MZ-2 Digital Metalizer
1987 Digital Metalizer with stereo chorus and metal distortion combined. Discontinued oddity.
The MZ-2 Digital Metalizer was Boss's first foray into digitally-processed distortion, released in 1987. It combined a distortion circuit with digital chorus and reverb effects, attempting to provide a complete metal tone in a single compact pedal.
Three modes: Distortion only, Distortion + Chorus, and Distortion + Reverb. The digital processing adds spatial effects to the distortion, something that was unusual in 1987 when most players achieved this with separate pedal chains. The distortion itself is aggressive and mid-scooped.
Level, Tone, Distortion, and Effect controls. At 70mA, the digital processing draws significantly more power than pure analog distortions of the era. The chorus and reverb effects are basic but functional for the time.
A transitional product from Boss's late-80s era when digital processing was becoming affordable enough for compact pedals. The MZ-2 is interesting as a historical curiosity: an early attempt at what multi-effects pedals would later do much more convincingly.
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