NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII

Mesa Boogie Triple Crown TC-100 Head

NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII leans into Mesa-style amps, precisely the platform Mesa Boogie Triple Crown TC-100 Head wants

Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo

NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII leans into Mesa-style amps, precisely the platform Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/50 1x12 Combo wants

Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head

Into NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII, Mesa Boogie Rectifier Badlander EL34/100 Head is right at home: it's built around Mesa-style amps

Mesa Boogie Mark V

Mesa Boogie Mark V's own voicing points at Mesa-style amps, and NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII delivers it

Mesa Boogie TT-800

Mesa Boogie TT-800 is voiced for Mesa-style amps — NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII gives it exactly that

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:90 1x12 Combo

Mesa Boogie Mark Five:90 1x12 Combo's own voicing points at Mesa-style amps, and NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII delivers it

Aguilar Tone Hammer 210 Combo

Aguilar Tone Hammer 210 Combo is voiced for Mesa-style amps — NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII gives it exactly that

Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head

NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII leans into Mesa-style amps, precisely the platform Mesa Boogie Fillmore 25 Head wants

Beetronics Nectar

Push the Metal Core's tight, direct-recording metal gain with the Nectar's own boutique low-gain saturation and the two stack into real weight.

Beetronics Overhive

Push the Metal Core's tight metalcore gain with the Overhive's own medium-gain drive and the two stack into real weight.

MXR Dyna Comp

The Dyna Comp's sustain-focused compression ahead of the Metal Core Deluxe tightens picking before the digital high-gain modeling shapes the tone.

Electro-Harmonix Bad

The Metal Core's tight, direct-recording metal gain gives the Bad's resonant phase sweep serious harmonic content to color.

Meris Polymoon

Keep the Polymoon after the Metal Core Deluxe — the gated high-gain distortion stays tight and the delay's own modulated, dynamic repeats trail behind it. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Neunaber Wet Mono Reverb Pedal

Keep the Wet reverb after the Metal Core Deluxe — the gated high-gain distortion stays tight and the reverb adds a muted, subtle tail. — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)

Tone City Dry Martini

Into NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII, Tone City Dry Martini is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end

Fender Hammertone Overdrive

Fender Hammertone Overdrive is voiced for a clean amp's front end — NuX Metal Core Deluxe MKII gives it exactly that