Boss Review: MD-2 Mega Distortion

History:

Purchase: Got it from AmericanMusical.com for 79.95 if I remember right.

What I Like About This Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion: You can get really bottom heavy distortion from this unit and occasionally if you get just the right settings you can get that one sweet distortion tone that everybody is always looking for, but rarely, if the planets are inline kinda thing.....

What I Do NOT Like About The Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion: Too much low end. You have absolutely no control over the kind of distortion. You can't get any kind of mid scooped crunchy distortion with a lot of bite. I usually have my strings on my six string dropped down 2 1/2 steps, and with that kind of tuning with this bottom heavy of a distortion pedal it's just too much bass, no bite to the distortion. Also you get a lot of feedback when this thing is turned on, I could talk into my pickups and this thing would send the signal going crazy.

Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion Quality Rating: It's a Boss pedal, need I say more?....

Review Summary: Way too much low end and no control over the type of distortion. Stick with a distortion pedal with an onboard EQ, like the MT-2. But if you like bottom heavy distortion go for it, I'm just saying the tone this thing gives isn't quite my bag....

Rating of this Boss product: 3

This Boss MD-2 Mega Distortion Guitar Effects Review Submitted By: FeaRFactorY159

Review Date: 2002-08-07