UM300 Ultra Metal Distortion Pedal Review

Behringer UM300 high gain distortion pedal

I was very skeptical about this pedal, but for the price, I said WTH. This is a Boss Metal Zone clone. I was blown away last night when I tried it out through my Roland JC-40 effects loop!!!!!!!!!!!! This thing is the Swiss Army knife of high gain tone!!! Yes exclamation points are warranted. Black Sabbath, Pantera,AC/DC,Randy Roads, and yes.........Van Halen "Eruption" tone!!!… read more You have to use this through your effects loop (bypassing the amps pre-amp section) and using this as the pre-amp!! The bass eq and the mid eq are the secret sauce on this pedal. You want the bass up past 12 at least and the with the mid eq you can dial in scooped death metal to mid focused thick soaring screaming lead tones! Warning.....every eq dial is super sensitive (low, low mid, mid and high eq) This pedal kicks mucho insane booty!!!!!!! Tone sculpting galore and this is really really hi-gain bliss!!! Be careful of the high eq and low mid eq (a little goes a long way) Super tight and articulate high gain. Add a little reverb and if your into the Satch/Vai tones then add a little delay on this and you are in lead shredding paradise!!! I have Friedman pedals and other types of overdrive and distortion pedals. This affordable knock-off Metal Zone clone is my new favorite pedal and it happens to be the most affordable pedal I own. I have a Behringer digital reverb (ok), 2 Behringer graphic EQ pedals(good) and the blue Behringer compressor pedal(great). Behringer hit this one out of the park!!!

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Works great!

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Rectifier high-gain metal tones for a low, low price.

Crunch to djent, it does that 'scooped mids' Swedish chainsaw tone sound very well, and more. Sound is close to a cranked up dual rectifier, and it is modeled after the Boss Metal zone. May be a bit difficult to open, so I recommend the use of a power adapter. As for the price, I got mine for 19 bucks, delivered, as it was a demo model. Just check the reviews on YouTube to hear… read more it

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The best distortion pedal for only $ \m/

It has so many different options for sounds

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Cheap Thrills.

I had a Metal Zone back when I was young. I wanted to sound like Page Hamilton from Helmet. The MT-2 did me absolutely no favors. As the 90s passed and I grew into my guitar sound, I eventually pawned my MT-2 for peanuts in pawnshop credit. It's a pedal with a checkered past and divisive reputation. Now of course we know it's a much more usable into an amp's fx loop return but it's… read more still not a widely loved pedal. I picked up the Behringer UM300 to satisfy my Metal Zone nostalgia. I don't know if there's munch internal difference in the Behringer's guts but used alone, in front of an amp, it sounds just like I remember the Mt-2 sounding. Swarm of caffeinated angry hornets, until you learn how to finesse the built-in EQ. However when I ran it into the mxr 6-band EQ I was able to get some really fun low end sounds even at bedroom volumes, weird harmonics, sustains & usable feedback. With a stock pickup, cheap clearance special Ibanez and the clean channel of a dusty little Line 6 combo I was getting some rad chugga-chugga and messing around in drop-D. Great fun. At this price I have zero regrets. Protip from a graying Gen Xer, just use the tips of a patch cable to simultaneously depress the battery cover release buttons on Behringer pedals. Cover will pop right off. Some people don't read directions and these are like a Boss pedal's dirty little cousin, a different animal. Both Boss' original and this UM300 have been used to great and surprising effect in death metal, lo-fi black metal, grindcore and other high-gain earbleed music. If you're not a tone snob and have some patience, there's a very fun and misunderstood pedal in the Behringer UM300. I spent more on fastfood lunch today than I did on the UM300. That must count for something.

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