Boss celebrate the Super Overdrive and Metal Zone with new anniversary models
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21.05.2021

Boss celebrate the Super Overdrive and Metal Zone with new anniversary models

Words by Will Brewster

Both stompboxes are kitted out in an all-black finish.

This year marks the respective 30th and 40th anniversaries of the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone and SD-1 Super Overdrive stompboxes, and to celebrate, the brand are reissuing both pedals in a special limited edition enclosure.

Read all the latest product news here.

Initially released in 1981, the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive was a classic stompbox of the early ’80s, with just about everyone who wasn’t using a TubeScreamer owning one to tap into juicy overdriven tones.

Likewise, the MT-2 Metal Zone, which debuted in 1991, is a bona fide Boss classic, even if it is one of the brand’s most controversial pedals. Its snarling tone and high amounts of gain made it a mainstay during metal’s heyday in the mainstream in the ’90s, and it’s one of the best-selling Boss stompboxes of all time for that very reason.

Each of the limited edition pedals will be released in an all-black finish for a limited 12 month window starting this June.

In addition to featuring blacked-out enclosures, the MT-2-3A and SD-1-4A will feature a vintage silver thumbscrew on their battery compartments, and are also set to be bundled in commemorative boxes with special anniversary logos.

Head to the Boss Australia website to order yours today.