DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal
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Blazing metal distortion with true bypass.
The DigiTech HardWire Series TL-2 is a metal distortion pedal that lets you pick your poison. Metal can come at you fast with tight low-end and a crunching top—or stalk you slowly with a low, throaty roar that sizzles on the high end. The TL-2 distortion pedal's Tight/Loose switch controls the "tightness" of the low end and adjusts the midrange frequency to provide the best overall tone. Level, Gain, and Low, Mid and High tone controls with sweepable midrange allow you to dial in any tone with ease.
The HardWire pedals series represents the DigiTech commitment to quality and attention to subtle details. In addition to technical enhancements like true bypass and high voltage operation, all HardWire pedals feature rugged, all-metal construction; a wide, stage-stable footprint; durable, custom-machined metal knobs for a sure grip; and precision potentiometers that guarantee knob positions will stay intact.
The rugged, durable construction of Extreme Performance Pedals is just the beginning. Inside each HardWire pedal are technological features that serious players require—all updated and improved to their utmost capacity. True bypass preserves the purity of your original tone as signal passes through the pedal, and high voltage operation further protects your sound by eliminating clipping and other signal degradation caused by power drain.
With the high-output pickups found on some electric guitars, it's not unusual to hear clipping when playing through an effects pedal. This occurs when the voltage range produced by a guitar's pickup is greater than the operating voltage of the effects pedal—normally limited to the voltage supplied by the effect's battery or power supply. HardWire pedals incorporate circuitry that increases the operating voltage headroom above that of the typical pedal. As such, HardWire pedals benefit a wider range of guitars and are also at home in an amplifier's effects loop.
HardWire Pedals include the following stage accessories:
Stomplock™ knob guard locks your tone in place and prevent tampering or accidental knob adjustments onstage
Pedal Switch Glow Sticker helps you locate the pedal in adverse stage lighting
Custom-cut Hook and Loop Pedalboard Pad to attach and lock your pedals to your pedalboard
Features
- True Hardwire bypass
- Constant high-voltage rails
- 2-position Tight/Loose voicing switch
- 1/4" input and output
- Level, gain, low, mid, and high tone controls
- 9V DC battery operation
- Optional PS200R adapter compatible
HardWire Pedals include the following stage accessories:
- Stomplock™ knob guard locks your tone in place and prevent tampering or accidental knob adjustments onstage
- Pedal Switch Glow Sticker helps you locate the pedal in adverse stage lighting
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Most Liked Positive Review
Metal magic
This pedal has really good controls how ever the only issue I have with it is the gain even turned all the way off never turns off.
Not a deal breaker ju...Read complete review
This pedal has really good controls how ever the only issue I have with it is the gain even turned all the way off never turns off.
Not a deal breaker just a flaw for me...
I own a Death Metal pedal by Digitech and ironically the gain is said to be on all the time yet when the gain dial is turned down (not off) the tone sounds less thrashy compared to the Hardwire.
I have only had the Hardwire a short time and really like the controls and switch between tight and loose...The tight selection works for me vs the loose which seems a little too muddy for my tastes.
This pedal sounds great just doing appegio note picking vs the chunky bass drop D notes.
Hardwire has much better tone sculting vs the Death Metal pedal but both are great for playing modern metal or lead solo boost.
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Most Liked Negative Review
Decent... for a day
if it didnt break, id love it.
it has GREAT features and i loved the tones it pumped out
I ordered this pedal a while back, and it broke in t...Read complete review
if it didnt break, id love it.
it has GREAT features and i loved the tones it pumped out
I ordered this pedal a while back, and it broke in two days. i returned it, got a new one, and it broke again two days later. someting is wrong. dont buy it.
good fr the price, but broke on me. i looked on yahoo to see if any other people had this problem, and its not just me
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Pros
- Good Selection Of Effects
Cons
Best Uses
- Home Studio
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
This pedal has really good controls how ever the only issue I have with it is the gain even turned all the way off never turns off.
Not a deal breaker just a flaw for me...
I own a Death Metal pedal by Digitech and ironically the gain is said to be on all the time yet when the gain dial is turned down (not off) the tone sounds less thrashy compared to the Hardwire.
I have only had the Hardwire a short time and really like the controls and switch between tight and loose...The tight selection works for me vs the loose which seems a little too muddy for my tastes.
This pedal sounds great just doing appegio note picking vs the chunky bass drop D notes.
Hardwire has much better tone sculting vs the Death Metal pedal but both are great for playing modern metal or lead solo boost.
Pros
- Durable Construction
- Excellent Sound Quality
Cons
- None
Best Uses
- Hard Rock
- Metal
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
This thing sounds amazing right out of the box. It took me a little fidgeting to get my tone down (there are like six knobs and a switch) but since then WOW. I own a stock Metal Zone MT-2 also and this thing makes the MT-2 sound like rubbish. The Digi has better pinch harmonics, sounds more "real", and just rocks way harder.
Buy it! Anyway, at least don't buy the MT-2 over it. Sorry, but I haven't tried many other metal boxes to compare it to.
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
This Pedal has amazing features.It has a very wide spectrum of tones that can be produced. It has a high,low, and mid range that you can mess with.You can control the level(volume).You can also control the gain(or how much distortion is in your tone).You can also go as far with the tone as to go back and forth between a tight or a loose tone by simply flipping a switch on the pedal. It comes with a glow in the dark sticker that you can put on it.Also provided my Hardwire is a velcrow pad, just in case your going to put it on a pedal board or something like that.
Its a very well build pedal....very strong aswell
With all the options you get with this pedal, compared to others its a great value.
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
if it didnt break, id love it.
it has GREAT features and i loved the tones it pumped out
I ordered this pedal a while back, and it broke in two days. i returned it, got a new one, and it broke again two days later. someting is wrong. dont buy it.
good fr the price, but broke on me. i looked on yahoo to see if any other people had this problem, and its not just me
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
if your looking for something that you can play metal and blues with this is the pedal you need
has alot of them you can get so many different sound ive found about 9 or 10 i like best
very good quality i use it through a fender reverb amp 38 watts and its got a beast sound quality to it its heavy and is awesome for metal my friend tried it with blues and it worked better than great
its definately worth every penny this is one fo the best pedals ive used
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
I bought mine at a music store down the road. The guy told me about Hardwire n talked really highly of the brand. I had been using my Boss Heavy Metal Pedal. A good pedal in it's own right but pales in comparrison to the Hardwire. It's settings are amazing. The tight loose switch gives you big fat tone or higher mid range tone. A lot of thought went into the design of this pedal. From the knobs to the stomp lock ( rubber guard for the knobs) this thing was drawn up rite. This is the real deal.
You can get so many sounds out of this thing. It is unreal. The features on this pedal are second to none. Tight loose switch, 3 band eq ( mid set-up and distortion tuning), stomp lock which I love, and is a little wider than some other pedals out there. So that makes it little easier to access.
It is a good sounding rugged pedal.
Paying this price for this pedal is WELL worth it.
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
If your searching for the perfect petal for metal.STOP! This is it. Any sound sound you want can be had with this bad boy.
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
I purchased Hardwire TL-2 Metal Distortion pedal. After playing with all the setings I found this pedal to be very versital. Minor adjustments make major changes. the rubber cover fits nicely over all the switches and knobs, this will avoide unwanted changes after you spend the time setting where you like. This pedal will pull tones from your guitar you never knew where there! Hardwire pedals are made by Digitech a name you can trust.
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
This pedal is one of the best hi-gain distortion pedals i have ever bought. It has a wide range of sounds and is works really work through tube amps
Comments about DigiTech Hardwire Series TL-2 Metal Distortion Guitar Effects Pedal:
This pedal is down right amazing! A constant problem I've found with "Metal" distortion pedals is that they sound great at low to mid volumes but when you have to turn the volume up (for say a gig) the sound goes to hell really quick (and NOT in a good way). This pedal does not have that problem!! I also own the Digitech Death Metal pedal, which I love, but at high volumes it gives off an insane amount of feedback, but this pedal does not! I've been hunting for a really great metal distortion pedal for what seems like an eternity and I was convinced that I was just gonna have to break the bank and get a Peavey 6505+ head before I'd get a really great distortion sound but this pedal has proven me wrong!
