MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

[The GrungeMetal Guy]

So, my friend just got an MXR Fullbore Metal, and I wanna know if it's really any good. While it sounds good in certain applications I'm not sure how well it fairs in another ways. It sounds really thin, and kind of week, fortunately though it isn't so distorted and saturated it sounds too much like the boss metal zone, but it still sounds a bit weak. Is it how he's using it? What are your thoughts/opinions about it?

 

[dxlxntxxlxr]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

Well, I've never heard a metal distortion pedal that sounded even passable. Including the EVH. As far as metal out of a pedal, look at the amptweaker tightmetal (pro if you have the cash), Strymon Riverside or sunset maybe, maybe the Wampler dracarys?

 

[Diego]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

I've found more success with medium-to-high gain boxes being dragged, kicking and screaming, into Metal territory than with actual "Metal" pedals.
What amp and guitar is your friend using with it?

 

[The GrungeMetal Guy]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

He's got a bit of a convoluted rig. On the same day he bought the pedal he also got an Orange Micro Dark, but he didn't wanna buy the little 8" cab that came with it because it was too much for one day for him, and so he is running the signal through the preamp with the send on the FX loop and running that into an Orange Crush 12. So if you got that, like I said, it's convoluted. And his guitar is a maple warlock loaded with BC Rich humbuckers

 

[Diego]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

As described, I'd find it hard to evaluate the tonal quality of a high gain pedal through that.

Maybe it would work better with something with more headroom, or maybe not.
I can tell you my Egnater Tweaker doesn't like high-gain pedals, and prefers to be pushed with an OD pedal to get serious gain.

Now I haven't read too many good comments about the MXR Fullbore Metal, but pedals sound so different from one amp to another,
that IMO you really have to try them out through your rig to know what's what.

 

[Aceman]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

It sounds as good as you are able to use it. That goes for any pedal.

But yeah - wtf is he doing????

 

[Empty Pockets]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

His rig is redundant. The Micro Dark can do high gain on its own, and running its fx send to another amp doesn't help its sound much.

I like the Fullbore because it's cheap and does the 90s chainsaw thing pretty well. The EQ is really powerful. Great if metal isn't your main thing but you wana pretend to be Mayhem every now and then.

 

[dave74]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

I like the M-zone. Like Ace said, it's in the hands of the user.
No experience at all with the fullbore though.

 

[Aceman]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

Our other guitarist had to quit using his M-zone. It was just too much for what we play. He is using a 78 Badass these days I believe. Sounds fantastic.

The Fullbore is the MXR Duncan Mayhem, Metalmuff, BBE Crusher, etc....


More gain. than anyone needs, and lots of EQ for bass-mids (Sludge doom thunder), or bass-highs (living room thrash), or mids-highs (Chainsaw mayhem).

The important point t is "For use with big headroom clean amp." Think Fender Twin + Fullbore = Mesa Doom Stack

 

[The GrungeMetal Guy]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

Like I said, he was too cheep to buy the cab. But I might mod the crush so he can use just the speaker, and it'll hopefully sound way better

 

[PipeRain]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

I have one. At it's best, it's "Pantera's 'Walk' in a box" when run into a clean channel. It's a one-trick pony that chose a mediocre trick at best to do and doesn't really it it all that well.

But then I never really was a fan of the "Dime Tone" either so there's that....

 

[Demanic]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

The best thing about the Fullbore is that it has a fairly effective noise gate built in. A buddy of mine has one and I like it well enough in front of his Marshall.

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[Diego]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

It's like Anderton's is reading our collective minds...



In my opinion, the Fullbore sounds like ass compared to the other pedals in that scramble.
And I'm not ready to forgive it because it's the cheapest of the bunch. A Marshall Jackhammer would probably smoke it.

 

[Gone_Shootin]

Re: MXR Fullbore Metal: any good, or more metal zone?

I used to have one, I also used to have a Metal Zone. About the only difference is that the MXR sounds a little more lively, but the overall tone isn't that great. I don't regret selling either of those pedals.