Members pbone Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 where is swedden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orourke Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 I've got one on the shelf, but it's intermittent. It could work in a studio situation but not gig worthy. People say Boss stomps are indestructible but I have two or three vintage ones that are pretty unreliable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onyxrhino Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 Fair enough, I'm just commenting on my uses. Interestingly enough though, I always felt the HM-2 was thuddy and boomy in comparison to a Rat and looking back on it now after trying a good many fuzzes since I think it would fall into the distortion realm more so than fuzz. I've always thought the HM-3 was the more straight up fuzzy of the two. Never tried an HM-3. It might well be more fuzzy than an HM-2. I've never really considered an HM-2 a fuzz anyway, like some people here. I definitely consider it a distortion. But it does have some of the blurry texture I like from fuzzes. Weird about the boomy, thuddy thing. That's the quality I've always found in Rats and could never get along with. There was just something about the sound that said "cock rock" to me. I've just never gotten that with the HM-2. Maybe you could get it by boosting the bass, but I've always been able to dial in a distortion sound that fit well with my rig, one that sounded better with jangly open string stuff than what I was able to get with the Rat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RUExp? Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 The HM-2 sounds better going into an overdrive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikescene Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 I got my HM-2 for $40 last year and I saw a few in the SPAM thread over the past few months in that ball park range too.I recorded my HM-2 a little while ago to so I could hear the pedal a little more clearly.I know that the HM-2 has a particular sound, but what does everyone think about how the HM-2 sounds with different types of amplifiers? Does it manage to sound pretty much the same? I've got no reference to what the HM-2 sounds like through anything else other than my Pathfinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted May 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 Cool, I really like it with the distortion all of the way off. Is that with the correct power supply or battery? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bikescene Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 I read up about a mod that makes the pedal operate normally with a regular power supply so I did the jumper mod. http://jorgezorro.blogspot.com/2009/12/boss-aca-to-psa-power-supply-mod.html I usually set the pedal with the distortion almost all the way off. I had read in some older threads in the forum that some users like to set the pedal like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted May 16, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 piece of cake mod. After the birth of this thread, I now have one coming in. Figured I'd give it a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Let It Burn... Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 My band's upcoming album is dripped in HM-2. Slays on bass too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Let It Burn... Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 You obviously have to be in to this sort of thing, but to me it's That's EXACTLY how mine sounds with the high knob maxed. Adds some kind of cocked wah effect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Urinate Forever Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 i think metal bands make the HM-2 more popular than the shoegazers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lucid origami Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 I think the guy from Nails, Jim Breuer, uses an HM-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 9520575 Posted May 16, 2012 Members Share Posted May 16, 2012 I never trust the internet anyway.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted May 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 17, 2012 I've always been interested in textures......so the HM-2 might be something I can't really get with just a tube amp alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted May 21, 2012 Author Members Share Posted May 21, 2012 Got it, and I like it. Not an always on pedal, but certain does what it does well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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