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Modding the Boss MT-2 – part 2

I decided to revisit the previous mods I had done to my Boss MT-2 as I wasn’t completely happy with the sound as a distortion pedal. It was nice as an overdrive, but I was more interested into making it a great distortion box. As in my earlier post about …

Modding the Daphon E20OD

I had mentioned in my review of the Daphon E20OD Overdrive that besides it’s use of the same chip as the Ibanez Tubescreamer, the E20OD was pretty much a replica of the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive. The PCB layout and components is pretty much exactly the same, which makes it …

Modding the DS-1 – part 3 – have I gone too far?

After my second stage of modifications I had found that my pedal was sounding absolutely amazing, especially as an overdrive for my amp’s dirty channel. However, I wasn’t completely happy with the the range on the tone knob. I went from extremely thick and bassy, to just in the range …

Modding the Boss MT-2

The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal is well known as a high gain, but very sterile sounding pedal. It’s good for bedroom metal, but not much else. I had a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal sitting around so I thought I might see if I can make the …

Modding the Boss CS-3

After my successful attempt to modify my old Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal I thought I would have a go at making my Boss CS-3 Compression/Sustainer a quieter pedal when sustain levels are set high. I found some resources at Indy Guitarist on the Boss CS-3, and how to lower the …