Guitar Man Plug 'N' Play Metal
No selection of tone generators would be complete without one dedicated to metal.
The secret is to marry crushing amounts of gain with ferocious highs, fat, expressive lows, and not too much in the middle.
Sounds
However, with anything less than full gain the tone is too middly and flabby: winding up the gain only increases the fizz. Consider Dimebag's solid-state rhythm crunch, yet without any real depth or definition. Palm-muted chords bark rather than crush and despite plenty of gain on tap, it's not a patch on the Vox Metal AmPlug.
MusicRadar Rating
Pros
Exceedingly dirty tone…
Cons
…but not a particularly great one.
Verdict
If the EQ could be used to scoop the tone that'd be something, but the tone is too rounded for a genuinely fulfilling metal experience.
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Specification
Country of Origin
China
Available Controls
Gain Tone Volume
Device Type
Headphone guitar amp
