Electro-Harmonix Unveils New Nano Metal Muff Distortion Pedal
By Jackson Maxwell published
This downsized version of EHX's metal favorite features a newly designed noise gate and five other onboard controls.

Electro-Harmonix has unveiled the Nano Metal Muff distortion pedal, a smaller incarnation of its popular Metal Muff unit.
Sporting a chassis that's about half the size of the original, the Nano Metal Muff packs six controls – Treble, Mid, Bass, Volume, Gate, and Distortion – and true bypass switching.
Though the pedal lacks the original's footswitchable Top Boost, it does feature a newly designed noise gate, for removing unwanted hum during gaps in playing. The noise gate features an adjustable noise floor threshold and a dedicated LED that indicates when the output signal is muted.
The Electro-Harmonix Nano Metal Muff distortion pedal is available now – with a 9 Volt battery included – for $72.70. The pedal also accepts a standard EHX 9.6DC200mA power supply.
For more info on the pedal, stop by ehx.com (opens in new tab).
Jackson is an Associate Editor at GuitarWorld.com and GuitarPlayer.com. He’s been writing and editing stories about new gear, technique and guitar-driven music both old and new since 2014, and has also written extensively on the same topics for Guitar Player. Elsewhere, his album reviews and essays have appeared in Louder and Unrecorded. Though open to music of all kinds, his greatest love has always been indie, and everything that falls under its massive umbrella. To that end, you can find him on Twitter crowing about whatever great new guitar band you need to drop everything to hear right now.
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