All user reviews of 4/5 for the Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal (Japan)

Well this is just a btement analog distortion!
Basic connections: input, output, and industry.

UTILIZATION

To sculpt the sound, just use the knobs acting on the high and low frequencies, so it's easy. BMOL small, the gain is not trs "prcis", or rather I would say progressive. Let me explain, there is no noticeable change as and as you push the knob: it was indeed "sound" of 0 3 is "low" distortion, and sound 3 7 mid-level, but remains almost the same all along, and of 7 10 was a big sound. Too bad, but it's not really Gnant especially when left to its limit, what I do in gnral.

SOUND QUALITY

Trs special sounds, it's on the, it was not a Metal Zone in the hands!
It was rather a distortion pedals of acting as boost and you can get sound Fuzz (by pushing all the knobs to the max) under the foot, but you can get a good disto looking good, although I think we can get either a distortion with too much bass, a distortion with too much treble. It is my view, any APRS dpend of what we seek!

It seems to me more effective in the lead as the rhythm (a so as not to use "Pincipale" distortion). I used it with my ESP LTD KH-202, I do not use hardly dsormais, my prfrant Distortion channel my Line 6 Spider Valve 212. She also served as a "pre-amp" for my Fuzz Factory giving it a sound j'apprciais!
BMOL small, the harmonics are struggling out of the pedals, and a notable lack of sustain.

In short, we get sounds pretty spciaux / DIFFERENT of distos found everywhere, INTERESTED, but that will not please everyone, or at least was not to use alone or as a single p dale of distortion!

OVERALL OPINION

I have since 2008, but I do not use for several more months. c'tait my very first pedals that I bought to replace the overdrive of my Marshall MG15 CDR of the era. It is fine for me, but since I have my Line 6, I just forgot. Who knows, maybe she will make her come back one day under my foot!
The report is in any case qualitprix trs good, not a pr CHRE PDAL enough INTERESTED (a 30aine of the OCCAZ)
I would do this choice, but this dernire APRS test, I recommend it, especially if it is not your Premire distortion, as you can to find all defects of the world, such as chrir and love your life!

Labeled as a distortion but I think the HM2 is a cross between distortion and fuzz sounds. Standard boss enclosure with 1/4" ins and outs, 9v power jack, and knobs for level, gain, high, and low EQ

UTILIZATION

I bought this pedal used and did not get a manual but with only 4 knobs it's easy to figure out what you need to do. For me the set-up consisted of plugging in the ins and outs, hooking up some power, and setting all the knobs to ten. Metal.

SOUND QUALITY

Like with any Boss pedal you get the buffer which can be a love/hate kind of thing. Personally I don't see the problem with Boss buffers until you start hooking numerous Boss pedals together in series and then you get some noticeable tone sucking. I always like to have at least one buffer in my chain whether it be from a pedal or from a dedicated box and the Boss pedals always seemed to be fine for this use.

The EQ seems rather limited with only high and low adjustments but it actually cover a wide area of sound. You can get a decent distortion sound or a pretty traditional black metal sound out of it with minor tweaking. I used this pedal mainly to send my distortion over the top and it excelled at it. With all knobs on ten into your amp's distortion channel you get a sound similar to an amp about to explode which is just what I was looking for.

OVERALL OPINION

There are far better options out there for a main distortion box but at 40$ this is a great noise maker. I have done some mods to the pedal to try and get it more useable for a wider variety of sounds but always came back to the stock sound. It's an older unit from a time where high gain distortion just didn't have the balls you get with today's gear. At one point I had three of these but I've sold them all off but one because its nice to have around when you want that terrible old school black metal sound

The Boss HM-2 was a pedal that was well known in the 90s Swedish death metal scene. Bands such as At the Gates, In Flames, Dismember, Entombed, Bloodbath, etc. all used this pedal. It's almost like a mix between a distortion and a fuzz. The pedal will drive any amp into chaos and pretty much consume whatever natural voicing the amp may have.

UTILIZATION

This pedal actually has a crazy sensitive EQ. While the actual tone you get from this is somewhat limited, the adjustability of that tone is pretty dramatic. Despite it only have four knobs, it took a little bit to dial in to where I wanted it. There's a level, low, high and distortion knob. They're all fairly self-explanatory, but the most time will be spent figuring out exactly where you want to set the low and high voicing knobs. I never had a manual with this since I bought it used, so I can't comment on that. I also am not sure if the MIJ versions really do sound different, but mine was an MIJ version.

SOUND QUALITY

If you've heard any of the bands I mentioned above, you probably already know what this pedal sounds like. It's an extremely aggressive, abrasive sound that's almost fuzz like. There's no real calming this pedal down, and it doesn't work that great as an overdrive to boost the amp. The thing is a flat out distortion pedal that's cranked up as much as possible. I found my best results by running an EQ pedal with this to help shape the overall tone. Despite the low and high knobs being versatile, the lack of a midrange knob made it somewhat tricky to dial in a tone that I was looking for.

OVERALL OPINION

The price of these pedals varies quite a bit. I've seen them for as low as $20 and as much as $150. If you're a fan of that oldschool 90s Swedish metal tone and find one for under $50, I'd say it's worth at least checking it out. Even if you don't like it, you can probably sell it for quite a bit on eBay or something to someone overseas. The Scandinavians are always looking for these pedals for obvious reasons.