NPD: Ibanez Super Metal (spoiler alert, not for metal)

frankfalbo

frankfalbo

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Boom, 2 4558's, and some EQ. Sounds fantastic. Anyone who has a chance to get one, do it. Found this one just hanging out at a Sam Ash, all lonely.

I'm sure it was "metaly" in the 80s when it came out, by today's standards though, with the gain mid-way it's a booteek drive more than anything else.
 
Re: NPD: Ibanez Super Metal (spoiler alert, not for metal)

Frank, if you get a perm you can play some Winger and Twisted Sister with it.
 
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Archer250 said:
I had the Maxon version, which was meh.
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There are definitely some meh sounds in this thing at far ranges of the knobs. If someone tried to use it with the gain cranked as a "metal" pedal it's not impressive by today's booteek pedal standards. But mid-gain with single coils, I think it's great.
 
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The attack is a pregain adjuster.
MS-10, MT-10, or something different?
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MS 10 :)
I snipped D3 D4-to D5 D6...then the level got a whole lot more useful range, and it barely takes away the dirt on the more extreme setting.
 
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Vasshu the humanoid typhoon said:
The attack is a pregain adjuster.

MS 10 :)
I snipped D3 D4-to D5 D6...then the level got a whole lot more useful range, and it barely takes away the dirt on the more extreme setting.
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That's the one I have. I bought it because I had one when I was a teenager; it was my first pedal ever.
 
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frankfalbo said:
There are definitely some meh sounds in this thing at far ranges of the knobs. If someone tried to use it with the gain cranked as a "metal" pedal it's not impressive by today's booteek pedal standards. But mid-gain with single coils, I think it's great.
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I dunno. The one I had sounded like a glorified Metal Zone, and had quite a lot of gain on tap even with the gain at zero.
 
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^As all other dratted pedles...they are highly dependent on amp and guitar.
Something that is....meh on one setup is suddenly the sollution on something else.
 
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DrNewcenstein said:
Maybe because you're not playing Super Metal with it?
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Correct, does not work for average metal.

Archer250 said:
I dunno. The one I had sounded like a glorified Metal Zone, and had quite a lot of gain on tap even with the gain at zero.
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Nah this one can do "clean boost" with the gain at zero. Maybe the Maxon is different. This ones only gained up at "10".
 
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Cool snag!

Says a guy in a band playing more than one Twisted Sister tune….


As always, like with the Boss HM-2, just need to find out where to put the knobs. Every dirt box has a time and place to shine. You just may not know what it is.
 
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