WILL IT CHUG? - TC ELECTRONIC DARK MATTER

Trying out the TC Electronic Dark Matter Distortion for WILL IT CHUG? Did It? Watch and find out!

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[guitarsimon]

TC Electronic smacking their foreheads years later for giving an OCD/Plexi style pedal a really metal sounding name.

[theliberation]

This pedal's only flaw is that the name makes it sound more metal than it is. However, as you showed it works excellent for mid-gain tones or classic heavy metal, and you SHOULD try it into a distorted amp. It sounds absolutely monstrous and doomy as a boost when set up properly.

[jeffleecust]

Dude you did this all wrong. First of all the pedal needs to be upside down, remove the knobs, replace them with cheese cubes, you need to use a solid gold output cable and an actual live snake for the input cable. Should sound great.

[regulirobert]

I got this pedal for years, I only use it to boost my fender with it.... but it's not a metal pedal to be fair. It's pretty cool for punk rock tho.

[goranmarinic]

that is a VERY GOOD sounding distortion pedal to my ears.

[joshritz]

Hmmm I'm not sure what their intent was when building that pedal. It sounds like maybe it's meant to work more like an OD, stacked on top of an amp's natural distortion.

[brookehartman]

Thank you for this review. I was just about to order it because a very respected guitar magazine recommended it but luckily your videos are more reliable than half of the magazines and “experts” these days. I ordered the metal zone mt-2 instead

[southofheaven]

call a pedal "dark matter" and it doesnt even chug. bad times.

[danielnm]

This is one of the best affordable distortions out there ! I love the sounds you get out of it. I do however totally agree with you that it isn’t for chugging. It is more on the grungier side of things than a distortion for playing Trash Metal or Death or any Megadeth riff. I think this is something that sounds more like something that Alice In Chains or Tool might like. Good review !!

[el_kammeroni]

I had this, sold it immediately, got the Mojo Mojo and its much cooler! One of the best TC pedals! Superb OD for pushing amps!

[glahome]

Dude! Use whatever you want, anytime you want! It's your show and I'm just glad your doing it!
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[duaneanderson]

I like the Dark Matter. It may not chug like you. The distortion is good for me, not chug but groovy

[duaneanderson]

T.C.Electronic Dark Matter & Mojo-Mojo pedals and find then to work well With my Diditech GSP 1101preamp processor.
Such a deal @ $49.99 each. Two very distintly different variations and flavors of dirt and grind They are in my experiece both BANG FOR THE BUCK pedals.
Your WILL IT CHUG SERIES has been very helpful in assisting me in selecting gear for my manicured noise mania. Thank you very much.
Your comparison Between the BehringerHM300 Boss HM-2 Heavy metal pedals was spot on. I now own a Behringer Clone of the King Of Swedish Death Metal pedal
. I really admire your skills and razor sharp acumen .

[bmwilson]

First video by Mr Englund I have ever seen and it shan’t be the last. This is the perfect introductory video to this dude.

[jerod]

I have a DM and I've found what it lacks in chug, it makes up for in value and versatility. It blends well with a distorted tube amp like an OD or a TS. It's also got great headroom and you can get very nice edge of break up cleans. It's volume output is also quite substantial and hits a tube preamp input pretty hard. For $50USD. Granted there are better pedals out there, but at 5 times the price.

[anthonyperkins]

I use your videos to look at the different distortion pedals I want to by. Your channel is an honest view of the pedals in questions, thanks.

[Longjocks]

I used this pedal for my main distortion sound for the first couple of years I played in a local classic Aussie rock band. It was perfect. When I first saw the name I thought it was aimed at a metal audience. The reviews informed me otherwise. Either way, no regrets. It's still in my collection.

[markt]

So glad you made this video. I was tempted to buy it, but not anymore. Chugging is a must.

[peinmilan]

Just to put it into perspective: TC made three very similar pedals at that time (housing, knobs are the same for all three): SPARK (clean boost), MOJOMOJO (overdrive), DARK MATTER (distortion). But as I see it they are all kind of a Tube Screamer pedal with increasing levels of max gain. So basically you can (and you should) use them as a Tubescreamer but you get more flavors and more EQ options. It's not a distortion pedal for sure.

[vincentrandles]

So glad to hear that you took back your original assessment, and came to the same conclusion as I did....it most definitely does NOT CHUG!!! Thank-You very much! Especially the; This is an Engel; and this is a bad pedal which just happens to have that name attached to it! WTF, right? V⚡