tc electronic Eyemaster Metal Distortion

Oversimplified

I understand that the stereotypical settings for the legendary chainsaw tones involve all the knobs in a singular position, but that is really little more than a meme. By removing the toneshaping options they have shot themselves in the foot by providing an extremely limited tone. There was a lot of potential here for a great budget OSDM pedal, but I'm disappointed with the direction they decided to take with this. Pointlessly oversimplified.

That said, this range of TC Electronic pedals are built like tanks, so staying within it, you will find more tone-hunting success getting the TC Electronic Fangs instead, which has 3 modes in addition to the much needed Bass & Treble knobs.

However, pragmatically speaking, you should get the Behringer clones instead.

Sounds terrible, in a good way

It sounds like the pedal it is supposed to replicate. The sound is not for all, though. I think the lack of tone controls is big drawback. If it had the tone controls then it would definitelly get 5 stars. Looks solid and well-built. I would give it 3 stars but it is so affordable so it gets +1 from me.

Not exactly an HM-2 alternative but still good!

It's solid. it's easy to use. I love the fact that the input/output are on top. It's pretty good but it's really not an HM-2 real alternative. It's inspired by it a lot but the buzz of the HM-2 is sharper, this one is softer. But it's still a great pedal and for the price, just try it anyway! It's a bargain!

Great sounding but limited

Bought this pedal for my son. Super great build quality and amazing heavy metal pedal. Only does one trick, but that is what it was made to do.

Great HM2 chainsaw sound

Not as many controls as a true HM2, but putting this into the front of a crunched amp gives you the Swedish chainsaw sound for no money at all.

It obviously is noisy, but that's the point, so not knocking off points for that.

3 stars on features because of 2 missing knobs- but if you want the chainsaw, it does that fine.

Rwwwk

Fuzzy chainsaw. Some floor noise but to be expected with this kind of assault weapon.

One trick pony but who cares?

Great tool for getting Swedish metal tone on a budget

Probably the most disgusting sounding pedal I ever played (in a good way). As many have said, it's a one-trick pony but it works well for what it was designed for. I personally max out all the knobs (one true setting) and I plug it into a slightly distorted channel on my ENGL and way to go!

Sure, this is not HM-2 but considering its price, you cant complain!

Swedish Chainsaw Machine

'Nuff said. It's a swedish chainsaw without the extra stuff from the original HM-2.

Does exactly what it says: Swedish OSDM

I bought this knowing exactly what I was getting: Make no mistake, this is literally a one trick pony and it only does one sound and all the knobs try to do is match the level of grit to the type of pickup you have (gain) and appropriate leve of the amplification input you are running it through (volume).

Wolverine Blues? Check!

Refined, surgically clean and controllable gain/distortion: Absolutely not! But then again, why would you buy something that says Eyemaster on it in that font not knowing that it will only do "THE sound"?

Chainsaw

We all know what this is. An original HM-2 might be great, but the insane prices you find even for heavily used ones are not worth it when you have so many boutique options. Thankfully we have dirt cheap ones too. The Eyemaster is a very fun pedal if you like the 90's Swedish Death Metal sound. It comes very close to the original HM-2 and does the same job just as well. Boosting it with an eq after it makes it more visceral sounding. It may be a one trick pony, but with a little imagination it can be used for other genres like doom, stoner, even black metal as well. Sometimes I miss the eq knobs when I'm not trying to get a Chainsaw sound, that could greatly add to its value. And it's built like a tank.