Boss HM-2 Appreciation thread

[grindonomicon]

I have never found a use for the maxxed out Swedish chainsaw setting.

Same here. I don't like that sound at all.

Well, my death metal cover band, Massive Killing Capacity, uses it on 111% of our songs.

(You know it's there. Waiting. Lurking.)

[Pete]

What exactly is the Swedish chainsaw sound? Anyone have any clips/demonstration of that sound?

[BoatRich]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MwS4ZGCEmQ[/youtube] this would be the Swedish Chainsaw sound

[rfurtkamp]

Hahaha...I'll need to get hella faster and write heavier if anyone is going to believe that in the least, but its a fun lie to tell myself, like the "mystery" neck pickup I have in a dean where the cover is beat to shit and burned and scarred....

It's actually simpler than it appears. Japanese children can do it!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFd2Mi2FTzs[/youtube]

Rocksmith even has it fairly correct, I fired it up the last time I was in the retro metal mood and can still get 70-80% after all these years of not being Mr. Metal.

fuck the guitarplaying, that vocalist!

Yea, that kid is GOING PLACES.

[rfurtkamp]

Oh, and because...GL-100 does Swedish Chainsaw on crack. Not my usual thing these days but...I use the basic setting for a lot of stuff even if it's not SUPERMETAL in its end result.

339 Studio > GL100 > venerable old Digitech RDS 3.6 set to mild metalish delay, light repeats > Hot Rod Deluxe

Snarl for days (and there's still another 30% or more gain and more EQ boost available).

[Pepe]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MwS4ZGCEmQ[/youtube] this would be the Swedish Chainsaw sound

Well, somehow that's cool! A single song that goes on for 47 minutes! At least it sounds like that if you skip through it. It sounds the same the whole time. There's love for everything in this world, heh?

[grindonomicon]

LOL. Yep. Entombed made a career of variants of that guitar sound. Also:

Dismember; any; another Swedish death metal band that helped make the sound 'popular'
Magrudergrind; s/t LP has the HM2 full bore grindcore
Shackles; Forced to Regress sweet powerviolence-grind HM2
Trap Them; any, modern metal-entombedcore

sure there's tons more.

[univalve]

So HM-2 on steroids = gl100?

[rfurtkamp]

Among other things, yea. Keep in mind that's one of a couple dozen things it does.

It's got multiple period analog circuits in there switchable on two channels so it does subtle as well as beyond balls to the walls.

[univalve]

Thanks man!

[Krosis]

I had 2 MIT HM-2s start to wonk out, so I sold them as-is on the BST awhile back.
That made me hesitant to invest in another old, possibly frail HM-2, so I then picked up a cheap DOD American Metal, which does the Swedish chainsaw tone pretty well, but I think it's even a tad noisier than the HM-2 (PM me if you want it, I'll sell it cheap).
I got a Boss ODB-3 recently, which does come pretty close to the chainsaw sound, but also does a lot of other tones I really like, so I've been really enjoying this pedal.
Then I was able to pick up an assembled Dunwich HM-2 kit on the BST, which is the cat's pajamas and fully satisfies me desire to get my Sweden on, when the need arises.

A friend of mine started a band not too long ago that is total late-80s Swedish death metal HM-2 worship:
http://sentiencedeathmetal.bandcamp.com/

Turns out BOYC has an HM-2 kit now too and he's having a friend build one for him to use in the band: http://buildyourownclone.com/collection ... /the-swede

I am glad to have my clone since my experience with Boss HM-2s was disappointing. Plus, I hate that Boss comes with rubber on the bottom as I have a velcro board.

Would love to have a production Dunwich HM-2 clone but I can't justify the expense right now. The clone I got was a great deal at $90. Definitely a keeper.

[rfurtkamp]

Get the industrial-grade Velcro, it'll adhere to Boss plates no issue. Or get a replacement bottom and swap it out (TWSS).

[alexsga]

part of the beauty of the HM-2 seems to be the partial crossover distortion it produces. do you guys find the HM-2 stacks into & cuts through other dirt after it in the chain because of this quality?

[rfurtkamp]

I've always used mine into clean amps, but not running it as chainsaw.

[fcknoise]

im all about this resurrection. One fav setting is to use it with the gain all the way down, bass at 3, treble at 12 and volume with a boost and play it with some non-hot pups. Love it.