Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion
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Based on 12 Reviews
A genre pedal
Its a genre pedal. Otherwise it is unusable if it doesn't fit that sound. Super saturated low-mids distortion, much more than the other BOSS distortions. It does have an overdrive setting which you can find in the manual and that actually sounds cool and usable but no other sound from this would I ever use.
Awesome pedal!!
I have for a long time now, It is my main distortion, great for Humbuckers and Single Coils, underrated pedal
Good Boost with low-output pickups
I used to use this as my primary distortion pedal until I got the DS1 which kind of usurped that purpose. It sat out of use for a while until I discovered that when you turn down all the distortion settings and turn the output all the way up, it pushes the amp really nicely. I now use it for low output pickups like PAF humbuckers or Strat single coils. Used primarily in my solo work.
Not as stoked as I thought I'd be.
This pedal is good for two things: bone crushing riffs or cool mid-gain overdrive sound. Basically just two op-amp circuits and a bass boost, it's simple and straightforward, but it's hard to use and the pots suck. Plus it has no use in my style of music. But I do really like it.
very versatile modern distortion
Played with a Fender Pawn Shop Mustang Special with The Creamery Widerange pickups. Very versatile if you like sounds you find in Foo Fighters - My Hero or Everlong or All My Life. With the Distortion and "Gain Boost" knobs you can easily achieve more school distortions as well (Think DS-1/Rat). It has two TL0077 chips cascading into one another (practically low noise JRC4558). Very detailed distortion which doesn't get muddy.
the perfect dirt for me lately
when my pedal board was stolen last year and my old Keely modded Jap DS-1 finally failed i had been looking for a suitable replacement. my best friend had the perfect solution, a boss MD-2.
It's a mega distortion
It goes too far, so I use the knobs way back and get a nice warm sound out my amp
really didn't like it
didn't realise that this was supposed to sound like a Nu-Metal tone. found it to be super muddy on every setting. but maybe that's what nu metal is supposed to sound like?
To be honest, I don't use this much anymore. I'll sometimes use this in conjunction with my Randall head to get a heavy as f**k distortion, but outside of NIN-styled noisy stuff it's kinda useless.