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MXR surprise me again
By: Ernest Nixon 2
Submitted: 11/30/2023
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If you want tons of distortion with a added noise gate and a three band EQ to do as much of the cutting of the mids, as you would like this is the pedal to do it with and also if you run a six band or a 10 band EQ or a parametric EQ through the effect loop you can get the mid cut way down way way way down I was surprised with the versatility of this pedal for any type of high gain, playing and shredding. This thing can handle it.
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I was looking for a great distortion pedal and seen this one on YouTube.
By: Rick H
Submitted: 7/4/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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I was looking for a great distortion pedal and seen this one on YouTube. Was not expecting it to be as good as they made it out the video. And even after I got it I was still shocked and surprised and the capability of this pedal.
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Love this sound!!!!
By: Jeremy
Submitted: 7/3/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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AMS best in the business ...... And the pedal is pretty cool too..
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Get used to the knobs
By: Al
Submitted: 5/21/2020
1 person found this review helpful.
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Works great...would highly recommend....great chunky sounds
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Gain for days
By: Marc
Submitted: 9/27/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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In the never ending search for "tone", I decided to add this to my arsenal. Not a bad pedal, if a bit one dimensional. But I guess a pedal called Fullbore Metal has a right to be.
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It sounds great!!!!
By: gary White
Submitted: 7/12/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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I love the way it sounds. I had this product for two weeks now. So far it rocks!!!!
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Awesome pedal
By: Gary H
Submitted: 2/23/2019
1 person found this review helpful.
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Love this thing. Just what I was looking for in sound. I would recommend this to anyone who wants some serious metal tones.
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Great pedal!!! Imo
By: JC
Submitted: 11/26/2018
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Very cool pedal, i really like the tone I'm getting from this, using my fender noir telecaster with Seymour Duncan 59 stacked bridge pickup . I've used it to push my blues junior, and also used to record into our home studio as well. I think it's always better to try a pedal before purchasing a new amp. Great quality and tone it works for me.
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The search is over!
By: Sw
Submitted: 9/14/2018
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Finally.
A pedal that really delivers the goods.
Awesome metal tone great scoop and a solid noise gate.
But this is not a one trick pony.
You can go from blusey rock to melt your face if take the time .
I have tried countless distortion pedals.
All good in some way.
But this monster is like an overdriven 5150
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Amazing tone
By: John
Submitted: 12/4/2017
5 people found this review helpful.
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This is one of the best pedals i have ever owned, amazing tone and amazing quality. Well worth the money.
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It does the job!
By: Randy B.
Submitted: 8/25/2017
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I bought this for the purpose of recording a couple of videos. I must mention first, that I'm running it through a solid state Tech 21 Power Engine 60 (a powered speaker with no pre-amp). It sounds good, but it is important to take your time dialing in your sound, using the freq & midrange controls.
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ONE BAD MAMA JAMA
By: Doode2000
Submitted: 8/4/2017
1 person found this review helpful.
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This pedal is an absolute beast. Covers everything from Guns and Roses to full on modern Djent (the built in noise gate is excellent) and everything in between. Truly impressed with this pedal, one of the best distortions ever manufactured IMHO and absolutely unbeatable in this price range. WARNING: this is a very high gain pedal!!! The distortion turned all the way to the left starts right off 80s hair metal! Not for blues/classic rock at all!! Buy one, it's all any metal head will ever need. On a scale of 1-5 it's 10.....
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love it !
By: AIC
Submitted: 2/12/2014
1 person found this review helpful.
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Brutal pedal. Lots of control. Would buy again if lost or stolen...already did :-) on my 2nd pedal.
Yes well made. Very dependable.
Heavy-brutal-metal. It can be tamed down or with the gate option and mid scoop sounds very tight and heavy.
You can open the back and fine tune the gate option but, sounds good right out of the box..
Nice
mXR make good pedals. Stand tall over time.
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Alright
By: Ralph
Submitted: 1/18/2014
Your general opinion of this product.
I researched several distortion pedals and settled on this one. I use it for effect as another distortion sound apart from my amp tube distortion. I found it hard to carve out a decent sounding distortion but I,m still experimenting with it.
yes
it really focuses on the mids but is hard to get a non scooped sound.
scooped
good brushed stainless look.
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Dimebag Darrell tone in a box!!!!
By: Jason from Palmyra, PA, USA
Submitted: 9/17/2012
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Built like a rock
I haven't had it but 2 weeks, but it's built really well I don't see having any problems with it as I never did with any of my MXR pedals.
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You can get so many different sounds out of this pedal. All the controls are very responsive and dynamic. I don't need the noise gate because I have active EMG pickups. I did try out the gate though however to cut off as soon as I palm mute. It works great. You can get very harsh sounds out of this box on solid state amps. I use it on a Bugera V5 tube amp so it's not as harsh. The mid scoop works fine, but I don't really use it.
Lots of tone in this pedal. It's easy to dial in a good sound. It works good on dark or bright amps.
Buzz saw treble. You can get Pantera 'walk' right out of the box with little effort tweaking it.
the finish is the only thing they cut corners on. There's no paint!
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decent metal pedal
By: d.norris from iowa
Submitted: 6/25/2011
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My 1st one came broke and I had to mail it back. I went with a less known company and tried to save money. All manufacturers have mistakes assembling products. I've put wrong PCB boards in products myself. It happens when you hire new employees till they get the hang of things.
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Decent pedal for the price
Quality built like all mxr products.
Like I said distortion is tight and very sizzley dimebagish or fearfactory sounding . I think with a half stack you don't even need the scoop button. On my halfstack it sounds better without the scoop button in. I have a plexi and it has great headroom and takes pedals well. So I know my pedals. For the price its worth trying. The metal muff rules though.
Looks cool polished steel and small. Would fit on a pedal board well. Or in your case for practices or gigs.
Very useable and sounds decent. Just not for my rig. You may like it though. I use a metal muff and my other guitarist bought my mt-2 and likes it better than the fullbore. I gave him the choice of the two.
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Metal Zone has met it's match!
By: goodnoize42 from Santa Fe, NM
Submitted: 6/16/2011
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MXR quality all the way through. I own MXRs from the 80's up until now. you can pass them to your kids and they can pass them to their kids and they'll still work.
It's made by MXR, and they make their pedals like little steel bricks. My 80's MXR phase shifter hit me right smack on the top of my head, when it fell off my Marshall full stack back in 1984, and when it hit the stage floor and didn't even have a scratch, but my head had a bump. The dials on the FullBore are tight and the footswitch is stiff and rugged. Pure MXR quality! I have 12 MXR pedals, and I should know.
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Boss Metal Zone and Boss Metal Core are the two right now that actually do the job well. Then this baby comes out; BEWARE! This deadly little silver nuclear powered box is full of six dials to adjust your sound, and also has two push buttons to make it even better. You get parametric eq, not traditional bass and treble dials; and it's 9volt battery powered (or ac adaptor) and it has a neat bright blue led and is built like a little steel brick.
Like I said, just work with the dials a while and you will get your tone. And don't be afriad of it's strong treble, cause those are the chainsaws it has inside of it. Remember, sometines treble can make your leads stand out when the drummer is bashing away, and the bass player is cracking the plaster in the room with his 70's Ampeg tube head.
Like I said, it sounds different through different amps, but you will find your magic metal tone whether your your playing it through a 100 hundred dollar Fender Frontman combo amp or a 2000 dollar Mesa Boogie head.
It comes in unpainted, unbrushed steel finish. It looks like MXR made the casing out of a valve cover from a 70's Chevy engine. This little unpainted pedal looks fantastic, hence it's name FullBore Metal!
When you first put the battery in and plug your guitar into it, depending on what kind of an amp your using, you have to adjust it for a while until you find the sound that's right for you. I have found though that it likes dark sounding amps such as the Peavey JSX head or the Peavey 6505 head the best. Because I have those amps and I've tried it. However it won't sound too good through a Marshall JCM series amp because they're too midrangy. It doesn't really like my JCM 2000 head that much. And if you play it through a 12 inch combo like I said BE CAREFUL WITH THE BASS CONTROL!