That pedal and a heavy flange at a slow rate = Judas Priest Turbo-era sound. 1987? Sounds about right.

Stoner? Drone? Now you're speaking my language! Didn't expect to hear any of that with a title like this. Also I think this is a David Gilmour favorite, if I'm not mistaken.

I've had one for a few years, it sounds amazing through tube amps and humbuckers.

Such a great pedal! An absolute monster in stereo. Used extensively by Aussie band The Mark of Cain.

Weird I was looking for a good video on this the other day, love your channel!

That sounded great! Can’t believe it’s out of print- it’s a really unique sound. Thanks for sharing the sounds you got out of it.

Happy to see you mention this pedal! I’ve heard that it’s one of Chris Carter’s favorite Boss pedals and I always wanted to learn more about it since then. Thank you! Love your channel

Great show, as always a perfect blend of info, music and humour.

You hit the nail on the head when you used it for down tuned riffs: that's why I have one. I love Boss distortion pedals and I have most of them from the 80s - 90s.

Power Ballad my garbage can This is a straight up rawkin’ pedal Mostly 80s rock

You nailed it.

Great video, thank you! It's a nice pedal to use with the volume at 100% - it has lots of headroom there and goes into the fuzz area and drives beautifully a tube amp.

That first jam was a delight. Verging into Gilmour at moments, so nice! Would love to hear your take on bone petals, I love me some time on my baritone. ✌️😌🎸

As I understand it the distortion side is analog (I was told it’s based on a DS-2 with the turbo mode engaged- but I’m not a circuit guy, so don’t know if anyone can confirm that) it was on David Gilmours board for a bit. Actually it great if you back off the volume on a strat. It really shines when used in stereo when it really does ‘fatten’ that sound. I think it’s the coolest looking boss pedal - that red abs black just pops!! Great video !

Dear lord, now that's a pedal i never expected to exist!

The Rage by Judas Priest on doubling mode 3

dude... you can make anything sound good!

YES!!!!!! All the yes!!

I remember seeing this pedal as a kid in my local music shop and being like Omg I NEEED that pedal. Hahah

Stoner metal part was hudge! Thanks for the review )))

This pedal sounds really nice and it's been on my board for quite some time now. Also sounds heavy when boosted by a TS style pedal.

Finally!!!

Seems like this would be a perfect single-pedal option for the Killing Joke sound.

Darn, I thought it was purple with pink letters and knobs. Now THAT would make it a party pedal...

I traded one of these that I modded for a DC-2W. I don't regret my decision because the DC-2W is awesome, but I do miss it.

The pedal isn't for me, but that kick ass shirt certainly is!

I prefer the MZ-2 over the HM-3 and the MT-2.

Great pedal, without the efx it sits in a great place between OD and Dist, a hidden gem.

This pedal sits in a unique place between an OD and a distortion, Rat has been mentioned and that's not wrong but this is better IMO, I never gelled with Rats but this one is big in my book, aside from the digital efx. The efx makes for a quick stereo solution which is not bad. I use to sell these when they came out, they were not cheap. I've got my own now and I love what it does. I think Gilmour also used one for the overdrive.

90’s Van Halen tones on a budget for sure.

Years later Rainger FX will release the Break Box, which I think takes this merged distortion and modulation concept to a very creative place.

While we are on the subject, I’d like to see you breakdown the xt-2.

It say metal, but looks good to play some songs with distortion and chorus, like The Cult or some other bands of pos punk that i remember use chorus and some drive/distortion, can this pedal get waza some day? I will love

A baritone video eh? I've been playing Ibanez 5 string bass and a Warmoth baritone. It's a good pair. I use the same pedal board for both. ...Bass Clone, Nobel's ODR mini, russian Big Muff, Revv G8, a looper , a tuner...

Ahh, the forgotten David Gilmour distortion. I've always wanted one but they're getting pricy. But I've found the Digitech Grunge gets surprisingly close.

DEAR BOSS PLEASE WAZA THIS METALIZER FOR US OKAY THANKS ...but really Boss, c'mon. Please? PLEASE

I bought the same like 2 years ago, but I don't use it a lot, just cause they tone knob isn't sharp enough, honestly I prefer to use my METAL ZONE and add it chorus or what I need, when I bought it I really had a great expectation, I was thinking on sounds as Slayer's album Show no Mercy or something like that, but as I said, is not enough sharp distortion

Nice! BTW, is it modern PSA powered, or old-school ACA? And I wish you would've tried it out on the bass. Just to hear it.

Sounds like crap and I love it

As always, there is an oddball Yamaha answer to this pedal in the DM-100 except it has a BBD-based modulation section and modes where you can use the modulation without the distortion.

does it clean up with your guitar’s volume?

Is the basic distortion circuit analog? I feel like I read that somewhere.

No man, you are not a chugging guy 😢

Thanks ! but you forget the big question : is the drive analog or digital ?

Do DOD Attacker

I dont know where i heard that the dirt is supposed to be a rat style, is that true??

Didn’t know Boss made that. Probably don’t make them anymore……

I had one of these years ago that I literally found in a garage. If you want a really processed cheesy sound here it is. Sounded horrible in mono.

Sounds horrible, but in an interesting way..... would probably be interesting to use with synthesizers.

In your hands it sounds almost like a Rat. Thanks for using an actual clean tone in front lol

With stereo, this thing was obviously trying to simplify EVH's evolving wet dry wet thing to make is accessible to regular folks