Behringer HM300 Heavy Metal Distortion 5-stars Reviews

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This Pedal is great for Heavy metal, and black, sound was perfect, and so cheep, 10/10

I like it more than my multi effect

Effect works real great both with guitar and bass, has lots of configuration range, and while build quality might not make you optimistic at first, I don't think it'll break any time soon. Solid, cheap option.

Sounds amazing!

I use it with all the knobs maxed out for the classic black metal tone. It nails it - it is absolutely amazing and the most affordable way to get that tone. I love it and recommend it!

HM2 Clone

Price --> It is THE BEST deal around. Period. You can get a new one quite cheap. And you can replace easily it for the same model with no budget explosion.

Material --> It's plastic yeah.... So if you don't kick it around like a football or stomp it like the Hulk, it will actually last you for several years.

Sound --> I've been using it live for several years now and it never disapponted me.

Astounding

Beats my Digitech DF7 often.

Very smooth, clear, cohesive sound, no matter how much you crank it up.

And it goes all the way.

I hear no difference from the original pedal.

An excellent and versatile pedal

Behringer often have a bad reputation for "cheapness" but this is entirely unjustified. The casing may be plastic but it is extremely durable, and I once attempted to break the pedal apart but gave up, it may as well be steel casing.

This specific pedal is also an extremely faithful HM-2 clone, one of the most versatile pedals I've ever tried. The amount of change to the tone you get from just adjusting the mid controls is out of this world.

At this price, unless you already own an HM-2, there is no reason you should not own a Behringer HM300.

It’s a HM3 clone

It has that huge chainsaw sound! The kids are a bit different to an original, but it’s amazing quality and sound!

effect pedal

it's too good! you can make your guitar to sound like something else! Awesome product with good quality and sound!

Make your guitar sound like a chainsaw!

This pedal is modeled after the Boss HM-2 and while it doesn't sound exactly like that pedal, one can certainly get some gnarly sounds out of it. This pedal is not a one-trick pony and I have been able to get several types of high gain sounds out of it!

Early nineties metal sound for cheap

I bought this one for nostalgic reasons more than anything. I owned the Boss HM one in the nineties and sold it at some point (I think). It became an iconic sound for that particular time, and I still enjoy the records with the chainsaw-sounding guitars. Having said that, the sound wasn't actually all that good. I mean, it was ok and certainly scared the neighbours, but hearing yourself or be heard during band practice or gigs, not so much.

I like to plug it in from time to time and play some nasty sounding death metal. It's a fun little pedal and a fraction of the price of the Boss HM-2.

Superb quality for this price!!!

This pedal is good pedal that is affordable and has a lot to offer. It gives me a gain which i do not get with the amp. Although it is made from plastic, it is very firm.

Swedish sound in a plastic housing

Does what it suppose to do

Great Pedal

I bought this pedal, because I was looking for an alternative to the HM-2.

I had heard about this before, but have never seen it in action. I was a little skeptical of the bright pink color and the rather cheap looking case. But when I plugged it in, I was pleasantly surprised by the sound it produced and made me immediately forget about the unfitting color. It comes really close to the HM-2 sound I was looking for.

High Gain Pedal!

I usually used the built-in pre-amp gain of my amp for my sound. But with this pedal, I can achieved the gain that I need that I can't get from my amp. I read that this was intended as a clone for a counterpart pedal for "Swedish Metal" sound with all controls at max, but honestly you can also attain a good distorted sound if you just play with knob. There's a buzz sound I noticed whenever I step on it but when I observed closely, it was also with my P90-Pups (No hum when I use my guitar with HB Pups). This is made of hard plastic, but if you treat it right it will last long and because of its price, I can easily get a new one if it breaks. Definitely recommended!

Swedish "Buzzsaw" sound on the cheap :-)

This is basically a really good clone of the Boss HM-2 "Heavy Metal" pedal from the 80s which made a sound popularized by bands like Dismember and Entombed - what became known as "the Swedish sound" in death metal circles.

It's pretty much the same as that pedal, even the "distortion" knob behaves in the same way (pretty much no change from 9 o'clock to 4 o'clock then all of a sudden BANG !

Don't be fooled into thinking this is just for "heavy metal" as in all honesty it's not really that useful for getting that sound, there are better pedals, but if you're looking for really meaty distortion for the more extreme end of the metal spectrum then this is a great pedal. It's not as distorted as the MT-2 (Boss "Metal Zone") pedal but that pedal is, imo, REALLY overrated and very hard to get a good tone out of, far too much high end and in a live situation it really doesn't cut through the mix.

If you're looking for serious, "buzzsaw" style distortion then this pedal will definitely hit the mark and the difference in sound (very little) doesn't justify the inflated ebay prices that the HM-2 is fetching these days, especially the Japanese version (which is the most sought after due to apparently having the most 'Swedish' sound). The knobs on this pedal truly do replicate almost exactly the sound/useability of the pedal it's setting out to copy. I've not taken it apart so I can't say if they've copied the circuitry exactly but, knowing Behringer, I'd imagine it's as close as they can get it with modern parts.

The build is, as usual for the Behringer pedal range, good quality BUT the pedal itself IS hard impact plastic (Just letting you all know incase you're expecting a metal chassis). This isn't a problem and unless you're jumping up and down on it very hard you will get a long life out of it and it's more than useable in a gig situation, contrary to what some purists (idiots?) might say about the range. For this price you can't really go wrong.

Coincidentally, I have both the Taiwanese and Japanese versions of the HM-2 and I really would say there's very little difference between those and this pedal. I bought this as it was only £15 just to see how it sounded, I was curious as much as anything else, and will now probably gift it to someone who is looking for an HM-2.

the cheapest way to get that HM-2 sound

I bought this for a few reasons.... Firstly, i wanted a pedal to achieve that Swedish Death Metal sound from the 1990s, and since the Boss HM-2 is quite a collectors item and rarely seen for sale for less than £150, I decided to try this £19 reissue/clone.

Plugging it in, Im amazed at the sound! its everything I needed. I wondered if the cheap price would reflect in the quality of the sound, but no. Admittedly, its the plastic cover that makes it cheap, but for that price, who cares?

So the plan is to remove the casing anyway and put it into a metal box with some custom graphics and a 3dtp switch. At this price, i can afford to do it and not worry about breaking it, plus I get the sound I wanted.

95% there

You should know what this pedal is about pretty well. I've compared it to real HM2's and other emulators and this is pretty much spot on. It actually has a tad more insane mid boost than the original but it's still controllable and you really can't tell the difference in every day usage.

Only thing that I don't like is that it's completely plastic and looks dumb. I guess it's a plus that you can dip it in a paint can (might not work after that.)

Why haven't you already bought this?

Get the Swedish Death Metal sound for an affordable price

Anyone who likes the thick chainsaw guitar sound that a lot of Swedish Death Metal bands used in the early 90's won't be disappointed by this pedal. For a pedal that's so affordable, it's quite impressive that it comes so close to reproducing one of the heaviest guitar sounds of all time.

The Behringer HM300 may be used as a regular distortion pedal, but it really starts to shine when you turn all knobs to 10 and let the madness (and riffing) begin. Although the casing is made from plastic, it withstands rough handling but obviously you should not stomp too hard on it. The pink color is not that pretty, but it makes it distinguishable from other heavy distortion pedals. Don't judge the book by it's cover - the HM300 have nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to how it sounds.

If you're looking for a heavy, distorted and thick guitar sound for a low price, you should definitely take a look at this one.