Our pick of the best high gain guitar pedals.
Metal distortion pedal.
This is largely due to the nature of metal music to be louder and more distorted than other genres requiring the use of pedals specifically geared towards that purpose.
The promise of the metal distortion pedal has always been to transform any amp into a high gain beast.
For metal music it s usually better to use a classic distortion pedal than an overdrive.
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This way you can enhance the tube driven tone.
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There s even a boost dip switch within the enclosure that you can flick off to reduce the low end and gain.
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For some metal players a pedal that can deliver thick saturated distortion often with a tight compression to it.
The distortion pedal has a ton of variety in which different type of distortion pedal is geared towards a different type of genres with some of it being focused towards classic rock some on heard rock and others on metal.
The fender pugilist provides this option in a single stompbox that houses two separate gain stages each with its own controls for both gain duh and tone.
The pedal has a wide gain range going from mild blues friendly tones to a mid gain distortion suitable for most styles of rock all the way to full on saturation for metal.
These pedals add complexity to the overtone and are the best and easiest way to get hard rock and metal tones.
In the world of heavy metal distortion is the most prized raw material and the evolution of metal and its subgenres through the ages has seen the black t shirt dollar buttressing the economy for high gain pedals.
However overdrives can sound really good when paired with distorted channels of tube amplifiers.
By musicradar total guitar guitarist 04 june 2019.
A lot of metal protagonists enjoy chaining overdrive and distortion pedals together to help craft a tone that is as unique as it is hostile.
Trying out the digitech death metal and metal master distortion pedals.