard Rock stuff. The 505II is the only Zoom product I have used so I can't speak for the other Zoom pedals but mine sounds pretty good.

The pedal I prefer to use if I need one for Distortion is the Boss MetalZone. I play through a Peavey XXX right now though so I dont really need a distortion pedal. I do use them for recording at home though and As soon as I get this song uploaded I will post a link to the 505II in action.