Oh how I have coveted this pedal.........NPD...MXR fullbore metal.

flatfourfan · 2013-10-03T09:53:25+00:00

This pedal won't do much for about 99% of the forum. But for that 1%, you need this in your stash. I have wanted this pedal for about the last 2 years and...

Oh how I have coveted this pedal.........NPD...MXR fullbore metal.

Slayer

Very wicked!!! I'm jealous!

I want that Metal Muff - Baaadddd!!!

ftcl

@flatfourfan: Would you perhaps know how it compares to the MXR Dime Distortion?

flatfourfan

Slayer wrote: Very wicked!!! I'm jealous!

I want that Metal Muff - Baaadddd!!!

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flatfourfan

ftcl wrote: @flatfourfan: Would you perhaps know how it compares to the MXR Dime Distortion?

Well I've never owned the dime so I can't comment on that one.

But here's a good vid that I found a while ago comparing the muff, fullbore and the Dime. The sound has been trebled a bit on the MM and fullbore, so I assume that they've juiced it up with the Dime as well.

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ftcl

Thanks for the vid!

Been considering the Fullbore Metal, as it requires less space than the Dime.

BMU

Good info, I'm interested ?

But, I'm not sure of the purpose of a metal pedal. Don't you get gain from your amp, and just need a slight boost (Tubescreamer being the classic for this) to tighten it up, for heavy palm mutes and such?

Take the guy in that video. He has some hellacious Bogner amp. Surely that can supply ample gain. Why the distortion pedal? To colour the tone in a different way?

Do you set your amp to clean then? Seems like a waste of good tubes...

guidothepimmp

Yeah man.. assuming of course a tube amp is being used 8)

arjunmenon

guidothepimmp wrote: Yeah man.. assuming of course a tube amp is being used 8)

IINM, the amp in the vid is a Bogner Alchemist (40w/20w, 3 x 12AX7 + 1 x 12AX7 for the FX loop + 1 x 12AX7 PI + 2 x 6L6s) and has plenty of gain on tap.

LooneyAtTheGate

Cool story! ?
It sounds like an awesome pedal, having built in noise gate etc.

I suppose there are 2 qualities to look out for: Does the pedal compliment the overdrive on a tube amp (eg TS-9) or does it sound good for metal as a stand-alone distortion before a clean (probably solid-state) amp (eg MT-2)?

ftcl

BMU wrote: Good info, I'm interested ?

But, I'm not sure of the purpose of a metal pedal. Don't you get gain from your amp, and just need a slight boost (Tubescreamer being the classic for this) to tighten it up, for heavy palm mutes and such?

Take the guy in that video. He has some hellacious Bogner amp. Surely that can supply ample gain. Why the distortion pedal? To colour the tone in a different way?

Do you set your amp to clean then? Seems like a waste of good tubes...

I mostly play through my Blues jnr and my custom Craig amp (stereo setup). Unfortunately, I cannot have the Blues jnr loud enough to get breakup, and the other amp does not breakup much either. So for me, the solution is a really clean amp with a metal pedal. Can't comment on the Fullbore, but one of the ones I use is the Dime. Gives me usable tone at lower volume.

BMU

Julian Emdon (LooneyAtTheGate) wrote: Cool story! ?
It sounds like an awesome pedal, having built in noise gate etc.

Yes! Great feature for a distortion pedal.

I suppose there are 2 qualities to look out for: Does the pedal compliment the overdrive on a tube amp (eg TS-9) or does it sound good for metal as a stand-alone distortion before a clean (probably solid-state) amp (eg MT-2)?

Yep makes sense.

ftcl wrote: I mostly play through my Blues jnr and my custom Craig amp (stereo setup). Unfortunately, I cannot have the Blues jnr loud enough to get breakup, and the other amp does not breakup much either. So for me, the solution is a really clean amp with a metal pedal. Can't comment on the Fullbore, but one of the ones I use is the Dime. Gives me usable tone at lower volume.

Yeah so with a low gain amp it makes sense if you want to play metal.

One wouldn't need a pedal like this if your amp were a Dual Rectifier, let's say. But you'd still need the TS-9 type pedal for tight sounds.