OVERDRIVE- BEHRINGER M300 Ultra Metal ...the great sounding pedals we love to hate :-)

 BEHRINGER UM300 ULTRA METAL 

$25.00 USD

Yes good ol' Mr. B. is back with yet another of the famous

clones. The guts of these pedals high quality industrial parts 

which do not break down. No they are not audiophile parts

so there is a difference ...but they are definitely not low fi slapped together junk. These pedals are manufactured in China in Behringers own ...and it must be noted 'state of the art' factory. You can not sell pedals this cheap having them made in some north east corner of China in a glorified shack. That my friends is a myth. If you did half of what is made would go to the dump. You could also not boot out hundreds a day. It is all about volume of sales !!! The pedals must electrically sound. Yes if you send them sailing to the concrete they will break. So if you velco them on a board no problems.

CONCLUSION

Yes it is a quasi Boss Metal Zone. Does it sound like one? No!

Does it sound worse? No I have a Metal Zone. The Boss is more scooped and the EQ on it is very narrow and very spikey.

The UM 300 has a broader EQ. In short the  M300 is not as 

tight but you can actually make it fatter.

Is Pro. YES! If a good player used it a band you may love or 

hate the tone but you would not think is was an amateur tone.

LAST WORD

I would love to see a blindfold test with some top YouTubers with 9 high end metal pedals

all over $200.00 USD and the Behringer. I bet $200.00 USD myself that the the UM 300 

will not come last !!!