Obsidian-Boss Metalizers Distortion

[Mentaltossflycoon]

Well I finally got around to doing a demo for this. I extracted the stems and recorded the guitars using only my Gibson SG, the obsidian and my deluxe reverb. Gain is dimed and the tone is at 1 o'clock.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

Wow!! I’m incredibly impressed!

Thanks Jimi, I did the part...some kids in The mid 90s did the heavy lifting

Very nice work on the pedal and demo.

As a person who has also had some struggles in my life I appreciate your openness in your post about discussing them. I hope things are going better for you and that you are finding the tools to help you get through it. My personal experience has been that although things still come up and can get me off track knowing the tools that help me and using them even though it is hard can get me back on track more quickly.

I think I mention it because i feel my intentions are in the right place around here, but because most people don't know or understand me (it is a forum on the Internet full of strangers) my mental illness fuels my interactions and often paints an image that is not a good representation of who I am. Unfortunately that happens in real life with people who know me. It's been tough when one of the only things that has brought you true joy the last 30 years feels like a chore.

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[Paradox916]

Well I finally got around to doing a demo for this. I extracted the stems and recorded the guitars using only my Gibson SG, the obsidian and my deluxe reverb. Gain is dimed and the tone is at 1 o'clock.

Great tone, rock solid in the pocket tracking, and the stem extraction is next level! Well done man sounds awesome!

 

[Mr poo]

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Still depressed AF so no demo as I haven't touched a guitar in weeks. On this installment of no one cares and doesn't read but just looks at pretty pictures is my build of the Aion Obsidian. It's a clone of the Boss digital Metalizer's analog distortion. The metalizer was an attempt of sorts at capturing the 80s glam metal sound. It's actually a cool and good sounding pedal. The modulation and delay effects are digital but the distortion is all analog.

It's not metal sounding distortion but a very good sounding rock distortion nonetheless. It's all discreet and has a good amount of drive and responds well to dynamics and playing. For the enclosure I went with a matte black tayda box and UV print. I built this back in early October so I'm almost cought up with the backlog of build reports. If anyone is struggling with their mental health remember to take care of yourself.
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Hi, I’ve got an old mz2 that I broke years ago and was interested to know if this would fit into the old boss carcass? I was never a fan of the digital effects but actually used the distortion section quite a lot. I’ve always missed the pedal and never really been happy with anything I’ve tried to replace it with. I saw mentioned that the circuit was similar to the bd2 or od2, perhaps another option would be to modify one of those ? Any help appreciated

Thanks