You want to play with truckloads of gain? Want to be playing your favorite solo screaming loud? What kind of FXs you need that?
First I’ll cover some basics. The sound that I suggest here is my to design a setup that covers most of the metal music, so if you play a lot of different bands this is probably going to be fine for you. But if you prefer just one guitarist and your set on achieving the exact same sound, you need same gear. Research on the net and try it out. I do encourage people to get some versatile setup so they can then move on to their own sound. It’s very important to play the sound how you see/hear it. That way you’ll produce your own music and playing will be more enjoyable.
So how does one create an FX setup? There are few basics you should know:
-Use good cables to connect the pedals; you won’t believe how much sound you can lose.
-Tone-based FX (examples: Wah-wah) go first
-Followed by volume-based effects (examples: distortion, compression, etc.)
-Followed by time base effects (examples: delay, chorus, etc)
If you want to play with it go ahead, don’t let me stop you. Statements listed above are not rules, but just rules of thumb. If you feel you can get a more enjoyable and fun sound, do it.
For a metal sound we want a lot of gain and powerful EQ. The most obvious thing you want here is distortion. For this I suggest getting and BOSS 2 MT-2 Metal Zone pedal. Metal Zone is reaaallly powerful distortion there is enough gain in this pedal to wake the devil himself up and with the onboard EQ you can get an amazing palette of devil calling sounds. This combine with some Wah-Wah pedal will create a perfect sound. For this I wasn’t 100% sure so I’ll present you with 2 choices: Morley Power and BOSS PW10-V-Wah. Morley Power is perfect for red hot metal solos, but BOSS’s pedal is a little bit less metal, but more versatile. If you play metal exclusively I must suggest Morley Power, but if you enjoy Rock and even Blue you must get the BOSS PW-10-V-Wah.
BOSS pedal has a great deal of Wah choices, so it can easily go with large number of different music styles. And last you need a pedal that’s going to go nicely with rhythm parts. Getting the MXR Phase 90 Phaser will mix in here nicely thickening up your sound in rhythm parts.
By following the outline above you would connect the FXs in a following way:
-MXR Phase (Phaser) $119.99
-MT-2 Metal Zone (Distortion) 99$
-Morley Power or BOOS PW-10 V-Wah (Wah-Wah). $119.99-129.99$
NOTE: prices are for reference only lol
To find out how to tune your amp settings go read my previous article on EQs
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