Boss Metal Zone MT-2

[mattpocket]

Is there a layout for this?

Dont laugh?! A friend asked me to make him one, in my opinion they sound awful!

If there isnt a layout, can you recommend any similar sounding pedals. I dont know what his setup is, so bear that in mind. Please make suggestions for solid state and tube amps, as well as humbuckers and single coils. It's more likely he has a solid state amp.

Thanks

Matt

[MartyMart]

Jeez, why would he want one made when they are like £60 to buy new ??
It's going to cost a fortune to make that AND take you quite a while !
The dual concentric pots could be a pain to find too 

[mattpocket]

I would just use normal pots and put the thing in a massive box...

Is it a complicated circuit?

I reckon parts would cost me about £40...

Matt

[MartyMart]

http://www.freeinfosociety.com/electronics/schemview.php?id=138

Here it is split into a few sections  !!!!

http://tremolo.elektroda.net/tematykanf.php?ver=&adres=Efekty&plik=Efekty/Boss%20MT-2%20FULL.gif#schemat

Another version

Best of luck 
Not very difficult but kind of "pointless" unless you're doing it for free ??

[Iojan]

Hi Matt!

http://web.tiscali.it/boxsmt2clone2005home/index.htm

I hope it helps! 

[Paul Marossy]

IMO, it is WAY easier and much less frustrating to buy one than to try and build one of those.

[col]

They can sound really good but for the way most people use them save some time and put some wasps in a jam jar before really pissing them off. That should sound very similar!

[Mark Hammer]

The key things to note about this circuit are:

• That at its heart it is a hopped up Distortion+ with assorted pre-emphasis and fancy-schmancy EQ-ing.
• Not everybody wants and need the variable centre-frequency on the midrange control.  Sticking with one midrange boost/cut freq can simplify the pedal and reduce costs and assembly time considerably. If he's content with mere treble/bass controls that simplifies it even more
• The output buffer (everything after the volume pot) isn't necessary unless you use FET switching.

[sfr]

The key things to note about this circuit are:

• That at its heart it is a hopped up Distortion+ with assorted pre-emphasis and fancy-schmancy EQ-ing.

You know, I breadboarded up the tone control section at one point (FWIW, the mid controls really need the bass and treble controls to be there to really shine) and one of the things I tacked it after was a Distortion plus - I was surprised at how close it sounded to the MT-2.  I never did sit down and look at the rest of the schematic at the time, (I was mostly interested in seeing what I could do with the mid control) but I see exactly what you mean now.  Interesting. 

Seems like if he's got one particular tone in mind, you could make a much simplified version of a pedal drawing on influences from the metal zone and get it working in the area he wants.

There's a wide array of tones to be had from that pedal, but I agree, the settings most folks put on there are pretty awful.  I keep seeing guitar players who scoop out this huge swath of mids, both on their pedals and their amps, (I actually saw a guy scoop out the mids in a graphic EQ, a Metal Zone, and on the amp, and then ask the sound guy to scoop out some more in the PA) and then can't figure out why they're lost in the mix when they're playing live. 

[Paul Marossy]

I used to use my Metal Zone in church all the time. I used to be able to get nice, creamy sound with singing sustain and controlled feedback for days. This clip gives you some idea of what it sounded like. This is a solo I did in an extended improv kind of thing. It sounded way better in front of the amp than this tape makes it sound.

http://www.diyguitarist.com/MySpace/Music/HR-Solo.wav

[hgamal]

Maybe this link has a better layout:

http://www.guitare-tech.com/mt2.htm