BOSS MT-2 Blues Driver Mod?

[Sleezy E]

I know the Metal Zone is perfect as it is but.... this is kinda cool.

I got one of these collecting dust. Might give it a go.

 

[James Freeman]

Can't do anything with the current SMD version, but I can tell you that the Custom mode on the Waza MT-2W is my go-to high gain distortion after trying many other pedals.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

Pops is currently stacking a blues driver into a metal zone. I nearly shit myself when he told me.

 

[James Freeman]

... blues driver ...

Every guitarist should have one, for when you get bored with all the boutique stuff and just want a good all-around neutral mid-gain pedal.
The MT-2W custom mode (not the regular MT-2) did that for high gain and at lower gain settings you get excellent marshall sounds, it is still a kept secret so don't tell anyone.

 

[sleewell]

i love that pedal but please dont gentrify/dentist/starbucks my brootz hahahahahah

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Pops is currently stacking a blues driver into a metal zone. I nearly shit myself when he told me.

What's he going for sound wise?

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Every guitarist should have one, for when you get bored with all the boutique stuff and just want a good all-around neutral mid-gain pedal.
The MT-2W custom mode (not the regular MT-2) did that for high gain and at lower gain settings you get excellent marshall sounds, it is still a kept secret so don't tell anyone.

The Blues Driver is the Rat's brother from another mother. The gain knob goes from clean to fuzz/nearly fuzz and the tone pot has a sweep from far too much to far too little just like a Rat does. Maybe not as much of a whiskey drinker like the Rat, but can still hold down its alcohol and wear a lot of different hats.

 

[Alex Kenivel]

What's he going for sound wise?

Fender guitar into Fender amp as clean pedal platform, Blues, classic rock. He runs an OCD for a different sound too. It blows my mind a little as he has mainly been a clean to mild overdrive kind of guy riding his volume knob for the past 10 or so years but is getting into pedals lately. I'm proud of him!

 

[EOengineer]

Can't do anything with the current SMD version, but I can tell you that the Custom mode on the Waza MT-2W is my go-to high gain distortion after trying many other pedals.

I really could never get anything I liked out of that pedal. What is different about the custom mode that makes it work for you? Does the stock MT-2 work for you?

There was always a strange honk in the mids that I couldn’t dial out with the parametric.

 

[James Freeman]

I really could never get anything I liked out of that pedal. What is different about the custom mode that makes it work for you? Does the stock MT-2 work for you?

There was always a strange honk in the mids that I couldn’t dial out with the parametric.

Custom mode has no pre-emphasis and a flat EQ so it is not honky or scooped, it is more similar to a SLO or BE-OD preamp pedals and in my personal opinion sounds nicer and more versatile.
They could easily repackage the Custom mode as a separate high gain preamp-in-a-box pedal and it would not fall short of any high $ boutique pedal of that sort.

 

[EOengineer]

Here’s an interesting technical breakdown of the MT-2 if anyone wants to nerd out. Lots of spectrum analytics happening.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Custom mode has no pre-emphasis and a flat EQ so it is not honky or scooped, it is more similar to a SLO or BE-OD preamp pedals and in my personal opinion sounds nicer and more versatile.
They could easily repackage the Custom mode as a separate high gain preamp-in-a-box pedal and it would not fall short of any high $ boutique pedal of that sort.

You're gonna make me buy a Metal Zone (again) aren't you?

 

[dbagchee]

You're gonna make me buy a Metal Zone (again) aren't you?

I added a Waza Metal Zone to my wishlist after reading @James Freeman comments and checking out some demos of the custom mode.