Boss Hm 2 Eq Curve
Rabea massaad kindly introduce the eq 200 graphic equalizer which is the most flexible compact eq ever created for guitar and bass.
Boss hm 2 eq curve. Dd 200 eq 200 first look. An effect not always well known sometimes even forgotten or underrated. This is my attempt to collect and review every boss compact pedal ever made. This pedal produces a distortion that is known from the heavy metal music of the eighties.
Welcome to the boss pedal project. I have recently learned about the major role the boss hm 2 distortion played in the old school swedish death metal sound and i realized that i don t think i ve ever seen one but ii have seem a ton of metal zone pedals floating around and being mocked. A classic amongst the classics or the graal according to the chosen perspective. Today in plague scythe studios we uncover the methods behind the madness of guitar overdrive and boost pedals and show how to replicate them with your own gear and software.
The hm 2 is a truly unique beast with a tone that is almost more fuzz than it is true distortion. Boss 200 series pedals explained. The hm 2 originally started production in 1983 and with the rise of heavy metal and lust for gain boss tried to emulate the sound of a marshal stack amp in a pedal which was used by many heavy metal and even hair metal bands at the time so it was marketed for these people. It s a great pedal if you want the 80s marshall sound without actually using a marshall amp.
This article is meant to be complete as the boss hm 2 is probably the pedal which made the biggest mark on the history of death metal. Be sure to subscribe so. The color mix controls low and high are incredibly sensitive offering 20db boost cut at their respective frequencies. The pedal was not the success that boss had probably imagined though.
Now twice a week i ll be demoing a different boss pedal. It has a bite and an eq characteristic unlike that of any other dirt pedal on or off the market. In the early 80 s boss wanted to capitalize on the burgeoning metal market and the success of their own ds 1 amongst players prompted them to launch a distortion pedal designed for metal and what resulted was the boss hm 2 in 1983. So today we will discuss about the boss hm 2.