HM300 Heavy Metal Distortion : Legendary HM-2 tones in a pink plastic box

The character of the legendary Boss HM-2 is captured quite nicely in this pink box of plastic. Not quite the same, but the harsh midrange gain sure sounds familiar. I've seen this pedal as a backup on many HM-2 owners' rigs. Instant Entombed tones! The nature of the distortion, whilst being very aggressive and heavy, is still "loose" enough for the notes to come through. Palm muting sounds suitably chunky, but the pedals really shines on lead guitar passages and raw riff-barraging. The low range reaches low enough to double as a gnarly bass distortion. Sounds like a wasps nest, in the case that the wasps living in the nests are a pack of wolves with a serious case of rabies.

The negative side of this effects pedal is the build quality. Packed in a plastic box, the connectors and the knobs feel a bit wobbly. This also isn't a true bypass pedal. When playing live I use it inside a looper.