Tales of the Golden Metal Zone

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Tales of the Golden Metal Zone

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I have really started to love the fabled and illustrious Boss Metal Zone (on bass) but I have never clicked with it's pseudo HM-2 colour scheme.

I decided to strip mine, paint the enclosure GOLD - I was going to go with a really bright neon colour but the paint store only had fluorescent green in stock and my friend who works there suggested it might look too much like a tubscreamer.... he suggested bright metallic gold and the rest as they say, is history!

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Looks great! You going to put any labels on it?
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Nah I think I’ll leave it be for now - I really like how it turned out and all it cost was $9 in spray paint.....

I may start buying them up real cheap and just painting them different colours.... I’d love a hot pink one or fluorescent orange to match my Behringer Super Fuzz!
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doommeow wrote:needs a centaur
This now more valuable than a Klon.

I should have gooped the guts.....
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Goop the outside instead. Bold new approach
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While I'm disappointed its not made of real gold it looks very cool! Reminds me of the limited edition "gold" gameboy pocket my older brother had when we were kids.
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coldbrightsunlight wrote:Goop the outside instead. Bold new approach
No one will know my mid freq settings!! No one!!! And I will never change them!!
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What did you use to strip the paint? Just a standard paint stripper or did you sand it off? Looks great! Actually makes me kind of want one. :)
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coldbrightsunlight wrote:Goop the outside instead. Bold new approach
No one will know my mid freq settings!! No one!!! And I will never change them!!
This is high level thinking :eek:
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This looks so sick! It would be dope with a waterslide metal zone decal on it though?

I might copy you on this, although I do like how it looks standard
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Jwar wrote:What did you use to strip the paint? Just a standard paint stripper or did you sand it off? Looks great! Actually makes me kind of want one. :)
I used steel wool to roughen everything up nd a lot of paint came off doing that.

I doubt it will be super durable and will look worn in fairly quickly and next time I’m going to use a sandpaper. I’m going to start buying up more metal zones and painting them gaudy colours.... depending on my mood!! I would love a bright orange one next to sit next to my HM2 and Super Fuzz.
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fcknoise wrote:This looks so sick! It would be dope with a waterslide metal zone decal on it though?
I don’t know how to do this but it would look good. Or in a script font? “It’s a Boss Custom Shop Script Metal Zone” :lol:
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