DigiTech Metal Master vs Keeley KO-Als Distortion
The DigiTech Metal Master and the Keeley KO-Als Distortion are both pedals sharing high gain, mid-forward, bright. The DigiTech Metal Master leans tight and saturated. Current prices: $40 vs $170.
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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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Derived from overlapping tonal signals across both listings.- high gain
- mid-forward
- bright
DigiTech Metal Master
Digitech · pedal
Keeley KO-Als Distortion
Keeley · pedal
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Citation/mention fame — how often this gear is cited across artist rigs and gear discussion.$40via Reverb
$170via 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 Keeley KO-ALS is a limited-edition distortion pedal, hand-built in a run of just 100 units, based on the Keeley Stahlhammer circuit, with proceeds from its sale benefiting Project ALS in support of ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) research. It offers Distortion, Level, Bass, Mids, and Treble controls for finely shaping heavy distortion tones, plus a side-mounted switch selecting between Fender- and Marshall-style EQ contours, letting players tailor the pedal's underlying amp-voicing character.
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Genres this gear is documented as being used in.- Metal
- Alternative Rock
- Hard Rock
- Electronic
- tight
- saturated