1987 BOSS HM-2 Heavy Metal - Made in Japan

Vintage 1987 BOSS distortion - arguably their most versatile and usable dirt box ever. The HM-2 offers a massive spectrum of drive from light breakup to all-out fuzz. With a set of incredibly intuitive tone shaping controls that delivers much more than your standard 2-band EQ, the Lows and Highs are able to dramatically shift midrange, almost akin to a VOX AC30.

As used by Leif Cuzner of Nihilist, with Entombed & Dismember to follow (along with almost every other metal act on the Swede scene); vintage HM-2's have also found themselves on the boards of Belinda Butcher & Kevin Shields of My Bloody Valentine, Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth & even David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.

Missing one original knob however a vintage BOSS CS-3 knob has been installed on the Distortion pot to make sure you can see that it's always maxed out on stage.

ACA version (12 volt centre negative if run on a power supply or happily daisy chained with any other 9v CN pedal).

You can run these on 9v centre negative too for an underpowered, spitty gated fuzz sound. A personal favourite pedal hack here in the shop.

Video: https://youtu.be/-LlD_wvIJkg

Product Specs

• Item Number: 39798
• Make: BOSS
• Model: HM-2 Heavy Metal
• Condition: Very Good
• Finish: Black
• Categories: effects-and-pedals ⇒ distortion ⇒ pedal
• Function: Distortion
• Year: 1987
• Made In: Japan
• MPN: 39798
• Modular Grid: Pedals ⓘ ＋
• Dimensions*: 73 mm wide 129 mm high
• Power*: 10 mA / 9 V DC / Negative Center

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