Boss HM-2

[nightraven]

it's good for that one shoegazing gig but not much more than that

[retinal orbita]

[Hacken]

Rest in festering slime!

[Redwood Cephalopod]

I used to have one and really miss it. The key to getting the shoegazy tones from the HM2 is to turn the gain all the way down and adjust the mids to taste with healthy bass. This give it a "sometimes" tone.

I lost mine, or stolen and have never been able to pull the trigger on another one given the prices. I just got an MT-2 (for 20 bucks) which I can do the same thing, roll back the gain knob and I'm there. I find a lot of those metal pedals are great for shoegaze if you tweak them correctly, which is usually in the opposite direction in which they were intended. Take the gain down and you get some great tones.

THIS is the guidance I was looking for-- also just got one for 'gazing purposes. Thanks, dawg.

[Hacken]

Bwt a friend of mine recorded his skatepunk band in the Sunlight studio in 1991 and he says that there where no peavey amps in that studio just Marshall JCM 900 stacks, so he claims that the Entombed sound came from the JCM 900 not the HM-2. But he has been stoned for two decades and plays Reggae now a days.

[Redwood Cephalopod]

But he has been stoned for two decades and plays Reggae now a days.

Yeah uh, I'ma go ahead and look more to that lil factoid-- especially since Orvar from Nirvana 2002 recorded their demo with the EXACT same rig setup Entombed did at Sunlight and mentions such. HM-2, Gibson, etc.

[Ghost Hip]

I don't buy the one trick pony description, it really depends on your set up. As Boleiro said it has some great shoegaze tones, but I mainly use it with the gain and lows cranked to obliterate my already distorted signal. Creates some great industrial/goth synthy bass lines. But you know if you're not into that sort of thing...

[counterdestroy]

this thread came back with a vengeance. anyways, i use mine for everything from gaze to doom and it's what i use to cop my refused tonez. Summerholidays ftw

[Hacken]

Since we have to talk about the Entombed sound and im drinking beer and listening to Entombed right now i have to say the the leads on Left Hand Path cant have been recorded with an HM-2, coz it does not sound that smooth on the higher strings, its a lot nastier in the high end.

[rfurtkamp]

I enjoy the HM-2 and variants as last in chain before amp destroyers; can get crackling mean out of ring mods and very pronounced octave ups pretty fast.

[grindonomicon]

Since we have to talk about the Entombed sound and im drinking beer and listening to Entombed right now i have to say the the leads on Left Hand Path cant have been recorded with an HM-2, coz it does not sound that smooth on the higher strings, its a lot nastier in the high end.

One guitarist uses the HM-2, the other doesn't. Just like the Dismember guitarists.

I enjoy the HM-2 and variants as last in chain before amp destroyers; can get crackling mean out of ring mods and very pronounced octave ups pretty fast.

I'm going to have to try it before the Octave Drone. That might be the last piece I need for sludge doom geetar recording.

besides good mics.

[Grandnoise]

any clips of some noise/industrial tonez plz, thx.

[D.o.S.]

besides good mics.

Good mics are hardly a prerequisite.

[theavondon]

besides good mics.

Good mics are hardly a prerequisite.

FUCK YES THIS ALBUM

anything by matt pike past this point in time is horseshit.

[D.o.S.]

FUCK YES THIS ALBUM

anything by matt pike past this point in time is horseshit.

Step the fuck back, guard your grill...