DigiTech Metal Master vs EVH Modern High Gain
The DigiTech Metal Master and the EVH Modern High Gain are both pedals sharing tight. The DigiTech Metal Master leans high gain and aggressive. Current prices: $39 vs $269.99.
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Blended from circuit-archetype lineage, dynamic feel, tone-signal overlap and tone-vector distance — the tone vector itself is derived from editorial description text, not a measured acoustic signal, so this reflects how similarly the catalog copy describes the two, not a lab measurement. Shown only within a gear class, and only where there's enough evidence to be meaningful.48% — somewhat different
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Genres both listings are associated with.- Metal
- Alternative Rock
- Hard Rock
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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- tight
DigiTech Metal Master
Digitech · pedal
EVH Modern High Gain
MXR · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$39via Reverb
$269.99via Reverb
The DigiTech Metal Master is a dedicated heavy metal distortion pedal from DigiTech providing high-gain, thick metal distortion with a powerful 3-band EQ for frequency shaping the metal tone. Covers hard rock through extreme metal gain territory with the tight, aggressive distortion character needed for metal rhythm playing and high-gain lead work. One of DigiTech's dedicated metal-focused pedal designs. Made by DigiTech.
The MXR EVH Modern High Gain is a signature distortion pedal developed in collaboration with Eddie Van Halen, designed to capture the high-gain amp character of the Van Halen 5150 amplifier in a compact stompbox format. The pedal was developed with Van Halen beginning in 2015 and delivers the scooped, tight, high-gain distortion associated with the 5150 amplifier, which became one of the most influential high-gain amp designs in rock and metal history. The EVH Modern High Gain covers modern high-gain hard rock and metal distortion territory with the frequency response and gain character associated with Eddie Van Halen stage tone.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Classic Rock
- Rock
- high gain
- aggressive
- mid-forward
- saturated
- bright